Merlin, Season 1: shipper musings, because I have nothing else to do with my time
I realize I'm like three years behind, but I just discovered Merlin, and I kind of love it like cake. Delicious, delicious cake. I'm not even sure if anyone on my flist watches this show, so feel free to skip over my thoughts. And if you do comment please don't mention anything beyond season 1, because that's as far as I've gotten.
I know this is supposed to be the Holy Grail of slashy shows, and I can see why. Thinly veiled homoeroticism disguised as loyalty and brotherhood? I'm all about it. Merlin and Arthur's devotion to each other melts me a little. But I kind of...don't ship it. I mean, I want them to be the most important things in each other's lives and have unwavering loyalty and no alternative love interest, but I'm just not feeling it as a romantic pair. (Of course I said the same thing about Supernatural in the beginning and...well, let's not go there.) IDK I see them as best friends who may occasionally touch each other "accidentally" but nothing more.
TBH I don't really ship anything on this show, which is a weird experience for me. Gwen and Arthur should totally be politically married BFFs who call each other on their crap and are generally awesome, but I can't get behind them as a romantic pair either. I just kind of want to put Morgana on a pedestal so mere mortals can gaze at her beauty. I would not be adverse to reading angry smut between her and Arthur, but in general I like their sibling-like dynamic. Lancelot I reserve for myself.
So, does anyone think future seasons will change my mind on this? Does anyone have FIC that will change my mind? I would love to read some, either gen or of pretty much any pairing. The nice thing about not having a fandom OTP is that it's not physically painful for me to read other pairings. I always feel like I miss out on good fic that way, but if I'm really into a pairing I just can't help it. So any recs y'all have are more than welcome. Or we can pretend this pointless little ramble never happened. Whichever.
I know this is supposed to be the Holy Grail of slashy shows, and I can see why. Thinly veiled homoeroticism disguised as loyalty and brotherhood? I'm all about it. Merlin and Arthur's devotion to each other melts me a little. But I kind of...don't ship it. I mean, I want them to be the most important things in each other's lives and have unwavering loyalty and no alternative love interest, but I'm just not feeling it as a romantic pair. (Of course I said the same thing about Supernatural in the beginning and...well, let's not go there.) IDK I see them as best friends who may occasionally touch each other "accidentally" but nothing more.
TBH I don't really ship anything on this show, which is a weird experience for me. Gwen and Arthur should totally be politically married BFFs who call each other on their crap and are generally awesome, but I can't get behind them as a romantic pair either. I just kind of want to put Morgana on a pedestal so mere mortals can gaze at her beauty. I would not be adverse to reading angry smut between her and Arthur, but in general I like their sibling-like dynamic. Lancelot I reserve for myself.
So, does anyone think future seasons will change my mind on this? Does anyone have FIC that will change my mind? I would love to read some, either gen or of pretty much any pairing. The nice thing about not having a fandom OTP is that it's not physically painful for me to read other pairings. I always feel like I miss out on good fic that way, but if I'm really into a pairing I just can't help it. So any recs y'all have are more than welcome. Or we can pretend this pointless little ramble never happened. Whichever.