You know what? I hate Merlin. OK, I don't, I love it...
The fandom. All right, I love the fandom, it's awesome. Fics are great. Everyone on tumblr produces neat graphics that make me laugh all the time and añslkdfjasdf it's awesome and we're hysterical and us Merthur shippers are possibly deranged but we don't give a fuck. Except. Merthur ain't gonna happen. I know it. Ever since I became a slash fangirl (more than 10 years ago), I've always known that none of my OTPs are ever going to be canon. Ever. I mean, some of them, but it's so strange, it rarely ever happens. I'm thinking, what... Touya/Yukito?
But Merthur shippers are all... I dunno, they DO want it to be canon. And I do want it to be canon, too, because it'd be cool, even if it would complicate the story a bit (although really, Guinevere/Arthur is so terribly bad written than it would make much more sense for Merlin to become Arthur's consort). But it's NOT going to happen. But then the fans go and do manips and awesome stuff and point out why it should be canon, why it makes sense it would be canon, why there are many things in the story the writers could pick up and tie them all up nicely into Merthur being canon, and it sucks because I know it won't happen but I'm hoping again. :(
And when you ask yourself why can't Merthur be canon, the answer's probably "because the world's full of homophobes." -__- Because if you give me the anachronistic explanation (as in, it's the Middle Ages, how could a King possibly marry a man and his servant at that?), well, sorry, but how could a King possibly marry a servant girl? And really, the show's full of anachronisms, they don't give a shit about the period! And nobody seems to be complaining about any of them except the fact that Gwen's black (seriously, dudes?). And if Merlin (or Arthur) were female, well, then there would be no questioning this, it would be all "will they, won't they." Wait a second, it's already will they won't they with the magic reveal, and you can read Merlin as the freaking romantic comedy of Arthur and Merlin.
What the hell am I going off about? :( Sorry guys, I need something fictional to be annoyed at. xD
And well, none of my Merlin OTPs have the slimmest chance of becoming canon, not even the het ones. :/ And yet I'm still watching. This is why I read so much fanction. XD
But Merthur shippers are all... I dunno, they DO want it to be canon. And I do want it to be canon, too, because it'd be cool, even if it would complicate the story a bit (although really, Guinevere/Arthur is so terribly bad written than it would make much more sense for Merlin to become Arthur's consort). But it's NOT going to happen. But then the fans go and do manips and awesome stuff and point out why it should be canon, why it makes sense it would be canon, why there are many things in the story the writers could pick up and tie them all up nicely into Merthur being canon, and it sucks because I know it won't happen but I'm hoping again. :(
And when you ask yourself why can't Merthur be canon, the answer's probably "because the world's full of homophobes." -__- Because if you give me the anachronistic explanation (as in, it's the Middle Ages, how could a King possibly marry a man and his servant at that?), well, sorry, but how could a King possibly marry a servant girl? And really, the show's full of anachronisms, they don't give a shit about the period! And nobody seems to be complaining about any of them except the fact that Gwen's black (seriously, dudes?). And if Merlin (or Arthur) were female, well, then there would be no questioning this, it would be all "will they, won't they." Wait a second, it's already will they won't they with the magic reveal, and you can read Merlin as the freaking romantic comedy of Arthur and Merlin.
What the hell am I going off about? :( Sorry guys, I need something fictional to be annoyed at. xD
And well, none of my Merlin OTPs have the slimmest chance of becoming canon, not even the het ones. :/ And yet I'm still watching. This is why I read so much fanction. XD