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wondygal

after all this time and all I've worked for, men get in my way. Always men.

Jun 22, 2011 22:08

You know, I'm sitting here, watching Camelot and trying to write a post about just what it is that's missing for Camelot to be (have been) a great show, but then I realized what the true problem ACTUALLY is: no fic ( Read more... )

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dollsome June 23 2011, 01:26:47 UTC

THIS IS VERY TRUE. Like, I get that technically Merlin is extremely goofy, but it also has like the best fandom ever, and so much good fic, and somehow the fandom at large has developed such deftness for taking the little hints and flickers of greatness that the show provides and turning them into this amazing stuff, that I can't watch an episode and NOT read all this emotional profundity into it. Emotional profundity and gay subtext, ALL OVER.

And then I see Camelot and I'm like ehhh!

I stopped watching pretty early on, because it felt a lot like homework (pretty homework, but homework nonetheless!), but MAN, Merlin/Morgan was awesome. When will an Arthurian retelling go canon-'n-makeouts with those two, damn it!

wondygal June 23 2011, 01:58:05 UTC

somehow the fandom at large has developed such deftness for taking the little hints and flickers of greatness that the show provides and turning them into this amazing stuff

EXACTLY. And this is true of many fandoms! There are a lot of shows (and books) that I think of as being a lot richer than they actually are, because of fandom. God, fans are awesome. I LOVE YOU FANDOM.

And even though Merlin is obviously a lot more fun (and occasionally great, usually when involving either Arthur or Morgana back in the day), the overall plot of Camelot is so cool, and would make such awesome ground for fic, and it makes me sad there is none. That I know of. This version of Merlin is fascinating, and everyone else... could be? They're almost there!

Plus, everyone is so pretty. Except Arthur. But Gawain is Private Ross from the Sontaran episodes of Doctor Who, and he is so pretty, he more than makes up for it ( ... )

dollsome June 23 2011, 02:05:24 UTC

Oh, Camelot went canon with Merlin/Morgana! In a fucked-up way. Morgana was clearly interested, and then she took Igraine's form for plot-related reasons and since she was there and all she went ahead and seduced Merlin. Then taunted him about it. It was awesome.

OKAY, THAT IS SUPER COOL.

wondygal June 23 2011, 02:19:19 UTC

Clearly the show COULD be awesome! But then why wasn't it all the time!

dollsome June 23 2011, 02:33:53 UTC

Because Arthur is so obviously a chihuahua who got turned into a human being at the hands of ~powerful magic~, and now he's EXTREMELY SAD ABOUT IT, and projecting all his I-should-be-a-tiny-canine angst onto Guinevere instead!!!!

... um. Obviously.

wondygal June 23 2011, 02:55:01 UTC

He looked better when he put his hair up! Marginally.

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