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[thecomfychair]

omg a post? about things that might actually interest other people?

I'll do a SPN reaction later because I missed a few parts and I need to rewatch (and because I want to rewatch it, which hasn't happened for like the last 4/5 episodes) but first I'm going to talk about a show that I think no one else but me is watching, but oh well because

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[gwynevere1]

if you don't mind a little gratitous sex with your Arthurian legends.

There's plenty of gratuitous, sex in the legends.* Merlin making Uther look like Cornwall to get into Igraine's/Ygraine's chamber is totally there. Half-siblings Arthur and Morgaine/Morgan/Morgana/Morgen (whatever spelling you prefer) shag and produce a son. (Well, sometimes it's Arthur and his aunt on his mother's side.) There's Gwynevere (there's over two dozen spellings of that name, so I'm not even going to try to pick a few) and Lancelot's affair. Elaine uses magic to make herself look like Gwynevere, so Lancelot shags her instead, which also produces a son. There's Morgawse/Morgause killing her husband, and she, in turn, is killed by her son while she's in bed with her lover, in revenge for his father. Tristram/Tristan and Isolde have an epic affair (sometimes with the help of a love spell that was supposed to make Isolde fall in love with her husband-to-be, King Mark of the really boring name). Good times.

*Also, with the disclaimer that there's no

[thecomfychair]

ahhh, thank you. I meant more the explicit sex in the show itself (which I wasn't expecting when I first started watching) but I always appreciate porn highlights, haha! Particularly since I'm not that familiar with the actual legends themselves.