NOT A FOOTNOTE OF HISTORY

Unoriginal sin. Derivative sin

once you realize you don’t actually need to sleep, you can really (stops talking abruptly and stares straight ahead for 4 minutes)

Versions where Morded is Arthur's son tap into the idea of his responsibility for his own destruction, but versions where he's just his nephew tap into the historical reality that a king's nephew is bad news.

i have [gestures vaguely] my tendencies

[the most low energy you have ever seen me] we’re about to go crazy mode

a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"