i am property of bbc merlin

my nuance pervert take on arthur and why i find him so fascinating as a character is rooted almost entirely in the ways violent systems of oppression, toxic masculinity, cultural heteronormativity, and generational cycles of abuse warp people who are positioned to benefit from them. especially if they have to mold themselves into a different shape to fit into those boxes or the ways in which they attempt to rail against those confines or the blind spots they have because of them or or or

Lancelot: I’m in love with you…

ok but like have you considered that this is literally Prince Merlin Emrys of Ealdor and his trusted knight Arthur Pendragon…

arthur going on a quest to retrieve the cup of life and telling uther that he "will only take [his] most trusted men" and then this is him leaving

Forever jealous of the Merlin cast. Imagine being in your 20s in the 2000s and your life consists of getting paid to do medieval larping, while surrounded by only attractive people.

I know I shared this before but this picture of arthur playing with ygraine's ring while katreina is being made heir to the throne instead of him after uther embarrasses him and revokes his title in front of the entire court will haunt me to my grave :)