#antimerthur

OOF WE'RE GOING THERE

Ok ok. So hate is a strong word. I should probably have put conflicted. Bc I get it. I know every so often I go on a they are so unhealthy and toxic rant, and well they are. Merlin sees Arthur as a person he always knows better than (which he does but not the point) and can make humungous life changing decisions for often through manipulation and gaslighting without giving a second thought for his free will, while also putting him on such an absurd pedestal he is blind to all his faults at the cost of the entire kingdom. Arthur sees Merlin as someone without his own thought and feelings and goals in life, he never questions his obsessively faithful service and he repays him with physical, verbal and emotional abuse. BUT that's not why I don't like it. In fact it used to fascinate me how messed up they are and how doomed and tragic they make their story, and it truly baffles me how much the fandom focuses on how 'cute' they are instead of going is that fucked up or what!! But anyway. I don't like it because it's. Fucking. EVERYWHERE. You can't get away from it! Even if you blacklist it on here and escape the brunt of the posts, you still go on any ship tag on Ao3 and it is 90% Merthur. The sheer oversaturation of it is what made me hate it, and I'm not saying it's a problem that needs to be fixed bc ppl will ship what they want, that's the point, but it is so seen as the default and it's also more than a little galling to ship any other ship in this fandom especially rarepairs and have even your own spaces and posts taken up by and tagged as Merthur. Also how Gwen’s been treated because of it is just- I would be far more neutral/open to it if there was less and if there was more new content I actually wanted to read really that's the crux of it just more rarepair content I'm begging y'all but as it is I get petty and deliberate exclude it as much as possible from everything I create :'))

Perelyaine is here :)

I've honestly never thought much about Morgana/Vivian but I wouldn't say no! I don't tend to be a big fan of Morgana, but I do have a soft spot for Elena i think she's amazing. They can be messy hair gfs together <3 BOG WITCH AND GIRL WHO EATS FROGS 💚💚💚

Thanks for the ask! 💙

Why do they keep insisting characters in their ships have to be gay, even after they've clearly been with members of the opposite sex?

Sure, it's possible they could be with someone of the same gender as them some day. But there's a word for that. It's called bi.