panharmonium reblogged
Full offense but sometimes fandom just totally make up the characterization of a character and then complain when that isn’t canon
#lol yeah#fandom#the once and future slowburn#i know the last thing i reblogged in this vein was about arthur but i'm gonna be honest#the character this happens to the absolute most -#in a way that is so ubiquitous i'm not even sure people REALIZE it's happening#is merlin#(though not the complaining part! and i'm so glad about that; it's lovely; this place has been so nice)#but the bit about the canon character kind of disappearing behind a fanon invention?#yeah#the dissonance between merlin as he is in canon and merlin as he is in fanon (aka being shipped every way under the sun) is....#surprising#for someone who entered fandom only after finishing the entire show#like i'm not surprised to see a ton of shipping; i'm old enough to have known that was coming from day one#and there's nothing wrong with it; it can be lots of fun!#but i AM surprised that i pretty much don't see canon!merlin anywhere#it's bizarre#i thought there would be a little more of a balance?#anyway i've already written about this in greater detail so i won't get into it right now#there isn't enough room in these tags for it anyway#XD