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I'm a Merlin ride or die, so here's a painting of my best girl Gwen!
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This post by @nextstopparis reminded me of a scene from Avengers Assemble so, you know I had to do a redraw lol
(The scene i referenced from AA is under the cut)
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I wanna see something
Merthur isn't queerbaiting
People who believe it is don't have the definition of queerbait in mind. It was clear from the start that it would not happen. It was never a "will they won't they" kind of situation.
We see it another way of course, but just because we interpret it one way or another doesn't make the writers guilty.
I will, once again, reiterate my arguments that Merthur was NOT queerbaiting:
- it was a family show that started in 2008, made by BBC. Sadly, back then it meant that a canonic gay pairing was pretty much impossible. Add to that the fact that king Arthur is, for some people in the UK, almost a Jesus-like figure. It was impossible from the start and people were aware
- At no point in the show was it indicated in dialogue that there can be something explicit happening (unlike, say, with Sherlock, where the questions about having boyfriends or being gay were openly discussed)
- the writers and/or producers never made vague "promises" that Merthur can happen while the show was still running in order to gain viewership. The only "hints" was Katie McGrath mooning over Merlin and Arthur in a video commentary, which was quickly shut down by Colin Morgan ("don't fuel stuff for websites"); the famous 5.13 commentary by Julian Murphy only happened *after* the show ended and was spoken more in a vein of "now that it's over, I can admit it was a love story", and wasn't aimed as a marketing device
- any "promotional photos" that are dragged out by people in which Merlin and Arthur are sitting embracing (and are supposed to be proof of queerbaiting), are, in fact, manips by the extremely talented @brolinskeep because the BBCM fandom is amazing. In the original photos, Merlin and Arthur just sit side by side.
Conclusion: BBCM was queercoded. It was not queerbait.
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A bit of an "exclusive" lol - here's my unfinished WIP, originally for @merthurweek2022
Unfortunately, I couldn't complete it in time for day 7. But! I still wanted to share the WIP, anyway.
This was definitely a last-minute, adhd-fuelled project lmaoo
Keep in mind that this is an editing WIP so the audio is gonna be a little imbalanced and weird at times (though I tried my best to make it listenable before posting it).
If you happen to want to watch something I've finished, I post my fanvids to youtube under "bluemoon" (why did i make it a different username) including a merthur one (+ reblog link)!! It's my favourite one I've made so far, actually.
Anyway! Here's hoping I'll hold my adhd and perfectionism prisoner long enough I'll finish this sooner than I predict (cheers, i'll drink to that bro).
(song credit at the end of the video)