User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Statements regarding Arthurian Legend in general I cannot take seriously/@comment-5763053-20130221120059/@comment-5102537-20130225105044

Thank you, Adelina.

"Calling Fimber (or anyone else who isn't a Merlin/Arthur shipper) against gays is just childish. I'm not playing this game, and I don't think Fimber wants to either"

Yes, you're right, I guess nobody wants to play this game. Calling people homophobe because they don't see fictional characters as being gay but straight would be as ridiculous as calling people being against straight relationships when they see fictional characters as being gay.

Reverie Indigo, no, I did not spend my entire post arguing that they weren't gay. As a matter of fact, I still left the option that the producers subsequently made them gay which would be contradictory to their former statements. I wrote that their relationship was deliberately done as a sort of homoerotic relationship in order to give both straight and gay viewers (or both fanbases - those who prefer them to be gay and those who prefer them to be straight) the opportunity to see in it what they want.

However, Arthur's love for Gwen was pointed out in a way that leaves no doubt to the viewer that she was his one and only true love. Same goes for Merlin and Freya. Actually, no-one loved nobody because they are not real, they do not exist. Nevertheless, the show wanted the viewer to see that Merlin was in love with Freya and that Arthur was in love with Gwen. It's entirely possible to fall in love with someone head over heels and it's entirely possible to love that someone for life, even when being seperated from them. It doesn't happen often, but it does. And the show pointed this out in regard to Merlin and Freya.

I wouldn't be surprised if the producers changed the entire relationships in the end since they changed a lot during the last two seasons. But that doesn't make Merlin and Arthur undoubtfully gay unless we know for sure. To me and a lot of other people it was clear that they weren't gay, to you and a lot of other people it was clear that they were. So what?

I've told MerlinUSA already that I couldn't care less about the sexual orientation of anyone, whether fictional characters or real people. It's none of my business and I'm not interested in other people's sex-life. You and a lot of other fans think that the bromance/relationship of Merlin and Arthur was the most important thing on that show. Well, to me it was as boring as the relationship between Gwen and Arthur. It was too much for my tatse  and you already stated, and I agree with you, it was static. I think they had no chemistry, others think they had. It's a matter of taste.

The main reason for being bored by their bromance is that the focus on it put much more interesting aspects and plots into the background. I was interested in many other things, yet it was all only about the two main protagonists, except for the epsiodes that dealt with Gwen/Arthur. And this is soap opera. The main storyline about the Old Religion, the destiny and whatnot, it was merely a subplot when the artifical drama between Gwen and Arthur and this static bromance of Merlin and Arthur was in the focus.

By the way, the bond between Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings was a very strong bond too. Sam wouldn have died for Frodo at any time. He was crying when he was hurt and rejected by Frodo and you could see that he clearly loved him. Yet I've never heard from anyone that they were gay. Love between two men or two women is possible without being sexually interested.