User blog comment:Morganaforever/Most unfairly treated character ever!/@comment-77.206.82.86-20120227141354

I understand your disappointement. It's a pity that Lancelot, who takes a major role in the legend, appears only in 6 episodes. He deserves much more than that (in that case, what could we say about Owain, the knight of the Lion, one of the most famous knight of the Arthur's court, we see less than ten minutes, just to watch him get killed ?). I couldn't agree more. But the character, in my opinion, is not mistreated by the creators of the series. In "The knight of the cart", written by Chrétien de Troyes, he gives up his honor for the love of Guinevere, by accepting to mount the cart intended for the criminals. For the love of Guenevere, he's ready to bear the severe humiliation of the cart. He did his sacrifice in "The Darkest hours" in the name of love and shows that is the most selfless knight of Camelot. He relinquishes his own happiness for the happiness of Guinevere. In that way, we can say that Lancelot is pure love. Nevertherless, I don't understand why he appears, in every episodes, so desperate, and worse, so depressed. For me, a knight can't be that way, as a knight, he is necessarily belligerent. The most noble knight of Camelot (so talk Arthur and the Great Dragon about him) ! How could he be so depressed. By the way, I don't understand how is a better knight than Gwaine or Sir Leon. Last, but not least, I don't understand why in "Lancelot du Lac" they made him a shade and, eventually, took away from him his will, as if he was not responsible of what he did. That's quite irritating.