User blog comment:Adelina Le Morte March/Fanfiction Pains: annoying things I've noticed related to Merlin fanfics/@comment-91.140.59.8-20130126005838/@comment-5659316-20130126223601

Ivyteainm, please don't judge the Lurker! How is it prejudiced if the best fanfics they've personally read -the best written ones, or the ones that most appealed to their taste- focused on Freylin, ArMor, Arwen, and Morgwaine?

Indeed, considering the abundance of Merthur written by clearly overly hormonal thirteen year old girls, is it any surprise that maybe stories written by other fan-writers who may or may not be more skilled in their craft than the Merthur writers is being appreciated/noticed? It seems to me that many Methur shippers are very quick to jump on ANYONE who likes a different pairing, canon or otherwise, and call them bigoted.

'' a great part of the Merlin show was about the intense relationship between Arthur and Merlin. It was a love affair, especially on Merlin's part. Whether it was platonic or deeper ''-All right, stop right there. Right before you said this, you said, "That is a prejudical comment that you don't like the gay content between Arthur and Merlin" (rolls eyes) if you think it's platonic or even COULD be platonic, then it's not GAY, now is it?

Also, yes much of the series focuses on Arthur and Merlin's highly apparently, at times even brotherly, friendship. Really, the closeness shown between those two is not very different between best friends in other popular series. For example, look at Robin Hood and Much in the 2006 BBC Robin Hood. Much is to Robin, in many ways, what Merlin is to Arthur. Like Merlin with Prince Arthur, Much is willing to live in the woods, fight bad guys, and get captured, all in Robin Hood's name. They share a close bond, fought in the holy lands together, and Much even once said, if I'm remembering right, that if Robin died he would die of a broken heart. But last I checked, Robin Hood was not gay. Fans will be quick to point out that Robin's lover is Marion, not only in the legends, but in the SHOW as well. Indeed, a great deal of the Robin/Marion interaction is ALSO similar to that of a familiar ship in the Merlin fandom, a certain Arthur/Gwen. And Much breifly liked a girl -Ivy, I think was her name- who I don't recall if the sherif killed her or if she just had to go into hiding, similar to how Merlin liked Freya. Much and Robin probably have generally as much time together as Merlin and Arthur. In a fanfic, if someone wanted to (and I'm sure somebody on some site somewhere HAS) Much and Robin could be protrayed as homosexuals; BUT, that doesn't make the fact that IN the show, the actual show, the writers made MARION Robin's love. Ditto, Merlin. The writers made it perfectly clear who Arthur was ROMANTICALLY in love with: GUINEVERE -he even MARRIED HER! I don't deny that Arthur loves Merlin and vise-versa, but it's clearly not in a homosexual way in the CANON of the series. Now, I don't mean to offend anybody, as every story on the face of planet earth is open for "interpitation". If someone wants to see it as a mediphore for a gay relationship or whatever... shruggs. Who cares? Not my problem. But the rest of us, who enjoy the show, don't HAVE to be Merthur shippers! We shouldn't have to support your favorite pairing to get your approval. That would be as stupid as my calling a Mergana shipper not a "real" fan, or bigoted, because I prefer Freylin.

''I see nothing wrong with pairings if they are done tastefully and appropriately, that includes gay ones. ''-What did I, or the Lurker in the Woods, say that made you feel the need to point this out? All I said was that I find "pregnant Merlin" stories highly improbable (because he's a GUY) and that I'd prefer Methur shipers not to have explict content on public display, not only for my benefit, but also because the RULES of most fanfiction sites are strictly against putting porn in a SUMMARY! And all the lurker shared was what pairings THEY'VE personally found good stories for.

'' Fans should never forget that Bradley James or Colin Morgan played roles. They are not Arthur or Merlin. They may be nothing like you imagine them. Fan girls say "Oh I want to marry them"; that is so unrealistic; why even think such thing?. It's their job to smile at you at conventions, but their private lives are much different. For all know; they may be gay. You wouldn't know it because their agents and the media cover those trails well to protect the actors. ''-I agree! Fangirls shouldn't forget that they are ACTORS. But what does this -or whether or not they are gay or straight, or dating or single or anything like their characters or not- have to do with the topic I brought up? In fact, most fanfiction sites don't accept "Actor" based stories, though some people write them anyway.