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I think this show is sexist. Merlin and Arthur are allowed to be good guys that do awful things sometimes without suffering. But Gwen is written as never doing bad things and Morgana is portrayed as the worst villain the show has ever had (despite having actual motivation unlike other villains). Neither is allowed to be truly complex and they’re both burdened with having to be ‘perfect’ or ‘evil’. The other women from Arthurian books barely make an appearance while the men get regular roles. :(

I think this show is sexist. Merlin and Arthur are allowed to be good guys that do awful things sometimes without suffering. But Gwen is written as never doing bad things and Morgana is portrayed as the worst villain the show has ever had (despite having actual motivation unlike other villains). Neither is allowed to be truly complex and they’re both burdened with having to be ‘perfect’ or ‘evil’. The other women from Arthurian books barely make an appearance while the men get regular roles. :(

(Source: bbcmerlinconfessions, via witchpieceoftoast)

Filed under yup merlin is srs bsns the politics of representation one of the texts I studied for my dissertation was a 13th century Arthurian romance called Ywain and Gawain the women in that text get a fairer shake than Gwen and Morgana do in Merlin there is something very wrong with your show when a 13th century poet is managing female characters better than you are

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    Well, legend and epic has always been sexist!
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    Oh my God, I love you for saying this!! The way the female characters are portrayed in this show makes me seethe with...
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