And Arthur sleeping shirtless all the time isn't degrading towards slash, at least to me - on the contrary, this is acting as a HUGE boost to slash! :D - but rather towards Arthur's character, himself. I'm not holding out much hope on Arthur for the next episode - this story arc seems primarily about Merlin, Uther, and that troll - but for the episodes after, I hope to see some more on Arthur, so we can know for sure his character is still strong. I'm honestly just worried that the writers will think they can afford to get lazy with Arthur's character because of all the smexy.
As for the anti-feminist depictions on Merlin...well, yeah, men do think with their pricks, but that's besides the point. :D On all seriousness, I'm having rather mixed feelings about the show. On one hand, I think they're just presenting an over-simplified metaphor about beautiful, manipulative women being really ugly on the inside. With both Sophia and Katrina, in the end, though both ended up as inhuman creatures. They even use Gwen as a contrast, how she manipulates no one, making her a sweet and goodhearted person.
Morgana's going to be the main judgment point for me, later on - in the first season, she really was quite the feminist, helping Arthur with the snakes, and even screwing the code of female propriety and going to Ealdor wearing breeches and swordfighting, herself. She's become more passive so far. Last episode started to see a bit of a revival of her feminist tendencies - i.e. the way she handled the capture - but I'm still hoping to see her back to her full, feminist self after 206. ^_^
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Date: 2009-10-26 03:41 pm (UTC)And Arthur sleeping shirtless all the time isn't degrading towards slash, at least to me - on the contrary, this is acting as a HUGE boost to slash! :D - but rather towards Arthur's character, himself. I'm not holding out much hope on Arthur for the next episode - this story arc seems primarily about Merlin, Uther, and that troll - but for the episodes after, I hope to see some more on Arthur, so we can know for sure his character is still strong. I'm honestly just worried that the writers will think they can afford to get lazy with Arthur's character because of all the smexy.
As for the anti-feminist depictions on Merlin...well, yeah, men do think with their pricks, but that's besides the point. :D On all seriousness, I'm having rather mixed feelings about the show. On one hand, I think they're just presenting an over-simplified metaphor about beautiful, manipulative women being really ugly on the inside. With both Sophia and Katrina, in the end, though both ended up as inhuman creatures. They even use Gwen as a contrast, how she manipulates no one, making her a sweet and goodhearted person.
Morgana's going to be the main judgment point for me, later on - in the first season, she really was quite the feminist, helping Arthur with the snakes, and even screwing the code of female propriety and going to Ealdor wearing breeches and swordfighting, herself. She's become more passive so far. Last episode started to see a bit of a revival of her feminist tendencies - i.e. the way she handled the capture - but I'm still hoping to see her back to her full, feminist self after 206. ^_^