swim through the fires to stay in this world

zahrawithaz  has a post on the arthurian legends and how they developed over the centuries that is hugely helpful.

I find it especially timely because I've been trying to remember where I got my ideas about these legends. I remember liking Guinevere prior to reading The Mists of Avalon (one of the major reasons I hated that book was Bradley's treatment of her), although Bradley's novel is first I can recall reading about the arthurian legends; it was shortly followed by Child of the Northern Spring and Queen of the Summer Stars, though I did not read the third book of that trilogy; one of the thick, famous, books about Merlin( ETA: okay so I asked my mom about this, and I read The Crystal Cave and The Hollow Hills and I have never read ); and I Am Morgan Le Fay and I Am Mordred).

Basically, I do not recall a time when I didn't know the basis of these legends.

[ETA: From quizzing my mom, I am pretty sure that at least half but probably more of my early exposure to these legends was her telling them to me.]

Ah ha ha, oh, Arthur. You and Jeff Winger should have a douche-off. (Jeff would win, btw.) Also, Bradley James has a ridiculously square chin. It's attractive though. And he says Guineviere well. One point for the show is that you can ship anybody with anybody else. That's about the only thing the writers get points for.

And is it just me, or do the accents come and go a bit on this show?

Also, everyone should totally check out the vid Make Something Good. I love the sense of Arthur being something/someone that Gwen and Merlin are constructing.

(FYI, I watched 1.10 and 1.12 today.)