I believe I was discussing some of these very issues with Vensre just the other day, and my words then were - "pick a bloody period and stick with it, or stop pleading Historical Accuracy every time you want to fuck up characterisation." Seriously, the "period appropriate" crap PISSES ME OFF. You do not get to plead historical accuracy when it suits you to do so and then ignore it in every other situation. They established both their female leads as characters that can handle themselves and they have reduced them both to stereotypes.
I find that ALMOST as rage inducing as their attitude to 'the gay' in a 'family show' and the fact that no interviewer, once that question has been asked and answered, has ever even slightly called them out on their bigoted responses.
If you think the fans watch for the "quality writing" on Merlin, you are insanely deluded. We watch in spite of that.
So very true. The one thing Merlin fandom has taught me is that fanfiction is consistently higher quality than the writing, plotting and characterisation in the show itself.
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Date: 2010-12-03 01:33 pm (UTC)I believe I was discussing some of these very issues with Vensre just the other day, and my words then were - "pick a bloody period and stick with it, or stop pleading Historical Accuracy every time you want to fuck up characterisation." Seriously, the "period appropriate" crap PISSES ME OFF. You do not get to plead historical accuracy when it suits you to do so and then ignore it in every other situation. They established both their female leads as characters that can handle themselves and they have reduced them both to stereotypes.
I find that ALMOST as rage inducing as their attitude to 'the gay' in a 'family show' and the fact that no interviewer, once that question has been asked and answered, has ever even slightly called them out on their bigoted responses.
If you think the fans watch for the "quality writing" on Merlin, you are insanely deluded. We watch in spite of that.
So very true. The one thing Merlin fandom has taught me is that fanfiction is consistently higher quality than the writing, plotting and characterisation in the show itself.