Finally, the level of "Merlin is a cowardly girl" humour is offensive, not just because it's boring and insulting to women, but because of the allegory of being closeted that surrounds Merlin's character.
What also really annoys me continuity-wise is that S1's Labyrinth of Gedref specifically dealt with that issue and showed Arthur questioning this kind of thinking and all the associated 'masculine' clichés like valuing honour above everything else, hunting and killing for the fun of it, etc. But then they decided to reset his character in S2 and ever since then he's been very hit-or-miss.
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Date: 2010-11-01 02:25 pm (UTC)What also really annoys me continuity-wise is that S1's Labyrinth of Gedref specifically dealt with that issue and showed Arthur questioning this kind of thinking and all the associated 'masculine' clichés like valuing honour above everything else, hunting and killing for the fun of it, etc. But then they decided to reset his character in S2 and ever since then he's been very hit-or-miss.