Agreed! I really don't have anything else to add to this...you've basically said everything that I was thinking.
I also LOVE a Servant of Two Masters for the fact that we get to see Arthur's reaction to the idea of losing Merlin. And I'd argue that that episode also shows how Gwen always thinks of Camelot first (like a good Queen)...I've seen a lot of people give Gwen flack online for how she tried to convince Arthur not to go looking for Merlin... but I think it just shows that Gwen is thinking more about what would happen to Camelot if Arthur was killed while searching bandit-infested woods for a manservant, it's not that she doesn't care about Merlin (or the fact that her boyfriend's heartbroken with worry), it's that she thinks of Camelot first... whereas Arthur thinks of Merlin first. Arthur and Merlin's first love is always each other, whereas Gwen's is Camelot itself. I think this is also reflected in the way she asks Lancelot to look after Arthur in 4x01. It's not so much because she loves Arthur more than Lancelot, it's because CAMELOT needs Arthur more than it needs Lancelot.
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Re: Part 2 II
Date: 2013-03-16 08:13 pm (UTC)I also LOVE a Servant of Two Masters for the fact that we get to see Arthur's reaction to the idea of losing Merlin. And I'd argue that that episode also shows how Gwen always thinks of Camelot first (like a good Queen)...I've seen a lot of people give Gwen flack online for how she tried to convince Arthur not to go looking for Merlin... but I think it just shows that Gwen is thinking more about what would happen to Camelot if Arthur was killed while searching bandit-infested woods for a manservant, it's not that she doesn't care about Merlin (or the fact that her boyfriend's heartbroken with worry), it's that she thinks of Camelot first... whereas Arthur thinks of Merlin first. Arthur and Merlin's first love is always each other, whereas Gwen's is Camelot itself. I think this is also reflected in the way she asks Lancelot to look after Arthur in 4x01. It's not so much because she loves Arthur more than Lancelot, it's because CAMELOT needs Arthur more than it needs Lancelot.