[ SECRET POST #2790 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2790 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think the way her character was written deserves genuine criticism, she does have a few mary sue traits as op says(eg take the whole Lancelot thing- she doesn't even really cheat on Arthur; its because of a spell). For me personally my main criticism with her was in relation to the Arthur relationship, I just thought the whole thing was handled so poorly, I was genuinely intrigued to see how they'd handle it when I first started watching the show but they seemed to use "time jump" as an explanation for their sudden interest in each other. Granted thats also a general criticism I had of the show anyway, time jumps were just an excuse for lazy writing. Also I just thought her and Lancelot made the most sense (and Angel and Santiago had more romantic chemistry than Angel and Bradley).
I missed Gwen from season 1 though, she was one of my favourite characters in the beginning and I felt the way she was written after that kinda went down hill, there were moments where I admired her badassery but overall I liked s1 Gwen the best and ended the series disliking her.

[(Anonymous)]

My beef was that Merlin and Arthur were just as badly written, yet mysteriously didn't get HALF the flack for it that Gwen did.

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take the whole Lancelot thing- she doesn't even really cheat on Arthur; its because of a spell

It's unlikely you'll see this a couple of days after you posted, but I wholeheartedly agree with this. The think that's great about the original Guinevere is that she is inherently a flawed character and that she has intent and free will in her romance with Lancelot.

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The problem is that the show simply didn't set up for Lancelot/Guinevere. Are we really meant to believe that Gwen would be stupid enough to make out with a man that she barely interacted with on the eve of her marriage to Arthur? The writers wrote themselves into a corner. It HAD to be a spell, as the alternative was character assassination.