[ SECRET POST #2119 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2119 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, what? How is Merlin/Merlynn like social justice faux pas? What does being a female cis have to do with Merlin/Merlynn?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to figure out what they missed.

[(Anonymous)]

They changed Merlin's gender so they can heterosexually ship her with Arthur?

[(Anonymous)]

Oooooooooooooooh.

I'm so used to Merlyn as an alternate spelling for Merlin, I didn't make the different gender connection. Sorry secret poster.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh god, me too. It wasn't until I read the 'she' in the summary I realized what was up @_@

[(Anonymous)]

I fucking HATE it when people change the letter I for a Y to make a name "feminine." And in the time period Merlin is set in, did they even use that alphabet (legitimate question, because I don't know)? If not, the spelling change makes no sense.

And if it's supposed to look more feminine because it has "lynn" in it, "Lynn" originated as a surname, not a female name.

(Though there was a Lynette in Arthurian legends. I think that comes from the Welsh name Eluned, though. Not the surname/modern female name Lynn)

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, they did. The Arthurian legends traditionally take place after the fall of Rome, so the roman alphabet* would have already been on the island by that time, and names/etc would have already been 'romanized' well enough to be written. [Though, in fairness they could already write prior to the romans - there were at least two different forms of writing that was found that indicates that - they just didn't because their religion discouraged it and/or because there was a general low opinion of it, depending on who you talk to.]

As for the rest...well. You have to remember that people probably aren't researching the names that would have been accurate for the time period. If they were then technically Merlin's name should be being spelled as Myrddin, and Arthur's name should [technically] be Artōrius [a surname at the time] or, possibly Artúr. Though the latter is actually Old Irish, so it's a little dubious that King Arthur would have actually been named that if he existed.

So, in all honestly, a *lot* would be different if people tried to stick to names that were remotely accurate for the time period, which doesn't help with the fact that it's entirely possible that [depending on exactly when it took place] they weren't even actually speaking English, but a 'proto-english'.

If you consider that, right here? We're talking about a fanfic that's based on a series that's known to have accidentally left freaking beer cans on the set, and still had that make into the actual episode. Doing that level of research is a lot to ask of anyone for a hobby. Don't get me wrong, it's great when they do it...but it's a little much to expect.

*Technically it's called the latin alphabet.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, but I'm confused as to how *the OP's* being non-white, cis etc. relates to that. OP could've just said, "I like this fic and I feel like I shouldn't".

Is there a point here that I'm missing?

[(Anonymous)]

That OP feels bad because she'd react to race issues because she's non-white, but not to LGBT issues because she's CIS?