Shertanwen - Under The Willow

A gay Italian character who is not stereotyped. 

A gay Arab character who is also not stereotyped. 

Neither of them fetishized. 

Both of them bad ass as fuck. 

And they’re in one of the healthiest relationships, queer or not, I’ve ever seen in an action movie.

Two female leads, one of them Black, neither of them sexualized. 

 Not even ONCE. 

 Both of them bad ass as fuck. 

And they both have space to be their own characters, with their own arcs.

Directed by a Black woman. 

Edited by a Black woman. 

 Actual MAIN //obviously// Gay characters in a superhero/comic movie? (Not relegated to cameo status, take notes Marvel!) 

 I’m sorry I can’t shut up about this movie. 

I’m just so fucking INTO everything it’s about! 

Watching the Umbrella Academy and thinking about how much of a shame it was that Merlin didn’t have any Klaus-like powers. Obviously, to talk to loved ones, sure, but also to fuck around with Uther’s ghost like Klaus does Ben.

Arthur: is my father here?

Merlin: ....no. As it turns out, ghosts can’t travel on sacred land 🤷‍♀️

Uther, standing behind Merlin: are you kidding me?

Or, Merlin openly using magic as Uther rages in the background but there’s nothing he can really do bc technically Merlin can control him.

Merlin: you wanna watch me use magic?

Uther: I hope you die a painful death

Merlin: oooh I’m gonna make a butterfly...you better watch outttttt

Okay, so here’s what I’m thinking. Arthurian legends have a million different versions with various authors and translations, so it is essentially like everyone just wrote a bunch of fanfic in a group project-like setting and nobody knows 100% what the OG version actually was.

This can be explained by Merlin simply trying to annoy Arthur back into the land of the living.

You know what would tick him off? Is if I said Mordred was his kid.

Yo Arthur. I’m telling everyone I raised you. Anything to say? No? You’re not going to burst out of the lake and say you’re technically older than me? Okay then.

Arthur, guess what? I’m telling everyone how Morgana - DAUGHTER OF YGRAINE - is your half-sister....because she was also YGRAINE’S CHILD.... no? Okay.

Fuck it. If you don’t come back soon I’m gonna say you slept with Morgause. I’ll fucking do it.

I’m changing Leon’s name to Galahad because you’re being a bitch. Come out and stop me if you don’t want me to.

I’ve decided to be part demon. No real reason. Just thought I would condemn myself in the eyes of history for being a child of Hell... if you feel differently you should say something.

And then, other people start adding their own stories and things start getting uhhhh more R-Rated.

So.... I did tell everyone you slept with Morgause. But, just to clarify, it was not me who said she was your sister, okay? I don’t really know how that happened.

Bad news. Ummmm don’t be mad, but things kind of got out of hand. You know that thing that happened between Gwen and Lancelot before you got married? Well, in a story that I most certainly did not spread....uh. It kind of escalated.

You know, people are now saying Lancelot is a hoe, but between you and me....yeah, I started that one. It’s true and we both know it.

....remember how you told me that lovely story on how your parents met? Well, apparently that is not the version the rest of the world knows. You might want to come back and correct that bc I’m honestly at a loss for words here.

You better fucking come out of this goddam lake you fucking coward. These idiots are saying my bestie was your magic-hating father. I’m okay with my legacy being a child-stealing demon, but I draw the line at being called Uther’s bitch, alright?

They found Geoffrey’s records. Turns out he misunderstood a lot of what was going on. We’re screwed.