#and gwen deserved a tragic gut-ripping romance on her own terms

[feelyoubehindmyeyes]

“You're not going to die, Arthur. I'm telling you. Because I know that one day you will be King. A greater king than you father could ever be. It's what keeps me going. You are going to live to be the man I've seen inside you, Arthur. I can see a Camelot that is fair and just. I can see a king that the people will love and be proud to call their sovereign. For the love of Camelot, you have to live”

this quote from gwen in 1x13 makes no sense? sure in s2 or onwards it would somewhat reflect their growing relationship, but in s1 gwen and arthur barely interacted. yes gwen probably thought arthur was a good man at heart but how intimately did she actually know him

it would make way more sense for morgana to be at his bedside with this kind of plea. she was the one who foresaw his death and came running barefoot to warn him in front of his knights. she saw him grow from a motherless boy into the man he became and how he increasingly clashed with his father. throughout s1 we see time and time again how arthur confided his anxieties to morgana and how she was often the push he needed to confirm his instinctive righteousness.

heck even merlin saying this would make more sense. i don’t ship merthur but with the whole platonic soulmates, two sides of a coin thing it would work. i love gwen but (to me) the writers made arthur x gwen so contrived through moments like this