#but arthur's conception is the start of the main shit obvs
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Girl what did Arthur do in the legends
He got Morgana pregnant with baby Mordred
#arthur pendragon#morgana#morgan le fay#mordred#arthuriana#asks#it has only recently occured to me that there are probably people in the bbc merlin fandom that don't know arthuriana#which is totally fine it had just never occurred to me before bc ive been so fascinated with them for like a decade#it kinda explains why i was always so lost when people are like 'this bbc merlin thing is problematic i cant believe it'#and im sitting there like what this whole shebang starts off with uther killing a guy who's wife he wants to bang#and then merlin uses magic to disguise himself as the dead husband (gorlois) so the wife (igraine) doesnt know the difference#and thats how baby arthur is conceived#like these guys are FUCKED UP lmao#although i guess that isnt the TRUE start of the legends since theres some about baby merlin being the antichrist but they baptised him#so he's fine now. just got sickass magic powers but now he uses them for 'good'#and kid merlin dishing out prophecies to uther's predecessor vortigern to help him build a castle#but arthur's conception is the start of the main shit obvs#good god i infodumped in these tags damn i havent had my arthurian nerd cells activated in a BIT so thanks op#and also sorry to be the bearer of fucked up news to you
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