About the show, I must confess that I can't say, never having seen it! I have a friend who's crazy about it, but she seems to be into it for the Merlin/Arthur ship (in case you couldn't guess, Merlin is the thin dark teen and Arthur the husky blond who is talking to young Mordred at the end). So it obviously doesn't take Arthurian canon very seriously.
As to the song, I actually bought this one on iTunes. ) The singer is called Heather Dale, and she seems to have written a lot about the Arthurian characters.
The revenge motif, tragic though it is, does make sense of characters in the saga who would otherwise be blanks. Speaking of which - making sense, that is - I do highly recommend Elizabeth Wein's Winter Prince to you as well. IF you can find it, that is! It's astonishing to me that it's out of print; it is intense, intelligent, morally and emotionally coherent (though disturbing) and very well written.
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Date: 2009-11-11 06:51 pm (UTC)As to the song, I actually bought this one on iTunes. ) The singer is called Heather Dale, and she seems to have written a lot about the Arthurian characters.
The revenge motif, tragic though it is, does make sense of characters in the saga who would otherwise be blanks. Speaking of which - making sense, that is - I do highly recommend Elizabeth Wein's Winter Prince to you as well. IF you can find it, that is! It's astonishing to me that it's out of print; it is intense, intelligent, morally and emotionally coherent (though disturbing) and very well written.