I agree with a great deal of what you say here. I like the homoeroticism of the show, but only as subtext. I'm slasher but I view slash as an exercise in reading against the text, as a complex game we all play with each other. I wouldn't even call the canon bond between Merlin and Arthur brotherly--because I think they are fascinated with each other and deeply attracted, just not in a way that's necessarily sexual or romantic. But our culture doesn't have many models for this sort of intense love that aren't sexual/romantic/OneTrueLove.
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Date: 2009-03-31 06:09 am (UTC)