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Day Eighteen: Female Character Meme
Mar. 24th, 2011 11:28 pm Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character: Guinevere (Gwen)
I was utterly charmed by Gwen from pretty much her first appearance, back where she was still the sweet, shy girl who tended to stick her foot in her mouth and poorly disguised her crush on Merlin, but it’s her gradual and realistic growth over the years that’s really made me adore the character, and in a show that generally sucks at both continuity and character growth (see: Smirkganna. And Arthur The Permanently Oblivious).
Gwen is a prime example of how a character’s strength doesn’t have to manifest itself in obvious ways. Gwen doesn’t have magic, or sword-fighting skills, or the power inherent in royal parentage. What’s she’s got is inner strength that allows her to challenge Arthur on his attitude towards commoners as early as S1, to be the kind of person that can not only endure Uther’s presence after he had her father executed, but doesn’t allow herself to be consumed by hatred and to keep hold her head high when her life is threatened by kings (and the regal way she holds herself in those scenes-you can see the future Queen).
On a random note, my absolutely favourite Gwen moments involve her teaming up with Merlin to solve the mystery du jour. I’d watch the hell out of a show build around THAT (Camelot P.I.s :Together, they fight crime in an adorable fashion!).
( Days 1-30 )
I was utterly charmed by Gwen from pretty much her first appearance, back where she was still the sweet, shy girl who tended to stick her foot in her mouth and poorly disguised her crush on Merlin, but it’s her gradual and realistic growth over the years that’s really made me adore the character, and in a show that generally sucks at both continuity and character growth (see: Smirkganna. And Arthur The Permanently Oblivious).
Gwen is a prime example of how a character’s strength doesn’t have to manifest itself in obvious ways. Gwen doesn’t have magic, or sword-fighting skills, or the power inherent in royal parentage. What’s she’s got is inner strength that allows her to challenge Arthur on his attitude towards commoners as early as S1, to be the kind of person that can not only endure Uther’s presence after he had her father executed, but doesn’t allow herself to be consumed by hatred and to keep hold her head high when her life is threatened by kings (and the regal way she holds herself in those scenes-you can see the future Queen).
On a random note, my absolutely favourite Gwen moments involve her teaming up with Merlin to solve the mystery du jour. I’d watch the hell out of a show build around THAT (Camelot P.I.s :Together, they fight crime in an adorable fashion!).
( Days 1-30 )