#and he took no pleasure in that but it was to help Rowley and Merlin with their own problems

[icharchivist]

Lamorak's motivation is actually really interesting, I feel like you don't get to see that often. When does selfless lead you on the path to villainy, indeed

FOR REAL he fascinates me!!!

Like we joke and joke about how he's the "i can fix him" type of guy, but also like, how rare it is to have an antagonist being set up fully on the fact that he just wants to help the main antagonist getting better, even if it means playing along with the villainy yaknow?

And i just think it's fascinating, especially with the thematic going on with the Wales Brothers and all.

Aglovale dealt with his grief seeing everyone as the enemy, he became uncaring, unloving, seeing the worst in people even when they did nothing wrong to him.

Lamorak dealt with his grief the complete opposite way. He started to care too much, to love too much, to see why everyone walked with a broken heart just like he did, seeing constantly what good was inside a person no matter the amount of villainy in their action.

Percival is the one who balanced it out. He's kind and caring but if someone is acting vile, no matter their reason to act this way, he will not let it stand. He still has problems and everything, but ultimately he came out of it with a pretty healthy outlook on how to connect with people in a way neither of his brothers did, because Aglovale gave too little, and Lamorak gave too much.

And i also just adore how Lamorak's whole thing, the whole reason he's like this, is because he failed to heal his mother, and he failed to be able to develop healing magic, so he's going to "heal" people the only way he has left. He doesn't want failing healing people anymore, and since he can't heal them physically, he will heal them mentally, emotionally, as much as he can.

and this is because he has this healer motivation that he's currently an antagonist. He's villain because, at heart, he's a healer. How rare is that as well?

And of course his motivations on the long term is still to sabotage Merlin, to not have Merlin cause the destruction he seeks, but in order to save Merlin from his own grief, Lamorak still has to play along with his plans. He will bear the price of being a villain if it means staying at Merlin's side so that eventually down the line he could help him get better.

Lamorak is such a fascinating character and i'm obsessed with him.

#he's a total mess though and he DOES do villainous things #like the attack on Dalmore that he did Sabotage enough that Merlin keeps throwing back at his face #he still pretty much caused mayhem here #but i still love how 1) it was also an excuse to tease Tor on how Aglovale loved him #2) that he pretty much did it trusting Gawain would oppose him #and as a Lamorak x Gawain truther this means a lot to me #but aside from Dalmore honestly when you look at what he participated in in StW #it's hard to see it as anything other than villainy #and he took no pleasure in that but it was to help Rowley and Merlin with their own problems #he wanted to help them and heal them so bad that he endangered Arthur and Mordred and everything #oghh. anyway. i love him. he's so good. #as someone who started playing gbf ways before he came back to the story i can say i'm so thrilled #i had so many theories about what Lamorak became and i was sure he would be fucked up over how he failed to heal his mother #i've just been vindicated ever since but i love the subtle approach and the contrast and all #the wales brothers are so fascinating and all #ichareply #ichafantalks gbf #ichablogging 4kishi