#view Elyan then… since he’s the one (1) character whose morality you were willing to sacrifice… hmmm…

[sneakyboymerlin]

Sorry but if you write a magic reveal fic and

Arthur accepts Merlin’s magic with no fuss

Gwaine accepts Merlin’s magic with no fuss

Percival accepts Merlin’s magic with no fuss

Elyan is vilified because he hates magic so much and he’s just not good enough to overlook his bias, unlike Arthur and the other knights (most of whom explicitly hate magic)

Leon accepts Merlin’s magic with no fuss

Then you probably have a racism problem.

#edit: it’s not JUST that Elyan specifically is made out that way! it’s how all of his white counterparts AREN’T! it’s 1 thing if everyone is #but when it’s JUST him ?!?!?!? what the fuck #of all of the characters listed… Elyan is the most likely to accept magic (if you pay attention to canon that is) #yeah this is about that arcane dominion fic… what was that author thinking #i even left a comment about the double standards of writing Elyan as Irrationally Angry #while Arthur and Leon were Uncharacteristically Calm #the author really put the characters’ races before their characterization and used all of the racist tropes on Elyan… #there was a line later in that fic about how Arthur is Good because he ‘overlooked his bias’ or whatever and like… says a lot bout how you #view Elyan then… since he’s the one (1) character whose morality you were willing to sacrifice… hmmm… #the way Arthur and Leon get coddled… #fandom critical #tw racism #tw antiblackness #fandom racism #bbc merlin