#sometimes fanon is better like sometimes it just issss

[kateis-cakeis]

You ever just think about how fanon is so firm in the BBC Merlin fandom that people (like I used to) go around believing Cenred's kingdom is called Essetir and that Odin's kingdom is Cornwall.

Or how like the wiki says Alined's kingdom is called Deorham and the Perilous Lands are Elmet. Which I'm pretty sure comes from that fannish map on AO3.

But that doesn't mean it's correct shfjgshdfg. These things are never said in the show

It's just using the wiki as a resource gets tricky when you have to dig through what is canon and fanon. Which is no fault of the wiki, that's completely fine. It's just amusing how much this fandom is built on fanon instead of canon.

Which makes sense for how long it's been around, with long held beliefs that get passed around us all. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just good to remind ourselves what is canon and what is fanon. Because it sure as hell shocks me sometimes :P :)

#bbc merlin #merlin #this is like howwww we all believe there to be a lake in the modern day #the lake is totally there guys trust me ive seen it #it's just behind the mist - Merlin is just further away - the green fields and lake can exist at once - the lake is just smaller #I know Julian Murphy said in the commentary it's just grass now or something but likeeeeee it's fine Merlin wouldn't have let the lake go #the lake is there just smaller :) yep #sometimes fanon is better like sometimes it just issss #furthermore it's also like how we all believe Aithusa to be female when Kilgharrah uses 'him' but then again we can wave that away with #dragons use he/him regardless and Aithusa is still female but with he/him pronouns so we can just put canon and fanon together and all be #happy :) yay #anyway this is just my way of saying that dont be confined to fanon it doesn't rule you just like canon doesn't rule you - you can do what #you want to do and make a brilliant story or art or whatever you do here :) #oh let us not forget that Golden Age we were promised? Never said in the show that phrase is never ever said. It's only ever in a desc for #first episode of season 5 saying that Camelot has been in a golden age so yeah just putting that one out there too