The Mists of Avalon: Difference between revisions

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** Also Viviane, who textually does some horrible things, like arranging for her niece and nephew to have sex with each other, poisoning her terminally ill best friend (who does not agree unequivocally to euthanasia), and cursing Gwen to miscarriage after miscarriage because any child of hers would be raised Christian, meaning that Avalon's candidate for the throne, Mordred, would never gain power.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: Present, and more than happy to either help after extracting a huge promise, or generally fuck things up to get what they want. Presented as powerful, manipulative, and not to be trusted.

* [[The Hecate Sisters]]: Viviane makes [[Lampshade Hanging|explicit reference]] to the concept of "maiden, mother and crone" when referring to Morgaine, Igraine and herself. Morgaine, at the time, is ~~THREE~~, which is a bit young to be considered a maiden.

* [[The Hecate Sisters]]: Viviane makes [[Lampshade Hanging|explicit reference]] to the concept of "maiden, mother and crone" when referring to Morgaine, Igraine and herself. Morgaine, at the time, is ''three'', which is a bit young to be considered a maiden.

* [[Holier Than Thou]]: Gwenhwyfar's general attitude against anything Avalon-related.

** (Though we're supposed to disagree with Gwen, she's ~~RIGHT~~. Avalon, by the text's admission, embraces human sacrifice of daughters and sex rituals that involve drugging the woman. Christianity, for all its flaws, does neither.)

** (Though we're supposed to disagree with Gwen, she's ''right''. Avalon, by the text's admission, embraces human sacrifice of daughters and sex rituals that involve drugging the woman. Christianity, for all its flaws, does neither.)

* [[Ho Yay]]: Arthur and Lancelot. Adds quite a different spin to the traditional love triangle...

* [[Lawful Stupid]]: Arthur, most of the time.