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** Played straight earlier when Igraine has her epiphany that she and Uther were lovers in a previous lifetime. Uther-in-previous-incarnations got around.
** Played straight earlier when Igraine has her epiphany that she and Uther were lovers in a previous lifetime. Uther-in-previous-incarnations got around.
* [[Right-Hand Hottie]]: Lancelot to Arthur.
* [[Right-Hand Hottie]]: Lancelot to Arthur.
* [[Sex As a Rite of Passage]]: The Sacred Marriage ritual; watch out, as your partner might be your sibling.
* [[Sex as Rite-of-Passage]]: The Sacred Marriage ritual; watch out, as your partner might be your sibling.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Gwenhwyfar, Lancelet, Morgaine, Morgause, Igraine.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Gwenhwyfar, Lancelet, Morgaine, Morgause, Igraine.
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: The book shows definite signs of this, as characterization contradicts itself from chapter to chapter, the timeline is tangled and involves frequent retcons, and the continuity is nonexistent. This was almost certainly deliberate, as Marion Zimmer Bradley "[http://home.pon.net/rhinoceroslodge/mzb.htm became irate when they (fans) expected her to remember details and fashion consistency throughout" her Darkover series, which she insisted was not a series]; she felt that timelines and continuity confined authors' creativity and therefore should be ignored. (Mind you, she did care about using the book to preach about the goddess. Just not about the details of the story.)
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: The book shows definite signs of this, as characterization contradicts itself from chapter to chapter, the timeline is tangled and involves frequent retcons, and the continuity is nonexistent. This was almost certainly deliberate, as Marion Zimmer Bradley "[http://home.pon.net/rhinoceroslodge/mzb.htm became irate when they (fans) expected her to remember details and fashion consistency throughout" her Darkover series, which she insisted was not a series]; she felt that timelines and continuity confined authors' creativity and therefore should be ignored. (Mind you, she did care about using the book to preach about the goddess. Just not about the details of the story.)
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