because Kay reaches peak Done with Everyone energy while he's telling it, and yet at the same time he never condemns Arthur
It's key to the "Merlin as the real villain" theme of Karr's Kay's perspective of the Arthurian legends he's lived through: Merlin could have told Arthur who his father was and avoided multiple problems (war, incest, etc.) but nooooo; he could have come up with either less drastic interpretation of Arthur's snake dream OR counseled less drastic action than pulling a Straight-Up King Herod, but NOOO, he had to jump straight to DROWNING BABIES.
I think the sense of Modern Thinking comes through largely with the female characters as well - Lynette, Dame Iblis, Morgan, and Nimue - but possibly that is because the Arthurian Narrative Cultural Lens just... wouldn't give their perspective in the first place...?
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It's key to the "Merlin as the real villain" theme of Karr's Kay's perspective of the Arthurian legends he's lived through: Merlin could have told Arthur who his father was and avoided multiple problems (war, incest, etc.) but nooooo; he could have come up with either less drastic interpretation of Arthur's snake dream OR counseled less drastic action than pulling a Straight-Up King Herod, but NOOO, he had to jump straight to DROWNING BABIES.
I think the sense of Modern Thinking comes through largely with the female characters as well - Lynette, Dame Iblis, Morgan, and Nimue - but possibly that is because the Arthurian Narrative Cultural Lens just... wouldn't give their perspective in the first place...?