So recently, I've been making my way through a (translated/modernized) version of Sir Thomas Mallory’s version of Arthurian legends. Besides reminding me of how much I enjoyed my one medieval literature class in undergrad and how I wish I had more time to devote to the subject, it occurred to me that if this were a fandom, Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere would be the prototype of shipping wars. I'm sure the medieval fandom would have #TeamArthur and #TeamLancelot wars on Tumblr.
Also, Mallory's version of Tristan and Isolde prove that no matter what fandom I’m in, I will find side pairings much more compelling than the main parings, and they will undoubtedly be my OTP. Theirs will be the story that keeps me hooked on whatever I'm reading and watching. Inevitably, they will suffer what my friend has called the Curse of the Side Characters and be depressingly killed off before the finale, sometimes off-screen. (No, seriously, they die off-screen midway through somebody else's legend).
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