The below is written দ্বারা a dear mate of mine that goes দ্বারা the handle/monker Realityisfarfromideal. Oh dear, trust me, অথবা not *wink* আপনি really could not possibly get আরো ARYAN lol. Anywho...from a learned one, I like my বন্ধু SMART. Is that....good night. We have much in common. We do not suffer fools gladly. We just don't.

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In response to the Aryan ফ্যান্টাসি complaints that অ্যাঞ্জেল Coulby is unsuitable to play the part of কুইন Guinevere because she is not white and therefore out of place in Merlin, which according to the complainants Aryan fantasists is apparently based on a white cultural narrative of this Sceptred Isle. Well I am sorry, I am going too burst that bubble, as it is most likely informed দ্বারা 19th century Pre-Raphaelite art of whitey fair haired maidens and incorrect depictions of Arthur as a medieval king, rather than actual knowledge of the legends and any concept of the racial history of Britain.

Britain is an island, and as such its history is that of invasion and conquest, from the Romans, Scandinavians, Germanic Tribes and lastly to the Normans. The idea that amongst this continually changing cultural/national landscape Britain maintained a singular racial/cultural identity is ignorant at best and at worst pandering to Aryan fantasies. Roman Britain is the earliest era which informs us of the racial diversity of Britain, that is before the dark ages era in which Arthurian legends are based. The Roman centurions of the invasion force came from all parts of the Roman Empire, including and not limited to Basra, Libya and Nubia, some of who decided to settle in Britain when Rome eventually left in the early 5th century. So that settles the part of the existence of people of colour in Britain from an era further back than the late 1940/50s Britain. Now to the point that a person of colour could not rule, considering that the monarchies of England were an ethnic minority and as such probably a linguistic minority too, a POC in royalty is not improbable and is actual fact.

So those are the facts, and if আপনি still wish to diminish ignore the facts, now let’s discuss fiction. The Arthurian legends are fiction, they are myths based on Welsh folklore of a king who defeated the invading Saxons what do আপনি know people inventing fiction in order to not deal with the reality. Merlin is fiction; it is an adaptation of the original story, and as such it reflects Britain today, who we are and how we see ourselves. This is the central point of myths, and folklore storytelling, they tell us of today, evolving to the current cultural values we hold. The fact that আপনি have so many different stories of the Arthurian legends should tell আপনি this; there is no single definitive account of Arthur e.g. the inclusion of Lancelot in the myths is a 12th century French propagandist story to undermine the English mythical hero to a people under the conquest of French invaders let’s keep the plebs down দ্বারা shitting all over their star. These stories are myths and are not historical verisimilitude, and the Merlin adaptation in terms of its casting of a person of colour is far আরো of an accurate statement of Britain circa 5th /6th century than a flying, talking, giant mythical টিকটিকি and let’s not forget the wizard with ‘magic’ jazz hands why do we never talk about these two large elephants in the room when we complain about historical ‘inaccuracies’. In the general sense it is interesting that in genres such as fantasy/science-fiction which call for open minds and imagination, the casting of a person of colour in a role ‘indentified as white’ is met with condemnation and ridicule and yet flying phone boxes, ড্রাগন both the speaking and silent garden variety আগুন breathing kind, নেকড়ে kept as pets the size of Shetland ponies are obviously normal and everyday occurrences. Yes, we definitely got your postcard on that one fandom.

I pay my BBC licence yes shocking a student, who admits to paying for the TV licence, casting a person of colour in Merlin is representative of the culture and world around me today, and if আপনি find that difficult to accept why are আপনি watching?