gonna stop comparing tmagp characters to tma characters and start comparing tmagp characters to. other tmagp characters. gwen is lena's narrative foil because gwen believes she deserves good things, and lena no longer believes in deserving. gwen would do anything to prove that she's strong and competent and won't obey, lena stays in her cage and attacks on command because she knows what'll happen if she doesn't. lena's already in too deep to claw her way out, and gwen is willingly digging further down.
people in the gwenpool subreddit are saying they don't want her to be in a relationship with anyone but also hate that she's aroace. new levels of aphobia are being discovered as we speak.
bbc merlin ao3 is just he would not fucking say that she would not fucking say that they would not fucking do that. he would not fucking legalise magic he would not fucking banish his best friend. their friends would not fucking care that much. nobody knows those guys like i do and i am reminded of it every single week
I know Ygraine in fanon is like this good person who would have been proud of S5 Arthur and all... but hear me out!
Morgause summons what might be her in S2, by that point she tells Arthur it's Uther fault she died: kinda shitty to snitch on your husband if you loved him??
Also Uther did not know she would have died (he tells as much to Nimueh, and we have no reason to believe Uther would have willingly exchange her life for Arthur's seeing how he reacted afterwards) and she should know that!
So either 1) that is not true Ygraine therefore telling Arthur she's proud doesn't make real Ygraine proud of him.
2) That is actual Ygraine and she's a crappy wife.
Either way she might have been proud of Season 2 Arthur but not of S5 Arthur: she might not hate magic, but still hate that Arthur married Gwen and knighted peasants.
What if she was as shitty as Uther in that regard?? like, your vibe attracts your tribe... what if she was the standard noblewoman, we know Queens are as bad as Kings, come on: Royalty sucks!
I think exploring the fact they could both be fucked up people is more interesting than a martyr saint of a mother.
She was a noble woman and all the laws Uther made before her departure would probably have been ok with her.
What if she would have axed Percival herself if Arthur had summoned her with the horn in 5x03??