You're famous, you know. Where we come from. When we come from. I mean, there's no guarantee that our time is your future; things can change. But if you keep walking the path toward our time, I can tell you what will happen.
Please don't hurt my sister. I promise, you'll regret it.
But everyone knows about you, even if everything they know is wrong. What kind of wrong? They "know" that your wife slept with Lancelot - please, my lady, I know it's not true! Really, you can put the sword down. I know you wouldn't sleep with your brother, any more than His Majesty would sleep with his sister. Which they also say. Because everything everyone knows is wrong. Or most of it. I'm not explaining this very well. Could you please stop threatening my sister?
Sorry, I'm trying to get to the point. I'm trying to tell you that we know that those stories aren't true. And we know the true stories. That you married the great warrior queen Gwenhwyvar as a way of strengthening connections with the older Britons. That you joined several great princes together to join all Britain in defense against the Saxons. That... that Bedwyr always plays practical jokes, and Cai pretends to hate it but secretly encourages him, and Gwenhwyvar always threatens to slice and dice anyone who dares to call her barbarian but Gawain will say it anyway just to give her a chance to show off and scare visitors into respecting her. We know these stories because...
Well, one of the stories everyone knows is true. The story about the final battle. Where... where you were betrayed, your Majesty. And dealt a mortal wound. And so Merlin - well, the stories say he was dead and gone, but it was Merlin - sent you to Avalon for healing. And one day you'll return to save Britain in her direst need. That's a true story. It just doesn't mention that Avalon is Britain, one day. Or that you were sent into the future as a baby, so you'd have time to grow up and get used to things. Or that Gwenhwyvar bullied Merlin into sending her too, so you wouldn't be alone. Although I guess some stories talk about how you'll have your knights with you when you return, so maybe ... anyway.
And that's why I'm named Morgan, your Majesty. And why I look so much like your sister. It's not because I'm her. It's not because I'm her daughter. It's because I'm your daughter. And so is my sister. And... Gwennie, for the love of all that's holy, put the bloody sword down. I'm sure they'll believe you're Mother's daughter without any of this nonsense.
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Author note: This is actually a tiny snippet in my rather comprehensive Arthurian universe. I rather doubt I'll ever record much of that universe - it's hard to get a hold on individual stories worth telling - but just in case, I might as well create tags that encompass the relevant points. Camelot is King Arthur's time and place, Avalon is Britain about 5000 years later where Artos and Jennifer Penn-Andrews reign. Morgan and Gwen Penn-Andrews also have an older brother, Llew, and a younger brother, Glen. It was Morgan and Gwen's bad luck to land at a point in Camelot when Morgan le Fay was an enemy of Arthur, but I thought it would be overdoing things for Morgan Penn-Andrews to explain how her aunt reconciled with her father and merited a namesake. It would likely be overdoing things for me, too.
Please don't hurt my sister. I promise, you'll regret it.
But everyone knows about you, even if everything they know is wrong. What kind of wrong? They "know" that your wife slept with Lancelot - please, my lady, I know it's not true! Really, you can put the sword down. I know you wouldn't sleep with your brother, any more than His Majesty would sleep with his sister. Which they also say. Because everything everyone knows is wrong. Or most of it. I'm not explaining this very well. Could you please stop threatening my sister?
Sorry, I'm trying to get to the point. I'm trying to tell you that we know that those stories aren't true. And we know the true stories. That you married the great warrior queen Gwenhwyvar as a way of strengthening connections with the older Britons. That you joined several great princes together to join all Britain in defense against the Saxons. That... that Bedwyr always plays practical jokes, and Cai pretends to hate it but secretly encourages him, and Gwenhwyvar always threatens to slice and dice anyone who dares to call her barbarian but Gawain will say it anyway just to give her a chance to show off and scare visitors into respecting her. We know these stories because...
Well, one of the stories everyone knows is true. The story about the final battle. Where... where you were betrayed, your Majesty. And dealt a mortal wound. And so Merlin - well, the stories say he was dead and gone, but it was Merlin - sent you to Avalon for healing. And one day you'll return to save Britain in her direst need. That's a true story. It just doesn't mention that Avalon is Britain, one day. Or that you were sent into the future as a baby, so you'd have time to grow up and get used to things. Or that Gwenhwyvar bullied Merlin into sending her too, so you wouldn't be alone. Although I guess some stories talk about how you'll have your knights with you when you return, so maybe ... anyway.
And that's why I'm named Morgan, your Majesty. And why I look so much like your sister. It's not because I'm her. It's not because I'm her daughter. It's because I'm your daughter. And so is my sister. And... Gwennie, for the love of all that's holy, put the bloody sword down. I'm sure they'll believe you're Mother's daughter without any of this nonsense.
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Author note: This is actually a tiny snippet in my rather comprehensive Arthurian universe. I rather doubt I'll ever record much of that universe - it's hard to get a hold on individual stories worth telling - but just in case, I might as well create tags that encompass the relevant points. Camelot is King Arthur's time and place, Avalon is Britain about 5000 years later where Artos and Jennifer Penn-Andrews reign. Morgan and Gwen Penn-Andrews also have an older brother, Llew, and a younger brother, Glen. It was Morgan and Gwen's bad luck to land at a point in Camelot when Morgan le Fay was an enemy of Arthur, but I thought it would be overdoing things for Morgan Penn-Andrews to explain how her aunt reconciled with her father and merited a namesake. It would likely be overdoing things for me, too.
