Hmm... If I were going to describe desire as a mental illness, I might liken it to obsessive compulsive disorder, something that can be resisted and avoided, but only with great difficulty.
Elain of Astolat was a ninny.
As for Merlin, hmm... The Evil Woman parts of the Arthurian legends change so much depending on what time period you look at. In Tennyson, he basically knows what she's up to, but has a midlife crisis and goes for her anyway because she's hot... Or that's how I interpreted it anyway. I don't know what she's like in the other versions, but in Tennyson, it's a battle of wills motivated by bitterness and lust. There's no love there.
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:51 pm (UTC)Elain of Astolat was a ninny.
As for Merlin, hmm... The Evil Woman parts of the Arthurian legends change so much depending on what time period you look at. In Tennyson, he basically knows what she's up to, but has a midlife crisis and goes for her anyway because she's hot... Or that's how I interpreted it anyway. I don't know what she's like in the other versions, but in Tennyson, it's a battle of wills motivated by bitterness and lust. There's no love there.