Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27070979-20151012184515/@comment-25701646-20151013163346

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: ROSSELLA1 wrote:  Anyway, it brings to light the idea that Arthur's decisions aren't always those of a hero. Arthur's decision are those a king who puts his kingdom first, and puts aside his personal emotions. Treason is treason, and Arthur died as a result of Mordred's coup. Maybe...definitley those of a hypocrite, though. Remember, Arthur did the same thing Guinevere did. I'm not sure whether he was married to Guinevere at the time, but he knew Morgause was married to King Lot. Technically, since Arthur wasn't King Lot's subject, Arthur committed no treason. However, sleeping with her definitley went against every law of hospitality in the land and allowed Morgause to commit treason. Also, while Guinevere could have gotten pregnant with an illegitamate child, who could have sat on the throne, she didn't. Arthur did get Morgause pregnant with a child that did usurp Arthur's throne and, not only that, but killed several of Arthur's citizens. He compounded the problem of an illegitamate child by trying to kill said child and killing lots of others to cover it up, ensuring that, when Mordred survived, he'd want to overthrow the villainous King. Of course, men were expected to have affairs and King's wouldn't have been faulted for having bastards (as long as they weren't with other King's wives). Because Arthur was a King, he couldn't commit treason against himself and it wasn't consider treason for him to sleep with another King's wife. However, had Lot discovered the act, it would have been an act of war. King Arthur betrayed his own subjects by not being able to keep it in his pants. The war with Mordred wouldn't have happened if Arthur hadn't been a serial killer of babies. None of this justifies what Guinevere did. But notice that never once did Arthur say "If she should be put to death then I should be to." He never said "You know, maybe Mordred wouldn't be so hell-bent on revenge if I hadn't killed so many babies and tried to kill my own son."