Absolutely! I wouldn't go as far as to say ban it, but I'm a'guessin' that was hyperbole anyway.
I thought Mists of Avalon was all right, but I didn't connect to it. I read my T. H. White, y'see, and Arthurian mythology just doesn't work for me without the Christian angst. Any more than Star Wars would work without the Force. Mythology always taps deeply into philosophy, and the fierce futile tragedy of the Arthur cycle is wrapped tightly around the fierce futile tragedy of medieval Christianity . . . I felt a little gypped by MoA. It pulled a few too many teeth.
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Date: 2003-10-22 05:41 am (UTC)I thought Mists of Avalon was all right, but I didn't connect to it. I read my T. H. White, y'see, and Arthurian mythology just doesn't work for me without the Christian angst. Any more than Star Wars would work without the Force. Mythology always taps deeply into philosophy, and the fierce futile tragedy of the Arthur cycle is wrapped tightly around the fierce futile tragedy of medieval Christianity . . . I felt a little gypped by MoA. It pulled a few too many teeth.