Thank you very much for commenting. I'm so glad you liked it and you didn't find the details historically distracting. That particular line - Sire, My Lord, My Love, was Merlin declaring his allegiance on every level, from formal to intimate. Thank you for noticing it and picking it out for comment. It is lovely when a reader does that. Pitching the relationship was interesting. Just as Uther sometimes spoke to Arthur as his father and at other times as his king, I couldn't see how Arthur's and Merlin's relationship could not have elements of that in it, too. I considered making their relationship more open, but decided that it was probably an 'open secret', but that they would 'keep up appearances'. (At least there is no suggestion that Arthur was in danger of meeting Edward II's supposed fate.) Thank you, again, for your lovely comment. I am so pleased you enjoyed it.
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That particular line - Sire, My Lord, My Love, was Merlin declaring his allegiance on every level, from formal to intimate. Thank you for noticing it and picking it out for comment. It is lovely when a reader does that.
Pitching the relationship was interesting. Just as Uther sometimes spoke to Arthur as his father and at other times as his king, I couldn't see how Arthur's and Merlin's relationship could not have elements of that in it, too.
I considered making their relationship more open, but decided that it was probably an 'open secret', but that they would 'keep up appearances'. (At least there is no suggestion that Arthur was in danger of meeting Edward II's supposed fate.)
Thank you, again, for your lovely comment. I am so pleased you enjoyed it.