I just don’t *want* to be king

“‘I don’t know,’ Will said. ‘My dad says Wagner men have always been in the military’— he raised his hands and made quotation marks in the air as he added sarcastically— ‘’making a difference in the world.’”(67). 

This version of Arthur poses an interesting question, that other versions have not addressed— did Arthur want to be king? Arthur’s reluctance to attend the Academy makes me wonder if other versions of Arthur also did not want to fulfill their destiny. The other legends, so far, have depicted Arthur easily accepting his fate after getting Excalibur.