Tell him the TRUTH!

I was out on the front balcony of the house when a man stepped off of the sidewalk and approached. "Mrs. Wagner, I'm Mr. Morton, the literature teacher from Avalon High School. I think we need to talk."

"Oh, Mr. Morton, of course I remember you. But... are you allowed to be here, considering Marco lives here?" I asked.

"The restraining order is on him, ma'am, on me. But I didn't come here to talk about Marco. I came here to talk about Will."

"Will?" I was shocked, no one, and I mean no one, had ever had a problem with Will.

"Yes, Mrs. Wagner. Will, your son," he said.

"Yes, I Know who you are talking about Mr. Morton. What is the issue."

"No, no, Mrs Wagner. Will, YOUR son. Your biological son." He said.

I need to sit. I need to sit down. How did he find out? My mind ran a mile a minute. No one was supposed to know. How?! When?!

"I don't know what your talking about," my faked calm not convincing him.

"Yes, you do. I have known for some time, that Will is, in fact, your son with Arthur Wagner and not Marco's father. They are half brothers."

Each comment hit me like bullets.

"Mrs. Wagner," he said. "You need to tell him. You need to tell Will the truth."

"Why?!" Tears ran down my face as I sniffled. "Why does he need to know?!"

"His life, and the lives of many others, depends on it. The truth must be know, Mrs. Wagner." He said.

Mr. Morton is in a cult.

Conversation with Mr. Morton to himself: 

Okay, so, where do I begin? Hmmmm, well I guess it started in college; I got just a little high…on a lot of occasions… whoops, too far back. I met this girl, I think she was a girl. Well, whatever. That's not important. What is is that "it" introduced me to the Order of the Bears. They all liked getting really baked…. Off topic again! Okay! Well, my life’s goal I to find Arthur; he will return. The voices tell so! Okay, so, if that is all true, then why doesn’t she believe me? How does she not believe me? I am not crazy. Am I crazy? NO! Ms. Harrison must know that I am telling the truth. The Order of the Bears, it’s not cult… I mean we idolize and look for King Arthur, but I know that Will is HIM! I am not crazy. I cannot be crazy; I know that King Arthur will return, and he has. I tried to reason with her in the classroom:

“I am not lying, please listen to me! Miss Harrison, you are the Lady of the Lake; you have returned. Will is the King, but ow he will die! I ruined everything; he will die because of me! What have I done? I told Marco he is Mordred and now he will kill King Arthur!”

But, alas, I am here. I’m stuck in this “hospital”. She put me in here! Why!? I need to get out, back to my Order. I need to save this teenager from being killed! I am not craz… Oh for Arthur’s sake! My roommate is killing me! He keeps talking about aliens, and how it is that they are real!

“WELL THEY ARE NOT SO STOP SCREAMING ABOUT IT! I NEED TO SAVE OUR KING! LET ME OUT!”

Guinevere always was a Drama Queen

"It used to be all he cared about was sailing and football. Then he got into student council. Sometimes" -she threw me a horrified look- "he even wants to talk about politics. Politics!" (Cabot, Pg. 219)

"It would be so cool if you and Will started going out." Jennifer said, her eyes lighting up. "Because then people would get off my back about the whole Lance thing." (Cabot, Pg. 220)

I chose these quotes for analysis because I thought they established an amusing character for this interpretation of Guinevere. We've known for quite a while that Guinevere wasn't exactly a faithful wife to Arthur, and neither of them ever truly seemed to be particularly invested in each other, from what we've read. We saw far more romance between Guinevere and Lancelot than we did her and Arthur, and the same is true here. I was highly amused by the fact that Jennifer was only interested Will's more athletic and adventurous activities (the sort of thing Arthur and his knights were famous for) and completely 'horrified' by the political aspect of being a King, which provides an amusing background for why Guinevere was more attracted to Lancelot; once she realized being a King is rarely very macho and romantic, she lost interest. But it also establishes a slightly more cunning side to her; she's excited by the prospect of Will dating Ellie not only because it would make Will happy, but more importantly, because then everyone will leave her alone and stop scrutinizing her infidelity. This is funny in itself, because it's actually a very political move to make; distracting the public with some new spectacle, in this case a new popular couple, so that they forget about something bad that she has done- which is highly ironic when you consider her disgust towards politics. She's more of a queen than she thinks she is.

Marco Is a Bad Boy

The Blind to infidelity between his girlfriend and best friend Side.

Holy shit, we're going to do this. we might actually do this. Don't get me wrong, I believe in my team: those are my guys. Plus, we have a genuinely talented squad this year. But up 14 on Avalon? We're killing it, man, these guys are legit. As long as we can keep their offense and that prettyboy quarterback of theirs from heating up, we got this. I'm confident though, we've had him shook ever since we starting shifting the entire defensive front pre-snap. What's that? We punted? Oh shit better strap up.

Okay let's see what we got here. Hmm, their huddle looks a little weird, maybe they put something new in at halftime. Maybe they're going gun, or pistol? No. I know everyone calls this kid that chosen one, but no high school quarterback is cycling through formations like that. Oh, shit, they're getting to the line. Okay, let's see here, receiver out left, weak side, one split right on the strong side, two backs split in the backfield with the QB, four linemen. Wait a minute! One, two, three... HOLY SHIT FOUR LINEMEN. They're missing a guard, but where is he. Is that him? On the sideline talking to a cheerleader? Hey, there's a game going on, bud. You might be interested in it.

"DOWN, READY READY. BLUE, 42, RAZOR, RAZOR SET....HUT"

Holy shit they really aren't gonna block me. There he is, the QB. You ain't gonna be so pretty after this, boy.

"UHG. WHOOO! YEAH BABY! EXCALIBUR THAT, PUSSY! SAY HI TO THE GROUND FOR ME, BITCH!"

Oh shit, he's down. I really got him. Hell yeah. Serves them right for not having control enough over their players to have the right amount of people on the field. Oh shit, he's up. That was quick. Oh, damn, they're already lining up. Here's their guard, a play too late.

"Nice of you to show up, bud."

"READY READY! BLUE 90, BLUE 90 SET HUT SET HUTHUT."

Ow! Shit, oh my god, did I get hit by a truck? What the hell happened? 21-13. What? How did that happen. They, what? Who are these people? Why are they running towards me? No, I'm fine, I'll get up off the ground in a little bit. Concussion? What? I've never even been to Europe. Oh man. Well, I think we'll be okay. They got one lucky score, but we'll get the win.

Ummmmm, what?

Ellie is having the sport of football being explained to her by Liz and all I can think of is the positions going through her head, and the rules, and how many points are earned for certain plays, etc probably looked like this.

The Modern Arthur

Considering that Meg Cabot set King Arthur's court in high school, it works fairly well. All of the drama makes more sense, except Marco's supposed murder attempt. Arthur's ideals make more sense today than they would have when the legend was started. I think that Arthur's ideals fit in today's settings because more people have a voice and issues are being acknowledged and talked about.

I feel that Will and Ellie's characters portray King Arthur's ideals and high school well because that is what we have come to expect from fictional high school settings. Drama, the geeky girl and perfect jock guy, that perfect jock guy who also defends the little guy. King Arthur's legendary court fits in with high school because they act like high schoolers, running off to do dumb shit without a care in the world of what might happen. Not to mention the love triangle that is oh so common in modern fiction.