Some thoughts on Food...

[wiccaqueen]

After rewatching the 6th episode of Merlin yesterday I couldn't help but notice the remarks about food. Some of them made me wonder, such as 'quicker than you can say rotten tomatoes' or when Merlin said that the people were throwing potatoes instead of rotten food.
 

If we believe that Merlin really is set in a fantasy land somewhere in time, that wouldn't be a problem of course. But if we believe that it is set somewhere in Britain, as the original legend of course suggests, the question arises if this is an oversight from the Merlin producers. We all know that tomatoes and potatoes only came to Britain sometime in the 1600s....and as the Merlin producers said, the series can be set somewhere from the 6th up to the 14th century, but certainly not later.

So what do you guys think? It is just an oversight or is Merlin really set in some complete fantasy land/ time?

 

Comments

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

It's something that I find really interesting. You could write a plot with very similar plot shape and set it at the earliest point in which the show could be set, and then do it set in the medieval period of high romance, and you'd end up with two completely different stories. I think that's fascinating. I'm really drawn to exploring the ways in which the show riffs off the mythology, and to trying to fit things I know historically into the show's canon to see what effect it would have.