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matociquala.livejournal.comSo I've been thinking about the Arthurian riffs in Criminal Minds, and as an Arthuriana buff as well as a CM fan, it seemed natural to try to figure out what the character correspondences are. Of course they're not exact, but--
We've been told outright that Reid = Parsifal, which I think works quite well. Especially given the current (spoiler) plotline. I dunno how much you guys know about the Arthurian legend cycles, but part of Parsifal's story is that he's repeatedly tempted to evil, but unlike Lancelot never falls. (At one point, by women who threaten to kill themselves if he will not sleep with them. (The women turn out to be demons.))
But Parsifal does eventually attain the grail, and is with Galahad translated into heaven.
I like JJ for Gwenevere, because of her name as much as anything, and because she's sort of the directing intelligence of the group. Although she could be Galahad as well--pure, and a little unworldly.
Garcia, of course, is Elaine of Shallott, who watches in her magic mirror and is eventually broken by what she sees there:
She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces through the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack'd from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott.
I like Hotch for Gawain, the noblest of Arthur's knights, pure in deed and strong of arm. Or possibly an older version of Sir Kay, who--before he became the buffoon of modern legend--was Arthur's strongest knight and the master of his horse. Also, Kay is the castelan, which is to say the manager of the household. Morgan, with his women and his physical beauty, could be Lancelot, certainly--or Gideon could be Lancelot, the fallen knight, struggling to redeem himself and in the end, doomed by the same things that make him brilliant.
On the other hand, Elle makes a pretty good Lancelot too, or possibly a Mordred, betrayer of the kingdom.
And of course, that makes Prentiss Gareth Beaumains, who sneaks into the court as a servant and turns out to be of noble blood. And who has an antagonistic relationship with Kay....
*g*
What do you guys think?
We've been told outright that Reid = Parsifal, which I think works quite well. Especially given the current (spoiler) plotline. I dunno how much you guys know about the Arthurian legend cycles, but part of Parsifal's story is that he's repeatedly tempted to evil, but unlike Lancelot never falls. (At one point, by women who threaten to kill themselves if he will not sleep with them. (The women turn out to be demons.))
But Parsifal does eventually attain the grail, and is with Galahad translated into heaven.
I like JJ for Gwenevere, because of her name as much as anything, and because she's sort of the directing intelligence of the group. Although she could be Galahad as well--pure, and a little unworldly.
Garcia, of course, is Elaine of Shallott, who watches in her magic mirror and is eventually broken by what she sees there:
She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces through the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack'd from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott.
I like Hotch for Gawain, the noblest of Arthur's knights, pure in deed and strong of arm. Or possibly an older version of Sir Kay, who--before he became the buffoon of modern legend--was Arthur's strongest knight and the master of his horse. Also, Kay is the castelan, which is to say the manager of the household. Morgan, with his women and his physical beauty, could be Lancelot, certainly--or Gideon could be Lancelot, the fallen knight, struggling to redeem himself and in the end, doomed by the same things that make him brilliant.
On the other hand, Elle makes a pretty good Lancelot too, or possibly a Mordred, betrayer of the kingdom.
And of course, that makes Prentiss Gareth Beaumains, who sneaks into the court as a servant and turns out to be of noble blood. And who has an antagonistic relationship with Kay....
*g*
What do you guys think?
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