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* BlackVikings: The series is set in the British Isles in the Dark Ages; given there are Viking raiders and the Holy Roman Emperor is mentioned, the time period is presumably late 8th century at the earliest. Despite this there are many people of color present throughout the land, including people of color in prominent positions such as Sir Ector's wife Lady Marion, which no one comments on. Then again, fairies and wizards are also present and relatively commonplace in the setting, so the show isn't exactly going for pinpoint historical accuracy; there is also some archaeological evidence suggesting that people of African descent came to Britain during the rule of the Roman Empire and one Arthurian story from the 13th century featured Sir Morien, a Knight of the Round Table who is of Moorish descent.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: It's indicated that Merlin has acted as an advisor to many monarchs over the centuries, including Charlemagne and Boudicca (in the latter case, it's even hinted he and Boudicca may have hooked up, though he's evasive).
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* GivenNameReveal: For the majority of the third episode, Arthur's nun sister who helps Nimue is referred to as Igraine. Near the end, she reveals that she's only called Igraine because of [[AccidentalMisnaming a mix-up]] when she first came to the convent (Igraine was her grandmother's name). Her real name, which she subsequently goes back to using regularly, is Morgana.
* GreenThumb: Nimue's powers are nature related. In one flashback, she is shown controlling tree vines into grabbing a girl who was bullying her and dragging her away. In the present day, she uses her powers to make vines grow ''inside'' a Red Paladin who tried to kill her.
* HowWeGotHere: The opening scene of the first episode depicts Nimue injured by arrows and sinking in a lake. The rest of the series revolves around the events that led her to this point.
* GreenThumb: Nimue's powers are nature related. In one flashback, she is shown controlling tree vines into grabbing a girl who was bullying her and dragging her away. In the present day, she uses her powers to make vines grow ''inside'' a Red Paladin who tried to kill her.
* HowWeGotHere: The opening scene of the first episode depicts Nimue injured by arrows and sinking in a lake. The rest of the series revolves around the events that led her to this point.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Nimue sees the gruesome effect of her magic on a Red Paladin, she staggers away in horror and vomits.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Merlin is centuries' old, but barely looks out of his thirties (his actor was around thirty-nine during the filming of Season 1).
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* RefusalOfTheCall: At the funeral of the Sky Folk's Summoner, Nimue is chosen by the Hidden as the new Summoner, to the shock of everyone. Despite her mother stating it's her destiny, Nimue insists she wasn't no part of it and even tries to run away, citing that the other elders don't want her either.
* ReligiousHorror:The christian One of the main villainous factions of ''Cursed'' are the fundamentalist Christian Red Paladins play out Paladins, who are portrayed as a terrifying inquisition. They find pagan communities and burn them to the ground, killing whatever is on in their sight.sight. They also won't hesitate to torture and kill anyone they suspect of aiding the Fey, however unwittingly, all the while justifying and even exalting their actions as holy.
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* TechnicolorFire: Fey Fire, which was used to forge the Sword of Power and is the only thing that can destroy it, is [[SupernaturalIsGreen bright green]].
* TeensAreMonsters: Sister Iris is implied to be a young teen and is a fanatical supporter of the Red Paladins. She eventually [[spoiler: burns down her abbey, killing many of the nuns, to 'cleanse' it of sin and sets out to join the Paladins]].
* TeensAreMonsters: Sister Iris is implied to be a young teen and is a fanatical supporter of the Red Paladins. She eventually [[spoiler: burns down her abbey, killing many of the nuns, to 'cleanse' it of sin and sets out to join the Paladins]].
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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: Nimue fights and kills some Red Paladins who murdered Fey refugees in a pond; afterwards the water is almost completely red with blood.
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* CrisisOfFaith: It's implied that Morgana was never a very devout Christian to start with, but after the Red Paladins [[spoiler: torture and kill Abbess Nora for aiding Nimue]], she rips off and ditches her cross necklace, and shortly after leaves the convent for good.
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* SecretRelationship: Morgana and Celia have to keep their relationship secret, because they're two nuns living in Dark Ages Britain. When Nimue walks in on them kissing, Morgana initially tries to threaten Nimue into keeping quiet, until Nimue says she wouldn't tell because she doesn't think they've done anything wrong.
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* BearsAreBadNews: As a child, Nimue was attacked and nearly killed by a dark god in the guise of a giant bear.
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* SavageWolves: While fleeing from the Red Paladins after they attack her village, Nimue is attacked by a pack of wolves. Using the Sword of Power, she's able to kill them all and it's this incident that leads to her being known as the Wolf Blood Witch.
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* KnightTemplar: Many of the Red Paladins genuinely believe their quest to kill all the Fey is righteous and that they are carrying out God's work.
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* RedIsViolent: The Red Paladins wear red robes and carry red flags, and they're constantly committing acts of violence against the Fey or anyone they see as sinful.
* RedIsViolent: The Red Paladins wear red robes and carry red flags, and they're constantly committing acts of violence against the Fey or anyone they see as sinful.
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* FantasticRacism: The Red Paladins believe all Fey are the spawn of evil and seek to wipe them out wherever they find them to 'cleanse' the land.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Arthur, a human man, and Nimue, a Fey woman, end up developing romantic feelings for one another. It also counts as a MuggleMageRomance, seeing as Arthur is just a normal man while Nimue has magical powers considered unusual even amongst Fey kind.
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Fey collectively refers to many different kinds of beings, some more closely resembling humans than others. Some, such as the Tusks and Snake Clan, are humanoid with animal-like attributes, the Moon Wings look like traditional fairies with butterfly wings and the Sky Folk look indistinguishable from humans unless they use their powers (which cause green vine-like markings to appear on their faces).
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Nimue is presented here as Arthur's love interest (in some versions of the Arthurian legends she's portrayed as Merlin's lover, which is ''definitely'' not the case here [[spoiler: given they're revealed to be father and daughter]].
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Arthur isn't Uther Pendragon's son here; instead his father is a CanonForeigner named Tor.
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* InNameOnly: Aside from certain characters having the same names and/or similar roles (Arthur, Morgana, Nimue, Merlin, Uther Pendragon etc.), having a plot involving a magic sword that OnlyTheChosenMayWield and seemingly being set in the British Isles in the Dark Ages, overall the show's plot bears little resemblance to the usual stories in the Arthurian mythos (although seeing as it's set up as an OriginStory for the Lady of the Lake, this may change in later seasons).
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* BlueIsHeroic: Nimue, TheHero, frequently wears the color blue, contrasting her with the Red Paladins and symbolically linking her with water (seeing as she's based upon the Lady of the Lake).
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''Cursed'' is a 2020 dark fantasy and drama series based on the illustrated novel of the same name by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on July 17, 2020. The story is based on the YA book of the same name by Creator/FrankMiller.
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Its actually a Ya novel with illustrations.
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* TrustPassword: If trying to figure out if someone is a Fey, a member of the Fey will greet them with the phrase "Born in the dawn..." to which they are supposed to reply with "...to pass in the twilight." The full phrase, as spoken by Gawain and Squirrel, is apparently "A knight of the Fey is one with the land, as enduring as the Great River and as true as Arawn's bow. We are born in the dawn, to pass in the twilight."
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Catherine Walker's English accent slips especially in the second episode; during her talk with Nimue at the lake.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Nimue is planning to do this in the first episode to get on a boat. However the boat has already left by the time she arrives at the port.
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* BurnTheWitch: The series is full of witch-burning of the Fey by the Red Paladins, either torching entire villages, or chaining them up and burning them at the stake to make their point.
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The series is a re-imagining of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, focused on [[Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake Nimue]], Nimue]] (Creator/KatherineLangford), a young girl from a village believed to be cursed by dark gods by her peers and called a witch. After her home is torn down by the Red Paladins, she is responsible for delivering Myth/{{Merlin}} (Creator/GustafSkarsgard) an ancient sword accompanied by a mercenary named [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur]] (Devon Terrell) that was in her mother's care, while stoking the fires of a rebellion against King Uther.
Uther (Sebastian Armesto).
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The series is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, Myth/ArthurianLegend, focused on Nimue, [[Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake Nimue]], a young girl from a village believed to be cursed by dark gods by her peers and called a witch. After her home is torn down by the Red Paladins, she is responsible for delivering Merlin Myth/{{Merlin}} an ancient sword accompanied by a mercenary named Arthur [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur]] that was in her mother's care, while stoking the fires of a rebellion against King Uther.
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* ArtifactDomination: It is implied that the Sword of Power corrupts its wielder the longer it is wielded, Nimue growing irritable and more ruthless as she uses its power to lead the Fey [[spoiler:just as it did with Merlin when he led a campaign against the Romans]].
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* MacGuffin: The Sword of Power is [[ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge one of the last]] Fey-forged magical swords made by the Shadow Lords. It can only be destroyed by the Fey-fire from whence it was forged and any who wield it can call themselves king of the land as others have before. When wielded by Nimue, it amplifies her magic and also seems to corrupt its wielder if used for long enough.
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* ShoutOut: While the story is an adaptation of Myth/ArthurianLegend, a lot of its plot bares a strong resemblance to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings another certain High Fantasy epic]]: an AncientArtifact that everyone seeks out (and [[ArtifactOfAttraction corrupts its wielder into keeping it]]) that can only be destroyed in the fires of its creation falls into the hands of a peasant who gathers a fellowship that attracts the attention of various governing powers (both magic and mundane) with a wise old wizard who fears using the artifact due to its corrupting influence.
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* IronicDeath: [[spoiler:Uther kills his mother with poisoned wine, after finding out that she killed his real mother using the same method.]]
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* IronicDeath: KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Uther kills his mother with poisoned wine, after finding out that she killed his real mother using the same method.]]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:Nimue thrown out of a waterfall after being pierced by arrows by Iris. The Weeping Monk reveals he is Lancelot, a fey, and ditches the church to protect Percival. Iris joins the elite soldiers of the church, the Trinity. Merlin gets his powers back and Morgana becomes the new Widow, and both flee. Arthur finds Red Spear, and she swears to help the Fey in her quest for vengeance against the Ice King.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Nimue, at the end of the season. Iris pierces her with arrows, before she falls off a bridge into a waterfall.]]
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* FeministFantasy: The series is a much more feminist take on the Arthurian legend, told from the perspective of Nimue, the Myth/LadyOfTheLake of the legend.
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* BigBadEnsemble: There are three enemy factions in the story: Uther's faction, Cumber's faction and the Church. While all three of them have conflicts with each other, especially Cumber and Uther, since they fight for the same throne and the same sword, both are capable of allying with the church if the situation calls for it.
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* IronicDeath: [[spoiler:Uther kills his mother with poisoned wine, after finding out that she killed his real mother using the same method.]]
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* WhamLine: In the Season 1 finale, the Weeping Monk finally reveals his name: [[spoiler:Lancelot]].
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* ComicRelief: The story has a rather serious and dark tone, except when Pym takes center stages. Her stories and even her personality are much more comedic and lighthearted.
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* powerTattoo: Whenever Nimue's powers are active, marks of vines show up in her neck and face.
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* RaceLift: Both Arthur and Morgana are played by black actors in this incarnation.
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* ReligiousHorror: The christian-coded Red Paladins play out as a terrifying inquisition. They find pagan communities and burn them to the ground, killing whatever is on their sight.
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''Cursed'' is a 2020 dark fantasy and drama series based on the illustrated novel of the same name by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler that premiered on Netflix on July 17, 2020.
The series is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, focused on Nimue, a young girl from a village believed to be cursed by dark gods by her peers and called a witch. After her home is torn down by the Red Paladins, she is responsible for delivering Merlin an ancient sword accompanied by a mercenary named Arthur that was in her mother's care, while stoking the fires of a rebellion against King Uther.
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* AllTheOtherReindeer: Nimue was bullied in her village by both children and elders.
* FeministFantasy: The series is a much more feminist take on the Arthurian legend, told from the perspective of Nimue, the LadyOfTheLake of the legend.
* PowerIncontinence: Nimue doesn't have control of the powers she has, and because of that, in times of crisis and adrenaline, her powers over nature will activate and attack whatever can cause her harm by themselves.
* TheToothHurts: Nimue feigns being a young, clumsy girl with a sore tooth to enter a city. A sadistic Red Paladin asks the man accompanying her to remove her tooth on the spot to soothe her pain, and the viewer accompanies the impromptu surgery.
The series is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, focused on Nimue, a young girl from a village believed to be cursed by dark gods by her peers and called a witch. After her home is torn down by the Red Paladins, she is responsible for delivering Merlin an ancient sword accompanied by a mercenary named Arthur that was in her mother's care, while stoking the fires of a rebellion against King Uther.
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* AllTheOtherReindeer: Nimue was bullied in her village by both children and elders.
* FeministFantasy: The series is a much more feminist take on the Arthurian legend, told from the perspective of Nimue, the LadyOfTheLake of the legend.
* PowerIncontinence: Nimue doesn't have control of the powers she has, and because of that, in times of crisis and adrenaline, her powers over nature will activate and attack whatever can cause her harm by themselves.
* TheToothHurts: Nimue feigns being a young, clumsy girl with a sore tooth to enter a city. A sadistic Red Paladin asks the man accompanying her to remove her tooth on the spot to soothe her pain, and the viewer accompanies the impromptu surgery.
