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Morgause/Anna's original name was Gwyar, so...

Gwyar Pendragon: "Gore War-Leader" (From Welsh Gwyar "Blood, Gore")

The Pendragons and their names

From time to time, I've investigated into the etymologies of the various names of the Arthurian legends, because a good chunk of Arthurian Material is poetry. So for a bit of fun, I try to tease out the meanings of the characters' names

Then I remembered that, in a number modern stories, writers use "Pendragon" as a dynastic/family name for Arthur and his relatives, even though Pendragon is actually an epithet that only two characters in the entirety of the Matter of Britain are known to bear that title - neither of which is Arthur - and it's mostly a kenning for "War Leader".

So let's humor ourselves and see what happens when you turn Pendragon into a last name and see what that technically means for certain characters.

The following comes from my personal interpretations from learning through online dictionaries. So forewarning, these are my speculations.

First, the "official" Pendragons from medieval sources:

Uther Pendragon: "The Dreaded War Leader", "The Horrifying War Leader" (From the Brythonic Uthr "Awesome, Terrible")

Gwen Pendragon: "The Beautiful War Leader" "The Holy War Leader" (From the Brythonic feminine Gwenn "White, Blessed")

Next are the presumptive Pendragons:

Arthur Pendragon: "The Bear(like) War Leader" (From the Pan-European Arkhtos, "Bear")

Morgan(a) Pendragon: "The Sea-born War Leader" (From the Bretonnic Morigenos, "from/of the Sea")

Mordred Pendragon: "The Moderating War Leader" "The Restrained War Leader" (From the Latin Moderatus, "Managed, Controlled")

Amhar Pendragon: "The Disgraceful War Leader" "The Harmful War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Amarch "Disrespect" or Amharu, "to impair, to disrupt")

Gwydre Pendragon: "The Glass-like War Leader" "The Glazing War Leader" (From the Brythonic Gwydr "Glass")

Llacheu Pendragon: "The Striking War Leader" "The Brilliant War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Llach "Lash" or Llachar "Bright, Shining")

Duran Pendragon: "The Enduring War Leader" (From the Latin Durans "Hard, Lasting")

Archfedd Pendragon: "The Compelling War Leader" "The Commanding War Leader" (From the Brythonic words Erchi "Request, Ask" + Gwedd "Appearance")

Melora Pendragon: "The Superior War Leader" (From the Latin Melior "Better")

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I need a before and after about how Emma ruined Scott’s horrible fashion and made him better

I'm not sure what you mean by before and after, sorry. I'm very old.

However, I suspect what we have here is conflicting values.

I think Jean tolerated Scott's terrible fashion sense for three reasons:

First, she was a initially student herself and recognized that Scott, not having family or a job, and having a likely hard to fit build (being very tall and scrawny), probably isn't able to have top choice of clothes options in general when he shops. And while eyes can adjust better than we think, I'd imagine red tinted sunglasses DO effect the way he sees colors at the best of time.

Second, she likes the whole having found a diamond in the rough thing, I think. She knows what he looks like UNDER the terrible plaid suits and that's all that matters.

Third, sometimes Jean's outfits are a little questionable too. Not to the same extent, but it's possible sometimes she's actually fond with what he wears because it makes sense to her. Don't try to fathom a space god, they contain multitudes.

Now, EMMA, on the other hand, is both exceedingly wealthy and charmingly mean, and has probably literally burned some of his clothes before he realized he should just wear what she got him or suffer the consequences of forcing her to appear in public next to his terrible clothes.

Now, you'll notice Scott's preferences don't enter into it. He knows better than to argue with either terrifying telepathic domme.

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#i used to be sooo into greek mythology mainly bc its neat#highly recommend reading up on the language of the flowers tho a lot of them are based on greek mythology tragedies#like hyacinths are supposedly bloomed from from Prince Hyacinthus whom Apollo had fallen in love with until Zephyr got jealous so Apollo-#made the flower hyacinth where Hyacinthus died#i think roses also have a tragic story smth about Adonis being killed by wild boars in front of Aphrodite bc she was too late to stop it#(also steeped grape hyacinths in lemonade is fucking delicious but only grape hyacinth are safe to consume so dont die)

A lot of the flowers mentioned in Greek mythology are also different from the flowers we associate with the terms, due to language drift and Columbian contact bringing Europe (and later places Europe colonized) knowledge of New World plants. As a result, there's actually some debate in academia as to what these plants described actually are.

For example, we call Hyacinthus orientalis "hyacinth" in modern English, but the Greeks might have meant genus Consolida, which had its own traditional English name of larkspur transferred to North American cousins.

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

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The OG myth is definitely "Favorite God Doing A Fucked Up Thing" that you see in mythology. Hephaestus does not come off as looking good in that story AT ALL.

However, I wanted to emphasize that Hephaestus is pretty much nonexistent in Erichthonius' story beyond his conception, traumatic as it might be. Even Gaia doesn't do much, only there to reflect Erichthonius, or in earlier texts Erechtheus being an authochthon. Instead, Athena plays the parental role, arranging for Erichthonius's care and education, and she does it in a masculine way, scouting out nursemaids and designating him as the heir to her city.

There might also be some significance to how it's Athena's ACT of cleansing herself that sires Erichthonius from Gaia, despite the "seed" being from Hephaestus. The version that appears in Bibliotheca (the most complete version) is one that finds a way to grant Erichthonius all three of his most popularly attributed parents.

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

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And though I'm no expert, I'd just like to add:

Gods had some paradoxical providences. The most well-known is Apollo being a god of plague and medicine at the same time. Aphrodite was a goddess of love and beauty, but also unconventional beauty and LBGT in her incarnations as Aphroditus and later Venus Barbata (bearded Venus). Artemis was virgin goddess of wild places, but also a goddess of fertility and abundance, with the latter being especially emphasized in the Roman period and remaining until the Renaissance. Hermes was god of thieves and robbers, but also of safe travel.

Greek mythology was more than just Olympians, and more than just local gods, even. There were cults dedicated to nature spirits (nymphs and satyrs) and dead Heroes.

Iconography of gods and monsters can change. Sometimes drawn depictions could actually provide an older version of the myth than what we have written down. Sometimes the entire image of a species can change, like how Satyrs went from men with horse tails to goat-men.

There's a degree of nuance when it comes to "virgin" goddesses. Officially, they're virgins, not married, not attached to men, not intimate with men. Their virginity, especially in the cases of Athena and Artemis, carries symbolic value that reflects their core divine providences. HOWEVER, as discussed before in the paradoxical nature or gods, Artemis has a fertility aspect. Athena has no husband or lover, but she's considered a parent of Erichthonius, and her role as his parent, his father, essentially, is emphasized beyond that of Hephaestus, the actual gene donor.

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

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Don't forget how Uther has a second son Madoc.

Madoc Pendragon: "Fortunate War Leader" (From Welsh Mad "Good, Fortunate, Suitable)

And the other Pendragon children from tangential Arthurian works

Baddo Pendragon: "Battling War Leader" (From Proto-Germanic Badwo "Battle") - historical/pseudohistorical chronicles

Adeluf Pendragon: "Noble Wolf War Leader" (From Old High German Adal "Noble" + Wolf "Wolf") - historical/pseudohistorical chronicles

Patrick Pendragon: "Noble War Leader" (From Latin Patricius "Elder, Nobleman") - historical/pseudohistorical chronicles

Amadhan or Moroie/Smeirbhe Pendragon: "Foolish War Leader" (From Irish Amadan "Fool") - genealogies

Cydfan Pendragon: "Linking War Leader" (From Welsh Cydfannau "Link, Attachment") - genealogies

Hilde Pendragon: "War War Leader" (From Old Norse Hildr "War") - Thidrekssaga

Samson Pendragon: "Sunny War Leader" (From Hebrew Shemesh "Sun") - Samson Saga Fagra

Ellen Pendragon: "Shining War Leader" (From Greek Helen "Shining, Warming") - Childe Roland

Roland Pendragon: "Glorious and Daring War Leader" (From Old High German Hrod "Glory, Honor, Fame" + Nand "To dare") - Childe Roland

Seleucia Pendragon: "Pale War Leader" (From Aeolian Greek Zaleukos "Very white") - Memorial das Proezas da Segunda Távola Redonda

Tom Pendragon: "Twin War Leader" (From Aramaic Tawma "Twin") - Tom a Lincoln

Gyneth Pendragon: "War Leader of Gwynedd" (From Welsh Gwynedd) - Bride of Triermain by Walter Scott

Iduna Pendragon: "Rejuvenating War Leader" (From Old Norse Idunn "Repeating waves")- Edgar by Adolf Schutt

Blandine Pendragon: "Charming War Leader" (From Latin Blandus "Alluring, Pleasant, Persuasive") - Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde by Jacques Cocteau

The Pendragons and their names

From time to time, I've investigated into the etymologies of the various names of the Arthurian legends, because a good chunk of Arthurian Material is poetry. So for a bit of fun, I try to tease out the meanings of the characters' names

Then I remembered that, in a number modern stories, writers use "Pendragon" as a dynastic/family name for Arthur and his relatives, even though Pendragon is actually an epithet that only two characters in the entirety of the Matter of Britain are known to bear that title - neither of which is Arthur - and it's mostly a kenning for "War Leader".

So let's humor ourselves and see what happens when you turn Pendragon into a last name and see what that technically means for certain characters.

The following comes from my personal interpretations from learning through online dictionaries. So forewarning, these are my speculations.

First, the "official" Pendragons from medieval sources:

Uther Pendragon: "The Dreaded War Leader", "The Horrifying War Leader" (From the Brythonic Uthr "Awesome, Terrible")

Gwen Pendragon: "The Beautiful War Leader" "The Holy War Leader" (From the Brythonic feminine Gwenn "White, Blessed")

Next are the presumptive Pendragons:

Arthur Pendragon: "The Bear(like) War Leader" (From the Pan-European Arkhtos, "Bear")

Morgan(a) Pendragon: "The Sea-born War Leader" (From the Bretonnic Morigenos, "from/of the Sea")

Mordred Pendragon: "The Moderating War Leader" "The Restrained War Leader" (From the Latin Moderatus, "Managed, Controlled")

Amhar Pendragon: "The Disgraceful War Leader" "The Harmful War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Amarch "Disrespect" or Amharu, "to impair, to disrupt")

Gwydre Pendragon: "The Glass-like War Leader" "The Glazing War Leader" (From the Brythonic Gwydr "Glass")

Llacheu Pendragon: "The Striking War Leader" "The Brilliant War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Llach "Lash" or Llachar "Bright, Shining")

Duran Pendragon: "The Enduring War Leader" (From the Latin Durans "Hard, Lasting")

Archfedd Pendragon: "The Compelling War Leader" "The Commanding War Leader" (From the Brythonic words Erchi "Request, Ask" + Gwedd "Appearance")

Melora Pendragon: "The Superior War Leader" (From the Latin Melior "Better")

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The wicked genius of Maggie and the strategic genius and actual effectiveness of Scott Summers. OF COURSE this would result in a huge, ambitious, and world-changing plan.

Though how should a Cyclops-tutored Maggie hold up against a Dr. Doom-tutored Valeria?

I've said this on Bluesky, but I've realized that the one X-Men related crossover that I want more than anything is a scenario where Scott Summers somehow ends up babysitting Maggie Braddock.

I imagine it comes about by accident, somehow. Maybe Betsy is doing Brian a favor, but an emergency comes up. Rachel just happens to be hanging out with her dad, and they decide to leave one incredibly focused, strategic genius child in the care of an incredibly focused, strategic genius adult.

I feel like, once the mission is over, everyone comes home to find every utensil, toy, salt shaker, et cetera being incorporated into a giant schematic representing a plan to liberate the entirety of the Otherworld.

(It'd work too.)

I'd like to think this leads to a decades long pen-pal relationship. Like how some folks play chess by letter? Only it's battle plans.

"I can't play tiddlywinks with you today, Father. Aunt Rachel's father has just assaulted my supply lines with artificially enhanced woodchucks, and I need to plan my counter-maneuver."

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Saintly king and cannibal ogress queen is one hell of an interesting DYNAMIC that mythology sadly doesn’t explore enough. And Eithne’s paternal aunt Mongfinn is the goddess of Samhain too, just to add to the eeriness of this family.

The fact that they’re parents of 48 kids, including Iseult, is just the icing on the cake at this point.

Iseult's Father... and Mother

So, this was pointed out to me by @fate-magical-girls about the theoretical historic identity of Iseult's father, King Anguish of Ireland

(Source: Nightbringer.se)

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

(Source: earlybritishkingdoms.com)

Accounting for some minor timeline hurdles, King Anguish could be identified with none other than the first Christian King of Munster, baptised by St. Patrick himself, Oengus mac Nad Froich.

Which adds an interesting intersection of the Arthurian Mythos and the Irish King Cycle, for the Post-Roman Heroic Age.

The Twist comes when you realized that this means Anguish's wife - Iseult's mother and Morholt's sister - is Eithne Uathach (Eithne the Dread)

(Source: The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating)

(Source: Cork Historical and Archaeological Society)

(Source: Mabinogi.net)

Whelp, "Iseult the Elder" is a cannibal druidess. That puts Morholt the Giant as her brother in a new light.

Tristan is a very lucky man.

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This is stretching things a bit, but there's guesses that a guy known alternatively as Llenlleog Gwyddel (Llenlleog the Irishman), Llemenig, or Lleminawg might be the prototype for Lancelot. Might, because any connections are very tenuous.

One of the Three Unrestrained Guests and Wanderers of Arthur's court, alongside the bards Heledd (named after the princess of a destroyed kingdom named Pengwern) and Llywarch Hen

Wielded a sword called the Sword of Lleawch when he helped Arthur raid Annwn and seize a magic cauldron

Snatched up Arthur's sword Caledfwlch and killed an Irish army when he helped Arthur raid Ireland for a magic cauldron to boil Culhwch's wedding feast

Wears a golden torc

Nicknamed "Exalted one of Britain" (though some translations split this off into a brother named Ardderchog)

Called a "maker of flames" and "Dog of War"

Has a catchphrase in Englynion y Clyweid: "The grave is better than a life always in need."

His horse Ysgwyddfrith (Dappled Shoulder) is one of the Three Pack-Horses of Britain

Was associated with the Welsh region of Powys

Seems to be a very violent or even supernatural figure. Canu Heledd, a poem describing the destruction of Pengwern, ends on the note of a triumphant Llemenig rampaging through the burning remains of Pengwern. The Book of Taliesin has a prophetic poem describing how Lleminawg would emerge before the prophesied savior of Britain did and lay waste to the then existing Welsh kingdoms.

His father Mawan rules a lake in Snowdonia called Llyn Anafon

Alternatively, his father is Llwch Llawwynnyawg beyond the raging sea, a version of the Irish god Lugh, but one that might also have water god associations due to Llwch being a Welsh word for lake (rarer than Llyn)

MIGHT have been a lover of Arthur's maternal aunt Tywanwedd, who was also the lover of gods Nudd and Llyr

MIGHT have had a son, Gwallog, who ruled a kingdom in the north of Britain called Elmet. Gwallog was a grizzled old warrior with only one eye, so likely not Galahad in any way, shape, or form.

Honestly very obscure compared to Cai, Bedwyr, and even knights who eventually fell out of writers' favor like Caradoc Short-Arm or Edeyrn ap Nudd -- not the single best knight in Arthur's court, and not Gwenhwyfar's lover

On making a Welsh version of the entire story of King Arthur:

No Lancelot and No Affair. PERIOD. And absolutely no compromise or cheating on this one: you cannot turn anyone else (coughBediverecough) into a Lancelot analogue. You must sacrifice the Love Triangle completely - no "duty vs. love" drama. You're going to have make do without that conceit. You must exercise your own creativity and forge a different dramatic conflict for Arthur and Gwenhwyfar, if at all.

Supplementary to the above: Divorce is legal.

Arthur is at the forefront. Sometimes, Cai, Gwalchmai and Bedwyr is the focus of a particular adventure, but Arthur is a Man of Action, who often outdoes his own warriors. And in particular, he may not even be a King - he may even just be a military chief (Wleddig, Ameraudur or Dux Bellorum), freeing him up to rove around.

Giants, not fairies, as the primary supernatural race Camelot interacts with. Next to that, Saints and Deities come afterwards.

On the legal side: Celtic Law is Tort Law - a weregild system is at play, known as Saraad (Insult/Honor Price) and Galanas (Injury/Homicide Price). Livestock as a measure of wealth. Inheritance system is Gavelkind (although tribal politics may come into play. See Tanistry).

Emphasis on Poetry, Song and Poetic Speech. Englyns are recommended. Bards as serious authority figures.

Be liberal with the supernatural. Mystical items are always fought over and Knights have cyneddf, or mystical abilities.

The Grail Quest has to be whole sale rewritten and given a new mythos: it's either "The Raid on the Otherworld" where the story is about the capture of a mystical Cauldron (Preiddu Annwfn). AND/OR. It's the Peredur version of Perceval, involving a Severed Head instead of a Grail - Maybe its Bran the Blessed himself! - and possibly a battle with the "Nine Sorceresses"

Exceptions to the "No Affair" rule: Medraut and Melwas. The former requires commitment to Traitor!Guinevere and the latter ends with Arthur winning and taking back Guinevere, whether Melwas lives or not.

The Fall of Camelot - There 3 options for how it should unfold without Lancelot: a) defaulting towards Historia Regum Britanniae's version of events. b) the Gwenhwyfach feud. And c) Non-Traitor Medraut ending. The first, similar to the No Affair exception, requires commitment to Traitor!Guinevere. The second involves establishing Gwenhwyfach as a character in her own right. The third and last is the most difficult: the writer must concieve a sufficiently satisfying third party as an opponent for Arthur and Mordred for a tragic last stand.

No Incest. Medraut remains Arthur's Nephew.

No Villain!Morgan

Optional for the above: Iddog Cordd Prydain as an instigator for the hostilities between Arthur and Medraut

As an extention of the "No Lancelot" rule, No Lady of the Lake and No Galahad either.

Arthur assumes the throne through normal means - No Sword in the Stone or Sword from the Lake. Kings Lot and Urien are allies all they way. Excalibur/Caledfwlch is part of a set of Three Holy Weapons, the others being Rhongomyniad and Carnwennan.

Exceptions to the "No Affair" rule: Edern ap Nudd as Guinevere's lover. Highly unrecommended, either for potentially establishing a Love triangle (defeating the whole purpose of removing Lancelot) and for potentially resulting in Arthur's early, non-Camlann death.

Trystan and Essyllt potentially do not end in tragedy (Total omission of Brittany, Isolde White Hands and the Black Sails motif) (Writer's choice). Although Mark could still treacherously kill them both, ala Prose Tristan.

King Mark as potentially Conomor the Cursed.

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On the other hand, Jean might understand that Scott needs his full concentration to do his strategizing or whatever shit and so she might just project into Logan instead. After all, he has a healing factor. What hasn't he felt over the span of his long life?

Though is Scott is being annoying or uptight, she would project him some of her pain to make him shut up. And maybe she'd project into Logan and Scott at the same time, or all the male members of the O5 at the same time. Just to make them stop acting like dweebs.

i love that post of scott and emma with the fucking cereal or whatever it is but i personally cannot imagine emma frost being a woman who gets periods at all. like my belief is she's trans personally but even if she wasn't she's get a hysto or use birth control or something. she would not force herself to suffer periods.

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This all day long … Elena Kanagy-Loux's article is right-on. I myself have made it a point in recent years not to share any content that glibly uses the phrase, "not your grandma's " because it's a) lazy and b) dismisses the real fact that grandmothers and older textile artists have worked hard to keep craft traditions alive and evolving, not to mention their immense skills. We should be thanking them and looking to them for inspiration, not mocking them. via @hyperallergic ❤️

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A rabbit hole on potential Welsh Protypes of Lancelot

There are two Arthurian names speculated to be connected, and both are speculated to prototypes of Lancelot: Llenlleog Gwyddel (Llenlleog the Irishman) from the headland of Ganion and Llemenig/Lleminawg. They might be connected with another name found in the Culhwch and Olwen knights list, Llwch Llawwynnyawc, which is further speculated to be connected to the Irish god Lugh.

Preiddeu Annwn has Lleminawg swing the sword of Lleawch as he helps Arthur harry hell and steal away a cauldron kindled by the breath of nine maidens. Culhwch and Olwen, in an eerily similar episode, has Llenlleog Gwyddel snatch Arthur's sword Caledfwlch and cut down an Irish army as he helps Arthur attack Ireland and steal away an Irish lord's magic cauldron needed to boil Culhwch's wedding feast.

Welsh triads list Llemenig as an Unrestrained Guest of Arthur's Court, as well as one of the Three Wanderers. The other two Wanderers listed are Llywarch Hen and a woman named Heledd, both famed as wandering bards, which raises the possibility Llemenig was also a bard. His horse is named Ysgwyddfrith and is one of the Three Pack-Horses of Britain. Englynion y Clyweid states Llenlleog Gwyddel wore a golden torc, and his catchphrase was "The grave is better than a life of want." i.e. seek glory and riches or else seek death. Most cryptically, a certain Welsh genealogy appearing in Bonedd y Saint lists Gwyn ap Nudd, Caradoc Short-Arm, and Gwawl son of Lleminawg as brothers sharing the same mother, Tywanwedd the daughter of Amlawdd Wledig, sister of Eigyr/Igraine, Arthur's mother.

While there is no other information on Gwawl, Peter Bartrum proposes that he's meant to be the historical figure Gwallog, king of a northern British kingdom named Elmet. Gwallog's father was named Llenog. Connecting him to Arthurian legend, the supernatural figure of Gwyn ap Nudd, and a bunch of saints who are also said to be children of Tywanwedd might have been a way for bards to make Gwallog's ancestry more impressive, like how there are legends that make Owain mab Urien the son of the goddess Modron (a property transferred to Mogran Le Fay in later Arthurian works). Gwallog is known as a powerful, one-eyed warrior. While Geraint and Enid mentions him in Arthur's court, he's best known for being an ally of Urien Rheged after Arthur's time, and for betraying Owain mab Urien after the Rheged alliance collapsed. The Book of Taliesin describes him as grim-faced, fighting many wars with other northern Brythonic kings, and conquering large patches of territory. He might also have taken part in the Battle of Catraeth (Catterick) from Y Gododdin in his old age. He is counted among the famous kings and heroes Gwyn ap Nudd reaped or will reap in The Conversation of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir.

Grizzled, one-eyed, violent, ambitious, and an unreliable ally. Not the traits associated with ANY version of Galahad. And that's if Gwallog can be identified with Gwawl in the first place. Not to mention his mother is Arthur's aunt and counts among her lovers gods like Nudd and Llyr.

As a final word, identifying Llenlleog or Lleminawg with Llenog of Elmet is as tenuous as identifying either of them with Lancelot, especially taking in mind how Llenlleog is clearly called an Irishman. The only link is the second part of Llenlleog's name potentially meaning "lake". But fans can still dive down their rabbit holes.

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Cryingg your Duke art is literally perfect??

FJSJSKKSKS THANKNYOU OH MY GOSH!?!!!! That’s literally so sweet!?! Literally making my day !!

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This seems to be a pure attack power scaling. Defense scaling is another story. Kay is arguably THE iron wall of the Round Table. He's capable of holding his breath for nine days and of being used as a bludgeon by a several-stories-tall giant and surviving with just some soreness and no major injuries (meanwhile everyone beaten with Kay died). He's nigh-unkillable, even if not the best attacker.

While Gawain is another designated punching bag, knights like Daniel/Garel/Gru of the Blooming Valley are only capable of tying with Gawain and Yvain in a joust. Meanwhile, Bedivere is roughly equal with Kay in attack power while he has only one hand.

And also Gwyn ap Nudd and Manawydan ap Llyr are literal gods who show up and hang out with the Round Table now and then in the Welsh canon. They kind of break the power scale entirely...

So if we're powerscaling the Round Table (bc LMD keeps doing that), it seems like the tier list is Galahad > Lancelot = Tristan > Palomides > Lamorak > Arthur > Gareth > Gawaine > Everyone else who isn't directly compared to another knight? Like I can say Pelleas is below Gawaine for sure and Dinadan is below Gareth for sure, but anything below Gawaine and Gareth is either unclear or unnotable. Also there's hundreds of these guys.

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In brief, one of the best Bat-books this decade.

The current Batgirl book is just the story of an Autistic 24-year-old with mommy issues having a quarter-life crisis.

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Martial arts is what she's known since birth, it's something she has aptitude for...and it also happens to be a hobby

It's really easy to forget that Cass enjoys being Batgirl. Obviously she's a very tortured character and her stories almost always end in tragedy, but this is still fun for her. She likes the adventure and the thrills. She likes soaring across rooftops. She likes owning badguys. She likes saving people. If anything that's one of the things that most alienates her from the people around her. Barbara is constantly trying to get her to understand that there's a life for her outside of Batgirl where she can finally be happy, what she doesn't get is that for Cass, her life as Batgirl is what happiness looks like.