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In a way, Lancelot saved Gareth (and Gaheris) in killing them, bc we will never know if they would've taken Mordred's side. And I think a lot of people in and out of the narrative would like to assume Gareth wouldn't but we don't know and I genuinely believe it could've gone either way. AND in overshadowing their protest in his own actions, Lancelot obscures a key piece of evidence that Gareth and Gaheris might have gone against Arthur.

As much as I love these boys, the most "important*" thing they do is to die, and become martyrs for Gawain's vengeance against Lancelot. And like many martyrs what they actual thought, believed, or would have done stops mattering when the bodies hit the floor....

*or well, memorable. Most impactful on the main through line, and most incorporated across texts and retellings

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Here at the Host Club we account for every possible taste in men: blond, evil, tall, babey, two of them, and girls

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no you can't die you haven't read the entirety of arthurian literary sources yet, you haven't discovered the full extent of the arthurian universe, babe don't

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Muppet King Arthur is the third Muppet "fairy tale" comic book adaptation. It was written by Paul Benjamin and Patrick Storck with art by Dave Álvarez for the first issue and James Silvani in issues 2 through 4. "A" cover art is provided by David Petersen with "B" cover art by Álvarez on issues 1 and 2, and Silvani on issue #3 and 4. All four issues have a limited edition "C" cover by Amy Mebberson, available through Jetpack Comics.

King Arthur - Kermit the Frog Morgan le Fey (later Morgana le Fey) - Miss Piggy Sir Sam of Eagle - Sam the Eagle Mordred - Robin the Frog The Lady of the Lake - Janice Merlin the Magician - Rowlf the Dog Sir Percival - Fozzie Bear Sir Lancelot - Gonzo Lady Guinevere - Camilla the Chicken Sir Gawain - Animal

By this logic, Sir Galahad is Pepe.

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youare all just jealous of my severed head

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current family bickering of interest: upon driving on a set of roads that all of us have driven on for years, one of us claims that the hill by the road was never there before and must be “new”.

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Canonically, one of the last things High King Peter the Magnificent and King Edmund the Just do in life is trespassing a property in London

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the green knight: haha idiot you’re SCARED. some noble knight YOU are. when I had my head cut off I didn’t even FLINCH.

gawain: I mean you did put your head back on. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like I understand where you’re coming from here but you very much did reattach your head

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Everyone’s going on about having a ‘traditional, old-fashioned Christmas’, but when I burst into the house covered in green paint and demand a champion strike my head from my shoulders with my own axe so that I may return the blow next year, I’m ‘scaring Grandma’.

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the fact that tangled has a perfect set-up for major miscommunication between rapunzel and eugene to be the final emotional climax of the movie (“why’d you leave me”) but instead sidesteps that in favor of a beautiful battle between the two of them in which they try to out-sacrifice each other because they love and understand each other that much. the fact that they each try to save the other using the best means they’ve got at their disposal, the ones they’ve used their whole lives: rapunzel bargaining with mother gothel and promising away pieces of herself- this time all of herself- in exchange for his safety, Eugene pulling one final scam and trick when he feigns tenderly touching her face so he can actually cut off all her hair and set her free. the fact that Eugene’s plan works but as a result he dies, Flynn dies. (he told us this at the beginning, “this is the story of how I died” but remember- it’s a fun story.) The fact that the swashbuckling rogue and trickster and thief Flynn DIES so that rapunzel, the girl who never got to have a life, can LIVE. The fact that after one final successful trick Flynn dies so Eugene, little lost orphan boy, can rise again in his final and only role as a good man and as rapunzel’s husband- all of these make tangled the masterpiece it is. in this essay I will

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Squire's Tales fans you don't even know how good you have it.

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Melanie Cellier book challenge

Take a shot every time they mention a marriage alliance.

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Adaptations of Arthurian Legend are so funny because you can always see which of the knights the author had a personal beef with and which of them they thought deserved better.

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Source: The New York Tattler, July 8, 1909.

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A Secular Christmas Carol

How we love the Christmas season With its quaint old-fashioned ways Though religion is outdated We will keep the holy days Who could care for stale theology With all these gifts and toys? You can keep the Christian duty We'll just take the Christian joys

How we love the Christmas carols With their angels, snow and bells Why, it doesn't even matter That we doubt the tale they tell There's no need to make suggestions That our worldview might be wrong We don't like the Christian message But we'll take the Christian songs

How we love the Christmas dinner With its turkey, ham and pies We will gladly stuff our faces With the food and drinks we prize We'll ignore the rules and rituals Avoid the prayers and priests We've no time for Christian fasting But we'll join the Christian feast

How we love the Christmas trimmings All the tinsel, trees and lights Countless costly decorations That adorn the winter nights Don't destroy this time of beauty With the word of God who came We'll take all the Christian comfort And deny the Christian name

Do you dare find this offensive? Why it almost sounds like greed To keep all these Christian customs For those of the Christian creed We don't ask for controversy There's no reason to get riled We enjoy the Christmas season! Just leave out the Christmas child

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Sir Kay gets the short straw so badly, imagine you were winning multiple events in the Olympics and earning great honor for your country and then they interrupt the medal ceremony to crown your scrawny little brother the new king