#Dindraine

[queer-ragnelle]

Join the Arthurian Theater Discord Server's Quest for the Holy Grail! 🏆

Tune in Holy Saturday, 30/03/2024, 17:00 GMT for a double feature screening of "The Dragons of Camelot" (2014) and "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" (1975) featuring the Grail Knights. All ages welcome.

[caer-gai]

Wip of Pellinore's family =)

Top Row is: Feirefiz (unfinished) , Tor, Aglovale, Lamorak, Alyne, Drian, Dindriane, and Percival

Bottom Row is: Belacene (not started, Feirfiz's mum), Tor's mum, Drian's mum, Pellinore himself, Queen Hedozyine (Ag, Lam, and Alyne's mum) and Yglais (Percy and Dindraines mum)

The kids are in order of their ages except Alyne and Drian are switched and Percival and Dindriane are twins.

[cesarescabinet]

💐Flower Festival Freebie💐

Another (belated) offering for @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade! Since there was no specific theme, I tried to nail down some character designs with varying success (mainly a parade of characters who I either love or want to study under a microscope. Or both!)

[arthurianshadows]

@trckstaer sent : ❝ I think I’ve gotten attached. I wasn’t supposed to, I know. ❞ – Gwaine and Dindraine !

they should not and there were a plethora of reasons why it would have been better if they had never become this close at all, and had begun to understand each other far better than any person ever had before. her brother, for one, would not stand for it. percival would likely challenge him to a duel or whatnot if ever he found out about this. the man already barely approved of gwaine escorting her to places. he'd not easily accept if he accepted it at all.

" i do believe it is too late now to regret getting attached to each other. nothing left to do, really. i fear we'll be stuck with each other now. " at one point they had crossed the line, though dindraine could not say when exactly it happened. it had all come too easy to them. and before they'd known it, friendship was no longer the term used to describe what they had. it would be a lie if she were to say that she did not like this natural progression of things. the way he made her feel, the way he seemed prepared to give her the world if she so asked of him. the way he looked at her and there was nothing but love, one that far exceeded what friends felt for one another. " ... percival will not like it if he finds out. he'll kick up a terrible fuss. are you certain you are willing to endure that for my sake? "

[lightthereis]

The Lady Dindraine by Yuri Leitch

[gwalch-mei]

Arthurian Characters (and an event) as tarot cards and their meanings

The Fool - Percival Upright: innocence, new beginnings, free spirit Reversed: recklessness, taken advantage of, inconsideration The Magician - Morgan Upright: willpower, desire, creation, manifestation Reversed: trickery, illusions, out of touch The High Priestess - Guinevere Upright: intuitive, unconscious, inner voice Reversed: lack of center, lost inner voice, repressed feelings The Empress - The Lady Of The Lake Upright: motherhood, fertility, nature Reversed: dependence, smothering, emptiness, nosiness The Emperor - Lot Upright: authority, structure, control, fatherhood Reversed: tyranny, rigidity, coldness The Hierophant - Bors Upright: tradition, conformity, morality, ethics Reversed: rebellion, subversiveness, new approaches The Lovers - Gawain and Lancelot (got my yaoi goggles on dont mind me) Upright: partnerships, duality, union Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony The Chariot - Gawain Upright: direction, control, willpower Reversed: lack of control, lack of direction, aggression Strength - Yvain Upright: inner strength, bravery, compassion, focus Reversed: self doubt, weakness, insecurity The Hermit - Lancelot Upright: contemplation, search for truth, inner guidance Reversed: loneliness, isolation, lost your way Wheel of Fortune - Gingalain Upright: change, cycles, inevitable fate Reversed: no control, clinging to control, bad luck Justice - Arthur Upright: cause and effect, clarity, truth Reversed: dishonesty, unaccountability, unfairness The Hanged Man - Galahad Upright: sacrifice, release, martyrdom Reversed: stalling, needless sacrifice, fear of sacrifice Death - Agravaine Upright: end of cycle, beginnings, change, metamorphosis Reversed: fear of change, holding on, stagnation, decay Temperance - Kay Upright: middle path, patience, finding meaning Reversed: extremes, excess, lack of balance The Devil - Ragnelle Upright: addiction, materialism, playfulness Reversed: freedom, release, restoring control The Tower - Mordred Upright: sudden upheaval, broken pride, disaster Reversed: disaster avoided, delayed disaster, fear of suffering The Star - Dindraine Upright: hope, faith, rejuvenation Reversed: faithlessness, discouragement, insecurity The Moon - Igraine Upright: unconscious, illusions, intuition Reversed: confusion, fear, misinterpretation The Sun - Gareth Upright: joy, success, celebration, positivity Reversed: negativity, depression, sadness Judgment - Camlann Upright: reflection, reckoning, awakening Reversed: lack of self awareness, doubt, self loathing The World - Merlin Upright: fulfillment, harmony, completion Reversed: incompletion, no closure

[gingersnaptaff]

💚💛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😤 for the arthurian ask game!!

Wahhh Richie I'm so sorry I didn't answer this ejdjdjd!!!!

💚 Favorite Quest/Story Arc

Either 'Culhwch and Olwen' or Palomides searching for the Questing Beast.

💛 Sibling Group/Dynamic That IS NOT The Orkneys

Percival and his siblings are VERY DEAR TO MEEEEEEEE!!!! I love them! Do u think when he was on the Grail Quest he saw Dindraine waiting for them and was like 'oh my God I missed u!!!'

Okay Now You Can Talk About Orkneys

Do u think they get together for bitching sessions every month because they're all like 'Ah yeah, uncle made me go on this dumb adventure again.' If so, then that alone makes them very dear to me. But I think just their dynamic of 'Gotta protect u but also outdo u in certain aspects makes me go feral. Do u think even though Mordred was destined to kill Arthur it became solidified that he would cuz he watched his brothers be cut down because of something he'd helped reveal? Or Gaheris secretly thinks, 'Be safe?' every time his brothers leave on quests cuz he can't go, he doesn't want to go, but he wants them to be whole and safe.

Your Most Specific Nitpick About Your Fave (anything from "Gareth would not have a beard" to "this is basically a different guy")

Said it before, saying it again, Guinevere is not completely bitter or completely passive. If I see anybody writing her like that I'm ringing ur head like a fuckin bell. (Myself included because I have fallen into that trap.)

[ginevrastilinski-ocs]

Merlin OCs Masterlist

Name: Balin Stroke

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Arthur Pendragon & Guinevere

Quote: I'd call you Atlas, but he wasn't given a choice to hold the stars. You were.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Richard Madden

Name: Caelia Roan

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Landevale

Quote: Nothing you can say can stop me from going home.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Sophie Turner

Name: Delfine

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Darkside

LI: Morgana Pendragon

Quote: When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Anya Chalotra

Name: Dindraine

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Gwaine

Quote: And God knows I'm not dying but I bleed now. And God knows he's the only way to heal now.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Charlotte Hope

Name: Dorien Ravens

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Arthur Pendragon & Merlin

Quote: You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Nicholas Galitzine

Name: Drystan Braken

Pronouns: he/him

Story: (Show Me How To) Lay My Sword Down

LI: Merlin

Quote: This is not your destruction, this is your birth.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Daniel Sharman

Name: Elissa Pendragon

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Golden Age

LI: Guinevere

Quote: The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Holliday Grainger

Name: Elyana Pyre

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Arthur Pendragon

Quote: I'm a princess vut from marble, smoother than a storm. And the scars that mark my body, they're silver and gold.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Naomi Scott

Name: Eirwen | Wrenn

Pronouns: she/her & he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: N/A

Quote: If you were any braver, you'd be a lioness.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Maisie Williams

Name: Erec Kallan

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Poly Knights [+ Lyonesse]

Quote: You have me. Until every last star in the galaxy dies, you have me.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Fabian Frankel

Name: Landevale

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Caelia Roan

Quote: Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Harry Collett

Name: Lyonesse

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Poly Knights [+ Erec]

Quote: Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it's morning now, it's brighter now.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Olivia Cooke

Name: Maeve

Pronouns: she/her

Story: No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

LI: Arthur Pendragon & Merlin

Quote: The fate is a blank paper where one writes their own story.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Millie Brady

Name: Mordirwan | Dragonet

Pronouns: he/him

Story: (Show Me How To) Lay My Sword Down

LI: N/A

Quote: I just want someone to grab my little face and scream "On purpose, on purpose I'm going to care about you".

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Billy Jenkins

Name: Nyneve Pendragon

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Embers In Our Bloodlines

LI: N/A

Quote: The stars gave her a crown and said this is your place of belonging.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Millie Bobby Brown

[shadows-of-a-memory]

gary "eggsy" unwin

back to kingsman masterlist

romantic

one-shots

the tragedy of lady dindraine

the depressing thing about kingsman is, almost every agent lives up to their codename in that they pretty much all die in arthurian legend. but enough exceptions have lived to retirement that, like every other naive kingsman recruit before you, you hope to be an exception yourself. so why are you so surprised when you aren't?

only a bruise (to keep the cycle going)

(tw mentioned physical abuse, not on-screen) eggsy cares for his childhood best friend a normal amount. which is why he's happy she's with someone she cares deeply about. except when he sees her with foundation with the same dark undertone his mom wore like chains, he refuses to allow her to fall into the same cycle as michelle. that's the only reason... right?

i don't need a roof

(song fic) you remind eggsy that it's not the roof that matters, it's the home.

series

maybe it's perfect, maybe it's incredibly flawed

(mcu crossover / stark!reader) the problem with being a kingsman... well, kingswoman... is that spyhood doesn't lend itself well to romantic relationships. or, really, relationships in general, if your broken familial ones splintered by your lies counts for anything. but the minute you finally settle down, begin to rebuild a life, your past comes a-callin' in more ways than one.

the life of lady grisandole

(mcu crossover / stark!reader) just a collection of one-shots in which you are eggsy's wife, not a kingsman agent, but with more than enough lies to bury you alive.

the grandmaster's queen

you've been trying to find a way out for a while now. a way out of the arranged marriage you're trapped in, a way out of the criminal underworld in which your abusive husband seems to thrive... but you've yet to find a way. after so many years, you've almost given up hope. enter a secret organization called kingsman, and a sweet agent code name galahad, and maybe that hope starts to return... that hope, and even a little bit of a crush. hope, that is, as long as he doesn't discover the rest of the secrets you're hiding.

platonic

one-shots

it's not your fault

as eggsy's unofficial sister, it's your job to be there for him... especially after his mentor and father-figure dies.

series

none yet

[adhd-merlin]

huge round of applause for the person posting galahad/dindraine spanish fics on ao3 for an audience of none

[gawrkin]

Because the idea bug continues to bite me and I've let my thoughts stew, here's more concepts to throw in the Mirror Universe pot:

The Dames of the Round Table are not warrior-women, but powerful and intelligent sorceresses Miracle-working wisewomen (*wink, wink*). Sagely ladies who go travel around, defeat various foes and aid those in need using cleverness instead of brawn, meeting each other during festivals, and compete against each other using trickery and enchantment. It's sort of a cross between Magical Girls and the Mystical Wandering Ascetics/Saints. (*There's actually some synergy with real life Celtic Christianity)

Morgan herself is still raised in a convent, learning magic, theology and natural philosophy and is a kind of Virgin Mary-esque figure. Like regular Arthur, Morgan is ignorant of her royal heritage until she performs a miraculous act* that has her crowned as Maiden Queen of Logres, to the distaste of Older Queens who rebel against her. (*I haven't figured out would be the sword-in-the-stone equivalent should be)

Sebile, as stated before, is basically the Sir Kay equivalent. She is Morgan's sworn sister-in-arms from the convent and was the greatest and most powerful member of the round table with many cool abilities, only to be nerfed and humiliated by the heroines of later stories, like Dindraine.

Similarly, other enchantresses, like the Queen of Norgales, Brisen, Annowres, Hellawes, etc. fulfill analoguous roles to the male counterparts.

Of course, Guinevere is the Lancelot analogue, with everything that implies.

Nimue/Vivien is, naturally, the Merlin to Morgan's Arthur. The unique spin here is that Nimue is one of the few warrior-women in this universe. She's an elderly fairy amazon, ala Scathach, who advices and protects Morgan mostly through martial prowess rather than magic. Tragically, she falls in love with a young clerk named Merlin, whom she teaches martial arts but its betrayed when Merlin ties her to rock and thrown into a lake to get away from her improper affections.

Merlin becomes the Wild Man/Lord of the Wood who protects Morgan from Arthur's assaults and helps the Dames from time to time.

Arthur is Morgan's brother who opposes her, also learning Martial arts from Nimue, leading him to become a powerful, superhuman, otherworldly warrior and terrorist who traps many unwitting ladies in his many domains, raiding and pillaging many kingdoms. You can imagine him as basically your prototypical dark lord with a Celtic theme, complete with spikey horned helmet.

Arthur is so powerful, being able to uproot trees, toss boulders, knock down castles, cause earthquakes with his footsteps and breath fire. He's so terrifying, many liken him to a godlike demonic monster, leading to his name Arthur la Guivre (Arthur the Viper/Dragon).

Arthur la Guivre is very promiscuous, having many lovers and trying to seduce various ladies, especially Guinevere, whom he has an affection for.

The Knights of the Round Table basically become the Wild Hunt in this AU. The sound of their horses as they ride through the sky resembles thunder and the howling winds, their weapons are so shiny and flash like lightning. They're terrifying shadowy horsemen and quasi-ogre-like monsters who elude the Dames efforts to maintain Order.

They're also rarely named: The King of Brittany, the King of Wales, The King of the Glass Island and King of the Wasteland, Lord of the Fens, etc.

Sometimes, Arthur himself is called Lord of the Wood. He's lives in a Paradisical Realm in a Cave under a Mountain that he takes Morgan to after the Battle of Camlann and the Fall of Camelot.

As result of his might, Arthur is often beaten by the Dames via trickery and indirect means, getting hoodwink and his plans foiled.

The chief religious artifact the Dames of the Round Table search for is the Holy Clau or the Holy Rood. It's has some ambiguous relationship to either the Claimh Solais or the Spear of Lug, but generally speaking, its either the Cross that Jesus was crucified on or its the nail that pierced his hands and feet. It was brought on over to Britain by St. Elen, who becomes the matriarch to many noble families and siring the Rood Queens. Bonus points if the topic of Christ's-wounds-as-a-vagina is brought up.

The three Rood Dames are: Dindraine (the original heroine of the religious quest), Melora (Guinevere's daughter and the fancy new uber-idealized heroine) and one of Guinevere's cousins (Jandree, Eliabel, etc.)

Lancelot and Guinevere still get into an affair.

Lancelot still gets kidnapped a lot.

THIS time its Guinevere who becomes feral at some point lol

Guinevere's seminal adventure is Lady of the Sack, where Guinevere has to disguise herself by wearing a dirty old sack (a common punishment for female criminals), getting rotten fruit thown at her and humiliated in order to rescue Lancelot.

Arthurian Mirror/Role Reversal AU, where Morgan is the Once and Future Queen, leader of the Dames of the Round Table, who search for the Holy Clau or Holy Rood.

Meanwhile Arthur becomes the Supernatural Raider/Wild Man called "Arthur la Guivre", who terrorizes Morgan's kingdom but ultimately rescues his sister after the final battle, bringing her over to his Otherworldly realm under a Mountain.

Sebile becomes the Sir Kay of this AU.

[queer-ragnelle]

Fave galahad ships?

galahad/mordred: opposites attract, the narrative foils of it all…

galahad/perceval: besties, fellow grail knights, died within a year of each other, or alternatively survive the quest together.

galahad/dindraine: courtly love, i could definitely see her having a crush on him & he is oblivious

galahad/wildcard: i’m honestly not picky i multi-ship & crackship so if someone has another with a compelling story/art behind it, i’m down!

[eynsavalow]

Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Meme | accepting

@melnchly​ “No one has ever come back.”

“But I had too,” He said rather dumbly. “I couldn’t leave that poor man in pain. And I wanted to understand what I’d seen before when I didn’t ask.”

He had an odd talent for the miraculous, one he never seemed to realize he had. He spoke to angels and only thanked and praised them for their company realizing but not thinking overmuch about what they were. He stumbled onto the Grail castle not once but twice when most didn’t even dare to dream of glimpsing it. 

Even now he didn’t seem to understand why returning should be impressive. He wanted to. So he had. 

[arthurianshadows]

@trckstaer​ liked for a muse roulette starter ( and gets dindraine for gwaine ) !

“ - do not tell my brother. ” perhaps not the first words one would expect from a woman who was climbing the palace walls, but nonetheless the most important thing to her right now. should her brother hear of this, he would no doubt send her to some convent to try and ensure the end of her shenanigans as he so liked to call them. “ percival will kill me if he learns i’ve snuck out again. ”

[melnchly-a]

i have too many white/blonde girls on my muse list and what do i do? i add more of them 

[sourdough-morbread]

Role Reversal AU: Daegal is the son of Dindraine, the Court Priestess of Cornwall. He is a brave and loyal boy who insists on coming on any and all adventures Merlin goes on, regardless of how dangerous it is. Merlin and Arthur gave up on him staying years ago and started training him.