#a medlit blog

[gringolet]

Is college worth the expenses?

depends. a creative writing degree isnt though

[queer-ragnelle]

hello..👋👋

as someone who wants to get into arthurian legends.. where do you think I should start? is there a precise canon to follow? oh and.. this might be a stupid question but.. how would you describe guinevere's and lancelot's relationship...? i personally really like them because of what I've heard online, but i got shamed for liking it a while ago from people who really hated guinevere and said gawain or galehaut(not sure if i spelled it right) would be better for lancelot..

Hello anon!

I have a Beginner’s Guide to Medieval Arthuriana pinned on my blog. There’s no precise canon to follow, but you’ll get the most bang for your buck reading the works of Chrétien de Troyes and the Vulgate Cycle. Much of what Chrétien developed ended up in the Vulgate, like Lancelot rescuing Guinevere from kidnapping, but there are more elements added from other stories, such as Lancelot’s upbringing in the lake which originated from Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikoven. On the other hand, Yvain’s journey as Knight with the Lion doesn’t make it into the Vulgate, so that’s worth reading on its own.

Regarding the part about people shaming you: block them if you haven’t already and anyone else who does so in future. I’m terribly sorry those people were unwelcoming as you begin to read and learn about Arthurian Legend. Let that not reflect on the community as a whole—there’s many lovely people here that’ll be happy to help you along. I hope you’re able to cultivate a positive online experience to the best of your ability and start enjoying the legends with us! :^D

But back to the fun stuff—I also really like Guinevere/Lancelot! My favorite dynamic is when Arthur is included too, but Guin is my number one pick for Lancey. ;^) It’s hard to describe them in so few words but I think it’s important to establish that they’re friends. This is an oft overlooked aspect that really deserves attention. They care for each other deeply. She helps him out of his madness and he helps her out of danger. This is something Arthur couldn’t do for either of them, much as he wanted to. That’s what makes the pair special, to me.

As for shipping wars about medieval characters….kinda ridiculous! And shaming other people over it is just abhorrent. I’m sorry you had to deal with that! Personally I enjoy Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot and Galehaut/Lancelot. I think it’s obvious I favor Gawain with his wife Ragnelle lol but Gawain/Lancelot is fine too. Gawain can have a little Lancelot. As a treat. I even enjoy “crackship” type pairings, like Bedivere/Lancelot or Kay/Lancelot or maybe a little [unrequited] Agravaine/Lancelot, and if the author or filmmaker chooses to write her in a positive light, Elaine/Lancelot as well. But that’s just it—there’s certainly no such thing as a “better” person(s) to couple with Lancelot. It’s literally fake. It’s fiction. It’s for fun! Doesn’t sound like the people you’ve encountered were having very much fun and put that on you, which was wrong.

Here I’d like to mention I run a discord server called the Arthurian Theater Server. Every weekend I stream TV shows and movies, mostly Arthurian, sometimes random fantasy. But it’s more than visual media—my friends and I share resources, character playlists, art we made, stories we wrote, we’ll liveblog retellings or newly discovered medlit translations, and discuss anything else Arthurian! We have custom made emojis for all the knights and ladies, a variety of original art stickers of the characters provided by several members, and an array of sounds bites ripped from films and TV for the soundboard to be played while streaming. Tumblr can be a little hard to navigate with the unreliable tag system, so this server is dedicated to an organized and moderated exchange of ideas and content. You’re welcome to join us!

Let me know if you have any other questions, it’s never a bother. Take care!

[antiendovents]

So shortly after we were diagnosed we started reading literature on CDDs, medlit and autobios, all that fun stuff. Got clocked by the woman who helps run our old local comic shop and she recommended reading some of LB Lee's zines.

And they put out some great autobio. Made us feel less alone as a father-child incest-surviving system. We met them a couple times (we used to live in the same city) and they were great. We still own a copy of The Homeless Year and All In The Family.

It was an absolute fucking horror to go on their DW blog and find out they're pro-endo/tulpa. It's not like I feel personally betrayed, that's on me for getting to know authors whose work I enjoyed, never meet your heroes etc., but to go through all that and have lived so long past it and still fall for misinformation enough to spread it on your own platform is... not really inspiring of confidence.

yeah. It sucks when people who claim to know about DID/OSDD and claim to support people who have it yet also support endos/tuplas. Like what— you are literally hurting the community you claim to stand for. Sit the fuck down and educate yourself. I hate it when this happens.

[pendraegon]

hi sorry to hope into this convo in your ask box but oh my god knowing about that authors opinions and the gross shit she put in her book makes it very insane that she has the audacity to be like "my book isn't about morals" like okay but it has racism? 🤔 inch resting that they say they're only trying to tell a story in a nonmoral vacuum (impossible) and yet the way they characterize certain groups is obviously trying to say Something 😐

right like :/ “oh um YOU applying morals to my book is weird actually bc it’s just about who my main character likes and dislikes, don’t think about at all how the casian character is dehumanized and referred to as a slur haha what do you mean that that’s actually an issue that should be talked about but there’s a #girlboss (idk if the main character is a girlboss that’s just the vibe im getting) isn’t that COOL”

[notajoinerofthings]

@aesthonaut tagged me. thank you, friend 💚

nickname: vreni (mostly used by my family & old friends)

zodiac: virgo or leo, depending on who you ask apparently

height: 167 cm

last movie I saw: i watched the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring with my cousin last friday. it was so much fun to revisit one of my favourite movies with someone who hasn’t seen them before and i’m always amazed at how incredibly well these movies have aged

last thing I googled: i google-scholared “reader-response theory” earlier (i’m currently working on a paper about teaching literature in the efl classroom)

favourite musician(s): frank turner, marcus wiebusch, thees uhlmann, bruce springsteen, frightened rabbit, john k. samson

song stuck in my head: bosse - all die dinge

other blogs: i have a side blog that i more or less regularly use to dump my godbothering stuff @godisineverything

blogs following: 180

amount of sleep: ideally between 7 and 8 hours

lucky number: 5

what am I wearing: dark jeans, black t-shirt, black cardigan, blue-dotted socks (but really looking forward to put on my pjs after posting this :D)

dream job: a crofting hermit in the scottish highlands, but until that is an option, i’m quite happy to work on becoming a teacher

play an instrument: nope

dream trip: i really want to visit the faroe islands, and also travel around norway, sweden, and finland (i currently don’t have any money for travelling & i made this pledge to myself to avoid airtravel if at all possible, so i’m looking forward to exploring mostly europe in the foreseeable future, though i’d also love to travel to new zealand one day)

favourite food: pizza

languages: german, english, and a few ‘dead’ languages. and i’m learning dutch on duolingo

favourite songs: ugh that’s so hard to say bc it changes all the time? so here, have 3 random songs that i love:

kettcar - benzin und kartoffelchips (especially the version played during the wiebuschbosseuhlmann concerts, oh my god, it’s so good!!!) 

thees uhlmann - junkies und scientologen 

...but alive - sie war, sie ist, sie bleibt

(i swear i also have other artists in my music library, but i tend to go through phases in which it feels a bit like no other music exists except for the artist/album that i’m currently obsessed with haha)

random fact: it was my birthday last week and my brother’s partner got two rabbits which we now own and cuddle together 🤍 they are mostly white (with tiny brown and black spots) and very fluffy, and their names are alba & alaska

describe yourself as aesthetic things: stained glass windows. early morning mist on a field. libraries. tartan scarves. birdsong in the woods. postcards. earl grey tea. walking barefoot on the beach.

(tbh idk if any of these things qualify as #aesthetic but these are basically things that i consider to be beautiful & enjoyable)

i’m tagging @musicheartbeat @a-chorus-of-storytellers @medlit-study 💙

[feuillesmortes]

i was tagged by @amourduloup and @lady-plantagenet in two different posts so i decided to answer all questions in this one! thank you girls 🌹

rules: tag three people who you want to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions.

3 ships: henry vii/elizabeth of york, achilles/patroclus, rosaline/benvolio (i also love richard ii/anne of bohemia!)

last song: 夜に愛 by t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者

last movie: my internet connection has been terrible, which means i started but couldn’t finish le pont des arts (2004), sans soleil (1983)(i really want to finish this one), the last black man in san francisco (2019)

currently reading: dostoevsky’s short stories, jeanette winterson’s written on the body, mark doty’s fire to fire (new and selected poems), reputation and representation in fifteenth-century europe, debra bayani’s biography of jasper tudor

currently watching: i’ve just rewatched fleabag but this time with my sister. i’m trying to convince her to start watching killing eve before i move back to my flat

currently consuming: water lol

currently craving: chocolate because PMS 

* now to the other questions *

name: may

sexuality: nobody’s business ❤️

hogwarts house: i don’t like harry potter at all but i do love quizzes and so i did the pottermore one twice, and twice i was sorted into hufflepuff. i’ve done another quizz online that also said hufflepuff and a buzzfeed one that told you which two houses you’d be sorted into and i got hufflepuff and gryffindor

cats or dogs: i love dogs but cats are the priority

favorite animal: i love all animals. i’d say cats just because i’ve had so many of them in my life 

when i made this blog: technically speaking @feuillesmortes has been around since 2010 but i rarely ever used it and 2011-2014 i did not use it at all! i was using it sparsely from 2014 to 2016, but i only ever committed to this blog in 2016 when i was trying to go through some stuff (TM)

reasons for the url: it’s a reference to yves montand’s song les feuilles mortes as well as debussy’s homonymous piece 

tagging: three recent mutuals i’d love to know more about: @harry-leroy, @shredsandpatches, @medlit-study | feel free to ignore me of course :)

[gringolet]

hallo! just wanted to say I’ve been transfixed with this blog for a couple years now- I came to tumblr looking for Squires’ Tales content, landed here, and got into med lit as a direct result. you are very cool and had a huge influence on how I perceive arthuriana. I think of you as I would a beloved author, if that makes sense. stay neat <3

WAHHHHHHHHHH oh thats so sweet!! i'm so glad to get people into medlit its so fun and interesting and its cool that people r still enjoying it online today ya know?

[gringolet]

Preparing to do your phd, eh? Can I just say that I'm really proud of you. I don't really know who you are, but I'm still proud that you've gotten this far. I wish you luck.

aw thank you ❤️ thats very sweet. idk what my chances are of getting this position but if i dont get a studentship then i will reapply next year :) its crazy to think that ive had this blog since i was a senior in high school and that some of my mutuals and followers have been here since then. i hope in another five years im still medlit posting on here lol

[pendraegon]

I LOVE YOUR BLOG ITS BEAUTIFUL !!! ADFPIOASJDFKASD;KFJASF LIKE HOLY HECC ,, ITS JUST SO SO SO SO SO LOVELY

oh thank you!!! this is so sweet, i hope the rest of ur day and ur weekend goes well!!! (((: