#and be cool lancelot

[the-nada-thing]

Bree: Nick looked so broken... what does he think of me being Arthur's heir?

Nick:

Nick *taps Bree*

Nick: tag you're it

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

Randomly thinking about grrm’s deconstruction of knighthood in asoiaf and how ironic it is that the Night’s Watch - an organization known to be half full of murderers, rapists, thieves, and all sorts of criminals - is essentially in charge of defending all of humanity when shit hits the fan. Like westeros just scrambled ‘the lowest of the low’ together into a penal colony in the far north and is totally fine depending on them for their survival; though tbf, i guess part of it has to do with expecting these societal ‘others’ to give their not so valuable lives for the good of the realm, who really cares if they live or die because they’re out of sight and out of mind. And it’s kinda funny too when we factor in the kingsguard because it’s a far more respected institution than the NW presently, but it too has its fair share of monsters. Quite a few men of the kingsguard have been morally bankrupt individuals, and we even see how the men of the KG sometimes forget other people they should be responsible for because their one priority is the king (we see what happens when you put the people of the realm first and then are ostracized by it a la Jaime tho there’s more to it). Missing the forest for the tree is something both institutions share, making them quite similar. So it’s interesting how grrm flips the fantasy classic of the black knight vs the white knight. The black knight is often anti-heroic, if not straight up villainous, and is often made to be diametrically opposed to the valiant and ever good white knight. But asoiaf has white and black knights both be shown of great virtue and great vice. The white knights in this story really are no better than the black knights. I’d love to see how these two entities could intersect, i.e., what happens when a white knight eventually changes his cloak for a black one (*cough* Jaime *cough*) and how that falls into grrm’s deconstruction of the romance of chivalry, the extent of personal heroism, and perceived knightly virtue. Welp I don’t even know what point I’m trying to make anymore, I just wanted to talk about the KG and the NW because they’re really cool.

[sonic-rider-art]

You know whats better than one boyfriend?

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[artsycooky13]

i peeked into the sonic fandom and this dynamic grew on me. also satbk was really cool

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x09 Lancelot du Lac

[luanna801]

Truly no take is as boring in Arthuriana as "Lancelot and Guinevere did nothing wrong because it was ~twu wuv~", which remains inexplicably popular to this day.

[cynthia39100]

Gwaine appreciation post

[Merlin S3E4 Gwaine]

[r-aindr0p]

Are there any fae-like creatures in french myths?

I know about the story of a giant black wolf that terrorized France back in the day, but that’s all I can remember.

Legends and stories including wolves are in fact really widespread in european culture since middle age ! But yeah the most well known in France is the Beast of Gévaudan which was described as massive ! (and the one from Le petit chaperon rouge/Little red riding hood)

Concerning other creatures and fairies/faes in french legends and stories, we do have

Mélusine : fairies mentioned a bit everywhere in France, they are mostly described as women with a scaly tail lower body and are sometimes associated with mermaids or vouivres. (far from how they look like in genshin impact)

Vouivre : not to be mistaken with wyverns, vouivres are creatures described as snakes with bat wings, sometimes they are depicted having rear legs and wings (and they look very goofy like that imo). These creatures can be aquatic and in some descriptions, possess a big jewel on their forehead.

Tarasque : a creature from provencal legends, which lived in a swamp near Tarascon and terrorized and ate people. It's most popular description was of a big creature with a spiked turtle shell, six bear legs, horse ears, bull chest, lion head, a human face and a twisted tail. Legend says Ste. Marthe tamed the beast. (I swear they were just being attacked by bowser this is the same creature)

These are the one I depicted roughly in the pic above but there are many more creatures depending on the different regions of France ! (There's a lot of fairies and fantasy like creature in stories from bretagne/brittany) Some others that I find either fun or cool are :

Meneurs de loup : which translates to wolf leaders are people told to be able to talk to wolves and even transform into one, either because they are werewolves or they made a pact with the devil. (it's kinda giving spice and wolf vibes and I love that story sm)

Jambe crue/Came-cruse : Roaming in the Pyrénées at night, this thing is a single leg with an eye on the knee that eats people and runs very fast. (Idk why this one is so funny to me but oddly terrifying as well)

[wri0thesley]

I want to eat sir lancelot.. omnomnom

do not eat him!!!

[trans-oberon]

some top surgery knight edits to gaslight your friends with

(+ abless oberon under the cut)

[kcciny]

In all honesty I doubt that anybody from the round table would survive eating a bowl of Kireis special Mapo Tofu

[men-in-knights]

[cillyscribbles]

Would love to see more of the pendragon throuple! Very fond of those cowboys and ur art for them 💜💜💜

pendragon shenanigans as requested, ehe <3 ref from those pictures of people in haunted houses. what are they looking at? my bet's on tax papers.

[isatris]

I hope we'll see them more often in casual clothes~

(Did any of you notice the Pellegarde keychain? That's him right...?)

♛ Chapter 69 cover ♛

[sonysakura]

SatBK Week 2023. Day 1: Champion

The story about Sir Lancelot, the King’s Champion... with a sprinkle of Lansoni 😏

[friendofmordred]

its very funny to me when adaptations are like "we knock lancelot down a few pegs and then restore more heroic gawain" babygirl that's just normal. even in the vulgate like one of these guys drinks from a cursed stream and almost dies. and it isn't gawain.