#arthurian romances

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The Story of King Arthur and his Knights by Howard Pyle

1933

[apaladinsventure]

“But just as the rose is more lovely than any other flower when it opens fresh and new, so where liberality appears it surpasses all other virtues and increases five hundred times the qualities it finds in a worthy, upright man.”

Chrétien de Troyes, Arthurian Romances

#Art 🎨 by Julek Heller

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La Belle Dame sans Merci by Paul Julien Meylan

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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

[blood-starved-beast]

Do you think Nemesis fantasizes about being the Knight to Melinoe's Princess and being quest-given to fight Chronos for her or something. Then she sees Melinoe out on the Run somewhere covered in blood and bruises and such and it fills her with unfathomable rage.

[ruinemade]

Percival and the Fisher King

Submission to Gallant and True zine.

The Fisher King, in Arthurian legends, is depicted with a wound to the groin that renders him impotent and his lands barren. The inability to sire children makes him unfit to carry on his charge, which is to guard the Holy Grail. For this queer retelling of the story, I interpreted him as a trans man.

Thank you for reading! It was an honor to participate along with other amazing artists and writers.

Leftover sales are going on right now, get your hands on a copy before it sells out!

[nyxshadowhawk]

Chrétian de Troyes is legit the funniest medieval writer i’ve read so far??

Like. percival is all masquerading as a badass knight and then the moment he opens his mouth everyone can immediately tell that he’s an idiot. he won’t stop talking about his mom and it takes his mentor to give it to him straight to get him to stop. he’s called an idiot to his face.

And the whole time arthur is like, Kay i swear to god it’s ok for perceval to act like an idiot because no one knows who he is, but if you act like an idiot you make me look bad, so sit the fuck down.

LIKE??? THIS IS LITERATURE

[cain--abel]

Why marry Arthur Pendragon?

💍Gender selectable! (Marry Elaine Pendragon instead!)

🥲 Make your father proud!

💰 Get rich-quick-scheme!

🫅 Marry a fellow royal worthy of you!

🏰 Gain a barony!

🛏️ Optional affair!

💘 True love?

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Recall the tale of Icarus.

Choose to be Icarus.

Linda K. Hughes, Text and Subtext in "Merlin and the Gleam", p.166 /// Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and the Gleam /// BBC Merlin, The Last Dragonlord (2x13) /// Natalie Wee, Patroclus Dreaming /// Hozier, I, Carrion (Icarian) /// BBC Merlin, The Wicked Day (4x03) /// Hozier /// Natalie Wee /// BBC Merlin, The Disir (5x05) /// Alfred Tennyson /// Hozier /// BBC Merlin, The Diamond of the Day: Part 2 (5x13) /// Natalie Wee /// Alfred Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur /// BBC Merlin, The Diamond of the Day: Part 2 (5x13) /// Hozier /// Alfred Tennyson /// Natalie Wee

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Lancelot and the Lady of Shalott

Bold Sir Lancelot and the Lady of Shalott

(she dies from unrequited love for a hot guy she saw for 2 seconds in the distance and decided to chase down a river. girl same)

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

A Tempest of Tea

first in a YA fantasy duology

follows a young immigrant woman in a fantasy Victorian city who runs a tearoom that doubles as an illegal bloodhouse for vampires at night

when their business is threatened, she gets a chance to save it by teaming up with her best friend, a rich girl with a talent for forgery, a vampire artist, and a mysterious city guard to do a heist to infiltrate high society and collect a logbook that may reveal the extent of the corruption in the city

fantasy city with a masked ruler, arthurian elements, themes of colonialism

[sickfreaksirkay]

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Comment:

This is domestic gold! My goddess above, how is it possible that I feels that I want her to be there to them to adopt me?

I love how the way they talk feels so organic and Merlin's horrified realization was the icing on the cake.im number one fan of fics where Merlin is oblivious to his own feelings even though there are so few of them (usually it's Arthur but I'm a believer that Merlin is worse)

I remember when I was watching the series this was more or less the scenario I wanted to play out lmao I was yelling at the screen at Arthur "have you not seen yourself talking to your manservant?!!!!" My definition of love is being your purest essence freely and comfortably with *that* person and Arthur was that cheeky, carefree jerk only with Merlin. Their senseless discussions that bordered on daring and domestic routine. And let's face it, it only seemed like the world was going to be out of balance for them when they were worried about each other. A FULLY MARRIED COUPLE!

When the village lady was talking to Gaius I was just imagining Merlin arriving with Arthur like a wife who has heard the neighbours arguing from the fence of the yard. "and you saw that Mrs. Johnson..." Oh hilarious

And when you list the similarities with married couples! Oh oh oh I was waiting for them to say "honey or sweetheart"

Again! Magnificent fic!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin) Additional Tags: Canon Era, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Light Angst, Pining Summary:

Merlin, to his horror, discovers that maybe he and Arthur act like a married couple after all.

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Enid and Geraint by Rowland Wheelwright

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AVALON HIGH (2010)

[feelyoubehindmyeyes]

“You're not going to die, Arthur. I'm telling you. Because I know that one day you will be King. A greater king than you father could ever be. It's what keeps me going. You are going to live to be the man I've seen inside you, Arthur. I can see a Camelot that is fair and just. I can see a king that the people will love and be proud to call their sovereign. For the love of Camelot, you have to live”

this quote from gwen in 1x13 makes no sense? sure in s2 or onwards it would somewhat reflect their growing relationship, but in s1 gwen and arthur barely interacted. yes gwen probably thought arthur was a good man at heart but how intimately did she actually know him

it would make way more sense for morgana to be at his bedside with this kind of plea. she was the one who foresaw his death and came running barefoot to warn him in front of his knights. she saw him grow from a motherless boy into the man he became and how he increasingly clashed with his father. throughout s1 we see time and time again how arthur confided his anxieties to morgana and how she was often the push he needed to confirm his instinctive righteousness.

heck even merlin saying this would make more sense. i don’t ship merthur but with the whole platonic soulmates, two sides of a coin thing it would work. i love gwen but (to me) the writers made arthur x gwen so contrived through moments like this