#au: arthurian legend.

[universee-cityy]

Merlin AU social media - Merlin’s phone

[calebauer]

the dragon’s clickbait 🐉♥️

[starrieisdelusional]

HOLDUPPP BARBIE MADE ARTHURIAN LEGEND DOLLS? AND IT HAPPENED TO BE ARTHUR GWEN MERLIN AND MORGANA?

THE DESIGNS ARE SO GOOD TOO 😭😭😭

ate and left no crumbs

[mask131]

The missing Arthurian knight - rediscovered in 2019

Well the title is a slight lie - the missing knight wasn't rediscovered in 2019, it was earlier than that, but he didn't became public until 2019.

So what's this "missing knight" about? Well as the title says. There was a knight part of the Arthurian myth, and he had been missing ever since the Middle-Ages, and he was only recently rediscovered.

Or rather, to be exact - there was an Arthurian novel centered around a knight that existed and was a famous and well-known part of the Arthurian literature in the Middle-Ages, but that completely disappeared, and was forgotten by culture (as much popular culture as the scholarly one). Until very recently.

This rediscovered novel has been a hot topic of all Arthuriana fans in Europe for a few years now - and yet I do not see much talk about this onto this website, despite Tumblr being a big place for Arthurian fans?

So I will correct this by doing a series of posts about the subject. And this post will be the first one, the introduction post presenting to you "Ségurant, le chevalier au dragon" ; "Segurant, the knight of the dragon". A French medieval novel part of the Arthurian literature (hence the "chevalier au X" title structure - like Lancelot, the knight of the cart or Yvain the knight of the lion from Chrétien de Troyes), the reason this story was forgotten by all medievalist and literary scholars is - long story short - because it never existed in any full manuscript (at least none that survived to this day). It was a complete story yes, with even variations apparently, but that was cut into pieces and fragments inserted into various other manuscripts and texts (most notably various "Merlin's Prophecies").

The novel and the Knight of the Dragon were rediscovered through the work of Emanuele Arioli, who rediscovered a fragment of the story while looking at an old manuscript of a Merlin Prophecies, and then went on the hunt for the other fragments and pieces scattered around Europe, until he finally could compile the full story, that he then published in 2019, at the Belles Lettres publishing house, in 2019.

Arioli reconstructed the text, and translated it in both modern French and Italian for scholarly and professional editions (aka Honoré Champion in France, a reference for universities)...

... But also for a more "all public, found in all libraries" edition - the famous 2019 edition at Les Belles Lettres.

And not only that, but he also participated to both a comic book adaptation with Emiliano Tanzillo...

... and an adaptation as an illustrated children novel!

Finally, just a few weeks, the Franco-German channel Arte released a documentary about the reconstitution and content of this missing novel called "Le Chevalier au dragon: Le roman disparu de la Table Ronde". (The Knight of the Dragon - The missing novel of the Round Table). The full documentary is on Youtube in French for those that speak the language, here. And in German here for those who speak German.

Unfortunately there is no English version of the documentary that I know of, nor any English publications of the actual text - just French and Italian. But hey, I'll try to palliate to that by doing some English-speaking posts about this whole business!

[silverseaming]

I set her on my pacing steed, And nothing else saw all day long, For sidelong would she bend, and sing A faery’s song.

— la belle dame sans merci / pt. 1

beautiful poses by @antiquatedsimmer <33

also please click for hq because tumblr has murdered the quality 😢

[quidam-sirenae]

There’s like a certain horror in forcing fantasy characters to experience the mundane. I’m specifically talking about Arthurian retellings set in the modern day but like any modern au fits this idea. There’s almost this kind of horror aspect of saying “I will force you to endure the mundanity of life. You cannot solve this problem with battle or magic even if such things exist because you are no longer a hero you are a person.” And it’s kinda terrifying to see the characters of legend bend and squeeze until they fit into what would be acceptable behavior in the modern day, it hits in a certain way I can’t describe. It’s like Lancelot’s sword broke on the battlefield and suddenly he’s facing the realization that he’s an unarmed man that can’t fight anymore.

[gellavonhamster]

Obsessed with Bliss & Blunder by Victoria Gosling tbh. Yeah, the King Arthur tech bro modern AU book. Morgan and Guinevere who were best friends as teens, who meant the world to each other and then broke up because of Guinevere's stupid brother and everything, who still cannot help but miss each other. Morgan and Arthur - not related here - who bonded as bullied kids on the school bus, exchanged letters in college, fell in love but fumbled it. Morgan who isn't sure she wasn't in love with Guinevere. Morgan trying to get justice for murdered women. Guinevere who is deeply unhappy in her glossy Instagram paradise and deeply out of fucks to give, Guinevere who thinks raising her adopted son Mordred is the only good thing she's done in her life. Sweet, quiet, deeply unwell Lancelot. Guinevere horrified by what Elaine did to Lancelot. Gawain whose characterization at first surprised me until I realized that in the present-day timeline, Gareth is already dead. Mordred who's an edgy troublemaker with an all-black bedroom but also just an eighteen-year-old boy who loves his mom so much. Galahad the genius young hacker with white hair and pronouns. Gawain's arrangement with Lord Bertilak and his wife. Canon Galadred. A Shakespeare's character who isn't even Arthurian is there for some reason? Everyone is miserable but trying their best. Everything is about old friends except when it's about war except when it's about forgiveness except when it's about sexism except when it's about stories that are doomed to repeat but maybe can go differently this time.

[lalalalupia]

Guys, listen Lesbian Arthurian legend //runaway

[ohhcherry]

Small secret for two to share

[sjsmith56]

The Flame Burns From Within

Summary: A late medieval / early Renaissance AU told in six parts. Lord Barnes comes to formally claim the hand of the woman he has been betrothed to since her birth. Other suitors object to his claim setting off a series of events.

Characters: Named OFC (beautiful, tall and red-haired), Ser Anthony Stark, Lady Stark, Lord James Buchanan Barnes, The Duke of Long Isle Prince Steven Rogers, Ser Samuel Wilson, Lord Alexander Pierce, Ser Brock Rumlow, John Walker, Father Bruce, Garrison Commander Barton, Riley, Lady Natasha, Ser Scott Lang.

Warnings: Minors DNI - contains sexual content not suitable for readers under the age of 18, OFC is a virgin, age gap (OFC is 21, Lord Barnes is 32), arranged marriage (but she is given a choice to go through with it), threat of forced marriage, violence, misogyny, kidnapping, attack against a church full of parishioners.

Author notes: This is an alternate universe set during the late 15th century. America is a separate kingdom located closer to Europe than it is now. There will be reference to Arthurian legend with changes to it.

Part 1 - Negotiations

Part 2 - Secret Wedding

Part 3 - The Abduction

Part 4 - Captive

Part 5 - Escape

Part 6 - Justice

Short Fiction Masterlist

As with all of my works, the characters originally created by Marvel are the intellectual property of Marvel / Disney. This original work of fiction is derived from those characters who are shown in a different manner than their original portrayals. The plot and original characters are the creation and property of the author, who claims all rights of ownership. Please do not copy, paste, or translate for posting on any other platform. This work will be cross posted on the author’s Wattpad and AO3 account.

[ebonyfirewolf]

Arthur deals with a siren. Merlin comes to his rescue.

[universee-cityy]

Merlin AU social media - Arthur’s phone

[msue0027]

do tumblr girlies (gn) know why it's merlin emrys?

[daliathewitch]

Weird headcanon of the day:

As a child, Galahad was often mistaken for a girl.

It's a really quick sketches, they are messy, please don't mind

[roimargot]

my favourite emo (lancelot du lac) every time I draw Lance I start to hesitate on his design the only thing I know is that he's depressed and bisexual

[agonizingdespair]

If you've been following me or reading through my blog, you might notice I've posted recently about Pastra. More specifically the Jeff The Killer rewrite they did. Now watching that got me to watch a stream they did a few months back on quinnamon's channel with some other people where they talked about the Jeff the killer fandom, and I left a comment on that video regarding an observation I've had stuck in my head for a while now about internet media in general that I feel the need to also voice here because I find it so fascinating.

With that context out of the way, here's my copy pasted (but slightly cleaned up) analysis of human mythology and memetic evolution of stories and canons as it pertains to the internet, creepypasta OCs, popular AU fanfiction, Star Wars, and The Bible:

The Jeff The Killer OC rabbithole reminds me of the Undertale AU community. The Undertale community in general has people convincing themselves that fan additions are canon, but the OC fanfic network of OCs being made to interact with other OCs is the same thing basically, except with the multiverse involved. Which, I'm told, was also the main basis of the Onceler fandom beyond the initial selfcest pairing.

But as I mentioned it also reminds me of the Undertale fandom in general and over there, there are arguments about what is fanon and what is canon to this day. Canon is a term we invented because of similar arguments regarding religion, more specifically christianity. The modern depiction of both hell and Lucifer are based on fanfiction, that being Dante's Inferno and Paradise Lost. Which goes to show that religion and mythology is just a big web of fanfiction that becomes considered canon with time and popularity. Its all a game of telephone but with people intentionally changing stuff to add OCs or headcanons. As another commenter pointed out, this is also the entire basis of Arthurian Legend. And I've also seen people make comparisons between fandom and religion plenty of times, notably, someone once said that people argue over star wars canon down to the smallest details as special editions or original edition, and they treat it the same way different denominations of Christianity treat the different versions of the Bible that exist. And I can see exactly what they mean by that and they have a point

The thing is though, is that the internet allows these things, like Creepypasta OCs, and AU versions of characters, to happen much faster and without being nearly as limited by geographical concerns. It's like a sped up, but less mainstream, version of that phenomenon. People say comics are the modern american mythology or whatever, and its kinda true, but this is how it really works, because this is entirely in the hands of the people and there is no true canon.

In conclusion, Jeffrey Woods is Sans Undertale who is also Jesus Christ, none of which actually have those last names by the way. Thanks for reading.