#brian de bois-guilbert

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

SECOND ROUND: 12th Tilt

Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride (1987) VS. Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Ivanhoe (1997)

Propaganda

Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride (1987) Portrayed by: Mandy Patinkin Defeated Opponents: - Robert of Huntingdon [Jason Connery], Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986) - Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint], House of the Dragon (2022-)

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montaya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Ivanhoe (1997) Portrayed by: Ciaran Hinds Defeated Opponents: - Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Sam Neill], Ivanhoe (1982) - Robert the Bruce [Chris Pine], Outlaw King (2018)

“A) I would argue that Bois-Guilbert is THE original Hot (Medieval) Villain of modern literature. He is spiritually conflicted, agnostic, rude, sometimes cruel, and unexpectedly generous to/devastated by the hot, principled woman he can't have. The narrative treats them as mirrors and foils and I'm permanently not over it. B) of all, this adaptation really plays up his spiritual angst and Ciarán Hinds' smolder is unmatched. He tells Rebecca that he has money to buy her books and... hng. Also: the cheekbones”

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Additional Propaganda

For Inigo Montoya:

“He is everything you could ever want in a fictional man. I only wish that he could be real...”

“I just wanna wrap myself around that lithe little body of his. He's got great hair, wears tight leather pants, has amazing fighting skills, and is kind and loyal. And since I know Tumblr loves sad wet pathetic men, he even has a scene like this too!”

For Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert:

[medievalandfantasymelee]

The Battle of the Brians

normal male behavior

[kanerallels]

New day new ask but! Yes, The Scarlet Pimpernel novel is amaaaaaazzziinnng. The old original movie is also fun! But imho the 82 movie is far the superior of the film versions. I also absolutely insanely adore the Broadway musical from the 90s, and there's a great ya/apocalyptic sort of retelling called Rook by Sharon Cameron that I also love.

But I highly recommend watching the movie (it's a little long and slowish and 80s hair but perfect, then reading the book (it's very short and a pretty easy read), then listening to the musical soundtrack. (Fair warning, they all have slightly different endings as far as the final climax, but with generally good reason for the changes and they kind of took elements from Baroness Orczy's other novels about the character.)

Sir Percy Blakeney is the best hero with a secret identity to ever hero identity secretly, tbh. He's clever and charming and idiotic and hysterical and dashing and pathetic. And Marguerite is sweet and smart and daring and ridiculous and sly and witty and splendid. -deep sigh- yeah, highly recommend 10/10 every time. Ok bye!

Okay this is all AMAZING. The retelling thing is 101 percent going on my list, and this sounds really great!! I also saw a post once that compared Sir Percy to not one, but two of my all time favorite fictional characters, so like. I can't just not watch it, ya know?

Also you should know that after I got this ask last night I went down a rabbit hole of looking at the actors in this movie (IAN MCKELLAN??? AND THE GUY WHO DIRECTED DOWNTON FREAKING ABBEY???) and then I saw that the guy who plays Percy is also in Ivanhoe from the same year, and I couldn't NOT investigate that (I love Ivanhoe, okay? It's definitely problematic because it was written years and years ago, whatever. I still love it. This is not the time for a rant about it) and now I. Might have to watch a 1982 production of Ivanhoe because it's got some EXCELLENT actors in it including Julian Glover who plays one of my emotional support background character in Star Wars (mainly thanks to this fan fic that you specifically would love because it's got all these honorable caring male characters who do what's right and the platonic relationships? Flawless. I digress) and SAM FREAKING NEILL PLAYS SIR BRIAN DE BOIS-GUILBERT??? To say nothing of yet another Downton Abbey actor being there.

But I digress--I really wanna watch this thanks to that whole rabbit hole from last night, and I also really wanna watch Ivanhoe lol! If I do watch it, I shall let you know, I promise!!

[mademoiselleseraph]

Brian de Bois-Guilbert doesn't even just fail at courtly love, he entirely inverts it. He doesn't use his feelings for Rebecca as motivation to better himself, as the men in courtly romances do to make themselves more worthy of consideration and love, instead, he embitters himself over the fact Rebecca is not less than what she is.

He projects his lack of convictions onto her at every given opportunity. He wishes she had his same lack of chastity. He calls her own code of honor and dedication to her faith as a Jewish woman "stubbornness" and curses it. At the same time she lists off virtues he, as one sworn into a Christian institution, should have, such as charity toward the less fortunate and defending the innocent against falsehoods made against them, that as a man and a Christian, he is supposed to do these things without the expectation of personal gain. She tries to morally elevate him to her level (as she uses all the means and skills at her disposal to make the lives of even those who will always hate her for being Jewish a little easier and more comfortable), tries to give him a chance to live up to the purpose he proclaimed to the world on swearing to serve Christ as a knight, but he refuses these virtues because they do not gratify his desire for status or Rebecca herself.

I don't think this is an accident. Sir Walter Scott was a Romanticist and went through a lot of writings on the Middle Ages as reference material for Ivanhoe. He of all people would have an understanding of courtly love, and he decided Rebecca would be a more apt depiction of its ideals in her selfless and undemanding love for Wilfred than Bois-Guilbert could ever be in his desire for her.

[thealmightyemprex]

James Mason REview:Ivanhoe

So I was in the mood to watch the work of actor James Mason and decided to check out one of his later works Ivanhoe

In this 1982 TV movie King Richard (Julian Glover ) has returned from the CRusades and has teamed up with Robin Hood (DAvid Robb ) to take on three knights who work for Prince John(Ronald Pickup):Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeuf (John Rhyse Davies) who wants to extort Isaac of York (James Mason ),Sir Maurice de Bracy(STuart Wilson ) who wishes to marry Lady Rowena (Lysette Anthony ) and Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert (Sam Niel ) who is in mad lust for ISaacs daughter REbecca(Olivia Hussey )....Oh and there is a guy named Ivanhowe(Anthony Andrews),hes there too

SO I very much enjoy this movie despite it having a big flaw ....IN THAT IVANHOWE IS THE LEAST INTERESTIN?G PART .Oh Anthony Andrews plays him well,and he connects all these threads...He just isnt given enough focus .He is out of commission for most of the movie and honestly....I dont care about his story ,which is about him reconnecting with his father (Played by Michael Hordern )...PArtially cause the father is such a dick I dont care about him either ,cause the movie doesnt care either.The film is far more focused on the stuff around Ivanhowe that he feels like an after thought

That said I do like the movie.....Because the rest of it is so damn good .The action is solid from the jousting scenes to an assault on the villains castle by Richard and Robin Hood to a very eintense sword fight between Ivanhoe and Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert.I also like that the film really focuses on prejudice ,both the feud of the Normans and Saxxons but especially the hatred Isaac and REbecca face for being Jewish

The cast is alll superb (I mean Sam Niel,Stuart Wilson and John Rhyse Davies are the villains how can I not love that),Both George Innes and Tony Haygarth bring levity as Wamba the Fool and Friar Tuck rspectfully ,Michael Hordern is appropriatly pigheaded as Cedric , Wilson and Davies are sinister ,Phillip Locke is scene stealingly evil as the leader of the Knights Templar ,ROnald Pickup is slimey and David Robb is a solid Robin Hood (He also gets the funniest line )

The best performances however go to Julian Glover,James Mason ,Olivia Hussey ,and Sam Niel .Lets Start with Niel who is a solid villain :Arrogant ,obsessive ,creepy and yet there are levels to it ,fighting genuine guilt for his actions .Julian Glover is an actor I associate with bad guys so its fun to see him as a noble king .Olivia Hussey is great as REbecca,on par with Elizabeth Taylors performance in the 1952 film.I think the scene stealer of the movie is James Mason ,Mason while associated with lets say darker parts,had great versitility and when he had the chance could make a very sympathetic characters cause he can make the audience feel his pain

Ovewralll its a fun movie,and I think its on par with the 1952 film

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[medievalandfantasymelee]

"propaganda for Sam Neill as Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert, who is being extremely slept on rn" -- Submitted Anonymously

The Battle of the Brians

[mercurygray]

Happy (thirsty) Thursday, I hope your tasks are going well!

One of my current projects, with the unintended scope of which I think you may sympathize, is an Ivanhoe AU set in 1938 NYC. Rebecca will be a private detective, I said to myself! Brian de Bois-Guilbert will fit neatly into the archetype and suits of the morally grey gunslinger (Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart.) German immigrant identity in the interwar period will be a great way to update the consideration of what it means to be Saxon after conquest, and Isaac of York can have a better life and read Yiddish newspapers.

Anyway, now I have a rapidly expanding cast of characters, a rapidly expanding word count, and a rapidly expanding (let's not say unmanageable) list of things to research more when I have the time. Also a lot of romantic angst. What have I done (rhetorical)?

I'm in love with literally everything here. Please share your reading list as time allows, it sounds fascinating.

(Would it really be Ivanhoe without the romantic angst, though?)

[estrogenizedquark]

was there any need for brian de bois-guilbert to be unbelievably fucking hot in Illustrated Classics’ Ivanhoe? actually most of the men in that book are a wet fucking dream. im supposed to hate prince john but he had fucking drip and was also hot. i simply could not do it. also reginald front-de-boeuf? please lock me in your dungeon daddy. wilfred of ivanhoe, king richard, cedric. yummy. the way i would fucking THROAT king richard in his black armor good god

[zlatokryletz]

Truly how does one stop fan-casting Adam for one certain Brian de Bois-Guilbert here?🔥 The pull is irresistible, "Ivanhoe" is beautiful - and so are the recent images from "The Last Duel"

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

FIRST ROUND: 19th Tilt

Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Ivanhoe (1997) VS. Robert the Bruce, Outlaw King (2018)

Propaganda

Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Ivanhoe (1997) Portrayed by: Ciaran Hinds Defeated Opponents: - Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Sam Neill], Ivanhoe (1982)

“A) I would argue that Bois-Guilbert is THE original Hot (Medieval) Villain of modern literature. He is spiritually conflicted, agnostic, rude, sometimes cruel, and unexpectedly generous to/devastated by the hot, principled woman he can't have. The narrative treats them as mirrors and foils and I'm permanently not over it. B) of all, this adaptation really plays up his spiritual angst and Ciarán Hinds' smolder is unmatched. He tells Rebecca that he has money to buy her books and... hng. Also: the cheekbones”

Robert the Bruce, Outlaw King (2018) Portrayed by: Chris Pine Defeated Opponents: - King Edward I [Stephen Dillane], Outlaw King (2018)

“Easily Chris Pine’s career performance imo. It’s impossible not to admire his Robert the Bruce. Loving father. Adorably respectful husband. Do I even need to mention the glorious scenes? Lover. Fighter. King of the Scots!!!”

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For Sir Brain de Bois-Guilbert:

For Robert the Bruce:

[kellyvela]

Bois Guilbert seems like a Petyr Baelish + Sandor Clegane stand in .

Brian de Bois-Guilbert is like a combination of all the old dudes - false knights - girls predators of ASOIAF, he is also like Tyrion and Jorah.... ewww

He was the master mind behind De Bracy abducting Rowena; he abducted Rebecca himself and claimed to love her but he was the cause of her being accused of witchery and almost being burned alive....

He is the main villain of the story but of course GRRM loves him very much.... So much that he did a reinterpretation of Bois-Guilbert's sigil to gave it to House Corbray and he also have a House Corbray's sigil colored glass window at his home....

Lastly, he laid aside his shield, which had received some little damage, and received another from his squires. His first had only borne the general device of his rider, representing two knights riding upon one horse, an emblem expressive of the original humility and poverty of the Templars, qualities which they had since exchanged for the arrogance and wealth that finally occasioned their suppression. Bois-Guilbert’s new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau.

—IVANHOE: A Romance

Coat of arms: Three black ravens in flight, holding three red hearts, on a white field (Argent, three ravens volant sable, each clutching in their claws a heart gules)

—House Corbray of Heart's Home

[xenowlsome]

"Saul hath slain his thousands

And David his ten thousands"

(x)

[mademoiselleseraph]

I can also see why so many contemporary readers were so taken with Rebecca. Even to a modern reader she's a breath of fresh air. A sweet, gentle, generous young woman who does not put up with any bullshit and is an accomplished healer and student for her age and speaks a ton of languages including French, Saxon, Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic. She is aware the man she loves will never see her as an option or even his equal because even if he's one of the good ones, he's still entrenched in the prejudices of his culture, and those prejudices are considered a virtue to many. Her response to being told to convert from Judaism and/or give in to a Knight Templar's lust is always "respectfully, i would rather die." I love her so much. I will kill Brian de Bois-Guilbert with my bare hands for her.

[dancingsalome]

Ivanhoe-fic

Summary: Brian de Bois-Guilbert cannot forget Rebecca. And she can’t get him out of her mind.

Title: Seven Years

Fandom: Ivanhoe

Word Count: 3362

Rating: Teen an up

Characters: Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Rebecca of York

Pairings: Brian de Bois-Guilbert/Rebecca of York

Warnings: None

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Nobody is Dead

[innis9]

если хочется трагичной романтики - есть Вальтер Скотт и его история Буа-Гильбера и Ребекки. И есть баллада Высоцкого

if you want a tragic romance - there is Walter Scott and his story of Bois-Guilbert and Rebecca. And there is a ballad by Vysotsky you can cry....

The ballad of Love The Flood had just returned to ocean quarters, The olive twigs were gotten by the dove, And off the foam of retreating waters Ashore crept something by the name of Love, And then for many centuries this squatter Dissolved and faded in the air above... Since then you always see a pair who has Inhaled into their hearts this toxic gas; Their lives continue in the usual rhythm - Anticipating nothing to occur They suddenly start breathing in accord With someone else’s hot, uneven breathing... Feeling’s born. It should not come and go, And we all must realize its gist - If you say “I love” - it means as though You would say “I breathe” or “I exist”. And there will be lots of far-off missions - The land of Love is an enormous land. The knights of Love are tested by partitions, ‘Cause Love and Parting go hand in hand; Love always brings the knights to full submission, Yet no repose, no rest these knights demand. But having lost their heads they go on, And even ready their lives to pawn, Appalled by nothing, be it dire or gruesome, They only want to save a magic thread, Which has begun invisibly to spread, To stretch and string between the loving twosome... Winds of Love inspired darlings so That they even from the dead retrieved - If you never loved then you should know That you never breathed nor ever lived! But in their love a lot of darlings choked, They went away and back they never came. With blood and tears their stories soaked, But gossip never spared their names, Though only love their deadly end provoked - Let’s kindle in their honor candle flames... Their souls roam through the grassy dales, Their voices merge into harmonic scales, They breathe in the eternity together... They meet each other on the narrow trails, On shaky bridges over misty vales, On crossroads of the Universe they gather... Leave the lovers in the fields alone, Wish they’d never finish their song... If I breathe - it means that I’m in love, I’m in love - it means that I’m alive!