#gareth of orkney

[cestacruz]

Sir Lancelot and his squire Gareth quick redraw of Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan by Ilya Repin

Under cut TW: Blood

[queer-ragnelle]

Hello! I thought this would interest you. I found this novel from 1960, written by Edith M.R. Ditmas. It's titled "Gareth of Orkney."

https://archive. org/details/garethoforkney00ditm_0

I haven't read it yet, but it looks interesting.

Hi! I just grabbed a PDF of the book and I'll add it to my retellings page. Thanks for suggesting it! I searched real quick to check which brothers were included. Agravaine is only mentioned twice....

That's it. The whole book. I can't stop snickering. I know the story is about Gareth but wow Agravaine really gets so much shit in retellings you have to laugh to keep from crying. Leave him alone!

Thanks again for mentioning this book, I'll check it out in full later! :^)

[gaheriskinnie]

I'm so glad I decided to draw Gareth cause I get the hype now. He's done nothing wrong

[kulttuurinkurittama]

The Orkney clan

Otherwise known as headache of all of Camelot. After drawing gawain and lady Bertilak I promised myself that I'll do more simple stuff but that lasted ONE day before I decided to draw 4 people. I would have drawn more too but I'm drawing on a5 paper size and I ain't gonna draw that small lol.

[dullyn]

I think I know what the answer will be but I’m very curious on who the runner up will be:

[filipofmounthonora]

first year vs fourth year

aka im back in sge mode heyyyyy 😭 just doodling some (mostly soon to be featured) characters from my prequel / young callis+arthur series (i know its kind of old BUT. i AM working on the next installment which is probably going end up 3x as long 💀 stay tuned for wip posting. and callis posting 🥰)

ummm random ideas / explanations under the cut:

gareth and gaheris are arthur's cousins (gaheris is 15 (1 year older than arthur), gareth is 12) and both in his class. they generally dislike arthur for various reasons but mostly because they think he's cursed + stole the crown from his brother

callis is gareth's best friend. he is Not hers. he might also be in love with her but that is a tale for another time. you'll see

george (or grog) and alek are callis's roommates (alek is barely 16, george is turning 12). they both got into evil technically by nepotism. you'll see

it will be Ages before i can properly explain why lesso's name is completely different in this series so ill just say it here. its quite silly actually but its been this way for Years and Years so "leonora" is actually a portmanteau name of her first nickname (nora) and a second nickname (leo). the road to nickname 2 will be a long one paved with the power of friendship and not dying in the trial by tale etc etc. you'll see

emma is a surprise tool we will use later or something. she's not relevant after first year or so but im doing my own spin on her not being asked to the snow ball but somehow not being failed. what i'll say now is that callis and gareth are involved. you'll see

uhhh and if you're reading this have a snippet

[taliesin-the-bored]

New headcanon that Gareth's hair color changed dramatically as he grew up and by the time he sees his older brothers again he resembles a different relative than whoever he used to look most like, so they don't recognize him but he seems eerily familiar to them

Gawain: You know, you remind me of my younger brother... Gareth [mentally]: He recognizes me! Gawain:...Gaheris. Gareth [mentally]: Facepalms

[laurellerual]

Orkney family board game night

Gaheris, Agravaine, Mordred, Gawain... and Gareth sorry it's a game for four people . @moirailsupport

This is the board of tables of the four seasons, called the world, which begins like this. (From The Libro de los Juegos, 1283) X X

[gingersnaptaff]

Quick shitpost for you all but ut'd what I think a few of the Arthurian characters would drink at Christmas. With thanks to @gwalch-mei for being my partner in crime and listening to me ramble again.

Arthur: u would think it'd be like whisky or something cuz u know refined, elegant, a very sophisticated drink befitting a king. WRONG. Twenty-four white Russians and then advocaat and lemonade.

Guinevere drinks red wine, cuz ots classy looks like the blood of her enemies and she enjoys holding the goblet and looking like a bad bitch. Just don't tell her her teeth are black pls.

Morgan actually has the whisky because she's tired of her brother's tomfoolery waiting for fuckin miracles and delaying her eating pigs in blankets.

Cai and Bedwyr have Guinness and IPA's respectively because they are doing beer 52 and have become inundated with beers. Bedwyr likes trying new beers and Cai thinks of it as a couple thing. (He does not tell Bedwyr he hates Guinness)

Lance has like a sea breeze. Only one. Spends the rest of the night on water.

Owain and Morfudd get into a drinking competition with the Orkneys (other than Gawain. He's snogging Bertilak in the corner and going on about minty fresh breath)

Gaheris has on sambuca shot and fuckin goes catatonic. Mordred finds him passed out the next day on a bean bag. Lynette has to carry him home. Luned has to carry Owain home but like the crow army helps.

Morgause has baileys. Classic, easy to drink, everybody gets into fights over the last of it.

Agravaine has a dark and stormy cuz he liked the name but it does make him 'look like a knobber' in Mordred's words

Isolde has mead cuz it's sweet and gets u drunk QUICKLY she will need it because Tristan WILL do karaoke later.

Gareth has jagermeister I think. Or like a tequila sunrise.

Dagonet's drink of choice is like a fuckin cocktail with loads of whipped cream on it. Fruity, but also feels like it shouldn't work.

Galahad's is just water but he does the whole blood of Christ thing.

Percival's is either a dark welsh beer, OR a bloody mary but without the vodka.

Tor's is a whisky slammer.

Palomides has an Irish coffee.

Same with Clarissant but she's having like something with irn bru in it to freak her brothers out.

Also, Myrddin and Gwendydd have a bottle of apple schnapps between themselves. Do NOT mention Gwenddoleu at any point in Myrddin's earshot or he WILL cry.

Geraint's is a fireball but mixed with red hot chilli that Guinevere gave him as a prank. He goes so red that she thinks he's actually on fire. Enid is caught between 'holy ahit, my husband's dying!' And 'omg, I gotta kiss the Queen.' (She doesn't drink if ur wondering.)

Culhwch: really strong braggod (honey mead.) He too passes out only to be found on top of the ramparts the next day with a pig hat on his head. Do not ask.

Olwen has a v floral drink that other people are like, 'This is straight-up perfume.' She doesn't dispute it. Like would u? Her dad would kill up.

Edern has something v dark and bitter. He's the Knight of the Sparrowhawk like he has to. (When people aren't looking he swaps it for a cocktail and drinks it while furtively eyeing Geraint.)

Lionel and Bors have three whisky mac's each and then proceed to switch to water to ape Lance. He has to take them home.

[daliathewitch]

Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May!

That lovely month when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray.

Tra la! It's here! That shocking time of year

When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear!

Happy birthday, sir Mordred! Shit doesn't drown and neither did you💋 (affectionately)

[queer-ragnelle]

What can you tell me of the Gareth of Orkney book by Edith Ditmas? Is it good?

It opens with sixteen year old Gareth in Orkney with Morgause, Lot has already died. Gareth is desperate to have freedom so he goes out sailing with his servants and spends lots of time away. His aunt Morgan le Fay comes for a visit to tell him all about court life.

I decided not to read fully by page 25 when Morgan started fawning over Gareth’s looks, kissed him full on the mouth, and then makes a weird pact with him so he “felt himself no longer child but man.” I can’t escape.

But this is the book cited by Vera Chapman when she wrote her Lynette book so I thought I’d check it out. My mistake.

Perhaps it gets better, I can’t say as I didn’t read it closely. I skimmed some of the rest. I know Agravaine is only name dropped to call him a shitty knight and never on page. Mordred was raised in the south away from the rest he’s still only about twelve. Gaheris has dialogue in one scene and he’s the typically boring middle bro. Gawain is on page the most but I didn’t even bother investigating him. I did like the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot tension. Kay named Gareth “Beaumains” after Gareth was trying to pass as a plough boy but clearly he doesn’t have the hands of a worker so Kay knew he was lying. Kay was a little rough with Gareth but not the worst I’ve seen by a long shot. Linet is not shackled to Gaheris at the end which is nice. Gringamore is there. No Laurel obviously since there’s no Agravaine. Concludes with Gareth marrying Lilias “Lady of Lyonesse.”

I’m going to continue collecting and sharing the books I find, even if they’re…not good. When I find something awesome, I’ll probably post about it specifically. Otherwise I’m just filling up the archive. There are of course interesting parts and cool lines in every retelling that I share for Arthuriana Daily, but tragically, a few good ideas does not a book recommendation make. 😔

[naumaxia-art]

The rest of the Orkneys!! (and also Morgan because why not)

Also if it wasn't clear, I have a real soft spot for Gaheris, don't judge me

[gawrkin]

The Orc boys, Lot and Anne's wee lads:

Gav(in), Aggy, Garry, Garth and Morty