#marvin borowski

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Morgawse, Lavinia Collins | The Book of Mordred, Peter Hanratty | Knights of The Round Table (1953) | Under Camelot's Banner, Sarah Zettel | Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger | In Camelot's Shadow, Sarah Zettel | The Road to Avalon, Joan Wolf | The Story of the Grail and The Passing of Arthur, Howard Pyle | The Queen's Knight, Marvin Borowski | Camelot's Blood, Sarah Zettel | Morgawse, Lavinia Collins | F/GO: The Sacred Round Table Realm: Paladin; Agateram | Perceval 4th Continuation | Vulgate Cycle Lancelot III | Stanzaic Morte Arthur | BBC The Legend of King Arthur (1979) | For Camelot's Honor, Sarah Zettel

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⭐WELCOME⭐

Hiya! I'm James ✨ I'm 18, use he/him, and love to cope with stars.

Pronouns page! I'm not always the most active, but I use Tumblr to indulge in my brainrots. I have ADHD (and fibromyalgia, and much... much more), so I can be VERY inconsistent. Please be patient :3 Find me on Discord and Ko-Fi as : consumed_star

⭐Hyperfixations:

☆The Marvin Trilogy ☆Star Trek TNG ☆Anything Christian Borle/Andrew Rannells ☆House MD ☆Reanimator ☆Hannibal

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☆Tropical Fuck Storm ☆Musicals ☆Talking Heads ☆Willie Watson ☆60s Rock ☆The Mary Wallopers ☆VIA Ariel ☆At the drive-in ☆System of a down / Gojira

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There is no concise way to answer this. It’s like making me choose between my children. But uh uh uh it’s easier to go by author

Gwen Rowley

Cherith Baldry

Phyllis Ann Karr

Howard Pyle

William Morris

John Steinbeck

Ruth PM Lehmann

Norris J Lacy

Sarah Zettel

Gerald Morris

Lev Grossman

John Erskine

Richard Hovey

Oscar Fay Adams

Henry Newbolt

Marvin Borowsky

Currently reading Bedivere: The King’s Right Hand by Wayne Wise it’s amazing!

It's book lover's day so what's your favorite arthuriana book(s)?

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I broke down and got the Nintendo switch online free trial just for this:

I've been itching to share these with people

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sortings: video games.

beth washington: ravenclaw, daughter of athena, dauntless, night court.  bess marvin: hufflepuff, daughter of aphrodite, amity, day court.  darcy shannon: slytherin, daughter of nemesis, erudite, night court ( court of nightmares ).�� george fayne: slytherin, daughter of nike ( possibly a hunter of artemis ), candor, night court.  hana lee: hufflepuff, daughter of apollo, amity, spring court.  hannah gruen: muggle, she’s mortal, dauntless, not fae.  hayden young: ravenclaw, daughter of hepheastus ( technically lol ), candor, day court.  kate drew: gryffindor, hunter of artemis, dauntless, not fae.  katharine scarlet: hufflepuff, daughter of hades, no faction, winter court.  kate marsh: hufflepuff, she’s mortal, abnegation, not fae.  kara: slytherin, she’s mortal, divergent, not fae.  mae borowski: muggle, daughter of hermes, dauntless, not fae.  max caulfield: slytherin, daughter of hecate, divergent, not fae.   mei parry: muggle, daughter of hades, no faction, winter court.  nancy drew: ravenclaw, daughter of minerva, dauntless, not fae.  rachel amber: slytherin, daughter of hermes, divergent, not fae.  samara artaun: ravenclaw, daughter of hepheastus, dauntless, night court.  savannah woodham: ravenclaw, daughter of hekate, divergent, autumn court.  steph gingrich: ravenclaw, daughter of hermes, no faction, not fae. 

[queer-ragnelle]

The Queen's Knight by Marvin Borowsky | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

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I saw your list of favorite Arthuriana authors and I can't help but ask for a few of them. What can you tell me about...?

Gerald Morris

Phillis Ann Karr

John Erskine

Marvin Borowsky

Hi anon!

Gerald Morris is the author of The Squire’s Tales, a 10 book children’s series that covers many points of view. A lot of lesser appreciated side characters get focus, like Gaheris, Dinadan, and Lunete. He also has another series written for an even younger audience called The Knights’ Tales. These are still in print and Mr. Morris alive, so I’ve linked to goodreads and you can decide from there if you want to get the books from the library or buy them.

Phyllis Ann Karr is the author of murder mystery Idylls of the Queen which covers the story of the apple poisoning in Le Morte d’Arthur and subsequent search for the culprit. It’s written from first person Kay perspective with deuteragonist Mordred. It’s excellent. She also wrote The Arthurian Companion (which is out of print, so that link is a PDF), The Follies of Sir Harald, and recently published a compilation of short stories that were previously included in now defunct anthologies called Arthurian Tales. They’re all wonderful.

John Erskine wrote two Arthurian books, one is Galahad and I actually haven’t read that one yet but have heard good things. He has another one called Restoring Palamede which is mostly from Palomides perspective and really goes a long way of handling his character with respect and dignity previously never explored. I loved it a lot! It’s an old book so it’s far from perfect in its depiction of a Muslim family (Palomides’ parents are both in it too!) but the effort comes from a good place and was enjoyable. Those links are PDFs where you can read them too!

Marvin Borowsky has a single novel to his name and that novel is The Queen’s Knight. I thrifted this on a whim as I’d never heard of it. Anon, I devoured it in a single day. Enthralled, I tell you. It reminds me of Knights of the Round Table (1953) in that Mordred is an adult from the start as another warlord butting heads with Arthur. The majority of the book is in Lucan the Butler’s point of view, sometimes switching to Mordred or Arthur, and has omnipresent narrative at times too which occasionally dips into other characters’ minds. This book has a whopping four ratings on good reads (one of which is me) and no cover. It’s so niche. Mordred is gay in it (content warning for pederasty) and near the end of the book has a loving relationship with another knight. Agravaine also appears to be hopelessly in love with Lancelot the whole time. I like the characterizations of Orkney bros, Kay, Lucan and kin, Guinevere. Most of the characters really! The writing style is delicious. Lucan’s wife Jocelyn and Kay’s mother Margaret are both fun characters. I also find it endearing that this book has a newspaper article dedicated to it, published April 10, 1955!!! My friend @waleweinn was able to get it for me. Check it out!

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The Queen's Knight by Marvin Borowsky | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

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Read The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky and it was a wild ride start to finish. Had a lot of Lucan perspective and gave him a cute love story with his future wife Jocelyn, a unique Arthur, Kay’s mother Margaret verbally abusing everyone, complex Lancelot, interesting and sympathetic Guinevere, Mordred/Colgrevance. So much going on in there.

[queer-ragnelle]

Hello! I keep seeing posts calling Mordred explictly queer but none of the texts I've read so far portray him that way. Do you have any screenshots/recommendations? Thank you if you do!!

Hi!

Queer depictions of Mordred in modern retellings absolutely exist! But nothing medieval comes to mind. He usually has a son, Melehan, and sometimes also Melou, and attempts to marry Guinevere to strengthen his claim to the throne in many different texts. That’s not necessarily indicative of his sexuality or gender, of course, but that’s generally the pattern he follows in medieval literature. The closest relationships he has with men are his brothers and he lacks the stark gender non-conformity that Gawain or Gareth have in Vulgate and Le Morte d’Arthur.

Here’s a list of stories in which Mordred is undoubtedly queer:

High Noon Over Camelot by The Mechanisms

Mordred is a transgender man who attempts to keep the peace at Camelot but ultimately becomes the catalyst for its end. (10/10 no notes.)

Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg

Mordred is a gay man who takes Lancelot as a lover. (I haven’t read this one but the plot focuses on queerness.)

The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky

Mordred is a rival warlord of Arthur who expresses attraction to men throughout the book & takes Calogrenant as a lover. (Content warning for pederasty.)

The Fox and The Bear by L. A. Wilson

Medraut is a soldier in Arthur’s army & romantic rival of Bedwyr for his love. (I didn’t like this series but it’s queer.)

Arthur The King by Allan Massie

Mordred is asexual, described a few ways on a scale from “chaste mastering of desire” to “feeling little desire.” (This book isn’t good but amusing at times.)

I’m sure there are more out there, but this is what I’ve encountered that had explicitly queer Mordred as a focus. I hope this answers your question and gives you some stuff to check out. Take care!

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hello! i was wondering if you knew of any text specifically about mordred? but not texts where he’s a one dimensional evil guy into evilly affairs, but someone complex still?

Medieval Texts:

The Vulgate Cycle

The Alliterative Morte Arthure

The History of The Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth

Modern Retellings:

[Mordred as protagonist/his point of view]

The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart

The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein

I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer

Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg

The Book of Mordred by Peter Hanratty

The Queen's Knight by Marvin Borowsky

Arthurian Tales by Phyllis Ann Karr

[Mordred as deuteragonist/not his point of view]

Idylls of The Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

The Queen of Summer Stars by Persia Woolley

The Legend in Autumn by Persia Woolley

Arthur, King of Time and Space by Paul Gadzikowski

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how did i read the queen’s knight by marvin borowsky in one day that was nuts

[queer-ragnelle]

If I had a nickel for every time some older guy wanted to chew on boytoy Lucan I’d have two nickels. (First quote is from Arthur The King but second quote is from The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky)

Tragic that Arthur The King by Allan Massie is such dogwater and treats women like dirt bc no exaggeration half the knights are faggots.

This isn’t extrapolation there’s gay sex and explicitly expressed queer desire even when unfulfilled. Oh, you didn’t want to think about Vortigern/Lucan? Arthur/Peredur? Lancelot/Gaheris? Geraint/OC? TOO BAD! The gayass crackships are cracked!!!

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TO DO LIST:

STARTERS: 

velma dinkley x tuesday higgins 

sabrina spellman x eve 

elonwe x harmonia 

emily dickinson x lancelot du lac 

helena wu x saadia jalazai 

christian rimmer x rose la plume 

bellamy blake x riley silvernight 

erik night x alexandra raeken  

midge klump x ginger lopez 

theo crain x nell crain 

wolverine x hecate 

haley long x juniper lee 

haley long x rose grant 

jughead jones x january mcandrews 

percy weasley x penelope clearwater 

cassandra x belle 

bella x mae borowski 

fred jones x erin silver 

george fayne x bess marvin 

THREADS: 

nancy drew x carmen sandiego 

nancy drew x kate drew

nancy drew x darcy shannon

lilith x sabrina spellman (1)

lilith x sabrina spellman (2) 

april kepner x meredith grey

dash baxter x jazz fenton

jessica jones x kara

victoria x max caulfield 

adrian ivashkov x sharzad al khayzuran 

feyre archeron x nesta archeron 

toni topaz x cheryl blossom

cassian x nesta archeron 

stella x flora 

musa x bloom 

moira rose x alexis rose 

jughead jones x alaska young

danny fenton x jazz fenton

mulan x ariel 

brooke thompson x arcadia finch 

reneesme cullen x rosalie hale 

[queer-ragnelle]

I could talk about them all at length but I’ll just list!

Gawain

Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry

Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger

The Queen of Summer Stars by Persia Woolley

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

Gawain by Gwen Rowley

Squire’s Tales (1–10) by Gerald Morris

Knights of The Round Table 1953

Prince Valiant 1954

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956

BBC The Legend of King Arthur 1979

Sword of Lancelot 1963

Merlin and The Sword 1985

Merlin 1998

King Arthur 2004

Starz Camelot 2011

Agravaine

Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr

Mordred, A Tragedy by Henry Newbolt

The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky

Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger

Morgawse by Lavinia Collins

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

BBC The Legend of King Arthur 1979

Merlin and The Sword 1985

Gaheris

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

The Savage Damsel and The Dwarf by Gerald Morris

Gareth

Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry

The Queen of Summer Stars by Persia Woolley

Knights of The Round Table 1953

BBC The Legend of King Arthur 1979

Mordred

Mordred, A Tragedy by Henry Newbolt

The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky

The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart

Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr

The Book of Mordred by Peter Hanratty

The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein

The Adventures of Sir Galahad 1949

Knights of The Round Table 1953

Sword of Lancelot 1963

Camelot 1967

Excalibur 1981

Merlin 1998

Tell me about the best modern characterization of your favorite Orkney brother(s).

Pick and choose from whatever adaptations or retellings you know of, they don’t all have to appear in the same story. No wrong answers. :^)