#nimue du lac

[comicwaren]

From G.O.D.S. #001

Art by Valerio Schiti and Marte Gracia

Written by Jonathan Hickman

[fettiowi]

Nimue and Lancelot moment but its really stupid

Youtube link

[daliathewitch]

People are simping for Lancelot and yeah, he's cool BUT WHAT ABOUT SIR PELLEAS, THE GENTLE KNIGHT?!?!

Like I'm rereading "the death of Arthur" rn and slowly remember why I didn't like Gawain at first and why this story with Sir Pelleas was one who captured my attention the most.

Sir Pelleas. This bro won 10 (!) knights ALONE. He allowed them to tie him up and take him captive to his lady because “this is the only way for me to see her”. HE DIDN'T KILL GAWAIN OR HIS LADY ETTARDE AFTER GAWAIN SPENT NIGHTS WITH HER. He also asked his people to cut out his heart after he dies and bring it on a silver plate to Ettarde (what a romantic). And then Nynyve comes to him and with her magic makes Pelleas stop loving Ettarda. AND THEN PELLEAS FALLS IN LOVE WITH NYNYVE AND THEY ARE LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER 💔💔💔

I LOVE THIS GUY SO MUCH HE'S SO COOL PLEASE

[beginning-writer]

Lancelot's tears part 2

Warning: not so small text.

So, those days i got myself thinking "Lancelot crys a lot in the legends. Probably because he was raised only whit women and he didn't grow up whit the pressure of 'real men don't cry' bullshit. It's funny cause in the show he was raised to be a weapon and only by men paladins. It's kind of contradictory... wait hold on-"

Well my mind just give me de awsome information that PERHAPS Lancelot and his cousins, Lionel and Bors, might just had swapped their fates whit each other in the show. Why, do you ask? Let me give you some of those beautiful reasons that almost made me want to drown myself in coffee and medicine.

In the original legends, we know that Lancelot's mother, Elaine, ran away when the castle they lived in set on fire and give young Lancelot to Viviane, the Lady of the Lake or Lady du Lac, which in the show we know as Nimue. And in some other versions he is kidnaped, or more like taken away from his mother's arms, by her. And we all assume his biological mother is dead. While Bors and Lionel are taken by Claudas and his son, and held in captivy for a time (it's not telled how many time exacly), until they kill Claudas' oldest son and ran away whit the help of Claudas' youngest son.

By the time Lionel and Bors had been whit Claudas they were treated like prisioners and had only permision to go to church or be in the surroundings of the castle whit vigilance, and they would be punished for any bad action if i remember correctly. If that's a wrong information then pardon and please correct me.

I strongly belive that Bors is too religious cause of the trumas he passed during this period of the sequence of trumas in his life. The parents death, the kidnap, and the fact that he couldn't leave or go to any place other than the church. And all of this happend when he was young, but not so young as Lancelot.

They don't cry as much as Lancelot does. Probably cause Lancelot was raised whit only women and had much more freedom to cry and expose his feelings, meanwhile, for what i belive, Lionel and Bors had been whit Claudas and i'm pretty sure he has the "swallow the cry, or i'll give you a real reason to cry. Suck it up." kind of guy dealing whit them two.

In the show we see that insted of being raised whit women, Lancelot was raised whit paladins men, worse than that, church man-blood men. NO OFFENSES. And that he probably was kidnaped and treated like an animal or a demon/prisioner. Really similar whit Lionel and Bors don't you think? It gets worse. Cause we see Lancelot suffering and asking the father if he loves him, but we don't see him cry when he totally should in front Carden. Really weird the similarity happend twice, huh?

Lancelot was raised by men, kidnaped, treated very poorly from the very beginning, and doesn't cry in front of his abusers. Exacly what happend to Lionel and Bors in their story.

I think i made my point very clear, and i think you get what i mean.

Ok what the fuck does this have to do whit Lancelot's tears?

Not satisfacted whit giving me a headache from all this comparisons, my mind decided to give me more. Lancelot and his cousins swapped their storys/fates, that means Lionel and Bors scaped and now are living whit an adoptive mother looking for Lancelot. And perhaps Hector also sufferd the same fate, cause both brothers, Lionel and Bors, were kidnaped and kept imprisoned in the legends, then maybe it would make sense if Lancelot and Hector were whit the paladins.

But what about Lancelot being a total cry baby? He can't cry anymore. He'll have to learn how to express his feeling all over again.

My ADHD mind jut gave me the most perfect headcanon were, at first, Carden would not make them supress his feelings cause he knows that if he did, they would break and turn their backs to him sooner or later. But he had to do it. Why? Cause Lancelot is and the others are ashkids, and the ashfolk has a devine cry.

Devine cry. (Let me explain myself, alright? I promisse this can be good.)

As i was creating a reason for the Ashfolk marks in Lancelot's backstory story, i wrote about how Aed, the red, Celtic God of fire, created the ashfolk out the first ashes that fell after the very first fey fire being summoned on earth. Or the second version and particularly my favorite: the ash folk and fey fire were created of Aed's tears when humans murdered one of his creations, his tears burn the earth where it were killed, and so the ashes fell from them. Aed not bearing the suffering, takes the ashes and creates a new form of life, made to sense the danger whit their noses and capable of desgising among the nature. Marking their faces whit tears and as black as the ashes they were made from. Giving them the ability of making fey fire and a cry closer to his own suffering than the humans.

Whit that, the ashfolk were made, and whit them the protectiveness of Aed and the fey fire. The ashfolk had one regular diferential in their cry, they didn't cry very often, cause no one wanted to mess whit Aed new creation after seing him cry and get mad, but one day a person was stupid enough to mess whit of them. And they cried.

"When the humans heard the cry of the young ashkid, they could not describe it other than a beautiful sound that at the same time made their souls break into ten billion pieces. They claimed to hear a cry closer to an angel than to any human."

I thought about making their tears black, but then i trowed it out cause a human, a man-blood, would never call black tears beautiful. So insted, i'm thinking about their tears as something very clear, a transparent but angel-like tear that fall from their eyes like waterfalls. And I'm absolutely pleased whit that.

This would explain why Carden had to supress the ashkids feelings. Cause everytime Lancelot or any other ashkid cried, Father Carden heard about how the paladins cried along whit them until they pass out, and the ones who didn't went to cry in his feet begging him to free the childs.

Because the ashkids cry were so devine, so angel-like, in the sounds and color, even in the way it fell from their eyes, that any human would simply not bear to hear it. And whit that, Carden toke the decision of supressing their feeling, even if he kew it was a bad decision.

Time to imagine the lil scene (lancewain as always.)

[strawberry blonde]

As Guinevere and the raiders has arrived, they brought news whit them, as always, but this day something went diferent. Guinevere come to the healers tent, were Lancelot and Pym worked. She went whit the especific notice for Lancelot, and asked for Gawain's and Nimue's presence because it would be something they would need to hear later. What she didn't expect was that Lancelot would completely burst into tears when he heard the news.

The Red Spear had come whit the news that two ashmans were found by the east-southeast, one whit red hair and the other whit redish-blond hair, both whit green eyes, and the red head had a lion swened in his chest.

When the information left her lips, she heared the most soft and breaking heart sound she had ever heard in her life.

Everyone in the room turned their faces to Lancelot, founding him now leaned against the stone table they examined the pacients, the clearests tears they ever seen rooling down his cheeks as a waterfall, his tear marks seems to get clearer as the tears flowed. His sounds were so quiet, yet so breath taking, so lovely and painful that for a moment, the ones present felt their knees weaken. He looked like an angel crying.

Guinevere had to left before she herself cried, but she didn't know she wanted to cry.

What anyone knew, is that the ashmans in the east-southeast were Lancelot's cousins. Which he didn't saw since he was kidnaped as a kid. And even with all the training and preparation to suppress his feelings, he couldn't hold back his tears hearing the news that they were alive, and on this land. Tears were rolling down his eyes before he could realize it.

Gawain couldn't belive what he was seeing. Lancelot was crying, and he sounded absolutely devide. He looked so broken, yet so beautiful.

His body doesn't seem to move for a moment, but then he readily moves to comfort the crying man, hugging his body slowly and carefully. His heart broke a little more when he felt Lancelot flinch from the hug, because of he wasn't used to that or any form of affection.

Within seconds he feels his friend's facade break and bury his face in the crook of his neck. The almost non-existent sobs seem louder now that they are so close, Lancelot's tears wet the fabric of his shirt, and without even knowing why, Gawain's own tears begin to silently descend.

Apologies

This actually went way bigger than i thought, so if you read it till there, either you are really hiperfixed on the weeping monk, or you just had a fucking time. Either ways, thank you for reading.

Hunted kisses for you ❤️

@lancedoncrimsonwings

[a-lonely-red-feather]

Why everyone always forget in some versions of the tale Lancelot was raised by Nimue/Vivienne?

Queen Igraine was also Nimue's sister (again, not all versions are like this, just my favorite one). That makes Arthur his foster cousin and his romance with Guineviere even more akward.

[ircnwrought]

DEATHLESS

I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. // @avilionea (nimue) to morgan !!

__________♕      DARK GREEN GAZE TAKES IN THE OTHER. there is a spark of power there, perhaps they are two of a kind. they are women born to destiny in a world where men demand they be caged or burn. ambition can be just as much a crime as treason or murder. she had once softened herself for them, played obedient wife, bowed her head when chastized. all it brought her were sorrows && curses heaped upon her head. ❛    my dear, to be a demanding creature is to be aware of what you are worth. && a woman who is aware of her weight in gold is a rare gift indeed.    ❜

[mitaukanoarts]

AHAHAHA I finished finally!!

All the player characters from King Arthur's Birthday Bash!

From left to right - Lord Oberon Riverstone (Monk) Lord Wilbur Treyu (Shadow Sorcerer) Lady Mair Hendwyr (Rune Knight, engaged to Lady Du Lac) Lady Nimue Du Lac (Bladesinger Wizard, engaged to Lady Hendwyr) High Priest Israfel Nightcatcher (Fiend Warlock) Lady Elle Carafina (Wild Magic Sorcerer, Queen of Britannia cause her twin brother Arthur was done with being King.)

[mitaukano]

It took me awhile, but I finished this a week or two ago! Been working on printing them out for my group, so everyone has a character portrait but still ridiculously proud of this. Also, I'm probably going to keep reposting it and re-blogging it, as I deserve a little self-congratulatory pat on my back. The cast of our Court of Fey and Flowers inspired D&D campaign, King Arthur's Birthday Bash. From left to right: Lord Oberon Riverstone (Monk) Lord Wilbur Treyu (Shadow Sorcerer) Lady Mair Hendwr (Rune Knight, engaged to Lady Nimue) Lady Nimue Du Lac (Bladesinger Wizard, engaged to Lady Mair) High Priest Israfel Nightcatcher (Warlock, the Fiend) Lady Elle Carafina (Queen of Britannia, after her brothers' abdication because he wasn't fond of the position.)

[godinvent]

Me and my friends oc Dylan du Lac, son of the Lady of the Lake (also known as Nimue or Viviane) from Arthurian legend!

He wields a unique form of magic he developed himself that lets him wield the power of the 12 western zodiac signs, as well as the Chinese zodiac signs! He is able to turn into 12 different forms based on the western signs, and his normal self (as seen above) is considered his Gemini form, as that’s what his actual sign is. ✨💫✨

[avilionea]

NAME:  Nimue SPECIES: fae-child / human-ish ORIENTATION: she’s still figuring that out GENDER: female BIRTH DATE:  May 1st ( though is younger than Galahad)

APPEARANCE

She has the faint timeskip of her mother's eyes and the feral nature of her father's jaw. She is their dying ember of a half felt joy, an embodiment of some human forgiveness long forgotten. In the half light she is her mother's daughter, fair skinned and crowned with sorrow. In the morning sun, she is her father's spawn with leather-worn hands and a hair scalded by the sun.

face claim:  Thea Sofie Loch Næss

RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY:  Elaine of Corbenic ( mother/ deceased), Lancelot du Lac (father) , Galahad ( Brother )

SIGNIFICANT OTHER:  Verse dependent

CHILDREN:  N/A

PERSONALITY

A nihilist by nature she is her mothers child, crowned with her sorrow. She is her father's child, for she wears the shackles of his temper. she is flighty as she is feral. Gentle as she is wild. She can see the goodness in her brother's smile, but cannot find it in herself, no matter how she tries.

NEED TO KNOWS

Whereas Galahad was the unwanted child, born from coercion and an ill-fated prophecy of Corbenic's downfall ( that is to the say, the double rape regarding both Elaine and Lancelot while within the Cult of Corbenic), Nimue was the wanted child, conceived in the abbey at Corbin, some time after Elaine heals Lancelot of his madness and he decides to stay with her and Galahad( without Elaine's invitation or demand). While Elaine never calls either child Lancelot's, its fairly obvious both are his. The contrast has to do with their respective inherited magical/fae abilities from and how they are perceived by the people around them. Galahad is the golden child, with a lot of pressure to be good from Elaine. He is more normal, his ability to see into the future only in his dreams without any control of them and the common sense to keep quiet about them. Nimue is a wild card, often perceived as a demon or a witch, though while in the care of her mother is very much protected.

She also has the ability to see the future though to a much lesser extent. She can't shapeshift herself, though she can manipulate plants and objects around her. she can change matter, create illusions, and 'jump' place to place. Like Galahad she has next to no control of her powers as Elaine doesn't encourage or know how to teach them since her own powers were incredibly stifled in Corbenic.

Avalon has a claim to Nimue through her maternal grandmother who wanted to give her own daughter, Elaine, to the Isle to stop a prophecy in motion but was hindered by Pelles. Because of this she is abducted soon after Lancelot returns to Camelot, abandoning his family at the Abbey in Corbin. Nimue has always found her way to any significant point in her life by first spotting the White Hart of Arawn and following it as a sort of guide rather than the more common thought to hunt it. it's taken her away to Avalon twice, helped her leave the Isle, lead her to Merlin, and led her to Camlann to get Arthur's body.

Nimue's abduction via following the Hart was the last time she saw her mother. Elaine thought she drowned in the nearby lake. This traumatized Galahad.

Nimue can't swim. She'll try and she'll just sink.

Nimue gets attached to logs. she'll carry it around for a good long while and even give them names if she gets very attached. Merlin's burned a few of her favorites in particularly bad arguments. Galahad brings her back little sticks and cut logs he thinks she'll like.

For my own comfort I would rather Nimue's relationship with any Merlin be plotted and there be open communication regarding the nature of their relationship because the myths and most modern interpretations are sketchy at best. Merlin as a character has one goal and that's Arthur and all that can be achieved through his rule and royal seat at Camelot. However, at the end of all his tangle of multiple futures, trying to shape and mold this perfect future, is Nimue. His perfect other half. When he meets her, he laments that she isn't perfect, that she's born too late. She's feral, she's untrained. She isn't his Nimue. So he takes it into his own hands to train her, much to Nimue's own resistance. Their relationship is complicated at best, but as fate described, they are destined for each other. Nimue rejects this. He's too old, he's too set in his ways and he scares her. While they bring out the best in each other they also bring out the worst and Nimue certainly feeds into the negative parts of Merlin's aging mind. She has no problem during her time with him in Arthur's court, making him feel insecure and paranoid, intent to get away from him. Her fear and his controlling nature, for better or for worse, is one of the reasons she traps him in a tree, despite the fact that he hones her powers and her skills, enhancing what she learned on Avalon and making it comprehensive to her. they don't hate each other, but if there was love it wasn't very good. if Galahad hadn't come to Arthur's court she would have done anything to leave. Reuniting with Galahad is the only good thing in Camelot ad if being trained by Merlin is her ticket to stay with her brother then she'll endure it.

[caer-gai]

Merlin is an easy answer since (at least in Malory) he's specifically named as helping Uther and also (In Malory) he's setting up Galahad-specific parts of the Grail quest long before Galahad was conceived meaning he knew and would likely take steps to ensure Galahad would happen. Such as supplying such a ring or enchantment.(Malory's timelines are thoroughly unclear but i'm pretty sure Lancelot himself is a young child or even not born yet when this happens)

These two are sadly not the only examples within the Du lac/De Gannes family, bc Bors is also """seduced"" with an enchanted ring, though this is more of a love potion deleo instead of making her look like someone he actually likes. Still very much a parallel. There's also a version where King Ban uses some sort of magic disguise to gain access to Hector de Maris' mother and I'm pretty sure Merlin was involved somewhere in that one, though i don't think there was a ring involved.

honestly the idea of love potions love spells ect was really popular and romatizsed (see, Tristan and Iseult; Nimue and Pellas) in other ways and it's..... idk i was going to land this on something smart but i took to long writing it and forgot how. enjoy all this info literally no one asked for ig.

I can't really make a silly comic or meme about the magic disguise ring or the fact that it happened more than once, because the shit people used that ring for isn't funny at all.

But it's wild that it keeps cropping up; with the two most well-known examples being Uther """"""seducing"""""" Igraine with it and Elaine of Corbenic """"""""""""seducing""""""""""""""" Lancelot with it. The fact that it keeps happening makes me wonder if this was just a trope people liked back in the day for whatever reason, or if a bunch of people just independently thought of it with no real influence from the others.

Also I have no idea if they're separate rings or the same ring. I think it's thematically better for it to be the same ring getting passed around just because I think it works really well as a symbol for both the cyclical nature of sexual violence and general generational trauma, showing Uther's influence still affecting people long after he's gone. A guy I've always parsed as a straight up villain and rat bastard even when writers try to make him out to be a Great and Noble king.

If they're separate rings that just begs the question "Who the fuck is making and distributing these fucking rings?"

[comicwaren]

“I have done something... wrong. Which in this line of work is not unusual, but this time... it is something I cannot live with.” -- Aiko Maki

Cover art for G.O.D.S. #006

Art by Mateus Manhanini

[gawayne]

arthur you gotta put this one back something w something went wrong

[beginning-writer]

I did dance headcanon and i am absolutely happy about it.

Yes you didn't read wrong. I was peacefully doing a ballerina drawn during one of my classes, and i remember that ballet dance was patented by the french. More specifically Louis XIV. And it's okay that ballet actually originated in Italy, but I'll politely leave that in the corner. With all due respect.

there is the unfinished drawning if you're interested:

Now, who else is french? Exacly. Lancelot du Lac. But i didn't wanted to do a cultural dance for Lancelot and the Ashfolk and leave Gawain, Squirrel, Pym, Nimue and the Skyfolk aside. They're a big, dysfunctional, but happy, family. So i decided to make a cultural dance for both of them and i'm going to explain why in this post. Which probably will be quite long.

The ashfolk and Ballet.

As i have said before, i know that ballet is not originally french, but italic. If you didn't know about this before, yes, ballet origins are italic. The dance came to France when Catherine de Medici married whit the King Henry II of France. but it was only patented by Louis XIV, the Sun King, years later, and it became popular among high society.

And i do know france have a lot more of cultural dances like: Cancan, quadrilha, gavotte, minuet and more. But reading each of them to try to fit it and not be stuck in the stereotype, i realized that, no, none of them actually mached whit Lancelot personality. And not just Lancelot. His family was incribably cristhian in the legends, and strict too, so the other dances didn't fit what i was looking for. So that's why i chosed ballet as the ashfolk cultural dance.

Lancelot/The Ashfolk and Ballet.

Now, when i talk about Lancelot in the weeping monk adaptation, the first thinga that came to my mind are his past abuse and his melancholy. Obviously how absolutely pretty he is too, but that's not the point. And whit the past abuse and scenes like: When Carden slaps him in the face because he asked for mercy for Squirrel; We see how he is constantly expected and forced to be rigid and up to standard one hundred percent of the time. Which, depending on which perid we see, matches whit how ballerinas were treated.

Most people from outside see the ballet houses - As we call from where i'm from - by the pictures and shows, but also by those overexaggerated pictures from internet where we see the ballerinas's foot and bodys badly hurted by the sneakers and the injuries caused. And a lot of people believe that ballet is like dance moms, I don't know if that's the correct name of the show, but that actually doesn't happen. I'm not saying it never happens, but it's not how you see or think. It's not just delicacy and elegance, but it's also not just demands and frequent pressure. As a former child dancer, I know that there is a lot of pressure on dancers, even children, and depending on which house you're from, you can end up having an abusive house where you are excessively demanded and overstandard.

Having explained that. Ballet is an elegant and graceful dance, but it takes time, strength and a lot of dedication. And of course, with many expectations about perfection and rigid routines and trains. Which matches Lancelot's personality perfectly. "Perfect" steps with elegance and lots of training and effort. The difference is that if Lancelot had had a ballet house, he would have ended up in an abusive one with obvious problems but which no one dares to comment on.

Lancelot doesn't talk much in the show or in the legends, and the ballet is not a play with words, but rather one where a story is told through music and movement, which is perfect for our darling who barely speaks.

Ballerinas at first don't wear pointe shoes, their feet were flat on the floor like in any other dance, but over time it was added to make the ballerinas look bigger and elegant, and Lancelot also fits into this, along with most French people.

Ballerinas' bodies are thin and yet very strong, and by the looks of Lancelot's as well. You can't look at my face and say that that man eats three meals a day healthily, that's a lie that not even the devil can forgive.

Ballet is known mainly for its elegant jumps, endless pirouettes and, as my little sister calls it and I think it's incredibly cute, "kicks in the air" - which would be the splits and opening the legs in pirouettes. Lancelot has a similar fighting style, with lots of kicks, somersaults and spins. What I particularly like to think of as an adaptation of his cultural dance to a fight. so he has at least something from home nearby every day, even if not in the best way.

Ballet pieces were formerly known for paying homage to Greek myths, love, nature and life. Which refers to the fey nature and how Lancelot became known for his love for Guinevere in the legends.

Everything mentioned is a way of explaining why Lancelot suits ballet better than the other dances I studied, even if I tried to avoid stating the obvious.

The ashfolk and ballet culture

Now listen to me carefully. Yes, bale is a very delicate dance that needs rehearsals and that wouldn't make sense in something like: Simple dance at a cultural celebration because the music was nice. But this can get solved.

For this type of occasion, I like to think that the relaxed ballet dance on lighter cultural occasions where they simply want to dance, could be in the style of Marianela Nuñez's dance in Don Quixote in 2013 in the first act, just more relaxed and with more improvised movements.

Their clothes would also be less elegant and more focused on comfort due to heightened senses. And of course, because they have a type of connection with fire, the clothes would be vibrant and with more handmade details attached to the clothes.

But when it was for the plays and presentatios they would use what we usually see in the ballet shows, but more adapted to their time and conditions.

Lancelot and ballet presentations i see him doing

Lancelot in the weeping monk have this melancholy attached to him. When you talk about the weeping monk the fist thing you'll say about him is: "He's depressed." And there is just so much presentations knowed for their melancholy and saddnes and death as their signature mark too! The most famous is Swan Lake, but i can also see him doing ballet plays like: Giselle, Sylvia and The Corsair, etc.

He would totaly do the black swan and you won't convince me the contrary; The act two of Giselle is totally him; I won't mention Corsair and Sylvia cause i cannot put into words what i'm feeling about both plays righ now, i'm still in the overcoming phase, but if you waavth it you'll get what i'm saying.

Scene time!

Squirrel was eagerly telling Lancelot about the cholheita ritual they would do next spring, telling him every detail about their dance and how Nimue, Pym and Gawain were excited about it and how incredible they would look prancing the gods in their traditional clothes.

The little one spoke like a rattlesnake without stopping to breathe, and Lancelot, as always, listened to everything without any problems with the one-sided conversation. At one point in the conversation, Squirrel changes the topic to how he would love to see other spring celebrations and other people's dances. And then came the inevitable question:

"Hey, what's your cultural dance? Do you dance?" Squirrel asks looking at him with those big curious eyes.

Lancelot wanted nothing more than to rigidly deny and end what he knew was coming in the bud, but the boy spoke so eagerly and with so much enthusiasm about the subject that he didn't have the heart to lie to him at that moment. He sighs and accepting his fate for the next few hours, responds. "Yes. In my village we danced ballet. I danced my share of times while I could."

"Ballet? like that delicate and elegant dance that makes you stretch to the maximum, full of jumps and things like that?" He asks with those eager eyes and fingers clenching in anticipation.

"Yes, that same one. I was a ballerina."

"That's so cool! You not only dance, you dance ballet!" Squirrel speaks excitedly, almost jumping from where he was sitting. Excitement was written everywhere on his body. "Oh oh, can you do that thing where you stretch your leg up there?! eh.. I forgot the name, but you know what it is."

Lancelot smiles at the boy's imminent excitement, almost enough to smell it. This was going to be a long evening.

Additions.

I thought about talking about the cultural dance I chose for the skyfolk too, but this post is already too far away so I'll leave it for another post. The dance is not very well known, but you will agree with me when you read the next post.

If you've read this far, congratulations, you're a champion. Thank you for your time and patience.

@lancedoncrimsonwings

[hollowed-hallowed]

AU-gust Day 11: Twisted Fairy Tale

"The days may come, the days may go. But still, the light of memory weaves the blissful dreams of long ago."                       —The Queen of Air and Darkness, T.H. White

She is Bonnie Bennett...or is she?

The strange dreams she's been having since she was a child have returned, becoming more vivid, bringing headaches and nosebleeds, especially without the power of a hundred dead witches shielding her magic. The answers may lie with the Originals - the very people Bonnie and her friends are desperately trying to destroy.

So begins a journey of conflicting prophesies, fabled kings, magical swords, doppelgängers, and the power of loyalty centuries in the making.

It isn't called Mystic Falls for nothing.

(The one where Bonnie Bennett is also Nimue, the Lady of the Lake.)

[thelandswemadeofpaper]

Nimue is such an underrated character.

There is one (kinda forgotten) version put Queen Igraine as her sister, Arthur's aunt. The role of 'Merlin's student and lover' is often shared with her niece Morgan Le Fey.

Lancelot of the Lake was called that because he and his cousins, Lionel and Bors, were raised by a 'lake spirit/fey', that created the interpretation that he's was raised by the Lady of the Lake and kinda a pseudo-changeling (pls give us a Cryptid Lancelot) That would make him Arthur's foster cousin, it would be interesting to explore this version considering his relationship with Guinevere.

And Nimue's feelings about all of it too. About her sister's marriage, her niece's actions, her foster son's affair, maybe about Galahad, Gwaine and Mordred. It so unexplored. Also, give me a Fey Queen!Igraine.

Now, I kinda imagine Lancelot asking Nimue's help to find the Holy Grail and she pulls a Mom and went all 'if I go there and find it, I'll rub it in your face'.

And, since she made Excalibur, its far we should get a Blacksmith!Nimue

At the time of King Arthur's popularity, writing something new instead of it was just mad, so many authors just straight up created a new kingdom, knights, friends and foes and gave some bullshit excuse to relate them to Camelot and Arthur's knights. So there a lot of unknow ocs that cannot coexist. King Arthur had a lot of love interests, wifes, sons and daughters, but none got popular as Lady Guineviere and Mordred.

Igraine also had two other more unknow daughters in some versions, Elaine and Morgause, the latter sometimes the mother of Gawain or just mixed with her sister Morgan. Nimue and Morgan were also the same person in some tales, but the controversy of the character (Arthur's Ally/Enemy, his sister/a fairy, sometimes Merlin's student and lover) split them in the end.

For all Silmarillion Fans: Igraine should be written similar to Melian

Edit: this is ONE version of the tale, its okay if the one you know isn't like that