Arthurian Legends

arthurianmisquotes:

Arthur: I’m the once and future king. I’ll come back

leafyagami:

wabisuketsubaki:

right: Gawain

left: Lancelot

The fanon version of Galahad seems to be closer to Captain Carrot from Discworld than the snobby, standoffish Galahad we see in Malory. where did “Galahad is a genial naif” come from?

galahadmordred:

Very interesting! I actually don’t remember Galahad being standoffish and snobby in Malory. Do you have any quotes? 🙂

It feels to me like everyone interprets the thin Malory characterization as they see fit. Galahad is canonically a good man, in Malory, like Arthur is a good king, Mordred is the villain and Lancelot is a good man but tormented lover.

About the genial naif, I think it comes from simply a preference in interpretation, but I am afraid it is not a mainstream one. I used to write a lot of stories and I admit I pushed my Galahad headcanons a lot (in my other blogs), so I might be partially at fault for that.

People seem to have strong feelings about Galahad…

Regarding the “opposites attract” of Galahad/Mordred: the difference between them is not their actions, but how the narrative frames them. Both are bastards with daddy issues who put place events calculated to end up destroying everything that their fathers ever worked for. The difference is that the narrative directly tells you that that is what Mordred is doing.

I love this so much. Thank you for sending this take/perspective!

A Celtic rewash of the Love Triangle could be that there is a geis/tynged on Arthur to never acknowledge that his wife is cheating on him.

INTERESTING! I would love something that explores this. It would be a different take from the “Arthur pretending not to see” / “Arthur being in love with both”