Oh! Also! Lest It Get Overshadowed By The Transphobia-- It's Time To Bring Up The Fact That In Wilder

Oh! Also! Lest it get overshadowed by the transphobia-- it's time to bring up the fact that in wilder culture, being interested in king Arthur is a frequently a red flag for being a racist (not so much in teenagers, I'm talking about adults). Although online that is thankfully not the case anywhere near as much, we should not ignore racism in this fandom. Fans of colour have repeatedly criticized certain trends and elements of the literature and fandom, including but not certainly not limited to th White's influence, and been repeatedly talked over. They have done critical, interesting analysis of racism in medieval literature and been dismissed as starting discourse instead of doing great meta at an academic level. Theyve been harassed for character designs (dont have receipts on that one but multiple ppl have told me about it). And if you think this fandom is safe from white nationalists, ppl have gotten anons accusing them of ruining arthuriana as a symbol of "western society," as well as repeated dismissals of colonialism and the existence of racism in med lit. If, like me, you're white, then please be aware of the white nationalist associations of the genre and listen to fans and creators of colour within it!!! They are not "starting discourse," they are making incredible content and doing really awesome analysis and deserve to be heard and anyone who doesnt like it can fuck right off

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yeah this is important arthuriana is to some degree a dogwhistle so if you're producing content you need to be aware of that and not feed into it

arthurian (gawain. its just gawain.) stories summarized

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: man attempts to prove to boss that he may not be famous but at least he’s bisexual and depressed

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle: man attempts to prove to boss that he may not be tall but at least he’s famous and sexy and a feminist

Gawain & Kay: man attempts to prove to coworker that he may be famous and sexy and a feminist but he’s also irrepressibly violent and a real bastard

The Romance of Gawain: man attempts to prove to boss and coworker that he may be a famously sexy and violent feminist bastard man but he’s also a literal serial killer and also, tangentially, into bdsm

Sir Gawain and the Turk: man attempts to prove to other, sexy man that he’s really good at tennis

The Mule With No Bridle: man attempts to prove to nice peasant he just met that he would win a competitive reality tv show, and also that he’s the best at holding hands

Lancelot and the Hart with the White Foot: man attempts to prove to boyfriend that he is willing to engage in greek mythology roleplay… hahaha jk…..unLESS?

The Perilous Cemetery: man attempts to prove to literally everyone he meets that he is not dead. hes NOT DEAD. hes FAMOUS AND SEXY AND ALIVE

The Knight with Two Swords: man attempts to prove to other man that he should not face consequences for anything ever including murders he did which are 100% absolutely definitely his fault

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asdfghjkl amazing im still laughing over the roman

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aarcanaa

4 years ago

He always walks really, really quietly.

anyway. everyone reblog with your favourite weird lancelot headcanon. mine is that he can walk on water but only a little bit

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he doesn't mean to sneak up on people its just that nobody can hear his footsteps and then he's too awkward to actually join the conversation

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aarcanaa

5 years ago

“Are you scared?” “Perfect.”

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tma elias

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aarcanaa

5 years ago

–SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES S3– Continuing on my Magnus Archives obsession, here’s a S3 Daisy for tonight’s cooldown. Slowly getting back into the swing of drawing for myself again!

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tma daisy oh no this is An Expression

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aarcanaa

4 years ago

And our love is a monster, plain and simple Though you weigh it down with stones to try to drown it, It floats

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this is so tender and warm

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aarcanaa

6 years ago

Beau got so pissed when someone stole her gold… Imagine the fury (of blows!) when she finds out someone stole her friends lol

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c/r beauregard i love her expression and the lighting and just the intensity of this

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aarcanaa

4 years ago

designs for various gawains from different traditions/texts

click for better quality <3 thanks tumblr i love ur good website

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English Verse)

Designs For Various Gawains From Different Traditions/texts

The Romances of Chretien De Troyes (French)

Gwalchmai (Welsh)

Walewein (Dutch)

Le Morte D’Arthur (Prose Middle English)

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for some reason I started laughing when I noticed walewein was blood-spattered? not sure that was the appropriate reaction but i love him also le morte gawain has so many knives

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aarcanaa

4 years ago