Do I hate Lancelot? No. I'm mostly French. I enjoy quite a bit of the French stuff. I also like that he sticks it (hahahahaha) to Arthur.
Do I hate Malory? Hate is a strong word, but I think a lot of Malory is crap and ruinous.
Do I hate Malory? Hate is a strong word, but I think a lot of Malory is crap and ruinous.
That said, I'm generally of a mind that nearly everyone in the Arthurian canon is terrible in one way or another.
As I said in my #GreenKnight review: it's about entropy and destruction, a golden age deteriorating toward a dystopia.
There are glimmers of joy, but it's rough.
As I said in my #GreenKnight review: it's about entropy and destruction, a golden age deteriorating toward a dystopia.
There are glimmers of joy, but it's rough.
Love means treason; loyalty means war.
Unification means subjugation and cultural erasure.
Mordred isn't the problem. Uther begins the whole dynasty with unspeakable violence and deception. Magic is the scapegoat, but it's a weapon of war just the same.
Unification means subjugation and cultural erasure.
Mordred isn't the problem. Uther begins the whole dynasty with unspeakable violence and deception. Magic is the scapegoat, but it's a weapon of war just the same.
ANYWAY.
People who think that King Arthur stories are fun jaunts about manly men pulling swords from stones and having merry adventures just haven't done the reading and are living out their own little fantasies. They never have been.
People who think that King Arthur stories are fun jaunts about manly men pulling swords from stones and having merry adventures just haven't done the reading and are living out their own little fantasies. They never have been.
Arthuriana is MESSED UP Western nonsense that doesn't even know what to do with itself.
It's great and terrible. It's an amoeba that has no center. It can be nothing and everything. There is no "definitive" Arthur (well, maybe Monty Python).
Thankfully.
It's great and terrible. It's an amoeba that has no center. It can be nothing and everything. There is no "definitive" Arthur (well, maybe Monty Python).
Thankfully.
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