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Living in a city with one of the definitive terminal stations has irreparably ruined my brain

I can’t believe they won’t let me on a train a mere 10 minutes before it leaves

#trains #Ngl it’s stressing me out a bit

Pangaea was wasted on the dinosaurs. Imagine the railway network.

THATS HOW YOU FUCKING PRONOUCE GAWAINE?????

#FUCKING GARWIN???#my dumbass has been saying it like gwain with a Epenthetic vowel #(I did have to look up what the name of an epenthetic vowel was in my gaidhlig book)#Gawain #the green knight #le morte d'arthur #Arthurania

oneshoulderangel

Lynette and Gareth totally not flirting.

#lynette #lynette x gareth #le morte d'arthur

wandrenowlereacts

The Story of Gareth and Lynette [Part 2/2]

Illustrations done by Norman Little for the book "The Gateway to Tennyson" (1911) written by Leonora B. Lang.

arthurianashipbracket

round 1: gareth/lynette vs gareth/lyonesse

gareth/lynette

gareth/lyonesse

Voting ended onMay 10, 2023

gareth and lynette by arthur dixon, gareth and lyonesse by arthur rackham

[ID 1: an illustration of gareth in armour holding a horn. he is turned towards lynette, who is grabbing his arm. there is a collection of tents behind them. /end ID 1 ID 2: an illustration of gareth in full armor standing over a fallen knight while lyonesse looks on. behind them is a creek and a forest. /end ID 2]

afiniteamountofmonkeys

I am feeling very seen

tiodolma

i still ship Gareth(beaumains) and Lynette(lady savage) ngl

They were two egotistical idiots forced by Arthur on behalf of Gareth(Beaumains) on a roadtrip together. Lynette was an ass to him and kept calling him "unworthy kitchen boy". Gareth was an ass to her and won't let her be released from his charge coz "he promised King Arthur". Lynette kept asking other knights to kill him so that she could be free. Gareth kept killing all those knights and wont give them mercy unless she asked for them to be shown mercy.

But ngl it's obvious they pushed and challenged each other the whole time.

And at the end, Lynette finally admitted her mistakes and apologized and went on assisting and healing him.

and Gareth still thought he never did any wrong.

Their toxic hate-hate-enemies-to-friends relationsht was a lot more organic and built thru prolonged exposure with each other in a extended roadtrip filled with challenges.

I wish they just became more. They honestly brought out the best and worst in each other. Gareth x Lynette is probably one of the most fleshed out m/f dynamics in malory i have ever seen.

afiniteamountofmonkeys

I’m sorry why don’t we get more of Gareth’s story I’m only on chapter 11 but this is some top tier romcom action here

afiniteamountofmonkeys

NEVERMIND

#THE SISTER GARETH?!?! THE SISTER?!?#Gareth x lynette #I will forever be a Gareth x Lynet truther #you cannot tell me otherwise #le morte d'arthur #thomas mallory

wandrenowlereacts

Chapter eight reveals that the Black Knight was named Sir Perard and he was the brother of the Green Knight. The damosel and Gareth run into his brother, and the Green Knight mistakenly believes it’s his brother, but the damosel tells him, "Yeah, buddy, this idiot kitchen knave killed him." The Green Knight swears revenge and he and Gareth start fighting. Okay, okay, I’m cackling! 🤣 The damosel is being savage towards Gareth’s opponent because of how long the battle is taking!

Of course, Gareth wins. Rather than the Green Knight dying, Gareth spares his life if the damosel says so. She saves his life and these two get invited to lodge with the green knight. Huh, this is the second day on the road that they get lodging in a manor. They’ve been lucky so far!

I’m sorry why don’t we get more of Gareth’s story I’m only on chapter 11 but this is some top tier romcom action here

#it is hitting all the major comedic beats #they also have a really endearing back and forth #I’ve never seen the damosel who spends the entire time bullying the knight #le morte d'arthur #thomas mallory

becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys

An observation:

In Swansea, when you get on a bus, the driver will literally sit at that bus stop and block the traffic if need be to watch you, hawk-like, on the bus cameras as you make your way to a seat. This is normal service. We must all be seated before the bus takes off. Very occasionally they might start driving while you're still standing in front of your seat, having reached it but not quite sat down, and the sudden inertia makes you instantly hinge 90 degrees at the hips and collapse into the chair like a doll in Toy Story when a human enters. We all have a good laugh. "Quick off the mark, isn't he?" an old lady will say. "Not even sitting, you weren't!" she will cackle. This is high entertainment. Her week is made. Your forced seating is a rare treat, a moment of human connection. You still thank the driver as you get off the bus.

In Edinburgh, the bus drivers have never heard of the very concept of waiting until the passengers are seated. Half a picosecond after your card is tapped the bus driver punches a nitro injection button and stamps on the accelerator. You are instantly hurled to the back of the bus, where you are thinly laminated to the back window. Time unspools into the traffic behind you. A local tuts at you, because you should have known to hold the handrail. After several seconds you manage to unpeel yourself, only for the driver to slam on the brakes for the next stop, flinging you at speed through the windscreen and onto the road in front of the bus. Ashamed, you get up and re-board. It costs nothing extra, because Scottish public transport is cheap and convenient. The driver actually pauses, because a woman with a cane has boarded. You seize your chance. You try to run up the stairs to a seat before she sits and the bus moves again. You are out of luck - at the top step the driver spins out into oncoming traffic at 87 miles an hour from a standstill, and you tumble like a house of cards impacted by a bowling ball, thrown down from the Olympus of the upper deck that you, in your hubris, thought you could reach. You rattle around in the aisle like a discarded can. The woman with the cane laughs at you. Some children kick you towards the back. You lodge under a seat, and cling on until your stop like a terrestrial limpet.

You still thank the driver as you get off the bus.

becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys

I am of course in Edinburgh again at the minute and lads you'll never guess the experience I had today

I’m sorry can you imagine being the EMPEROR OF ROME asking the new king of a small island whose own ascension caused a multi-year civil war to continue the truage his father paid

And the little twerp says ‘ummmm no and actually I think I’m Emperor of Rome now’

And then he kicks your ass

#le morte d'arthur #the audacity on this boy #also so interesting as a historical text considering written during 100 years war west Edward does the same thing with France #Thomas Mallory

currentlycryingaboutlancelot

guinevere literally had the worst wedding ever. she’s sitting there at the round table trying to enjoy her first meal with her husband when suddenly his wizard mentor is like “heads up!!! adventure is about to happen.” and this pack of dogs breaks into the court chasing this injured deer that’s just bleeding all over everything, a knight gets knocked over, a lady gets kidnapped in full view of everyone. and after they run out of the castle arthur is just like wow that was so obnoxious!! glad that’s over. merlin of course is like “arthur you have to address this” so arthur sends the kid he just outed as illegitimate in front of the whole court, an old guy who tried to kill him, and his nephew to go track down everyone. and two out of the three of them bring back decapitated women’s heads. like not gonna lie guinevere probably was not having a very good time that week

afiniteamountofmonkeys

Ahhhh but the woman they were sent to retrieve is all in one piece we call this a Camelot success

#also Gawain rocked up wearing the head as a necklace which is like next level weird shit #le morte d'arthur