hwæt the hell, sure

adam 24 he/him old english + medievalism + chainmail this is a side blog

[fealtypledger]

merlin 2008 is a cautionary tale about accidentally becoming too important at work. which in extreme cases can end in doomed yaoi

[juney-blues]

how to undoom yourself tutorial for girls

[fealtypledger]

you know what’s crazy is there’s no way dunk asked to wear lyonel’s antler crown. he’s not exactly the height of propriety but even he knows that’s a step too far, and besides the idea would never cross his mind. no. lyonel probably noticed dunk glancing at it now and again and saw this man that’s somehow huge and strong but also walks on shaky legs and tries to blend in with his surroundings, deerlike, and thought i can’t die before ever seeing this fawn wear my crown

[fealtypledger]

this is actually another reason i wish we saw more of book lyonel’s tourney techniques, how he cuts down other knights’ plumes & crests. to see him willingly remove the symbol of his own house and hand it to someone else to wear, followed by his maniacal laughter as he relieves his opponents of their own symbols before defeating them— adele voice we could have had it alllll

[fealtypledger]

you know what’s crazy is there’s no way dunk asked to wear lyonel’s antler crown. he’s not exactly the height of propriety but even he knows that’s a step too far, and besides the idea would never cross his mind. no. lyonel probably noticed dunk glancing at it now and again and saw this man that’s somehow huge and strong but also walks on shaky legs and tries to blend in with his surroundings, deerlike, and thought i can’t die before ever seeing this fawn wear my crown

[greraden]

[rosieandthemoon]

from the ‘Chronicles of Lord Jehan Froissart’, Folio 207r.

[rosieandthemoon]

From 1880 {read book}

[rosieandthemoon]

Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal

[arrgh-whatever]

proud as she should be

Read the Comic here!

[mswyrr]

Peter Nevins, "Tam Lin"

LOVE STRONGER THAN FEAR Tam Lin is an epic old english folk ballad that tells of a girl (Janet) who must hold onto her lover (Tam Lin) while he is transformed into many fearsome things by a spell he's under. Her love must prove stronger than her fear, if she is to win her lover back from this spell. This was created in collaboration with Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer for their BBC FOLK award-winning album Child Ballads, which has 7 of the 300 or so songs collected in the 1890's by one Francis James Child. “And then I’ll change all in your arms Into a lion bold But hold me tight and fear me not And you will love your child.” It felt really good to illustrate the songs using this technique, which hasn’t changed much since the songs themselves were written. The hand-carved, hand-printed look lends itself to the look of “dark epic tapestry,” as Anaïs called it. Big thanks to Anaïs, Jefferson, and Anaïs’ manager Liz Riches, who helped me hone the ideas.

I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair To travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there

None that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee And she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as go can she

She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two When up then came young Tam Lin, says "Lady, pull no more"

"And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?" "I'll come and go", young Janet said, "and ask no leave of thee"

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she

[whenthegoldrays]

Georges Rochegrosse, Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers) (detail) (1894), oil on canvas

[fealtypledger]

my personal canon that i’m operating under is that dunk grows out his hair in season two with the intention of cutting it off and having a wig made for egg

[dunkslashes]

[fealtypledger]

YOU SEE THE VISION

[chiropteracupola]

can ANYONE do something about him. can someone PLEASE stop him. can we do anything at all about the lancelot situation.

[laterkiss]

i have [gestures vaguely] my tendencies

[emo-fagwolf]

red string of fate but it's just a dog leash

[trekfaerie]

had to memorialize ser humfrey beesbury and his lady friend. rip king you would have loved throwing that ass in a circle.

[frogmerthur]

women of bbc merlin as greek goddesses for @morgwenmicrofic prompt: mythology