Galavant bits and pieces.

I decided to make a side-blog while I'm in my obsessive phase with this damn show. This is the place where I'll post my crack-theories and most OTP squeeing. Expect embarassing amounts of meta about Gareth, as he's my favourite and brilliant.

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ah yes, Galavant, the musical comedy fantasy show with bangers such as

"Local King Realises He Has Zero Useful Skills"

"Gay Bar Anthem About Undressing An Oblivious Straight Guy"

"The Ruling Class Sucks, How About We Poison All Of Them"

"The Most Scathing Critique Of Representative Democracy You Will Ever Come Across"

"Yelling About How You're Going To Very Sneakily Kill Your Brother"

"Pirate Shanty: Run Aground Edition"

"Disney Princess Love Interest Duet Except The Lyrics Are About How You Barely Tolerate Each Other" (twice)

and of course

"A New Season AKA Suck It Cancellation Bear" which is the actual real title of that song and cannot be improved upon through humorous description

also have I mentioned that all of these are composed by actual real Disney composer Alan Menken, of Little Shop of Horrors, Tangled, and basically the entire Disney Renaissance fame, and wow do they sound like it

[tzikeh]

Please enjoy the musical stylings of Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson, Hugh Bonneville, Mallory Jansen, Vinnie Jones, Karen David, Luke Youngblood, and the rest of the gang on "A New Season AKA Suck It Cancellation Bear"

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See also,

"Queen Depressed to Find She is Only One Capable of a Decent Reign of Terror"

"Monks Do Doo-wop"

"Psychopath Experiences First Genuine Emotion, is NOT Impressed"

"Man Laments Life Choices via Duet With Actual Inner Child"

"Romantic Ballad Sung By Man with No Sense of Poetry"

[just-a-latina-fangirl]

GUYS

Here’s the link to the article

[obi-wann-cannoli]

The best part about Wormwood is that he’s not just a wedding planner with evil ambitions on the side or an evil guy with a day job.

He’s fully a wedding planner and fully an evil villain. I truly believe if he did take over a country he’d still be planning over the top wedding ceremonies for the nobles.

[youngerfrankenstein]

One of the best things about Madalena is she keeps hanging around and making at least some connection with a bunch of other villain characters. And they all at some point go “Well yeah, we’re bad but you wouldn’t cross this line” and she’s already leapt over it and is sprinting to the next one.

[rainbow-reilly]

I'm generally of the opinion that trying to resurrect prematurely cancelled shows is like necromancy—odds are they'll come back wrong.

Except for Galavant. Any Galavant revivial will be funnier the longer it stayed cancelled.

[boozegeoisie]

Tags pass peer review, etc, because they SO perfectly capture the spirit of the show.

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I was bored so I took a mental age test, twice

Taking an avg., I’m 11

Accurate 

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drop the link bestie i need to get angry at whatever it thinks i am

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Of course✨✨✨

https://mymentalage.com/

[kujakumai]

While it's important acknowledge the Doylist explanation for things when there is one, I find that much of the fun of media analysis is what I call the Watsonian Extreme, to take in-universe ideas and their explanations to their logical conclusions even and especially when those things were definitely not Doyle-intended. As such, if I can construct an elaborate, ridiculous, convoluted, yet canon-compliant Watsonian explanation for a problem for which there is already an obvious Doylist rationale, I will do that and I will run with it. There are no retcons or out-of-universe explanations to the characters experiencing these events; harmonize and reconcile the contradictory elements of this universe however you must. Use a blunt hammer if you have to. See what dented thing you make.

[mamoru]

WARNING! do NOT kiss lizards!

the united states center for disease control and prevention (CDC) has issued a warning against cuddling and smooching bearded dragons due to an outbreak of salmonella associated with pet reptiles. even healthy and clean looking bearded dragons can be carrying salmonella in their droppings, which easily spreads to their body, and then leaves salmonella germs anywhere they touch or roam. those contaminated poop germs can then infect humans.

the CDC advises against reptiles as pets for those under 5 years old or above 65 years old, and anyone with a weakened immune system.

to reduce chance of infection: do not eat or drink near a bearded dragon. make sure to wash hands every single time after touching a bearded dragon. keep reptiles away from young children and places where food and drink are prepared or consumed. keep your reptile's enclosure clean, but do NOT clean supplies in the kitchen or anywhere food is eaten or prepared.

people taking stomach acid reducers are more likely to be infected with salmonella.

a salmonella infection can cause painful long-term disability. while most salmonella infections do not require antibiotics, salmonella germs are developing antibiotic resistance and severe infections are becoming more difficult to treat. some of the salmonella germs involved in this outbreak are resistant to ciprofloxacin, a type of antibiotic used in the treatment of salmonella.

taking ciprofloxacin can also cause painful long-term disability, by the way. the safest option is to avoid salmonella altogether, and to stay informed about antibiotic safety. seriously, cipro can fuck you up BAD.

CDC: Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Pet Bearded Dragons

Get the most up-to-date outbreak information here.

[overanalysing-galavant]

Wait... I was reading a past post. It said that the pirates in Galavant were implied to be trans, how? I don't remember that. If so, that's AWESOME.

Ok, so for one thing the pirate captain said Galavant knew him from Lillith’s Fair, on the Island of Lesbos. Lillith’s Fair was a music festival consisting solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. Lesbos is where the term lesbian comes from. So those two places are heavily related to female spaces.

And then he followed up with: “Of course, I looked a little different back then.” And I was like, all right, he’s trans. Because that line is usually followed by ‘I used to go by [dead name], remember me?’ Idc that he then said it’s because he used to have fewer wrinkles, he’s trans. Probably some of his other men, too.

And that’s why the pirates need those girl supplies.

[incorrect-galavant]

do you know how old all of the characters are supposed to be?

Isabella, Gwynne, and Vincenzo are all stated to be 25 in season two, so I think the majority of the characters are supposed to be around that age. i might be wrong, but i’m pretty sure those three are the only ones with canon ages.

i think Roberta’s a bit older than the rest of them because she’s supposed to be seven (?) years younger than Richard (who i’m assuming is the same age as Gareth). Timothy Omundson (Richard) and Vinnie Jones (Gareth) were in their late forties/early fifties when they were in Galavant, so i’m guessing their characters are also in their forties, which would place Roberta somewhere in her mid-to-late thirties. 

i think Gal, Izzy, Sid, Madalena, Jester, Gwynne, and Vincenzo are all supposed to be in their mid-twenties to early thirties. Roberta is in her mid-to-late thirties, and Richard and Gareth are in their forties.

[overanalysing-galavant]

That flashback in S1E7 where young Galavant was talking with his dad was '30 winters ago' and Gal was about 7 or 8 years old then. Probably closer to 7, as iirc he said his dad left them around that age, at Christmas (and accidentally killed the dog, and the dog is still part of that scene).

So, Galavant is canonically 37 years old, probably a similar age to Roberta, which might mean that he knows Richard and Gareth from their childhood. Cause, he's the son of a knight and presumably grew up in Richard's Kingdom, and him and Gareth clearly have some history if Galavant knows that they a evenly matched in a one-on-one fight.

(My headcanon is that little Gal was one of Richard's involuntary playmates. He regularly hogged the toy jousting horse and battled Gareth for the right to keep riding it.)

[incorrect-galavant]

huh, really? i guessed he was around 25 because Joshua Sasse was 27/28 when he played Galavant. though, Karen David was around 36/37 when she played Isabella, so i guess they’re the reverse of their characters, lmao. thanks for correcting me. also, i really like your headcanon!

[overanalysing-galavant]

Thank you. The fact that the writers chose to make Gal 10 years older than Joshua is what lead me to that headcanon. Why else make him older except to make him closer in age to the middle-aged characters, thereby suggesting that they go way back?

A related headcanon is that Gareth used to lead a gang of soon-to-be-guards who stole Galavant’s armour when he was a child. Like, dude stole Gal’s gf, kept Kingsley’s sword in his collection, stole Richard’s wife, crown, throne, favorite shirts, and had his eye on the One True King’s Sword before he realised that Richard was the owner. He’s like a magpie.

And speaking of shiny stuff and relationships going way back, this the Galavant family sword:

(A.S. Head’s Galavant Sr had that sword, and it’s Gal’s main weapon throughout the show. It’s the sword he tosses away before any big speech, it’s the sword he fights with, the one he leaves in the castle during his escape, the one Sid is given in the Forest of Coincidence and later tosses to Gal, killing him instantly very very slowly.) That fancy-ass sword and Gal are literally bound together by Galavant’s blood.

So why would a random knight be carrying it in that flashback? It’s not like the prop department’s low on swords.

I think that’s Arnold, being played by yet another actor. 

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HELLO??? I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

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Idk if we were ever given Richards exact age when he became king, or if we just know that gareth was 10 at the time and that Roberta is 6 years younger than Richard (she’s 7 when he’s 13). I tend to think of Richard and gareth as being within a year or two of each other, but I kind of like Richard being the older one because it again piles onto the whole “younger kids being forced to play with the child king” and also a ten year old having to be the guard for an older kid is very funny. So I see Richard as probably 11-12 when he becomes king, which leaves a few more years for him and Roberta to play together. (This is kind of just my brain liking numbers sorry if I’m just restating things)

So if Galavant and Roberta are the same age (or quite close, like within a year or two) and Galavants father was associated with the court, it totally makes sense that in his early childhood galavant would have been made to play with Richard, and probably would have thrown a fit over it leading to early conflicts with Ever Protective Gareth. Then Galavant’s father leaves him and his mother, which might lead to galavant and his mom losing status and being less welcome in the court, and Galavant wouldn’t be in Richards close circle of playmates anymore, but then would be much more likely to be bullied by Gareth and the like. This would also help explain why, as an adult, Galavant is a knight but doesn’t seem to have any allegiance with a crown or the nobility which is kind of what knights are for?

Galavant having connections to the court also helps explain Richard and Gareth having history with him and why Richard would even notice a peasant like Madalena. She’s beautiful of course, but her proximity to Galavant is probably what actually puts her somewhere Richard could notice her.

[incorrect-galavant]

fhjisjdjisjij y’all are really out here blowing my mind

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Prince Galavant seeks revenge over the King who stole his one true love in this comedy extravaganza from the producer of "Tangled" and "Craz

A holiday present: Galavant is now streaming on Hulu!

[hero-in-high-tops]

You guys always act like Mega Mind is the only good deconstruction of character tropes when Galavant is right there

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I feel cheated because there is no freaking Galavant season 3

[monstermoviedean]

i've been thinking for three days about the post that said "you get to crossover spn with one show that shares an spn actor" and i finally got it. the correct answer is galavant.

[overanalysing-galavant]

Just for the people new to this blog

Galavant threw his sword away in the church in episode one.

Then, Galavant said he could fight Gareth to an even draw.

Galavant said Richard could send all his men to help fight against him.

Galavant would have died.

If you can fight one man to an even draw - even assuming you meant that you fight him to that point while you are unarmed and the other man is not - and you take on any other opponent after that... you gonna die.

‘Even draw’ means fighting someone until you are both unable to fight. As in, Galavant wouldn’t have been able to take on more opponents.

He’d have died.

Look at Madalena’s worried face during that scene. She knew he’d have died.

While you are re-watching, look at how happy she looked that Gal had come to rescue her. Then look at her face fall while he was making his speech.

She never married Richard (just) for the money, she was saving her boyfriend’s life.

[dearamaliabalash]

suggest a galavant revival!

you can go on the Disney+ website and suggest things so here what I did. I have zero regrets. #revivegalavant

[incorrect-galavant]

Galavant ships as the “I want a baby” meme (part one)

part two