#morcelot

[gehalge]

[the-king-and-the-druidess]

Studies in the fairy mythology of Arthurian romance on Morgana and Lancelot line: it's a substitute for Armor

"As soon as it became impossible by tradition for Morgain to entice the queen’s husband from her(cause sister), she naturally would be represented as endeavoring to entice the queen’s devoted lover from her. In other words, the elements of the early story are kept, though disguised, and the hero is changed. Properly Morgain’s relations to Guinevere have produced this essentially late development which reverts to the original story."

[kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick]

We could have had bearded Lancelot. We could have had it all.

Reference from The Merlin Archive. 11 hours.

[twistedshipper]

those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry i'm setting off, but not without my muse

[gehalge]

[the-king-and-the-druidess]

Both Arthur, the chivalric ideal of kingship, and Lancelot, the chivalric ideal of courtly love, fall foul of her manipulations, serving to refute the traditional belief that women should be passive recipients of chivalric protection.

Morgana Le Fay: New and Ancient Arthurian Tales

[twistedshipper]

i've been standing here my whole life everything i've seen twice

[the-king-and-the-druidess]

There's something so sorrowful and yet beautiful in Classic or BBC Morgana/Lancelot. The two reluctantly becoming outcasts. The two rejected and left behind by their true loves, finding a strange unsatisfying refuge in each other, knowing that they still would trade everything for just one call from Arthur or Guinevere.