ONCE & FUTURE @theonceandfuture - Tumblr Blog

here's a quick blog introduction:

once & future is the project i've been developing for the past few months, but i didn't get the courage to finalize or post anything until very recently. in short, O&F is a rewrite and reimagining of bbc merlin. this "adaptation" of sorts will have more inspiration from arthurian mythology, but it is not necessarily an adaptation of the story of king arthur. the story can, however, exist alongside arthurian legend and canon.

my main blog -> @muppettie

blog for this universe -> @saintverse

i'm very open to questions, suggestions, headcanons, and drawing requests of pretty much any flavor. you are very encouraged to share your own ideas and i'm quite happy to draw for people! ❤️

THIS BLOG SUPPORTS PALESTINE.

snapdraqons

you've heard of "he would not fucking say that" now get ready for "he would not be that comfortable with his own sexuality"

#ARTHUR PENDRAGON

radioactive-earthshine

It's always funny to me when people give their blorbos all the same "correct" far left political views which while I understand the urge to make these blorbos as progressive as possible as political commentary, there are some characters that I feel in my bones are 100% centrist, pro-ai, pro-capitalism or absolutely refuse to vote and its supported by the source material. As a narrative tool these features are still great for being political commentary, even if the character never changes.

#a lot of O&F characters are monarchists and it's not because i believe in monarchism #its because its interesting

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it's me and my two sources on medieval strap-ons against the world

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Right, so.

Source One is Burchard of Worms' Decretum, Book XIX. The Decretum was a collection of canon laws compiled in the early half of the 11th Century. Book XIX, or The Corrector, was a penitential: basically a guidebook for confessors. Here's a sin, have u done it, here's your penance.

One of the questions for women was, essentially, "Did you make a dildo, strap it to yourself and fuck someone with it?". The original text is in Latin, and there's a few translations floating around of what it said. Here's one, which I spent the past three days looking for, because I wanted a direct source:

Have you done what women are wont to do: to make a certain device in the form of a male member to the measure of your will, and to tie it to your own or another woman's genitals with some ties, and commit fornication with other women, or others with the same instrument, or with another with you? - Translated from Latin, taken from "Die Bussordnungen der abendländischen Kirche nebst einer rechtsgeschichtichen Einleitung", F. W. H Wasserschleben

Pretty cut and dry re: the use of strap-ons. And dildos, because the next question is "and did you use this device on yourself?"

The second source is from the trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer, specifically Female Sodomy: The Trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer (1477) by Helmut Puff, which has an analysis of the trial as well as a translation of the trial texts.

Katherina is the first recorded woman to be executed for homosexuality. There's a lot to be said about her and the way she performed gender but what I'm interested in today is the strap. So, from the court text itself:

...She made an instrument with a red piece of leather, at the front filled with cotton, and a wooden stick stuck into it, and made a hole through the wooden stick, put a string through, and tied it round; and therewith she had her roguery with the two women...

And there we go! Two sources about people in medieval times using strap-ons, one from around 1020 and one from 1477.

#nsft #good to know!

resu-w-ana

Golden heart on the dress' chest is the PEAK design decision on Merlin writers part. Leon is a little conflicted, but it's okay

#transfem leon agenda btw

roberttingle

annoying when shows set in the medieval period have the women with thier hair just long and unstyled and out . girl go put on your wimple girl 🤦‍♀️

elvensilk

like there are so many fun medieval hair and headgear options, it's so boring just seeing loose beachy waves meant to appeal to 21st century beauty standards

put that hot prince in a gay little hood with an ostrich feather or so help me god

#saving for later

princess eirwyn ragnelle of gawant

marthalmary

One of the most underused characters in Merlin - Eria

#YES #shes such a major character in my rewrite >:)

happy 2 year anniversary to the night that i first got into bbc merlin guys ❤️

#how the time flies...#my posts #image posts #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin bbc #adventures of merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin x arthur #arthur

lesbile

manhandling is so fun like sure u can put me over there i don’t mind

#merlin #reblog

world-enough-and-timerogue

my fav relationship ship dynamic is where it doesn't matter if you call it platonic or romantic or queerplatonic because they always act the same in every type of relationship. and the way they act? fucking weird.

#merthur #reblog

lakemojave

"Please don't hit on anyone when we go out later you keep swearing chivalric oaths of fealty"

Me after one beer talking to a woman two inches taller than me: I could be yuor sword

#lancelot #reblog

clytemnestraaa

the most important thing a female character can be is cruel and ambitious. the most important thing a male character can be is a liar and a coward. i will be taking no questions at this time.

#MORGANA AND MERLIN!#reblog

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