Somehow the Pope hears about this war and writes a letter commanding Arthur and Launcelot to make up. Malory explains that the Bishop of Rochester acted as the Pope’s messenger on this one, but fails to explain how the news … Continue reading →
Cut to four months later. Arthur’s siege on Joyous Gard has gone on nearly that long; Launcelot refuses to come out. Then, Launcelot finally appears, up on the walls of the castle. He calls down to Arthur, saying that the … Continue reading →
“Alas, that ever I bare crown upon my head!” cries Arthur, when he hears about the massacre. “The Round Table is ended, as I predicted. We were running on fumes ever since the Grail quest; now we’re done. Launcelot and … Continue reading →
Meanwhile Sir Mordred, whom Launcelot did not kill, limps off to Arthur. He has to go on horseback because, as you may have forgotten, all of this went down while King Arthur was away from Camelot on the pretext of … Continue reading →
Launcelot runs back to the Benwick faction quarters, where Sir Bors has already woken up all the other knights in their clique and gotten them all in armor. “Launcelot! You survived!” “Of course I survived. What’s all this?” “Blame my … Continue reading →
Okay, so, at this point things go more or less how you’d expect. Launcelot heads over to Guenever’s chambers. Mordred and the other knights hide, then listen at the door. When it sounds like Launcelot and Guenever are in a … Continue reading →
When Agravaine and Mordred tell Arthur that Launcelot has been sleeping with Guenever for decades, the old king sits down heavily. “Do you have any evidence?” he asks. “Evidence?” Agravaine is puzzled. “What, suddenly the burden of proof is on … Continue reading →
Another year, another May, another season of romance and whimsy! Book XX opens with the stark contrast between all the happy lovers in Camelot (chief among them Guenever and Launcelot) and the two villains of our piece, Sir Agravaine and … Continue reading →
It’s not clear to me why Book XIX was separated out from Book XVIII. Both concern Launcelot and Guenever and their infidelity-related misadventures, plus neither of them are crazy long. Even combined they’re shorter than Book X. We do get … Continue reading →
“…dozens of iChaperones lit up in angry technicolor. They swarmed down from the ceiling to hover around the heads of their respective underage protectees, screens flashing the cutesy drink icon that alerted them to the presence of alcohol.” Monday’s installment … Continue reading →
