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Things fall apart Everything tends to decay And so it takes a lot To combine atoms there in such a way There exists the lure of that darkness That lurks around the edges of every day So I’m inviting you … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXV
Blah blah blah, Marhaus jousts the Duke of the Southern Marches and his six sons, and Malory describes it in some detail but screw that. Long story short, Marhaus ends the fight without a scratch on him, all of his … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXIV
So now we turn away from Sir Gawaine, that little prick, and to Sir Marhaus, last seen hooking up with a friendly thirty-year-old woman and going off in a different direction on a strange adventure of his own. Marhaus’s adventure … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXII, Concluded, and Chapter XXIII
So with Gawaine’s strange adventure in a shambles, and Gawaine himself quitting it, clearly someone needs to come in and clean up. Normally, the go-to man for this would be Merlin, but he’s been out of commission since the beginning … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXII, Continued
So a day or two later we turn back to Sir Pellas. He’s been restless and sleepless for days, ever since Sir Gawaine and he swore solemn oaths together. Gawaine was supposed to come back and report to him about … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXII
So Gawaine swears a solemn oath to Sir Pellas, and Pellas swears a solemn oath to Sir Gawaine, everyone is swearing solemn oaths. They swap horses and gear, as Gawaine pitched last chapter, and I guess they’re the same size … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XXI
Gawaine’s still dining with Sir Carados, and Carados is still telling him about Pellas. Pellas won a tournament, specifically for Ettard’s honor. “Very sweet,” says Gawaine. “What you don’t know, though, is that Ettard was not into Pellas at all. … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapter XX
So Gawaine and Trixie are lurking around this roadside shrine, and there’s this unhappy knight who was way too happy to meet Gawaine, and Gawaine’s kind of sidled backwards away from that dude. So then: craziness! Ten guys come out … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapters XVIII, continued, and XIX
Anyway, Gawaine and Uwaine stay with Marhaus for a week, and then they’re going to ride off, and Marhaus says listen, I’ll come with you part of the way and we’ll go into the Forest of Arroy. “Everybody has strange … Continue reading →
Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book IV Chapters XVII and XVIII
So, yeah, Gawaine and Uwaine, cousins, they take in this whole scene — twelve maidens throwing garbage at a white shield — and they’re like, “hey ladies, how’s it going? What’s up with this shield that you all clearly hate … Continue reading →