Early the next morning the lead lady of the four, let’s call her Carmen, Carmen comes to the little gaol in the castle and says “listen, we heard you complaining all night, what the hell is the matter with you?” … Continue reading →
Finally it’s the big day! The wedding of Arthur and Guenever! Malory skips the ceremony completely! That’s just par for the course with him, I mean, Guenever still hasn’t had any lines. They wed at the Church of St. Stephen … Continue reading →
Trigger warning: mention of rape “Pellinore… Pellinore…” Arthur takes a moment to place the name. “Oh, that guy! The one who stole my horse and then killstealed King Lot! He’s a jerk!” cries Arthur. “Still, a fine knight and … Continue reading →
Trigger warning: mention of rape Double-length chapter today! Actually the chapter is the usual length but I’m unpacking it more than usual. So all of Camelot/London is one big festival, what with Arthur getting married, and in wanders these … Continue reading →
This chapter has some dodgy math in it. I’m just warning you. Merlin phones ahead, so Arthur is all excited about how he’s getting a Round Table and a hundred knights and also Guenever. Arthur gets everybody in London … Continue reading →
Book III is the tale, apparently, of Arthur’s wedding to Guenever. Malory starts off by reminding us of a few salient points: 1) Arthur is a young and unmarried king. 2) When he became king, a bunch of folks … Continue reading →
The next morning, of course, Merlin shows up. Did you think we were going to get through the end of this chapter without Merlin being a jackass one more time? He’s apparently concerned with setting all the pieces into place … Continue reading →
So, as you probably saw coming, Garnish takes one look at the couple sleeping under the tree and completely loses it. He starts bleeding from the nose and mouth, that’s how intense his sobs are. “Balin, man, what the hell?” … Continue reading →
Next day Arthur has a bad hangover, and goes off into a meadow with a tent and a cot to have a quiet lie-down and recover. It doesn’t work, though, because as soon as he’s finished setting up, a knight … Continue reading →
As I said yesterday, Lot and the eleven kings on his side in the battle against Arthur, which group of kings overlaps with but is not identical to the kings in Team Lot & Mister 100 from Book I, they … Continue reading →
