So Elaine goes back to Launcelot, to tell him about Castle Bliant and how her father would set them up. She brings along her cousin Sir Castor, to be his sidekick. “Castor, hello,” says Launcelot. “I’m…” He remembers that the … Continue reading →
And then Percivale rides off to look for Launcelot, while Persides returns to Camelot and tells everyone about how Percivale rescued him. Percivale has a special message for Kay and Mordred, about how he remembers their saying he wasn’t going … Continue reading →
Have you ever noticed that Malory is not great at internal continuity? Like, last chapter we had the tragic tale of Manuel, put to death for the crime of being Sir Aglavale’s squire in a place where Sir Aglavale’s name … Continue reading →
After Veronica comes to, she realizes that her sons have ridden off and left her alone in her castle once again. “Woe!” she says, and summons a squire. “Manuel, take this purse of money, go and catch up to my … Continue reading →
Guenever overhears Bors, Lionel, and Ector bemoaning Launcelot’s fate, and she ostentatiously faints, with a loud SWOON! Soon she’s lounging on a divan, attended to by the three knights, gradually returning to consciousness. “Seek him,” she begs the knights. “And … Continue reading →
To make a long story very slightly shorter, Tristram and Palomides and Pitiless Bruce paper over this schism by randomly accosting the first knight they see and challenging him to a joust for funsies. It turns out to be Sir … Continue reading →
Malory wants to talk about Tristram again, he’s decided. The tournament he was just now talking about was a massive success, so naturally Galahalt and Bagdemagus decide to have a second one. They’re hugely jealous of Launcelot (even though he’s … Continue reading →
Funny story. One day about a week after Mark and Tristram leave Camelot, a knight and a squire arrive. The squire, notably, looks like someone who has no business being a knight or hanging around with knights. Malory is entirely … Continue reading →
It’s my birthday today! But that’s neither here nor there. Balin and Susie ride through the woods. Susie knows where they’re going, but she’s not giving Balin any more information than she needs to, on the grounds that he’s as … Continue reading →
A few minutes later, Arthur comes to, with no permanent brain damage from having been knocked unconscious, so that’s how far back it goes, this genre convention of bashing someone on the head and they collapse but wake up fresh … Continue reading →
