Status Updates From Le Morte d'Arthur: King Art...

These knights cause themselves so many self inflicted wounds by constantly insisting to fight each other because of pride, even when they are in the middle of fighting bad guys! Then after they fight they realize that they are actually friends and regret fighting each other. Just have some self control you idiots and don’t let pride dictate everything you do. 🤦‍♂️

Also, Sir Kay is an idiot and should stop running his mouth. Every time he tries to mock someone he is wrong. Doesn’t listen to any of the other knights that call him out for it either. Really hoping someone (or multiple someone’s) shut his dang mouth at some point here.

The concept of “courtly love” is so unfamiliar, confusing and silly to me. Knight professes his love to a lady he can’t have, typically a queen who is already married. Spends his whole life doing acts of bravery and service for her. In the few instances where a knight weds an available, unmarried lady - it is considered a scandalous, unfaithful betrayal to his “lady” that he couldn’t be with anyway. Dumb

Book #2 of the Time Magazine 100 Greatest Fantasy Books of All time, let’s go!!