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"shame on your tongue, which is so full of bitterness; it must hate you for it always says the worst things it can about everyone..."

"Love had hunted on his lands and gathered all his prey."

chrétien de troyes everyone : master of sass and courty love

"if you have slandered me, it will do me no harm, for you have often troubled wiser and braver men than me, sir kay, for it is your habit, just as the manure-heap always stinks, the gadfly stings and the bees hum."

the BURN 💀💀💀

geoffrey of monmouth every two paragraphs : i told you this already

From Yvain or the Knight with the Lion:
"Love had hunted on his lands and gathered all his prey. His enemy took away his heart, and he loved the creature who most hated him. The lady had indeed avenged her Lord's death, though she did not know it. [...] sword thrusts can be cured and healed quickly as soon a doctor attends to it, while Love's wound gets worse the nearer it is to its doctor."

Talk about aftermath!

This I feel like is going to start a hyper fixation

'You may see at your pleasure; my voice shall speak softly in your ear at will; but I must never be known of your comrades, nor just they ever learn my speech.'
(Been there done that buddy. I'm pounding on the threshold with a voiceless scream, begging Ser Launfel not to engage in this sneaky-link situationship.)

"Finished" (slogged through the olden prose of) the Welsh folk tale of Culhwch and Olwen (part of The Mabinogion). Great structure. I can see little tinges of it in every highfalutin' story I've heard since. Guy hears only a woman's name and falls for her. Trouble is that her father is named Chief Giant (lol). Please the father, get the girl. But to do so you need the help of Arthur and his entourage of dudes. 6/10

(Finished Geoffrey of Monmouth's accounts of Arthur)
"Ser Arthur, why do we march to battle your nephew instead of towards Rome?"
"HE FUCKED MY WI- Ahhh! He is a perjurer and a coward! I never did like him! Don't ask!"

"The fact that he was dreaded by all encouraged him to conceive the idea of conquering the whole of Europe." (mf was insane)

Hey cuties, don't do grad school with a full time job

I loved it.

this isn't even very long but it's so dense😔

why am i reading so many arthurian anthologies at once