Arthur 12/17/10

[scarfman]

Here are cartoons from Arthur, King of Time and Space since last Friday. Fanfiction cartoons in a separate post.

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Thanks for reading.

Comments

[tempusdominus10.livejournal.com]

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the poor bastard.

hee hee

[meagenimage.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember reading a version of this legend where Gawiane basically chickens out, but I like your take on it better.

[scarfman]

I don't know of a version where Gawaine doesn't show up for the Green Knight. It's generally considered that he cheated, or that he's painted as believing he cheated, in accepting the girdle and not surrendering it to Bertilak the same evening. The story element suggesting it's fair for Gawaine to have magical protection when the Green Knight obviously has magical protection is my own invention, but by the letter of his agreement with Bertilak he still ought to have surrendered it, perhaps hoping Bertilak would give it back under the circumstances. At the end of the poem everyone at Arthur's court is certain Gawaine came out of it all right by doing what he had to in order to survive, but he's not so certain.