#sir perceval

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PERCEVAL THE UNHAPPY, THE MISERABLE, THE UNFORTUNATE, THE FISHER KING!

Perceval, de Troyes (trans. Burton Raffel)

ALRIGHT alright. so previously I did an illustration that explained the premise of all this, that it's inspired by the narrative choices that Bresson made in his film Lancelot du Lac etc

to dive in more into it (because this is something like derivative fiction. I'm putting concepts into a blender and seeing what comes out of it): the setting is haunted by the previously existing narratives that started cannibalizing each other until it regurgitates itself into the more well known narrative beats, and something else about the invasive rot of christianity and empire mythmaking into settings. it's an intertextual haunting, if you will! and this scene takes place during the grail quest narrative, but the temptation of Perceval plays out differently.

in both Chretien (and Wolfram's) Perceval narratives, what 'wakes' Perceval up (in more ways than one. desire and self actualization in one go!) is seeing knights, something his mother tried hard to keep him from. so instead of the temptation of lust & etc in the Morte narrative taking the form of a lady, it takes the form of a knight. the temptation to renounce one's faith to serve something else remains.

so Perceval still stabs himself, but instead of continuing on the grail quest in the shadow of Galahad, he becomes the narrative's Fisher King because his earlier state of being as a the grail quest hero is creeping back into his marrow. it was waiting for an opening, and stabbing yourself in the thigh is one hell of a parallel!!!

that wound isn't going to heal buddy, and the state of the setting will now be reflected on your body. sure hope that Arthur hasn't like. corrupted the justice of the land or anything. that sure would suck for your overall health.

all the red in this sequence is because in de Troyes' Perceval, Perceval takes the armor of the Red Knight and becomes known as the Knight in Red.

and now for the citations, which I will try to order in a way that makes sense!

Seeing Knights For The First Time

Perceval, de Troyes (trans. Burton Raffel)

The Temptation of Perceval

Le Morte Darthur, Mallory (modernized by Baines)

The Fisher King, and Perceval The Unfortunate

Perceval, de Troyes (trans. Burton Raffel)

On Perceval and Gender, etc.

Clothes Make The Man: Parzival Dressed and Undressed, Michael D. Amey

On Wounds

Wounded Masculinity: Injury and Gender in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, Kenneth Hodges

The Red Knight

Perceval, de Troyes (trans. Burton Raffel)

On Arthur and the Corruption of Justice

The Failure of Justice, the Failure of Arthur, L.K. Bedwell

#long post #GOD IS IT A LONG POST #i am so so sorry for that. #knights knights knights! #komiks tag #blood cw #if it wasn't clear: i dislike galahad so much. he represents so much i cant stand and worst of all he ROBBED MY MAN #OF HIS NARRATIVE #but like. what's christianity but theft acting uwu innocent about all the shit they did tbqh #fucking. la croix jesus christ over here. #sir perceval

[queer-ragnelle]

consistently overestimating the general public’s level of arthurian understanding.

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #Arthuriana #knights of the round table #sir lancelot #sir lancelot du lac #sir lancelot of the lake #sir gawain #sir gawain of orkney #sir perceval #sir percival #sir galahad #lancelot #gawain #perceval #percival #galahad #meme #my post

[achillesuwu]

Back on my AU where Arthur died before Merlin could tell him he has magic and kinda merlin not being a sad wet cat for 1500 years (DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING LONG THAT IS) agenda

Merlin trying his best to hide the fact that he is extremely well know. In a "there a documentary on you" and"multiple governments call you regularly, that's literally your job, about magical problem that only you can resolve which mean that you have to go on TV sometime" kind of way (Merlin : bless the lazy-ass person that nicknamed me The Immortal/Emrys .) While also hiding the fact that "heeeyyy you know, the things we wordlessly accepted to not talk about, the thing called 'The day I died' which hem didn't happen and 'Where the fuck I was when you died' we should hem, maybe talk about them"

It all go well until, one day, Merlin and Arthur are arguing in a supermarket (like seriously arguing, the kind of argument that happen when one get throw 1500 years in the future) and when and Arthur says something like "Watch your tongue/Remember who you're talking to/...!" and there is a collective *gasp*

It could go two way :

One. Arthur has an enormous "????" sign above his head, Merlin freeze and flee (if he falls to flee the scene with a confuse but mainly angry arthur, arthur would gaps his arm and force him to stay in place which would bring us to two.)

Two. Someone intervene because : ?!?! Bro/boy !? Shut the fuck up?! Do YOU know who you are talking to?!?! Apologise right now!

Merlin : no you shut up by the triple godnes please—

*Arthur and the person now arguing with other people joining in the argument*

At some point in end up being a "How dare you insult my friend like that?! He does NOT have magic" "What kind of weed did you smoke?! He is LITTERALY magic"

(the Knights and Gwen are in the supermarket too but none of them were with merthur when it happens except Leon who just saw the beginning of Arthut vs Random people fight and promptly walked back to his wife/Queen to report what he saw. The queen in question decided that she is too old for this shit, so is Merlin and it's time they get their shit together)

#merthur #arthur pendragon #fanfic #merlin #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #gwen merlin #sir leon #Sir Gwaine is currently being dragged out of the Wine & beer section by his boyfriend(s) #Sir Gwaine #Sir Elyan #Sir Perceval #Sir Lancelot #Sir Lancelot is buying some chocolate to have his teenage angst (Merlin word)/ to mope about the fact that Gwen is not single AGAIN #Past Arwen #89 years old Gwen seeing ~29 years old Arthur and thinking “I loved him so much” then she SEES Arthur being 29 years old and she thinks #“I'm too old for this dear gods” #You can also read this as #Arwen #And #Platonic merthur #Tbh #Just remember no matter the ship that Gwen is old and so is Merlin and they have very little time for Arthur bullshit lmao

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The Order: 1886 (2015)

#2015 #gaming #aviation #alternate history #steampunk #The Order: 1886 #The Order #1886 #Gilbert du Motier #Marquis de Lafayette #Grayson #Sir Galahad #Isabeau D'Argyll #Lady Igraine #Sebastian Malory #Sir Perceval #Knights Of The Round Table #Industrial Revolution #Palace Of Westminster #Big Ben #London #Zeppelin

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I made a reference for the colour palettes of the Astro-Knights, including the outfits you can get.

Merlin is also here.

Under the cut, I'm also going to include the colour palettes for my personal fanon/headcanon Astro-Knights.

Heart Astro-Knight: Sir Bedwyn

Black Dark Astro-Knight: Sir Perceval

Purple Dark Astro-Knight: Ser Bors

Earth Astro-Knight: Princess Elyana

The Chosen One (the Player) isn't included here, because in the future, I plan to try to design what a special Chosen Astro Knight armour would look like.

#Poptropica #Astro-Knights Island #Astro-Knights #Sir Gawain #Sir Cador #Sir Pelleas #Sir Pelasus #Merlin #Elyana #OC #Sir Bedwyn #Sir Perceval #Ser Bors #ignore how bad the outfits are i did my best with what i had #and that included a lot of resetting a specific area on poptropicon island

[soverybene]

Been a long time since I last shared this, but if there’s any fans still out there of the game, come join our little server!

#the order: 1886 #the order 1886 #the order 1886 sequel #grayson #sir galahad #isabeau d’argyll #lady igraine #sebastien malory #sir perceval #marquis de lafayette #alastair d’argyll #sir lucan #lakshmi bai #nikola tesla #personal

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Perceval obtains the Shield of the Beating Heart

by Walter Crane

#perceval #percival #sir percival #parsifal #parzival #art #walter crane #arthurian #chivalry #mythology #medieval #middle ages #knight #knights #armour #shield #history #europe #european #holy quest #quests #quest #britain #england #holy grail #graal #grail #chivalric romance #knights of the round table #knight errant

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Gawain, Clarissant,  Igraine and Morgause at the château des Merveilles

From Le Roman de Perceval ou le conte du Graal, by Chrétien de Troyes

#arthuriana #gawain #sir gawain #perceval #chrétien de troyes #clarissant #igraine #morgause #arthurian literature #arthurian legend #queen #knight

[danidoodles124]

couple of last minute doodles, probably more posted tomorrow (tonight)

happy valentines!

#tristeva #wakfu #wakfu evangelyne #wakfu percedal #wakfu season 4 #wakfu tristepin #wakfu perceval #tristepin de percedal #sir percedal of sadlygrove #pinpin #dally #evangelyne

[fallensapphires]

Mythology: Sir Percival

Any wise man fears open spitefulness, whether it be in seriousness or in jest.

#chrétien de troyes #Perceval: The Story of the Grail #knights of the round table #knights of camelot #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #arthurian literature #arthurian lore #sir percival #percival #parzival #knights #merlin bbc #stories #Story aesthetic #story moodboard #mythology aesthetic #Mythology moodboard #characters #character aesthetic #character moodboard #moodboard #aesthetic #grail knights

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones, overall design and figures; William Morris, overall design and execution; John Henry Dearle, flowers and decorative details.

The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail to Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Perceval (also known as The Achievement of the Grail or The Achievement of Sir Galahad, accompanied by Sir Bors, and Sir Perceval). Number 6 of the Holy Grail tapestries woven by Morris & Co. 1891-94 for Stanmore Hall. This version woven by Morris & Co. for Lawrence Hodson of Compton Hall 1895-96.

#Sir Edward Burne-Jones #William Morris #John Henry Dearle #The Attainment #The Vision of the Holy Grail #vision #apparition #angel #angels #on your knees #praying #Sir Galahad #Galahad #Perceval #holy grail

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SUBTEXT

so I've focused in on Perceval and Bors before, and I've done Perceval and Gender (for more on this specifically, see: Clothes Make The Man: Parzival Dressed and Undressed, Michael D. Amey) and did a whole comic that leaned into some subtext™ on temptation, but actually let's throw out the subtext! let's bring Augustine into this!!

Perceval, de Troyes (trans. Burton Raffel)

introduction to Confessions, Augustine (trans. Sarah Ruden)

so for perceval a knight is both the gender he wants to perform but also something that is expressly compared to god, and if god is a lover that seduces. well. does this not also apply to knights as well?

Homosexuality in the Renaissance: Behavior, Identity, and Artistic Expression, James M. Saslow

and while galahad might be the obvious choice, I think perceval's relationship with bors during the grail quest narrative is more interesting. it's not god that transforms perceval, it's the sight of knights for the first time. something in here specifically is incredibly intriguing to me, but there's a different text I need to finish reading to fully form some thoughts on it.

le Morte d’Arthur

and finally! tentatively. I think I might slowly start turning this idea I had a couple years back into a fully formed comic. we'll see! I had most of it blocked out, but halfway through reading augustine's confessions, I think was when perceval finally clicked for me as a character in a later narrative cycle setting. I think I might have to spend a lot of time doing some visual research first because my god I cannot consistently draw armor to save my life......back when I lived in new england, there was a museum with a wonderful medieval armor collection I could visit.....alas.........I will have to hit the books (literally, I have a collection of books on medieval armor but this is apparently the one thing I can't visualize properly in my imagination. save me, museum collections, you're my only hope)

⭐️ credits for the collage panels! (all open access or public domain, etc.)

-Saint George and the Dragon -Saint George and the Dragon (different one lmao) -Pages and Knights, Frontispiece for "The Man at Arms" -Cloisters

⭐ if you like my comics and have a couple bucks, I have a tip jar (ko-fi)!

⭐ and other places I'm at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app

#knights knights knights! #sir perceval #sir aglovale #sir bors #generic medieval tag #komiks tag #long post #there’s a forbidden citation after the ‘does this not also apply to knights as well’ that cites some Templar related academia #we’ll see if I start getting into the Templars here tho

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Excalibur (1981) | Directed by John Boorman

Arthurian Film List | Arthurian Show List | Movie review below the cut ⤦

Star rating: 10/10 Content warning: multiple rape scenes, heavy gore throughout, elements of horror, nudity, animal brutality (horses in battle are treated roughly) Overview: Writer and director John Boorman understood the assignment. It's evident this film was a passion project. Both of his children are in it (his daughter as Igraine, his son as young Mordred) and he had been working with J. R. R. Tolkien back in the 70s on an adaptation of Lord of the Rings which fell through, and much of those elements were revived and put to use here. The script, acting, score, and cinematography meet the epic demands an Arthurian film requires to succeed. Synopsis: The film opens with Uther before he meets Igraine and goes on to detail the entirety of Arthur's reign and life. Arthur's beginnings with Ector and Kay are very sweet and culminate in his pulling the sword in the stone and meeting a fun, quirky Merlin. The wizard trains Arthur up and he's eventually knighted by Urien and makes an ally of him while defending Leodegrance and Guinevere's castle. Arthur falls in love with Guinevere and intends to marry her, but first meets and battles Lancelot, wins his loyalty, and sends him to pick Guinevere up for the royal wedding. Meanwhile Morgan learns magic from Merlin and uses it to conceive Mordred with Arthur. After the royal wedding, the love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere begins. While staying away from Camelot, Lancelot meets country bumpkin Perceval, who follows Lancelot back to Camelot from his secluded woodland home, then takes up the mantle of Gareth Beaumains by working for Kay in the kitchens and champions Guinevere against Gawain until Lancelot can arrive. After the affair between he and Guinevere is found out, Lancelot runs off mad into the woods, and Arthur's prosperity declines. Perceval begins a decade-long quest in search of the Holy Grail to restore Arthur/Fisher King's health so he can reclaim his lands now ravaged by disease. Mordred has grown up in this time and been taught by Morgan to hate Arthur. Once Arthur has been cured, he goes to find Guinevere in the abbey where she had been living, and retrieves Excalibur, which she had been keeping safe for him all that time. Arthur then goes with his remaining knights to battle Mordred, where he is mortally wounded, and Perceval fulfills his final act for his king by returning the sword to the Lady of the Lake as Arthur is spirited away to Avalon. Final thoughts: This movie is so damn good. Nobody's doing it like Boorman. It's my favorite version of the grail quest. Very horror, as it should be. (Monty Python is a different tone, not a worse one!) I love everyone's acting here, the casting is so rich, I love the look and vibe of everyone, the Shakespearean line delivery. All of it. The gaudy green lighting is so 80s but it works, it sets a tone, it commits to the bit, illuminates every magical scene. And the armor is obviously incredible. I won't hear criticism. Either you get it or you don't. You can watch an entire mini-series about the armorer, Terry English, produced by Mythbuster's Adam Savage on YouTube, here. And if you want to learn more about Mordred's cool helmet specifically, watch here. Anyway please watch this, you won't be disappointed.

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthuriana #excalibur #excalibur 1981 #excalibur (1981) #john boorman #king arthur #queen guinevere #sir lancelot #sir perceval #sir percival #morgan le fay #sir mordred #movie review #film review #gifset #gifs #animated gifs #animated gif #quotes #gifs i made #my post

[achillesuwu]

BE HOLD : old merlin in mordern era and reincarnated Arthur, Gwen and the knight finding him again and witnessing this :

Arthur went from wanting to hug merlin to wanting to facepalm so fast that even the light has a hard time to catch up.

#merthur #arthur pendragon #merlin #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #bbc merlin #bbc gwaine #gwen bbc #bbc leon #perceval #sir elyan #Lancelot wasn’t with them he is next to merlin holding his bags and Arthur will absolutly #NOT get extremely annoyed about the fact that #he has been living rent free in merlin home for 2 years

[brother-emperors]

updated perceval and bors’ designs because this time I flipped through a bunch of visual reference books on knights and armor before picking up my pen to draw them

society6 | ko-fi | redbubble | twitter | deviantart

#you would not believe how much easier it is to draw things like swords and armor when you go thru a visual reference book FIRST not after #i have. PLANS. involving that grail quest. my perceval/bors agenda if you will. #but also they are friends who enjoy hanging out and talking about shit and sparring with each other #but ALSO lets get talking about wounds in arthuriana centric narratives fellas!!! aka my favorite discussion topic to read about #before i do anything with the grail quest i might revist the prose tristan first tho bc tristan and friends is where i like to hang out #drawing tag #knights knights knights! #arthuriana #perceval #sir bors #(hey Cardinal you might ask. if this is about the grail quest where is Galahad?) #(and to that i can only say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) #(listen he's narratively fascinating but represents so much that annoys me on a constant basis like the meta discussion is DELICIOUS but the #actually narrative. euruGUDHGSDUGHGH)

[decisivelyindecisivelibra]

I submit: the distance between Merlin and Knights+Gwen in S5 wasn't because of the Knights+Gwen. Consider it being Merlin's own doing.

#bbc merlin #merlin #knights of the round table #Camelot's knights #knights of camelot #guinevere pendragon #bbc gwen #gwaine #perceval #bbc elyan #sir leon #mordred #merlin s5