Legends Summarized: King Arthur

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For a mythos so universally well-known, there's not actually much in the way of a canon for King Arthur. Some people will smugly inform you that the Sword in the Stone isn't Excalibur; some will equally smugly tell you that the stone was actually an anvil. Is Merlin a druid, a wizard, a demon, a time-traveler? Is Morgan Le Fay Arthur's sister, nemesis, lover, all of the above? And where the hell does Mordred fit into all this? To answer these questions, let's go all the way back to the beginning and trace how this mythos grew and evolved as it moved from writer to writer and culture to culture. And this is a long one, so strap in, folks!
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  • @TRDPaul
    @TRDPaul3 жыл бұрын

    "What if Merlin was a skinny British kid?" I'm pretty sure that if Merlin existed he was, at some point, a skinny British kid

  • @Lemuel928

    @Lemuel928

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kid Merlin.

  • @danieru.a.i.5816

    @danieru.a.i.5816

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yung merlin

  • @jackofclubs6229

    @jackofclubs6229

    3 жыл бұрын

    BBC Merlin

  • @salsicha5305

    @salsicha5305

    3 жыл бұрын

    Uell aktshwaly he was a skinny Brythonic kid

  • @Hilblock

    @Hilblock

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackofclubs6229 BBC Merlin is best Merlin

  • @Overlordough1201
    @Overlordough12013 жыл бұрын

    Lancelot: Who are you? Galahad: I'm you, but I have standards.

  • @wombataldebaran9686

    @wombataldebaran9686

    3 жыл бұрын

    Less horny Lancelot

  • @ValGOPLock

    @ValGOPLock

    3 жыл бұрын

    Basically

  • @gracehenry-tarrant597

    @gracehenry-tarrant597

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man, is this true

  • @milkshake2659

    @milkshake2659

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @donovanroundtree524

    @donovanroundtree524

    3 жыл бұрын

    He really does *lances a-lot ;)*

  • @LadyCay129
    @LadyCay1297 ай бұрын

    I just realized that King Arthur is technically the first cinematic Universe, complete with fandom, phases, solo stories, and big crossovers

  • @Joeys4921

    @Joeys4921

    3 ай бұрын

    Greek myth

  • @kiren79

    @kiren79

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Joeys4921I’ll do you one better : Egyptian myth

  • @KingRichardDeLeonheart

    @KingRichardDeLeonheart

    2 ай бұрын

    Those are religions it's not the same as Arthurian legend

  • @KingRichardDeLeonheart

    @KingRichardDeLeonheart

    2 ай бұрын

    The Greek and Egyptian myths were important parts of their societies but someone like Leonidas of Sparta would probably be more comparable

  • @silentwarriorts5779

    @silentwarriorts5779

    2 ай бұрын

    Well, maybe not the first, but one of the most glorified story ever

  • @idiotmizu4710
    @idiotmizu47102 жыл бұрын

    Guinevere: -sleeping with lancelot when already married- Also Guinevere: Omg Morgan you can't be sleeping around with people when married

  • @camilaalmiron5588

    @camilaalmiron5588

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hypocretia in its maximum brightness

  • @Doubleranged1

    @Doubleranged1

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah in all of those legends Guinevere is never the bad person. Well, she is a beautiful woman, so that means she is innocent.

  • @nkyfong

    @nkyfong

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Doubleranged1, quite sexist honestly.

  • @phantom-ri2tg

    @phantom-ri2tg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nkyfong Personally I like it because of how much it goes against the current thing. Also it is actually realistic that nobles be pretty unhappy with their marriages since many were for politics. Thing is in a lot of history it was biased where husband could do it but not wife.

  • @tompatterson1548

    @tompatterson1548

    Жыл бұрын

    @@phantom-ri2tg Which is how Llacheu may or may not have happened (depends on the tradition).

  • @TheSaltyLibrarian
    @TheSaltyLibrarian3 жыл бұрын

    Chretien: -created a mega popular OC -turned the basic canon into ship wars involving his OCs -planned out a way longer arc that he never bothered to finish This guy really did set the bar for fanfic as we know it

  • @cardboardcrafter2482

    @cardboardcrafter2482

    3 жыл бұрын

    Holy crap you're right.

  • @pinkneko13

    @pinkneko13

    3 жыл бұрын

    Proving that humanity never really changes

  • @ellerynelson8918

    @ellerynelson8918

    3 жыл бұрын

    the original 'My Immortal'? discuss.

  • @cardboardcrafter2482

    @cardboardcrafter2482

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ellerynelson8918 No, because My Immortal was written as parody, and also clearly labeled as fanfic. Side note: I have never read My Immortal, and spend a significant chunk of time looking through the mountains of crossover fanfiction for those sweet few longer than ten chapters and with decent grammar and plot.

  • @noakinn

    @noakinn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cardboardcrafter2482 definitely not a parody

  • @tinyetoile5503
    @tinyetoile55033 жыл бұрын

    I guarantee that the whole Mordred-Morgan-Morgause connection began because their names all started with "Mor"

  • @ashfarzana653

    @ashfarzana653

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @noonenowhere4494

    @noonenowhere4494

    3 жыл бұрын

    MOOOOORRRRRRRDDDDDOOOOORRRRR

  • @DeathnoteBB

    @DeathnoteBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m pretty sure there’s also something related to mort meaning death in latin,

  • @tinyetoile5503

    @tinyetoile5503

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DeathnoteBB morT means death in latin, but "mor" in old welsh means "sea", so it's more likely derived from that.

  • @Red-mg4ro

    @Red-mg4ro

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tinyetoile5503 Isn't Avalon an island? So maybe Morgana the Fey of Avalon, Morgan the Fey of Camelot, Morgause the nothing of Orkney, Mordred the unclear relative of Arthur (maybe), and all the others are just spelling variations, and this whole mess came up because a person though heard "Smith" and assumed the guy names "Sawyer" was the same person because they both start with "s"?

  • @spyone4828
    @spyone4828 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite takes on Lancelot was that he was brutal, cruel, sadistic, and covetous and trying VERY HARD not to be those things. Arthur did good by following his natural impulses, Lancelot did good by rejecting his natural impulses.

  • @takodaaseves4038

    @takodaaseves4038

    11 ай бұрын

    So....Paarthanax?

  • @FlyingFocs

    @FlyingFocs

    11 ай бұрын

    So... Once and Future King?

  • @veryoriginalname2515

    @veryoriginalname2515

    11 ай бұрын

    @@takodaaseves4038 england is a skyrim reference, confirmed

  • @gamertwo6263

    @gamertwo6263

    8 ай бұрын

    @@veryoriginalname2515fun fact: Skyrim makes several references to Arthurian stories, even having an arm lifting an enchanted sword out of a lake referencing Nimue. However, most of the game is based on Scandinavian stuff, largely Beowulf, with High Hrothgar being named after one of the central characters, and the concept of Dragons thematically correlating to time and death also relating back to the Beowulf story.

  • @spaceboy9366

    @spaceboy9366

    7 ай бұрын

    @@veryoriginalname2515Arthurian legends is welsh

  • @jeth2517
    @jeth25172 жыл бұрын

    “What if Arthur was a woman?” The premise that became the foundation of a multi-billion dollar franchise

  • @Brivalia

    @Brivalia

    Жыл бұрын

    i really wanna say that theres not a single chance that's where nasu started but hes fucking kinoko nasu and the themes on heroism in fate do seem to flow from arturia... yeah.

  • @Sera740

    @Sera740

    Жыл бұрын

    I've only seen Apocrypha but I honor this

  • @vardiganxpl1698

    @vardiganxpl1698

    Жыл бұрын

    Technically, Nasu initially wanted Arthur to be a man at first. but changed his mind later on

  • @aozorahaou2643

    @aozorahaou2643

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@VardiganXPL thus which gave us the prototype timeline

  • @TheOtherNeutrino

    @TheOtherNeutrino

    11 ай бұрын

    And then they shoved Galahad into to body of a teenage girl.

  • @renatocorvaro6924
    @renatocorvaro69242 жыл бұрын

    The most important takeaway from Arthurian Legend is that strange women lying in ponds distributing weaponry is no basis for a system of government.

  • @danaidaccesss6241

    @danaidaccesss6241

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait really?! Puts away mystical weapon found in old fountain*

  • @eastia7518

    @eastia7518

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you sure? Aww man I was planning on living in a swamp and handing guns to kids :((

  • @UntitledChurro

    @UntitledChurro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed, supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

  • @erickparks6347

    @erickparks6347

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah Monty python

  • @s4nd_tastesgood669

    @s4nd_tastesgood669

    2 жыл бұрын

    I smell a techno reference 👀

  • @seriouslythisisjust
    @seriouslythisisjust5 жыл бұрын

    the fact that lancelot was originally a fanfic oc is the best thing i've heard all day

  • @ewwpoorpeople5684

    @ewwpoorpeople5684

    4 жыл бұрын

    The fact that Dante made three historically relevant, self insert fan fictions is the best thing I've heard all month

  • @carriebagley5966

    @carriebagley5966

    4 жыл бұрын

    And a mary sue

  • @neutronalchemist3241

    @neutronalchemist3241

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ewwpoorpeople5684 Fan-fictions on what? There was not a canon. The description he made of the afterlife is his own creation, and, as noted by many scholars, the "Dante" main character of the Commedia was very different from the real Dante poet. The character was timorous (the poet was a war veteran) and not very bright (he doesn't understand the meaning much of the things that the poet wrote). The poet simply gave his name to a character that was fit for the poem to make his tale seem more "real" for the reader than just telling the story of a random guy.

  • @FreaknFreddy

    @FreaknFreddy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@neutronalchemist3241 Yeah but the way he incorporated a bunch of historical figures is somewhat fan fiction-y. Imagine someone today writing a book about a self-named protagonist going on a quest wih Edgar Allen Poe as his guide.

  • @neutronalchemist3241

    @neutronalchemist3241

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@FreaknFreddy Visiting a world none has described before? Not a fan-fiction. It exists an entire genere of SF qualified by having Edison as a character while having historical figures as characters is normal (almost essential) for historical romances.

  • @Birthday888
    @Birthday888 Жыл бұрын

    I do find it funny that Fate's take on the tale has the healthiest Arthur-Lancelot-Guinevere relationship, with Lancelot and Guinevere deeply adoring Arthur, but also finding feelings for each other through their mutual support for their king, and Artoria understanding that her role as king made her distant from Guinevere and willingly turning a blind eye to their relationship up until they were publically ousted and Arthur had no choice.

  • @guillemmadrigalgallud6306

    @guillemmadrigalgallud6306

    11 ай бұрын

    I've made a similar, but longer (because what I can say in 1 word, I'll always say it in 10) comment. That retelling of the story is just so perfect.

  • @nihili4196

    @nihili4196

    11 ай бұрын

    I would also argue that Mordred in Fate is the best take on whole situation. Whole fall of Arturia happened more due to everything around going to shit and everyone being flawed than one character being especially shitty.

  • @emmanuelpena2228

    @emmanuelpena2228

    10 ай бұрын

    I remember I once read a fate fanfic, where Shirou ended up in Arthurian England, and became one of the Knights in the round table. Anyways, in that fanfic, they handled the whole love triangle in the best way I'd ever seen. They made it a love square, inserting Shirou into it, and made Lancelot disaster bisexual(which actually had historical precedent, what with the homoerotic nature of his relationship with Galehaut), and gave Arthur a cuckold fetish, and made both Guinivere and Arthur really into watching guy on guy stuff, but, with their society being extremely sexually repressed they never really realized that about themselves, and Shirou, having the emotional intelligence of a spoon, wasn't much better, so the whole thing was just this big mess of sexual tension between Arthur, Guinivere, and Lancelot, with Shirou just being there for them to thirst over. Man, that fic had no right being as well written as it was.

  • @daboi6509

    @daboi6509

    9 ай бұрын

    @@emmanuelpena2228so basically it is a doujin with surprisingly good writing

  • @rickyuzumaki695

    @rickyuzumaki695

    9 ай бұрын

    @@emmanuelpena2228 That… is a very weird premise. How good is it?

  • @SigmaSyndicate
    @SigmaSyndicate Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy the idea of a villain's revenge/powergrab plot taking so long that by the time it comes to fruition they've mellowed out and completely forgotten about it, but it's too late to stop the machinations they set into play ages ago.

  • @jacobsomebody9266

    @jacobsomebody9266

    Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy this idea

  • @Anonymous-ks1pn

    @Anonymous-ks1pn

    Жыл бұрын

    *cut to Morgan doing house hold chores while outside one of her windows england is burning* *bonus points if she wonders if she left the oven on*

  • @zhishangdi3522

    @zhishangdi3522

    Жыл бұрын

    i enjoy it when they don't try to stop it and want it to play out enjoying watching the hero's scramble to try and undo years of work only to realize that there's no hope

  • @sayvionwashington1939

    @sayvionwashington1939

    Жыл бұрын

    "You're the one who created the homicidal plant people! Do something!" "...I missed my part where that's my problem." "It. Is. Absolutely. Your problem!" "That's 25 year old me's problem. I'm 45. 20 year difference."

  • @fictthecreator7083

    @fictthecreator7083

    11 ай бұрын

    I think that has real potential, too! Like, the villain who realizes the error of their ways and tries to convince their pawn to abandon the scheme, but that just makes the pawn feel like even the villain has betrayed them, and goes forth with the scheme anyway

  • @jonathandavis8051
    @jonathandavis80513 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if that Lancelot was that French guy's self-insert OC because Guinevere was his waifu...

  • @hailghidorah2536

    @hailghidorah2536

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seems about right.

  • @paddydad

    @paddydad

    3 жыл бұрын

    bro this made my day

  • @michaelpugmire4533

    @michaelpugmire4533

    3 жыл бұрын

    My dude, this makes FAR too much sense

  • @matthewmuir8884

    @matthewmuir8884

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is one suggestion that he wrote Lancelot the way he did because he wrote the story for (and dedicated the story to) Marie de Champagne, who supposedly asked him to write a chivalric romance story to entertain her court. Marie was the Regent of Champagne (the region in France) when her husband was away for a period of several years, and marriages among nobility were usually for alliances rather than for love, so a story of a queen in a forbidden romance with a knight of her husband's court would very likely have been a thrilling narrative in her court.

  • @ninjabluefyre3815

    @ninjabluefyre3815

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's no if about it.

  • @thesnailphilosopher
    @thesnailphilosopher3 жыл бұрын

    The only “Arthurian canon” I accept is that in Monthy Python and the Holy Grail

  • @wombataldebaran9686

    @wombataldebaran9686

    3 жыл бұрын

    Let us not go to Camelot. ´Tis a silly place.

  • @thesymbiotenation.4552

    @thesymbiotenation.4552

    3 жыл бұрын

    We accept both that and the Fate series

  • @ryahmib2452

    @ryahmib2452

    3 жыл бұрын

    as a french, i only accept Kaamelott as the only canon.

  • @johnroach9026

    @johnroach9026

    3 жыл бұрын

    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government

  • @InShane162

    @InShane162

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your mother was a hamester And your father smelt of elderberries Now go away. before taunt you a second time

  • @sailordarty9032
    @sailordarty9032 Жыл бұрын

    "If they all were open and honest about their feelings... we would have a poly-armory." This is just the icing to this already delicious cake of a video.

  • @brookedickson4118

    @brookedickson4118

    4 ай бұрын

    Closely followed by ‘Thank you and good knight’, of course.

  • @KHTimeProtecter
    @KHTimeProtecter2 жыл бұрын

    Another thing about Paganism in the Aurthurian stories, at that time, the king would also marry their lands when they’re crowned. There’s a theory that Guinevere is actually a goddess of the land, and thus gives Arthur legitimacy in his rule. So when Guinevere started favoring Lancelot, Arthur feared that he would lose his throne.

  • @reneedailey1696

    @reneedailey1696

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is this a Mists of Avalon reference?

  • @KHTimeProtecter

    @KHTimeProtecter

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@reneedailey1696 No, historical fact, though the book draws from both history and some liberties. The Guinevere in Mists of Avalon was an agoraphobic Christian princess who becomes more fanatical throughout the book. And yes, I'm sure there was someone who would symbolically play the part of the land, but we don't know for sure they were an actual priestess or someone else.

  • @reneedailey1696

    @reneedailey1696

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KHTimeProtecter I was referring specifically to the marriage to the land bit, not Guinevere.

  • @Silverwind87

    @Silverwind87

    Жыл бұрын

    Arthur's waifu is Britannia?

  • @vee_fee

    @vee_fee

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reneedailey1696 In Celtic/Welsh traditions, the king was closely tied to the land. Following the traditions’ logic, if Arthur were to be perceived as someone who can no longer fulfill his role as a husband, more so in terms of sex, which then equates to infertility, the land would suffer as well. Usually in old Celtic/Welsh stories, a king that no longer can perform sexually goes through a sacrificial death, of sorts (usually involving a decapitation). If you are interested, I’d recommend short stories such as Pwyll, The Prince of Dyfed and Branwen, Daughter of Llyr (and all of the other branches of Mabinogi). They all follow the same structure in terms of Celtic/Welsh myth and folklore, which in turn gives us a deeper understanding of where certain themes from the Arthurian stories comes from. Sorry for the lengthy answer 😅

  • @yuumeko
    @yuumeko3 жыл бұрын

    Lancelot: ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL Gallahad: hold my beer

  • @francescapatti2934

    @francescapatti2934

    3 жыл бұрын

    *ale

  • @FortunateSon-mo9zi

    @FortunateSon-mo9zi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@francescapatti2934 *holy water (because he's basically the less morally bankrupt version of Lancelot)

  • @pendelschabe
    @pendelschabe3 жыл бұрын

    “Morgan and Mordred” sounds like an urban fantasy law firm 😂

  • @samanthazellers4620

    @samanthazellers4620

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes to this, please

  • @DeathnoteBB

    @DeathnoteBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mordred and Morgan, Attorneys at Fae Law

  • @diegomedina4145

    @diegomedina4145

    3 жыл бұрын

    Avocados at law

  • @jackofclubs6229

    @jackofclubs6229

    3 жыл бұрын

    Morgan and Mordred; For the Celts.

  • @LittleSirBoy

    @LittleSirBoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me who has an urban fantasy-ish story in the works: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

  • @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456
    @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456 Жыл бұрын

    Gotta appreciate how she held back enough to only mention fate once

  • @youdontknowme236

    @youdontknowme236

    Жыл бұрын

    It's incredibly hard not to do

  • @ferintown6628

    @ferintown6628

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised she didn’t mention how mordred in fate is arturia’s daughter, but Arturia was the father

  • @musicwalls

    @musicwalls

    Жыл бұрын

    She's actually gone on record to say that she doesn't like Fate. Her knowledge of the franchise probably doesn't go any further than what she said in this video.

  • @fork4207

    @fork4207

    11 ай бұрын

    @@musicwalls yeah I can see why it can get pretty convoluted with all the different versions of the characters and there not really being a set order to watch them in and everyone has different orders.

  • @toekneemart5597

    @toekneemart5597

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@musicwalls nah doesn't like implies she knows enough to not like doesn't care(as is the case with me) is more like that's all you know

  • @thatoneguy1820
    @thatoneguy18202 жыл бұрын

    Arthur running off yelling “Fight me Caesar!” Made me laugh more than I expected

  • @jonathanjoestarwithpluck4930
    @jonathanjoestarwithpluck49304 жыл бұрын

    Red: *talks extensively about Arthurian lore and mythology throughout the eras* Me, who’s memorized all of Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Y’know I’m something of an Arthurian expert myself.

  • @billylauwda9178

    @billylauwda9178

    4 жыл бұрын

    *NI*

  • @BloodyCaesar

    @BloodyCaesar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fetchez la vache!

  • @nixtheclause9984

    @nixtheclause9984

    4 жыл бұрын

    THE GREAT BEAST OF AAAAAARGH

  • @plague6566

    @plague6566

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me who played Ace combat Zero: You Know I'm something of an Arthurian expert myself

  • @jam-the-hologram

    @jam-the-hologram

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me who’s watched the entirety of Merlin: You know I’m something of an Arthurian expert myself.

  • @jean-paulaudette9246
    @jean-paulaudette9246 Жыл бұрын

    I always liked that scene, in "The Once And Future King," when it was clear that Mordred was angling to discredit and dethrone Arthur, and Lancelot came to him with a dire warning of his plan...and Arthur responded basically by saying, "Dude. You are my best friend. You are the greatest champion this country had ever seen. You have been sleeping with my wife for the past 25 years... ... Don't kill my son."

  • @TheBowTizzle
    @TheBowTizzle Жыл бұрын

    Y’know, since Caliburn and Excalibur are believed to be two different swords if not the same, this begs the question; Why have we never seen King Arthur dual wielding in any other established interpretation?

  • @gameover9390

    @gameover9390

    6 ай бұрын

    I believe because Dual wielding originates from Asia, and also because it’s impractical with that type of sword, mainly it’s weight and cross guard prevent it from being a one handed weapon.

  • @legomania2427

    @legomania2427

    6 ай бұрын

    @@gameover9390B-But cool swords

  • @joshuaholland5279

    @joshuaholland5279

    5 ай бұрын

    Magic zuko sword!

  • @metarcee2483

    @metarcee2483

    5 ай бұрын

    An interesting version I heard was that Caliburn got either reforged or magically turned into Excalibur. I actually first heard that theory from Sonic and the Black Knight, of all things.

  • @maxTheOG

    @maxTheOG

    5 ай бұрын

    case in point he actually does dual wield in yugioh@@gameover9390

  • @patrickj994
    @patrickj9944 жыл бұрын

    It's criminal how adorable Morgan Le Fay is when drawn in this style.

  • @Ribbons0121R121

    @Ribbons0121R121

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @startheteenagewitch2585

    @startheteenagewitch2585

    4 жыл бұрын

    Morgana is best girl.

  • @gregg4174

    @gregg4174

    4 жыл бұрын

    Morgan Le Bae(?)

  • @patrickj994

    @patrickj994

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gregg4174 Absolutely.

  • @mercerholt8299

    @mercerholt8299

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also known as the Morrigan depending on your veiw.

  • @ButterflyScarlet
    @ButterflyScarlet6 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry young fanfiction writers, someday your cringy OP Too Pure For This Sinful World OC may become a classical character in like several hundred centuries

  • @andresarancio6696

    @andresarancio6696

    6 жыл бұрын

    I really now want to be frozen and wake up in five hundred years to see archive of our own becoming the greatest source of literature in history

  • @Treviisolion

    @Treviisolion

    6 жыл бұрын

    Or like Mary Sue, become the namesake of all fanfic characters and poorly realized/overpowered/often female protagonist characters.

  • @when7573

    @when7573

    6 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait until 2453 where some 12-year-olds 12-winged Rainbow Christ Undertale OC is considered classical literature

  • @incognitoburrito6020

    @incognitoburrito6020

    6 жыл бұрын

    Quick everybody, sneak some copies of My Immortal into the Vatican's libraries!

  • @cassie5248

    @cassie5248

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can ebony darkness dementia raven way become a major character in the potterian mythos?

  • @ofrund
    @ofrund Жыл бұрын

    My favourite modern versions is that both Arthur and Lancelot are good and the whole thing is a tragic tale, it was from my favourite book from back when I was a kid and what got me obsessed with Arthurian mythos. This is a long one but I am summarizing a pretty big book here. In this version, Arthur gets smitten by the beauty of Guinevere and wants to marry her. Merlin with his foresight warns him that if he marries her it will one day be his undoing, he still ignores Merlin being a horny young adult and asks Guinevere's hand in marriage. To Arthur's credit he doesn't demand it, even though he could being a king, it is just that Guinevere marries Arthur at her fathers orders (you know marrying his daughter to the king will offer his noble line plenty of influence downstream). Arthur meanwhile is totally chill, kind and noble with her, understanding the situation he forced her in and doesn't force himself to her. And honestly does feel kinda guilty at how his request has forced this woman into a marriage she didn't want. (This was when Arthur first became King and didn't understood how people don't tend to say no to a King's request yet) Guinevere grows to love Arthur, but in a more platonic way instead of romantic. She adores his company and their time together but the spark never ignites(yep Arthur gets friend-zoned). Then Lancelot comes along. Arthur learns about this young knight who was raised by the same nymph who gave him his magic sword and he immediately takes him to his round table. Arthur and Lancelot become best friends almost instantly, feeling a brotherly bond for one another. Then Lancelot and Guinevere meet on Lancelot's knighting ceremony. They instantly fall in love. At first they try to avoid eachother since they both really love and respect Arthur. But being the King's favourite knight and Queen they are bound to meet again and again. Eventually they confess their forbidden love to one and other, and they are in a peculiar situation. In one hand they don't want to betray whom they consider to be their best friend, but on the other they are so in love that they can't help themselves. What seems interesting is that Arthur takes notice but doesn't do anything. Remember he feels guilty about forcing Guinevere to marry him, in a way. If anything he feels kinda happy for both of them, but he never confronts them about it out of fear that doing that will escalate the situation into something terrible. The years go by and Grail, Fisher King, Morgana etc. Adventures come and go. Until one day Mordred accidentally finds out about it while Arthur is away on a hunting trip. Mordred seeing his beloved Uncle's wife getting charmed by his so called "best friend" gets enraged, but he knows that Lancelot is better than him and if he charges in now he will die and Lancelot will continue "abusing" Arthur's trust. Mordred goes to immediately alert his brothers. Gawain is pretty close friend of Lancelot and he insists on doing nothing until the king returns, Gareth and Gaheris owe their lives to Lancelot and they are also against making a move. But Agravein is. Agravein is salty because Lancelot is better than him and while Mordred only wants to protect Arthur, Agravein wants to kill Lancelot and really doesn't give a crap about the adultery. Agravein fears that if Arthur returns he may even pardon Lancelot due to how close of friends they are, so he organizes a bunch of knights and they along side with Mordred storm the quarters of Guinevere while she is with Lancelot. Lancelot with just his sword manages to not only kill Agravein but to also escape. The death of Agravein is kinda of a big deal. For one it makes Mordred furious at Lancelot since he was the sibling he was closest to and it makes the scene from adultary to adultary + murder, murder of the King's nephew no less. Arthur returns to hear what happened. He is pressured by his court to burn Guinevere at the stake for the crimes. He doesn't want to, so he has a plan. He knows that Lancelot will come to rescue her so he has a lackluster guard on the execution day. That way Lancelot can just run with Guinevere to his uncle in Gaul and there those two can live happily ever after. This shows how much trust he has on Lancelot, since he will be present too in the execution day, if Lancelot was truly a traitor he could kill Arthur easily as well as save Guinevere. The execution day comes. And Arthur has Gareth and Gaheris escort Guinevere to be burned. They refuse to wear their armor because they don't want to escort a defenseless lady to her death as knights. As expected Lancelot shows up he cuts through everyone from him to his love, including Gareth and Gaheris who were actually cheering for him. Since they didn't wear any armor they die instantly. Now this is the even that ruins everything. Once Gawain hears about this, he gets furious. Agravein was a dick so Gawain didn't give a shit about him. But he loved Gareth and Gaheris. He gathers literally every other knight and demand Arthur seek revenge. Arthur pressured by his fellow knights does, which enrages Mordred. Mordred lost 3 brothers whom he loved deeply, 3 brothers that were Arthur's nephews and yet from the Mordred POV all that Arthur seems to care is about loosing Lancelot. That changes him. And he now feels the same rage against Lancelot, against Arthur. Guinevere is so horrified by the death Lancelot has caused on her name and refuses to leave with him. She has feels so much regret that she just leaves Lancelot and returns to Arthur so he can kill her, she feels so much guilt that she actually wanted to be burned at the stake so that she may atone, but Arthur doesn't want to, so for know he decided to limit her on London Tower until he finishes his campaing against Lancelot in Gaul. While Gawain and Arthur are in Gaul fighting Lancelot. Mordred usurps Camelot. Once Arthur learns about this he returns, fighting happens in which Gawain is mortally wounded by Mordred. On his deathbed he writes to Lancelot, forgiving him for accidentally killing his brothers and asks to once again return to help their king against the usurper. Lancelot upon receiving the letter, immediately rushes back to Britain. Only to find everything in ruin, he was too late. Only he and Guinivere remain. Who despite having no one left to challenge their forbidden love, part ways. As two broken people forever hunted by guilt till the end of their days. And that was how a children's book about knights ended! Damn I love that book. You gotta love it when Greeks reimagine classic stories, we add so much tragedy!

  • @andrewrowland3546

    @andrewrowland3546

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much just a summary of the final act of La Morte d'Arthur.

  • @xxcoolgasment2534

    @xxcoolgasment2534

    Жыл бұрын

    What is the name of the book? It seems very interesting.

  • @juniperrs

    @juniperrs

    11 ай бұрын

    thats actually so interesting that by the end they both decide its enough and walk away from eachother, whats the name of this specific version??

  • @vanigliaperiwinkle

    @vanigliaperiwinkle

    11 ай бұрын

    Could you tell us the name?

  • @iwannareadforever8185

    @iwannareadforever8185

    11 ай бұрын

    What is the name of this book?

  • @CyreneDuVent
    @CyreneDuVent10 ай бұрын

    Love knowing that a major founding work in Arthurian legend was an abandoned fanfic. The world truly never changes

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma4 жыл бұрын

    I love how everyone is mad at Percival for doing exactly what he was told to do.

  • @novameowww

    @novameowww

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't do the thing (Doesn't do the thing) YOU ABSOLUTE BUFFOON

  • @rbl4112

    @rbl4112

    4 жыл бұрын

    8:53

  • @wildcardjoey4776

    @wildcardjoey4776

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, it wasn't anyone at the banquet who told him that. It was some guy he traded with to get a horse.

  • @Ribbons0121R121

    @Ribbons0121R121

    4 жыл бұрын

    because *_P L O T_*

  • @ariaphoenix2760

    @ariaphoenix2760

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ribbons0121 R121 Why shouldn’t you speak? Oh, well that would solve the problem easily and be a really boring story, so shut your mouth and go on a quest that could potentially get you killed but will be way more entertaining. YAY! P L O T C O N V E N I E N C E ! ! !

  • @tokusatsukeyblade797
    @tokusatsukeyblade7973 жыл бұрын

    Merlin: *Agrees to teach Nivian magic in an attempt to woo her over* Nivian: I’m gonna do what’s called a Pro Gamer move.

  • @thedumbdog1964

    @thedumbdog1964

    3 жыл бұрын

    Put him in a rock

  • @CainTheMain

    @CainTheMain

    3 жыл бұрын

    Merlin: *Has power of prophecy* Nivian: *Uses secrets to seal him away* Merlin: I did not see that coming.

  • @esuterunokitsune3556

    @esuterunokitsune3556

    3 жыл бұрын

    OR, maybe a pro gaymer move...

  • @WTMR-FM

    @WTMR-FM

    3 жыл бұрын

    girls gays and theys, write that down

  • @julianarwen

    @julianarwen

    3 жыл бұрын

    “WHOS BEEN MESSING UP EVERYTHING? ITS BEEN NIVIAN ALL ALONG!”

  • @petermoon3628
    @petermoon3628 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised you did not cover the more recent versions and how they covered such important new elements to the story like a lack of horses, coconuts brought in by swallow and the now extinct killer bunny...

  • @dj_koen1265

    @dj_koen1265

    Жыл бұрын

    Idk I distinctly remember the horses in that version

  • @danielhuelsman76
    @danielhuelsman762 жыл бұрын

    6:28 This part is incredibly useful for explaining what courtly love entails, and I have no idea why nobody else on KZread has explained it like this.

  • @kaiserwilhelmii674
    @kaiserwilhelmii6745 жыл бұрын

    So a *French* OC ruined a marriage? Imagine my shock.

  • @fritzvoss5263

    @fritzvoss5263

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ehrenmann

  • @artoriasbenoit

    @artoriasbenoit

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think we all can agree, France would've been better off if it stood with the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne died

  • @CatroiOz

    @CatroiOz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@artoriasbenoit Blame the Franks' retarded idea that sons should divide the realm of their father's equally between them instead of the eldest inheriting all

  • @blackmonish

    @blackmonish

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CatroiOz Thank you... I would look at the shifting national barriers at that time and wondered how it all got chopped up so fast (other than, you know... Franks and Goths stuff) that makes so much more sense now. I'm big on history, but I'm still making my way through post fall of western Rome to Holy Roman Empire period. Appreciate that bit of knowledge man.

  • @blackmonish

    @blackmonish

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@artoriasbenoit I'm sure they thought they could throw enough axes to make all their problems go away. It worked with Rome... kind of. Lol

  • @starbird3939
    @starbird39394 жыл бұрын

    “It would be a poly-armory” ... DID YOU JUST PUN?!

  • @SatireDepartment

    @SatireDepartment

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sinful

  • @Ribbons0121R121

    @Ribbons0121R121

    4 жыл бұрын

    of course

  • @tcarrotgaming1639

    @tcarrotgaming1639

    4 жыл бұрын

    She has punned. She shall be *pun*ished. Wait....

  • @SeppelSquirrel

    @SeppelSquirrel

    4 жыл бұрын

    I died at that point. 🤣

  • @Void-cn6rn

    @Void-cn6rn

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was really great in a few ways.

  • @davidthetraveler1466
    @davidthetraveler14662 жыл бұрын

    You know, the whole Lancelot and Galahad comparison feels like someone wrote a really popular fanfic with an OC that everybody likes, causing him to get incorporated into other people's stories, but that one writer later on thinks is not all that good and really rather bad and toxic and so writes their own fanfic with their own OC that creates consequences for the first one and shows what they think is arguably a much better and more wholesome character in response.

  • @QuiescentCookie
    @QuiescentCookie2 жыл бұрын

    I find it staggering how you managed to cover king Arthur without talking about his inclusion in Y Mabinogion which is a collection of welsh tales written down in the 14th century (red book of Hergest etc) which are retellings and writing down of the much earlier welsh oral tradition and where these myths came from (post roman Britain culture) i grew up with the welsh tellings of many of these tales. Quick handy guide for translation for you for the above welsh names btw - Myrddin Wyllt - wild merlin (or merlin the wild) Caledfwlch - caled = hard and bwlch = gap but bwlch may have had another meaning in old welsh. I'm a first language Welsh speaker and wholeheartedly reccomend translations of the mabinogi to anyone who's interested also. Also Cadwaladr is quite a famous old welsh king here. ETA i saw in a later video apologising about not knowing about welsh mythology and an explanation which is grand. Also if you want a hand with welsh pronunciation I'm willing to send recordings of me saying stuff for you both.

  • @sockpuppetqueen

    @sockpuppetqueen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey if you're on Twitter, you could try reaching OSP there to offer your Welsh pronunciation skills! I doubt red's gonna be reading comments on a year old video, but Twitter might actually work

  • @QuiescentCookie

    @QuiescentCookie

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sockpuppetqueen cheers for the suggestion, I only use twitter for work stuff though.

  • @bib4eto656

    @bib4eto656

    2 жыл бұрын

    In uni, I took a 2 week course in Arthurian Legends, and I was thinking "wait, wasn't the Grail actually introduced in the older Welsh tales, but a bit different?". Might be wrong thought, it was quite a long time ago.

  • @ConvincingPeople

    @ConvincingPeople

    Жыл бұрын

    I was about to say this! The way that the Grail is framed in the Mabinogion is really interesting and weird and I was surprised to see that it wasn't touched upon, so I'm glad they came back to it later.

  • @char1211

    @char1211

    Жыл бұрын

    For someone who doesn't want to learn Welsh but would like to be a bit better at estimating how y'all pronounce things, what's up with words that don't contain any vowels? Are there any easy ways to figure out their pronunciation? Swedish is my mother tongue so I usually default to that when I'm unsure about Welsh/Irish/Gaelic but when there aren't any vowels I don't even know where to start.

  • @addisonhamilton3382
    @addisonhamilton33823 жыл бұрын

    You know who I feel worst for in all of this? Arthur's younger sister Anna, who is mentioned once and never again.

  • @isabellp.5730

    @isabellp.5730

    3 жыл бұрын

    Someone should write a book from her perspective.

  • @genevieveowusu885

    @genevieveowusu885

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to think about that.

  • @kaboomgaming4255

    @kaboomgaming4255

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait he has a sister?! Is this like the Peggy thing from Hamilton?

  • @genevieveowusu885

    @genevieveowusu885

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaboomgaming4255 Basically.

  • @addisonhamilton3382

    @addisonhamilton3382

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaboomgaming4255 4:03

  • @asfm2
    @asfm24 жыл бұрын

    We then: "Exaltation of the Beloved Lady" We now: "Simp"

  • @ahmedamine24

    @ahmedamine24

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, it's a toxic mindset.

  • @MarcoFire820g

    @MarcoFire820g

    3 жыл бұрын

    who would think that modern perspective would turn Lancelot, the original Gary Stu, into the lowest of the low

  • @AdamaGeist

    @AdamaGeist

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, to be brutally honest the idea of Courtly Love includes two very important points. One, that the person you love also loves you in return (which is why it's not SUPPOSED To be a simp, it's supposed to be MUTUAL Pining) and two (which Lancelot fucks up with) is that you're never ACTUALLY supposed to obtain the one you love. Which is the problem with the Lancelot stories, because oh yeah he does fuck Gwenevere. Every chance they get. It ceases to be courtly love and becomes 'We shouldn't, but we lack the moral character to stop'.

  • @IONATVS

    @IONATVS

    3 жыл бұрын

    AdamaGeist Actually, like half of courtly love stories are unrequited-the beloved lady doesn’t want anything to do with the creep who keeps sending her sappy loveletters and breaking into the mansion of the husband-who even if she doesn’t like at least isn’t being a stalker and has the means to support her-and so she sends him on impossible quests hoping he’ll just die and get out of her hair forever. Which ofc to the French Romantics turned the “love is desire never to be fulfilled” aspect up to 11, so they could think of the creep as even *more* of a tragic figure as he’s such a “nice guy” but she just “can’t see it.” 🤢 Thankfully Lance isn’t THAT kind of courtly love story.

  • @cooperross9495

    @cooperross9495

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not "we." Just a bunch of internet misogynists.

  • @ekoi1995
    @ekoi19952 жыл бұрын

    1:55 We don't know if Arthur existed 2:30 Phase 1: Annales Cambriae 3:05 Phase 2: Geoffrey of Monmouth ∟3:17 1100's Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regem Britanniae ∟3:17 Cadwallader ∟3:50 Merlin helps Uther bang Igerna by shape-shifting him to look like Gorlois ∟3:59 Arthur was conceived ∟4:27 Mordred marries Guinevere and usurps the throne ∟4:44 Caleddfwlch -> Caliburn -> excalibur 5:14 Phase 3: Chretien de Troyes ∟5:32 Lancelot du Lac ∟5:47 Grail Coutly Love ∟6:28 Love for love's sake the idea that you pursue love simply because you are in love ∟6:37 exaltation of the beloved lady exactly what is says on the tin ∟6:45 the ennobling power of love, the idea that love makes you a better, more noble person ∟6:49 unfulfilled desire: the idea that courtly love doesn't have a win condition, you just keep it going for its own sake ∟7:05 First Crusade ∟8:16 Guinvere is married to Arthur, but she's in love with Lancelot ∟8:41 The Wounded King ∟8:53 Percival ∟9:04 Afterwards, one of the courtiers angrily tells him that if he'd just asked who the Grail was for and why the lance was bleeding, the Fisher King's injury would be healed and they'd have all been saved. 9:23 Phase 4: The Vulgate Cycle ∟9:40 Thomas Malory ∟10:06 Myrddin Wyllt ∟10:11 Aurelius Ambrosius (Emrys Wledig) ∟10:19 Merlin son of a virgin and an incubus. ∟10:26 baptized baby Merlin and saved him from potential Antichristness ∟10:53 pulling excalibur ∟11:04 falls in love with Niviane 11:23 The Holy Grail ∟11:23 Galahad - illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine ∟13:21 Morgan Le Fay ∟14:11 Gawain and the Green Knight ∟15:20 Mordred fails too marry Guinvere because she hides from him in the Tower of London ∟15:41 moral of the Vulgate is adultery is bad ∟16:30 The stories were getting more Pagan elements at the same time more Christian elements 17:09 Phase 5: The Lull 17:38 Phase 6: Nostalgia

  • @gabrielgonzalez3462

    @gabrielgonzalez3462

    6 ай бұрын

    People like you are amazing and thank you

  • @omegabet3912

    @omegabet3912

    5 ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing note taking, thank you.

  • @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892
    @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892 Жыл бұрын

    Was kinda wondering when you would mention Fate. Also, for those wondering, despite Arthur(or Artoria in this) being a girl, Fate provides a really good and cohesive version of Arthurian mythos. Artoria being a female is addressed, and worked seamlessly into the myths, and is more than just waifu bait. The version presented by Fate fleshes out details of the myth, such as how Arthur would act and think if raised and trained from such a young age to be the ideal, fair, perfect king, or how Lancelot's downfall occurred, writing his affair as wrong, but not writing him as truly evil. They also show a rather interesting depiction of Mordred. I suggest either watching Fate/Zero(that's what the clip was from) or just reading the wiki entries for their characters, which actually go into a lot of detail, more even than the anime.(due probably to the visual novels and FGO). Fate draws from tons of historical settings, and a lot of mythos, and is really skilled at adding new twists to classic characters, without compromising the identity.

  • @shawnfrostick8417

    @shawnfrostick8417

    Жыл бұрын

    As a Fate fan myself, I do agree with everything, even the part on Mordred….until you remember why we call Merlin the Cock Wizard.

  • @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892

    @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shawnfrostick8417 I feel like that just makes Mordred's depiction more interesting

  • @TheNapster153

    @TheNapster153

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said, sir. Even after Apocrypha's design, I considered the Camlann flashback in DEEN's Fate/Stay Night to be the best interpretation , that image of Mordred's helm shattering to reveal an almost duplicate of Artoria is beautifully haunting image that expresses a form of trauma Artoria may have gotten from the battle. Mordreds likeness in that seen also better served to put salt on the injury that at the end of the day, it was noneother than the king that became the downfall of their own realm.

  • @spookychicken9978

    @spookychicken9978

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not entirely sure I can agree with the "not just waifu bait" all things about fate considered. Like I actually really enjoy fate and find it fascinating but a lot of it is a more or less compelling story built on the foundation of waifu bait.

  • @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892

    @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spookychicken9978 2 things 1: if we are talking Fate/Stay Night, considering the original story was an adult visual novel, it's come far. 2: if we are talking FGO, then what did you expect from anime gacha mobile game?

  • @rougestarlight4308
    @rougestarlight43085 жыл бұрын

    Are you tryna tell me that the whole Arthur mythos is a colab between fan-fic writters?? *There's still hope for me!!!*

  • @ecurewitz

    @ecurewitz

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, there was no collaboration, it was a bunch of fan-fic writers adding shit independently of each other

  • @anadaere6861

    @anadaere6861

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everybody know king Arthur but what if King Arthur was a lady That had a dick at one point, and got laid by his sister And got a "son" that is a woman And weilds a spear that made her thicc Etc

  • @anadaere6861

    @anadaere6861

    4 жыл бұрын

    @mika tepes I tip my hat from one legend to another

  • @Tyler.Burleson

    @Tyler.Burleson

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@anadaere6861 ...you mean exactly like how Arthur and Mordred are in the Fate series?

  • @jackthunderbolt4307

    @jackthunderbolt4307

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it's more of the next person finds it and adds to it

  • @waywardplanet
    @waywardplanet5 жыл бұрын

    Y’all ever made an OC so perfect he survives actual centuries to the point that he’s basically integral to actual canon And ends up having an even more perfect OC son that IS LITERALLY DRAGGED UP TO HEAVEN BECAUSE HE’S SO PERFECT AND THAT SHIT _STILL BECOMES CANON_ Imagine the entirety of AO3 being debated by an entire parliament of stuffy old people with robotic limbs and shit because nobody can agree upon whether or not Ebony Dark’ness Dementia is part of the Harry Potter canon.

  • @sidhatter252

    @sidhatter252

    4 жыл бұрын

    BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

  • @illym

    @illym

    4 жыл бұрын

    @caro d. I hate that you're right.

  • @panicontheargo7034

    @panicontheargo7034

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine? I’d love to live long enough to see that.

  • @abc-qh5fc

    @abc-qh5fc

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was about to reply 'Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way' before I read more, you my friend are incredible

  • @ahmedamine24

    @ahmedamine24

    4 жыл бұрын

    How about David Monroe? Or Milo Amastacia-Liadon? Or Dumblecop, of the Darkmeal?

  • @navada4789
    @navada47898 ай бұрын

    “What the heck Jeffery, that’s not even slightly historically viable!” Same Blue omg-

  • @lupin2361
    @lupin23614 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love Merlin. Not only because he’s literally just an Istari in Middle-Earth terms, but also bc he’s chaotically relatable. This can be evidenced in his christianized portrayal of being a failed antichrist, where he takes Arthur under his wing to edubecate him on his journey (Not as a father/Uncle figure, but more like that one super cool professor all of us have had who straight up makes us their sidekick). One of my favorite tropes is Merlin being a grump & a recluse when asked for help, yet immediately changing his entire demeanor at the mere mention of the word “magic” (not only do I see magic as Merlin’s one true hyper-fixation in life, but I’m fairly certain it’s his trigger word, causing him to devolve into what’s essentially just Jack Black).

  • @StrikaAmaru
    @StrikaAmaru4 жыл бұрын

    The Arthurian mythos: several separate layers of recursive fanfiction, each adding its own super-awesome Gary Stu, each more Gary Stu than the previous. (edit: for 2 years, this comment sat at the top of the pile, and only now I noticed that I've written Arhurian instead of Arthurian).

  • @zekeram129

    @zekeram129

    4 жыл бұрын

    Coming up next: Sir Jonathan, a nobleman born much later than the rest, who at a young age gained a very abusive step-brother who killed his dog and stole his love's first kiss. Seven years later, he discovers that an ancient mask his family owns reacts to blood. However, so did his step-brother, and he discovers that it can create vampires. Jonathan's step-brother becomes a vampire and creates armies of the undead to rule the world, and Sir Jonathan must stop him. Oh by the way, Jonathan's step-brother is named Dio Brando.

  • @helltubejackie1086

    @helltubejackie1086

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zekeram129 question: is Erina, his first love a mary sue?

  • @zekeram129

    @zekeram129

    4 жыл бұрын

    oh boy I dunno. But I'd say that the side characters, such as Mr. Speedwagon, were so well written.

  • @helltubejackie1086

    @helltubejackie1086

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zekeram129 Mr. Speedawagon is kind of like Gawain, except he's the ideal Male body, and he was the one who lifted up Gawain. But that's just what I think.

  • @invisibleair2156

    @invisibleair2156

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zekeram129 speedweed

  • @camdenthompson4307
    @camdenthompson43073 жыл бұрын

    so wait, Merlin went from a Druid to "Child blessed by both heaven and hell and now is pretty much can do magic"? WHY

  • @borealsullivan5486

    @borealsullivan5486

    3 жыл бұрын

    Personally, I find latter version far more compelling. Merlin being Chaotic Good is surely a sight to behold

  • @cuckoo-clockheart

    @cuckoo-clockheart

    3 жыл бұрын

    And now marlin is a sexy witch fighting alongside sir meliodes and the 7 deadly sins against the 10 commandments 😏

  • @kaboomgaming4255

    @kaboomgaming4255

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cuckoo-clockheart huh

  • @Lucifer_26

    @Lucifer_26

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cuckoo-clockheart great anime 👌

  • @elig6791

    @elig6791

    3 жыл бұрын

    Personally I go with the legend of Dinas emrys. Where Merlin was supposed to be sacrificed to god because vortigerns (one of the many princes in Wales) castle kept falling down. Merlin explain it was because of two dragons fighting in a pool under the hill Vortigern was building building his fancy new castle on. So they dug into the side of the mountain and there where two dragons fighting. One red (the welsh) and one white (the Anglo-saxons) after three days the dragons stopped fighting because the white dragon flew away with a rather large hole in the side of its neck. See this myth is symbolic of the welsh fighting against Anglo Saxon conquest. Very symbolic, and may I say Merlin was between the age of 5-8 so go read the Mabinogion. It’s actually really interesting and welsh mythology is sick af! This story is also why the welsh have a cool kick ass dragon in their flag

  • @frostbite0707
    @frostbite07072 жыл бұрын

    The version of The Green knight I read from a British literature book, had the trial of the Green knight a test to see if Arthur and his knights were noble and honest. In fact, they go out of their way to describe Morgan as a benevelent but ultimately neutral Character to Arthur. She doesn't antagonize him because she hates him but to see if he is actually worthy of the throne and is upholding his moral obligations.

  • @templarw20
    @templarw202 жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough, this video reinforces the massacre I did to the mythos as backstory of an urban fantasy story (backstory only, main characters are a descendant of Morgan and a guy who finds Excalibur). Short form... "Arthur" was two separate people that Merlin was advisor to, Morganna was the McCoy to Merlin's Spock and 2nd Arthur's Kirk, Guinevere was a semi-fay shapeshifter and WAS the Green Knight, and Lancelot never existed. So, seems like I'm in good company. Oh yeah, Mordred only gets a mention of "I'm not sure WHO he was, but whatever he did set Merlin's plans back a couple centuries."

  • @sylendraws1249
    @sylendraws12496 жыл бұрын

    Fantasy Politics **Guy* *pulls* *a* *sword* *out* *of* *a* *stone** Random person: That Guy should rule our country!

  • @Crystalgate

    @Crystalgate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Except for discworld. In discworld, the people realize that it's the guy who put the sword into the rock who did the hardest work.

  • @InquisitorThomas

    @InquisitorThomas

    6 жыл бұрын

    SylenDraws In the 19th century the way they selected royalty was also pretty weird, a lot of Kingdoms that were formed Europe (mostly recently independent chunks of the Balkans that the Ottoman Empire coughed up in its prolonged death throws) often just invited random Germans nobles to be Kings without actually having to know anything about the country they’re going to rule, looking back it’s kind of bizarre.

  • @666melodeath666

    @666melodeath666

    6 жыл бұрын

    “You can’t Expect to wield supreme power because Some Watery Tart threw a sword at you”

  • @Ladazotz

    @Ladazotz

    6 жыл бұрын

    "Well i didn't vote for him!" congratulations if you got that reference you have comedic taste

  • @Healermain15

    @Healermain15

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's THE PROPHECY! *guitar riff*

  • @DeathnoteBB
    @DeathnoteBB5 жыл бұрын

    Fisher King: Don’t talk too much Percival: Okay Courtier: _Why didn’t you ask what this weird shit is for_

  • @Graycata

    @Graycata

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is like that cliche where a woman screams at her boyfriend to leave and when he does, she gets Huffy because he left

  • @radiomoon3659

    @radiomoon3659

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bawhahahahah

  • @lissaquon607

    @lissaquon607

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man Percival was just being genre savvy. When weird fae folks tell you not to do a thing - you usually arent supposed to do the opposite.

  • @DeathnoteBB

    @DeathnoteBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also its at 8:53 Forgot what my comment was even about so I had to find the part again lmao

  • @jsange
    @jsange Жыл бұрын

    The Christianified Merlin is literally just a shonen protagonist. That's really cool.

  • @SlimRhyno
    @SlimRhyno Жыл бұрын

    I genuinely loved your rendition of "If Ever I Would Leave You." It is such an epically beautiful song, and your version was certainly no exception. So, I guess I'm trying to say thank you for recording it and putting it in video. Sorry, that song makes me feel things, and I'm not great with that, but I thought it was worth my uncomfortable stumbling to let you know that I really did love your version.

  • @MajorMalfunction
    @MajorMalfunction4 жыл бұрын

    So basically the mediaeval English invented the highschool romance anime.

  • @jacobandrews2663

    @jacobandrews2663

    3 жыл бұрын

    oof

  • @Nzosaba_Matenge

    @Nzosaba_Matenge

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just like the Irish basically creating Shounen anime with Cu Culain

  • @ac1281

    @ac1281

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Nzosaba_Matenge U mean seinen. I don't think shounen anime will show a man tieing himself to a rock using his intestines.

  • @quintonclothier6171

    @quintonclothier6171

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ac1281 Early Cu Culain seems to be incredibly shounen. Later Cu Culain, yes, VERY Seinen. However, I think that Fionn MacCunhail is more Shounen protagonist. Raised by specific people in the woods who train him, has awesomeness genetically encoded into him, goes out to honor his Father's memory, asks to join really cool fighty group, fights magic dude, leads fighty men, other stuff happens. Those two feel quite Shounen separately, but would just be a Shounen if they were combined.

  • @Nzosaba_Matenge

    @Nzosaba_Matenge

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ac1281 Fist of the North star was Shonen so maybe it would have been a Shonen in the 80s

  • @exquisitecorpse__
    @exquisitecorpse__4 жыл бұрын

    "Let's not go to Camelot." "Tis a silly place."

  • @bodavidson2804

    @bodavidson2804

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spamalot!

  • @vay5540

    @vay5540

    4 жыл бұрын

    “Strange women lying in ponds is no basis for a system of government!”

  • @broomy1610

    @broomy1610

    4 жыл бұрын

    European or African swallow?

  • @betsyb

    @betsyb

    4 жыл бұрын

    ni!

  • @evetrevena4309

    @evetrevena4309

    4 жыл бұрын

    i love all of you

  • @shukilevyandbrookesheildsl2638
    @shukilevyandbrookesheildsl2638 Жыл бұрын

    I think it amusing that even after finding herself and becoming a better person, she neglected to correct a major deed she did to Arthur by retrieving the scabbard of Excalibur that she stole and threw into a lake. It kept him from being mortally wounded in battle. So not having it in his final battle against Mordred really did screw him over.

  • @sullivankaldwin
    @sullivankaldwin9 ай бұрын

    I’d hate for my professor to find out that you broke down an entire semester of an introduction to Arthuriana into a very well written 24 minute video 😅

  • @Red-mg4ro
    @Red-mg4ro3 жыл бұрын

    Me: I want to learn more about Arthurian legends and history! *Sees how inconsistent, slanted, and convoluted it is* Me: On second thought let's not go to Camelot. Tis a silly place.

  • @slewinterful

    @slewinterful

    3 жыл бұрын

    MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE

  • @chadfalardeau5396

    @chadfalardeau5396

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been studying Arthurian legends half of my life. Trust me Red and Blue are just giving us the Cliff notes.

  • @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial

    @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    behold, Fate! [dies]

  • @samvidas9599
    @samvidas95995 жыл бұрын

    "Everyone knows Merlin, but what if Merlin was a skinny British kid?" *The Kid Who Would Be King raised you one*

  • @tompatterson1548

    @tompatterson1548

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sam Vidas no he couldn’t because of the act of settlement

  • @jessecollins3652

    @jessecollins3652

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why was Merlin an old man pretending to be a child in that movie?

  • @boohooter23

    @boohooter23

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jessecollins3652 Ikr like if that scenario happened irl Merlin would probably end up being on multiple sex offender registries

  • @JP-sm4cs

    @JP-sm4cs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@boohooter23 true, but I think having the literal anti-christ who's evil destiny was avoided by dunking him in some holy water, making him a near omnipotent autistic wizard instead would be a bit much for a kids movie. That said, I really want that to be made into a film some day.

  • @JacklynHuynh

    @JacklynHuynh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jesse Collins Lol he wasn’t. They just made Merlin the same age as Arthur in BBC’s Merlin

  • @Chachoune963
    @Chachoune963 Жыл бұрын

    About both King Arthur becoming a mythos moreso than history, and oddly enough French fanfics, I want to point out France fairly recently had some sort of adaptation of the myth that kinda became a staple in french TV comedy. It's simply named Kaamelott and is kind of a sitcom about a burnt out King Arthur having to deal with his knights and Merlin's shenanigans. Just wanted to mention that and I would gladly recommend the show BUT it's humor is extremely french and I don't think there's an official dub or sub anyways.

  • @Danielle-tn1qi
    @Danielle-tn1qi2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the best Arthur-Gwen-Lance triad and Mordred thing modern adaption is 'High Noon at Camelot' by the Mechanisms. IT'S WONDERFUL AND EVERYONE SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM

  • @kestreldomann2787

    @kestreldomann2787

    Жыл бұрын

    YES MECHANISMS ARE SO GOOD

  • @marsmallow7245

    @marsmallow7245

    Жыл бұрын

    YES IT MADE ME CRY EVERYONE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO IT

  • @Athena963

    @Athena963

    11 ай бұрын

    I was looking for this comment!

  • @BlueCat201X

    @BlueCat201X

    7 ай бұрын

    YES HELLO I KNEW I'D FIND THE MECHS FANS HERE!!! Not me watching this video specifically to better understand what the hell is going on in High Noon Over Camelot (I was largely unfamiliar with the details of the Arthurian canon before)

  • @cyansilver3894

    @cyansilver3894

    6 ай бұрын

    YES YES YES YES

  • @eatinganemone89
    @eatinganemone895 жыл бұрын

    Me: Wait…so Uther, was shapeshifted into a womans husband so he could bang her? Why does that sound familiar?……WAIT A MINUTE! *rips off Uthers face, revealing Zeus* Me: *gasp* I KNEW IT! He was Zeus all along!

  • @callianr6980

    @callianr6980

    5 жыл бұрын

    Eatinganemone89 Dear God, that explains so much! Now I got this unsafe in my head of Camelot being a British Camp Half Blood. Which would actually be a cool story to read now that I think about it.

  • @teal_m_101

    @teal_m_101

    5 жыл бұрын

    Zeus: "Damn"

  • @willow1wisp

    @willow1wisp

    5 жыл бұрын

    "And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids."

  • @RadioFade

    @RadioFade

    5 жыл бұрын

    you know Monmouth probably lifted the idea straight from Greek Myth, it was very in vogue at the time!

  • @KitKatHexe

    @KitKatHexe

    5 жыл бұрын

    69th like noice

  • @Danc929
    @Danc9294 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to learn about King Arthur and ended up reading a 800000 word visual novel over the course of a year and a half

  • @charliemcfadden5882

    @charliemcfadden5882

    3 жыл бұрын

    h.....homestuck?

  • @Danc929

    @Danc929

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@charliemcfadden5882 fate stay night

  • @taipusuisei1355

    @taipusuisei1355

    3 жыл бұрын

    at least you also learned about the Epic of Gilgamesh too

  • @soyize7732

    @soyize7732

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@taipusuisei1355 and cu chulainn

  • @maracabo1176

    @maracabo1176

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fate Stay Night ?

  • @davidmouser596
    @davidmouser5962 жыл бұрын

    Yep, Arthurian literature is at heart mostly ancient fan fiction but some things to consider: 1) The Romano/British Governor (cant remember which) who stayed behind was nick named Merlin as he was considered a wise old bird (i.e. he could think beyond breakfast.) 2) Pendragon most likely referred to the chief commander of the Romano British levies which followed Dragon standards (especially the cavalry) 3) Malory's 'Le Morte D Arthure' and other post 1066 literature was based upon a character who was an enemy of the SAXONs who where the defeated enemies of the ruling NORMAN aristocracy. 4) After 1066 all the Saxon literature was destroyed (except for the Saxon chronical & Beowulf) and the original Roman/Celtic lore was rewritten (Christianised).

  • @nora5217
    @nora5217 Жыл бұрын

    Every now and then i remember the mechanisms' take on arthurian myth, which set the whole thing on a wild west-themed space station, had Lancelot/Guenivere/Arthur as a poly(armored) triad, gave everybody guns, and had Mordred as Arthur's son (who was born as his daughter Morgause, and grew up and transitioned after being rescued by saxons from a Donner Party-level disaster of which he and gawain were the only survivors). also galahad was a preacher whose brain was (literally) fried by visions of the G.R.A.I.L. (which was the password to the station's extremely damaged and disused systems) which would allow the... protagonists... to power the engines and drive it away from the sun, except that mordred who went mad with grief after gawain went mad in general and killed all the saxons who raised him, killed arthur/guenivere/lancelot after they found the grail and drove the whole station into the sun, because reasons. also it was a musical and there were tarot themes!

  • @yohane-samaslittledemon5902
    @yohane-samaslittledemon59025 жыл бұрын

    It's funny to know that Fate's version of Merlin as a half-incubus clairvoyant magic womanizer bishie actually has a basis aside from the bishie part.

  • @rainierjudedandoy5455

    @rainierjudedandoy5455

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yohane-sama's Little Demon which you always borrow from your friend.

  • @MrGksarathy

    @MrGksarathy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually, the bishie part also has basis because Merlin could alter his appearance at will, since he variously appeared to Arthur as an old man, a young boy, and a young man.

  • @Brutalyte616

    @Brutalyte616

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's also a cock wizard. This is canon.

  • @Simmlex

    @Simmlex

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wackyname6445 The familiar who happens to be one of the beasts of humanity, yeah XD

  • @Simmlex

    @Simmlex

    4 жыл бұрын

    @mika tepes It's set in a world where mages and mythologies are real, Vampires are a thing, you can have eyes that see the weak point of things, the planets have personifications and dead heroes get sent outside of time and THAT'S what you get hung up on?

  • @from-a-venusian-closet
    @from-a-venusian-closet3 жыл бұрын

    I love the fact that one of the most respected legends of our time is almost entirely made up of ancient fan fiction.

  • @planetnydro
    @planetnydro2 жыл бұрын

    15:01 concitering the fact that I don't know the full story here, I would like to assume Morgan captured Lancelot, who kept loudly complaining. In an attempt to shut him up, she just threw a box of chalk at him to get him to stop talking. Which he uses to VERY DESCRIPTIVLY record every little part of his affair with Guinevere upon his cell walls. Morgan just gets fed up and threw him out. I know that's almost definitely NOT the original context for this part of the story, but it's probably a lot funnier than the original version. I really gotta look into these old legends!

  • @lovefromwonderland
    @lovefromwonderland Жыл бұрын

    Arthurian myth is very hard to research. I wanted to write a story that was a prequel prequel. Like before even Uther Pendragon but it’s really hard when everyone has like seven sisters and forty grandchildren.

  • @avmrb42
    @avmrb422 жыл бұрын

    In medieval times it was traditional that a nephew would be a pretty close figure to the uncle, as people would send their kids to their more successful uncles to be trained by them at around age 12 and that would be a natural transition into adulthood, for people who had more successful brothers. for the kid it was almost an adoption process, where the father figure would be shifted towards the uncle. So Arthur would be extremelly close to Mordred by those standards especially considering Arthur had no sons and Mordred being the son of his sister was next in line for the succession of the throne.

  • @andyknightwarden9746

    @andyknightwarden9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    Arthur had three legitimate sons, the last of whom died in the Strife of Camlann. Llacheu (no, I have no idea how that was pronounced), who was killed by Sir Kay (yes, Arthur's _foster brother_ killed him) so he could claim the glory the prince had won in slaying a giant, Loholt, who was killed by magic and haunted his tomb as a fey ghost, and Durant, who died the same day Mordred did, possibly even killed _by Mordred._

  • @stanrogers5613

    @stanrogers5613

    2 жыл бұрын

    Under tanistry, a nephew would be more likely be selected as the next king than a son. The primogenitur thing didn't really start happening until late in the Anglo-Saxon/Danish period (and even that was a witan decision in the end), and wasn't a settled matter until after the Norman conquest.

  • @lersgob74

    @lersgob74

    2 жыл бұрын

    See also Eomer and Theoden in LotR.

  • @durrangodsgrief6503

    @durrangodsgrief6503

    Жыл бұрын

    If I remember right gawain is the older brother of mordred making him the next in line

  • @dennisgray2704

    @dennisgray2704

    Жыл бұрын

    But remember, he’s dead.💀

  • @Emily-tv1iz
    @Emily-tv1iz3 жыл бұрын

    Why does the line "What if Merlin was a skinny British kid" get me every time. It's such a perfect delivery

  • @Ajehy

    @Ajehy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been reading Merlin fanfic a lot really. The cycle of adaptation continues!

  • @slevinchannel7589

    @slevinchannel7589

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...All this talk about Cheating being thought-to-be-okay and then changing into the objectively better "Be loyal to your wife already, dimwit!" is reminding me of all the Polygamy-Propaganda nowadays. People get (on varying levels) more and more into the idea that Polygamy is ok - or more. Or actually awesome - or more. And the most intense say it's the nature of all humans and everyone who doesnt do it is a stupid Loser (no kidding, some say this). Yeah, some even outright insult Monogamy and say it's outdated and should die already. Well, i answer to that: "No, Polygamy should die already."

  • @andreahardin7521

    @andreahardin7521

    3 жыл бұрын

    BBC Merlon??

  • @andreahardin7521

    @andreahardin7521

    3 жыл бұрын

    merlin??

  • @WASDLeftClick

    @WASDLeftClick

    3 жыл бұрын

    Idk where you’re getting that from, unless you’re conflating polygamy with casual sex and/or free love. Polygamy is still very stigmatized in most communities, and even the more casual polyamory is still pretty uncommon and often derided. Casual sex is pretty common these days, but it always has been. The difference is people are more open about it and a lot less ashamed due to the rise of secularism/atheism and the rejection of traditional ideas about sex and relationships in favor of a philosophy of mutual respect and consent. Basically, times are a changin’ and you can either fight it fruitlessly or come along for the ride. You don’t have to drop your own ideals to coexist with others who have different ideals.

  • @carlottarosetta4236
    @carlottarosetta42362 жыл бұрын

    Can... Can you go into more depth on the Merlin ageing backwards thing please? This video was excellent, thank you so much, I really have been finding it very difficult to find a starting point for Arthurian Legend. I really would love another video on the history of Merlin though because I have heard so many different versions of his backstory and I have no idea which is which!

  • @cej4x

    @cej4x

    2 жыл бұрын

    Merlin, under the spelling Merlyn, ages backwards in T.H. White's series of books "The Once and Future King," an adaptation of Arthurian legend, which includes "The Sword in the Stone" that was adapted into the Disney film. This aspect hadn't been part of the character until then.

  • @yosefzanerva806
    @yosefzanerva806 Жыл бұрын

    Aunt Guinevere, are you familiar with the phrase "Incest is wincest"? That made me die laughing.

  • @jackdriscoll3993
    @jackdriscoll39933 жыл бұрын

    Every addition to and story of King Arthur can be summed up as “yes, and”

  • @SomeCrusader

    @SomeCrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    So can most mythology, really.

  • @brixitbiscuits8632

    @brixitbiscuits8632

    2 жыл бұрын

    And also often "no, and" when it comes to Lancelot.

  • @fedoramaster6035

    @fedoramaster6035

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SomeCrusader yea I was gonna say

  • @fedoramaster6035

    @fedoramaster6035

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SomeCrusader yea I was gonna say

  • @devvildogg1775
    @devvildogg17753 жыл бұрын

    OMG im dying, when Morgan shows Arthur the giant painting of Lancelot and Guinevere its like those cheaters that make videos or selfies together, IDk Lancelot is stupid. hahahahaha

  • @Ajehy

    @Ajehy

    3 жыл бұрын

    He literally posted it on his wall!

  • @Itz_the_Deet
    @Itz_the_Deet2 жыл бұрын

    I love your cover of “if ever I would leave you” it’s so good, I can’t I love it so much, I suck at putting things into words, and explaining that’s (in part) why I love your videos, your just so good at explaining

  • @mrimperium1063
    @mrimperium10632 жыл бұрын

    I think we can all agree that the Celtic elements have always been the coolest part of Arthurian legends. By the way, this video was super interesting as a way of finding out how the characters, that have featured in so many of my favorite stories, came to be the way they are.

  • @SeleneRoseRM
    @SeleneRoseRM2 жыл бұрын

    Im disappointed no one is mentioning her "poly-armory" joke

  • @Johnwicklover1994

    @Johnwicklover1994

    2 жыл бұрын

    good news, the comment under yours is about that joke

  • @atomicnectar

    @atomicnectar

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was pretty pun-ny

  • @teslaromans1023

    @teslaromans1023

    2 жыл бұрын

    For real. That joke made me cackle like a scheming Morgan

  • @Gilleban

    @Gilleban

    2 жыл бұрын

    I merely groaned...a friend of mine runs a shop in Hollywood that makes swords and armor for films (hence the goofy helmet in my profile picture) and, admittedly, it was a little funny the first 20,000 times I heard it.

  • @marcocollazo9870

    @marcocollazo9870

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought she was just saying it wrong, but this is better

  • @Flowtail
    @Flowtail3 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate how each of Mordred's appearances in this video has him looking like he needs a nap

  • @FortunateSon-mo9zi

    @FortunateSon-mo9zi

    3 жыл бұрын

    So do I, really. I've been sleeping like garbage for the past two weeks.

  • @Wrin7
    @Wrin7 Жыл бұрын

    Need more of that voice! Singing is lovely and the mythology stuff is amazingly well put together. The art is pretty fantastic too, despite being really minimalist

  • @erin8050
    @erin80502 жыл бұрын

    Arthur, smiling and holding Gweniveirs hand: This is my wife Gweniveir. Random person: who’s he then? Arthur, still smiling: That’s my wife’s boyfriend and my best friend. Gweniveir, holding both of her boytoys close: We’re all very happy. The boytoys, nodding.

  • @voivodadracula1936
    @voivodadracula19365 жыл бұрын

    Did we mention that the first written record (probably) of Arthur kinda goes like this: "There was this dude that killed like 300 dudes in battle like a total badass, but _he was no Arthur"_

  • @mrttripz3236

    @mrttripz3236

    5 жыл бұрын

    Source?

  • @voivodadracula1936

    @voivodadracula1936

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Y Gododdin

  • @rationalroundhead6739

    @rationalroundhead6739

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mrttripz3236 "He charged before three hundred of the finest, He cut down both centre and wing, He excelled in the forefront of the noblest host, He gave gifts of horses from the herd in winter. He fed black ravens on the ramparts of a fortress, *Though he was no Arthur.* Among the powerful ones in battle, In the front rank, Gwarddur was a palisade." -Y Gododdin ('B' version only), verse 38 It *might* be the earliest mention of Arthur since the original y gododdin was written sometime around 600, but was constantly revised before being written down into 2 surviving versions from the 13th century, only 1 of which contains the verse. So it's a passing reference that may not have been in the original work.

  • @TheBeastr

    @TheBeastr

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rationalroundhead6739 it's interesting to see how the Arthur figure was a Celtic warlord and more over many sources from different mythos are heavily influential impacts as well as parallels to ancient epicization of cultural heroes. Maybe Why many people say King Arthur is the British Hercules?? not me just hear it often... Anyway even the Nart Sagas have ALOT of original or as close to the original sources of many mythos. Apparently some say that the sword in the stone started from a hero on the level of demigods jabbed his lance into the ground after/or mounted atop his massive steed, with such force no other man could lift it from the earth, none, but him. (Then he proceeded to sit on the bench with the rest of the exalted guests dining and drinking from their gracious hosts. But he sat down with such weight from his colossal iron-like body that the bench's legs dug straight into the floor. This guy was a beast that would put Hercules and Maui to shame.

  • @pattheplanter

    @pattheplanter

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can make a good case for King Arthur being based on King Caractacus (Caratacus, Caradog, Caratauc), who ruled from the city of Camulodunum when Emperor Claudius invaded Britain. 450 years earlier and a different invader but we have the most powerful king in Britain at a time when there were many little kingdoms, several of which he defeated in battle. A king who did not die after his final catastrophic battle after 8 years of war with the Romans. He went away to a faraway mythical land known for its lovely apples (Rome). If you are actually interested, I wrote a long article on my blog. Just search for "some bad photos of plants".

  • @Battle_Butterfly_
    @Battle_Butterfly_3 жыл бұрын

    “Mordred, kindly get off of me.” “No, no, my Lord. As my King, I insist to rise first.” My last two brain cells when I’m waking up

  • @Vonkunken
    @Vonkunken2 жыл бұрын

    The show Merlin has one of the most obsessive and ravenous fanbases I've ever seen.

  • @Keyinei
    @Keyinei Жыл бұрын

    As a big fan of Kieron Gillen's "Once and Future" comic this video did a great job laying out the convoluted background of King Arthur and makes me appreciate the comic a lot more. Definitely recommended reading for anyone interested in reading King Arthur in a metatextual way, or just anyone who wants to watch resurrected zombie kings and knights maul each other all across modern day England. Good stuff. Also polyarmoury is IMMEDIATELY going into my personal lexicon.

  • @petermarsella6537
    @petermarsella65373 жыл бұрын

    I know it's spelled "Engla-land" but every time I hear it I just think "ah yes, angle land. Land of angles."

  • @arizonagreenbee

    @arizonagreenbee

    3 жыл бұрын

    They're really obtuse

  • @rmsgrey

    @rmsgrey

    3 жыл бұрын

    Legend has it that Pope Gregory, on encountering some foreign slaves in an Italian market and learning what people they were responded "Not Angles but angels", so puns on the name go back at least as far as the late 6th century.

  • @epauletshark3793

    @epauletshark3793

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's where it came from, the angles and the Saxons went to what would be england.

  • @firstname4097

    @firstname4097

    3 жыл бұрын

    just make the whole country in the shape of a 30-60-90 triangle, land of angles right there. or a giant unit circle, however they'd accomplish that

  • @lau_taro0037

    @lau_taro0037

    2 жыл бұрын

    If the Anglos didn't invade it England would be called by latinization Seaxland, which in turn would be anglified into Sexland

  • @paperyoshi5933
    @paperyoshi59335 жыл бұрын

    The only bomb bigger than the holly hand grenade is how ITS ALL FANFIC.

  • @microbialdoormat

    @microbialdoormat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, but mythology* And holy*

  • @fodenphilipson3492

    @fodenphilipson3492

    4 жыл бұрын

    Paper Yoshi and FAT MAN

  • @ShionChosa
    @ShionChosa2 жыл бұрын

    Mash calls Lancelot “Father” with a heart warming smile 😊. Lancelot half beaten by his daughter for being a dead beat failure of a father and being an accessory to war crimes “Please don’t call me that. My heart can’t take it.”

  • @James35142

    @James35142

    Жыл бұрын

    Not in the game.

  • @ignaeon
    @ignaeon2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite extension of this is Beyond the Red Mirror, which is possibly about a Mordred that survived the battle against king arthur, began worshiping a demonic flame and began literally burning his way across fiction in a war to free himself and others from fate. Due to the vagueness of the lyrics, he either targets the lands of forgotten stories to bring light to now dark realms, or is the reason these old stories are being forgotten in the first place. This is assuming "Imaginations from the other side" is connected to beyond the red mirror though, instead of just "and the story ends"

  • @brokenglass9814

    @brokenglass9814

    2 жыл бұрын

    ...you just made me relisten to those albums

  • @gota7738
    @gota77382 жыл бұрын

    22:08 "England's hour of need" I think we welsh/cornish/bretons deserve a whole video dedicated to our oldest brythonic stories because it sucks when you create a hero to defend your home against the invading forces only to have everyone decide that he is in fact the king of the invading force.

  • @jasonoconnor2064

    @jasonoconnor2064

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gota, as an Englishman, an Irishman, a Welsh patriot and an Albione descendant of our beautiful Britain, I praise you. Please always speak for us all.

  • @jorgepeterbarton

    @jorgepeterbarton

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ikr, a celt defending against saxon. No welsh mabinogion even mentioned in video either

  • @brokenglass9814

    @brokenglass9814

    2 жыл бұрын

    If I see Tintagel Castle referred to as "Tintagel, England, the supposed birthplace of King Arthur" ONE MORE TIME I will cease to be whatever the opposite of really, very angry is.

  • @floridaball4896

    @floridaball4896

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean at this point the English are a mixture of basically everybody who's ever conquered or lived on the British isles

  • @comradekenobi6908

    @comradekenobi6908

    Жыл бұрын

    King Arthur is many things, but he was not a Saxon

  • @MagnirProductions
    @MagnirProductions6 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The other year a little girl found an aged sword in the bottom lake in Cornwall (where Excalibur is believed to rest). Sure, it was probably a movie prop. But what I would give to feel how she felt in that moment. Mythic.

  • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

    @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rubbish Log She is the new King

  • @coyote47713

    @coyote47713

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rubbish Log Welp, step aside Queen Elizabeth II, you're reign is over

  • @djoninstark1978

    @djoninstark1978

    6 жыл бұрын

    There actually is precedent for ancient celts to dispose of swords by throwing them in lakes, so she might have found an actual ancient sword

  • @KanaidBlack

    @KanaidBlack

    6 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the parents investigate a little and found out it was a prop for a movie but I'm not really sure.

  • @jonnybilgerat5354

    @jonnybilgerat5354

    6 жыл бұрын

    Until the awed masses decide they want the little girl who got a magic sword from a fairy to be their king/queen

  • @kestreldomann2787
    @kestreldomann2787 Жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend listening to High Noon over Camelot by The Mechanisms for a good Gwen/Arthur/Lancelot poly-armory! It also handles Mordred in an extremely interesting way. Plus Lancelot and Galahad are played by Jonny Sims who wrote TMA and played Jon/Archivist and Mordred is played by Basira's Voice Actor!

  • @the_pipster

    @the_pipster

    Жыл бұрын

    and guimevere is portrayed by jessica law, who voiced nikola orsinov! plus gunpowder tim played ant man exterminator jordan kennedy in tma. theres a lot of overlap between the mechs and tma

  • @vawnson
    @vawnson2 жыл бұрын

    11:03 insert Ice king's voice* "If you were a princess, I'd steal you first!"

  • @BloodyCaesar
    @BloodyCaesar4 жыл бұрын

    Red: "Chretien de Troyes, A French poet whose name I also can't pronounce." Also Red: Nails pronouncing Chretien de Troyes.

  • @alanbarnett718

    @alanbarnett718

    3 жыл бұрын

    Red is the ONLY person I've ever heard pronounce that name properly! (Most say "Troy" as in the Trojan War.)

  • @JackRackam
    @JackRackam6 жыл бұрын

    I'll be honest, I think this is the first time I've ever heard the proper Arthurian canon. I'd only ever heard bits and pieces of stories, typically from modern re-imaginings. So thanks for giving me something to recognize being re-imagined! Also I love how Galahad is an idealized fanfic of an idealized fanfic.

  • @grayblackhelm6468

    @grayblackhelm6468

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jack Rackam If you look carefully enough, almost any “Classic” is a fan fiction or a rewrite of an older story.

  • @julietfischer5056

    @julietfischer5056

    6 жыл бұрын

    In terms of a coherent narrative, start with 'The History of the Kings of Britain' by Geoffrey of Monmouth. From my admittedly non-organized reading, I recall that some scholars think he made use of a good bit of existing oral material in writing his version of British history. Wace and Lawman produced their own interpretations, and there's one with a decidedly Celtic spin to it on Aka Mary Jones. In addition, there's a site called www.heroofcamelot.com and The Camelot Project (University of Rochester). Over on Project Gutenberg, you can find plenty of Arthurian material as well. Gawain, Lancelot, Percival, and Galahad all began as Gary Stu types.

  • @julietfischer5056

    @julietfischer5056

    6 жыл бұрын

    You forgot the giant boar with a comb and shears between its ears. Celtic myth is weird.

  • @julietfischer5056

    @julietfischer5056

    6 жыл бұрын

    I've read the stories in the Mabinogion. 'Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance' by Roger Sherman Loomis is an interesting read. He also wrote 'The Grail: From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol.'

  • @kylepeters8690
    @kylepeters86902 жыл бұрын

    While you briefly mention it here, I adore what the fate series did with arthurian legend. There's far more to it than just arthur but girl. Everything is tweaked but in ways that make everyone more interesting. For example arthuria has more than just a genderbend, she's shown to be a king who fought endlessly for her kingdom and subjects even as the kingdom collapsed around her and she ended up dying alone on the battlefield. This version was both to kind but also pigheaded in her assurance that what she was doing was right, something Gilgamesh and alexander the great call her soon in a great scene where they argue how a king should act. Mordred is originally a pawn by Morgan but by the time she makes her move Morgan has given up on trying to take over so it's Mordred's own plan and desire. A desire to destroy her father, a desire for chaos that is sewn into her very soul, but at the same time she admires Arthuria and has nothing but respect for her. Her rebellion is almost a cry for attention. Gawain is made a borderline demigod with the claim that his power rises with the sun being made an actual power, that he becomes more powerful as the sun rises through the day but weaker as it sets. He also shows a general cheerfulness even when things get serious as well as a love for the other nights and his family. Lancelot is probably the only weird one as the series contradicts itself about his punishment about the whole affair. In the prequal anime Fate Zero it's established that not only did Arthuria not punish them, she practically gave them her blessing, something that ended up driving Lancelot mad as he believed he had to be punished for his crimes and as a result became the black knight. But in the more recent Fate Grand order they confirm that Arthuria did punish them and he saved gweniver from her execution and killed several knights along the way. But both versions of lancelot are interesting to observe regardless. The series just cleans up the legend nicer in my opinion while still making it more interesting and unique.

  • @meunomeelucas8489

    @meunomeelucas8489

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zero Artoria is a weird character, specially considering the other versions, like Zero is classified as a alternative reality despite being a prequel (they do this because it gives the witters more freedom to change stuff without contradicting the original), so I don't recommend taking stuff from there seriously when it comes to Artoria. Like her whole deal in other Fate media is that she never had the freedom to do what she wanted, she was always destined to be a king since she was born, as a result she had to kill her own feelings and humanity to the greater good, so she smiled at the happiness of the people around her knowing that she would never have the freedom to feel the same, but as a result of her growing up like this she ended up not understanding human emotions, feelings like love for example, or even the morality of her own actions, as a result according to some translations she started to sacrifice her villages to the greater good, usually in demands to war against invaders and Rome, I think that in a material it was even said that she burned some of them in order to push away invaders, all for the greater good, her knights were obviously horrified by this, which resulted in Tristan leaving the Round Table, and claiming that their king does not understand the heart of the men, Lancelot did not understand it until the whole affair with Guinevere (who was only married for political reasons) happened, and Artoria's reaction was simply being happy about it, even though it caused an entire public problem which damaged both Lancelot, Guinevere and Artoria's reputation, she was just happy about their feelings, that's how much she doesn't understand it, Lancelot ended up being horrified by her lack of human emotions and proceeded to go crazy until he died, and despite her lack of humanity being what would make her a perfect king according to Merlin and Uther it was ultimately her incapability of understanding humans what ended up causing the downfall of her kingdom, along with the her subjects not understanding her, it's complicated, no one involved is really innocent when it comes to the downfall of Camelot, if Artoria understood other human emotions and did not make everyone horrified by her lack of feelings maybe they would approve her and the rebellion wouldn't have started, but then again if this happened the country wouldn't even be able to get stabilized, it was her lack of emotions what saved the country, in certain ways she was really the perfect king they could've hoped for, and that's why I like it, nobody here is innocent and that's what makes it interesting. Also some of my favorite fun facts about Fate's version of the Arthurian legends: Artoria was technically 36 years old by the time she died, however her sword/scabbard stopped her from aging. Caliburn (her original sword) broke because she broke her chivalry code due to a trap set by Morgan. Morgan has a split personality, she is either a caring older sister to Artoria, Vivian The Lady Of The Lake or Morgan Le Fay, the one who created Mordred and tried to take over Camelot, meaning that Morgan did both break Caliburn and give Artoria Excalibur. Artoria's uncle, Vortigern, is a literal giant Black Dragon, and also the embodiment of the entire Britain, this makes me wonder if since she has a dragon core inside her maybe one day she would also become a giant Red Dragon, this family wasn't called Pendragon for nothing.

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai612 жыл бұрын

    "What if Merlin was a skinny British kid?" TBF, the BBC/Shine Merlin wasn't just that - it was also "What if magic was banned on pain of death?" Also, I still feel completely cheated that we never got our Golden Age. Yes, it's been a decade and I'm still angry about it!

  • @aynDRAWS

    @aynDRAWS

    3 ай бұрын

    How dare those clotpoles

  • @OGseoulite
    @OGseoulite4 жыл бұрын

    Literally love that Gallahad's whole character arc is being the golden child

  • @marsproductions1

    @marsproductions1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Isn't he also an eternal virgin? Like, he's sorta doomed to never have physical lore or is that just modern myth?

  • @IONATVS

    @IONATVS

    3 жыл бұрын

    His traditional portrayal is as a celibate-someone who willingly forgoes the whole Eros/Romantic Love thing so he can fully devote himself to God and Agape/Unconditional Love of Neighbor. So yes, he is a virgin his entire life in most versions, but it isn’t considered tragic because it was his own conscious choice and done for the right reasons. Like the whole “courtly love” weirdness, there’s another cultural disconnect between the Catholic worldview where sex is a good and sacred thing but must be treated with care and respect and is not something everyone is called to participate in (more common at the time), versus the secular worldview that’s been around throughout history (including elsewhere in Arthurian legend) of “wow this guy needs to get laid”.

  • @beccag2758
    @beccag27584 жыл бұрын

    I'm waiting when in year 4020, people try to figure out if this statue of a dude with a shield who has a million conflicted stories written about him is a real person or not. Captain America: America's King Arthur

  • @chelsey8737

    @chelsey8737

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @moesnnargul1717

    @moesnnargul1717

    4 жыл бұрын

    people will debate on whether the ironclad noble stark is in the right or the man with the shield

  • @hail_void8844

    @hail_void8844

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ok but imagine if they do that about George Washington.

  • @amanpotdar

    @amanpotdar

    4 жыл бұрын

    The actual Civil War shall be forgotten and only the 2016 Russo Bros Civil War shall be remembered

  • @theodensuhrie7915

    @theodensuhrie7915

    4 жыл бұрын

    At that point they will have cloned Stan Lee

  • @Vastin
    @Vastin9 ай бұрын

    The idea that the cornerstone of most British myth is basically a series of fanfic authors fighting over the themes of the story and trying to one-up each other's characters is deeply amusing. Also probably true of a great many other mythologies around the globe - at least the super-hero comics are more up-front about it.

  • @SuperSwordman1
    @SuperSwordman12 жыл бұрын

    I just kind of found your channel. I love it. The drawings, the narration, the thought put into it, at least with the myth stuff it's all amazing. And again, the art is so great they kind of become how I think of these figures.

  • @Akatsuki-21
    @Akatsuki-213 жыл бұрын

    History: *exists* Fate fans: allow us to introduce ourselves

  • @PutoMedicoBrujo

    @PutoMedicoBrujo

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah... im stil waiting for typemoon to look to latin america and SEE THERE IS MORE THAN MEXICO HERE! I mean we have Simon Bolivar, Juana de Azurduy, José de San Martin, the sabers, riders, rulers and avengers practically write themselves! I would even accept Sor Juana Ines dela Cruz as Caster (i know she is from mexico, my point still holds water)

  • @thesymbiotenation.4552

    @thesymbiotenation.4552

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PutoMedicoBrujo let's add more to the list of possible Latin American and other Servants: Francis Morasan, Jose Cesilio del Valle, Lempira, William Walker, Ned Kelly, ect

  • @DragonlordRemi

    @DragonlordRemi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PutoMedicoBrujo naw we need another saber

  • @SomeCrusader

    @SomeCrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste! (If you can't continue the song, you don't know your Vietnam War music enough.)

  • @MyTomServo

    @MyTomServo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is it a waifu? MAKE IT ONE