Yuri but not yuri but also yes yuri

It's like he doesn't think he deserves the name Arthur gave him.

Also considering in the final episode where he talks with Cherri and only quietly "corrects" her after she's practically out of earshot. Like he's trying to learn to accept himself, but doesn't put in the full effort yet.

nightmares

Forgot to post this here yesterday

bf!scott: "But if you take care of everyone else, who will take care of you?🥺"

bf!nom: "I guess it's been a long time since I did anything for myself 🥺"

bf!scott: "But if you take care of everyone else, who will take care of you?🥺"

I see Owain as both autistic and aroace. The Owain vs yuri bit is iconic and I think it would be fun to expand it beyond Owain doesn’t understand yuri.

If you have seen my relationship chart for the KotRT you’ll know that I view them as being extremely tight knit. They are a brotherhood with many famillial ties. Relationships are bound to get messy and blurry. Before I wanna touch on the yuri, I would like to talk about Nom, Katie and 4c. Owain finds out Katie and Nom are siblings pretty early on in canon. 4c and Nom view eachother as brothers. Katie and Rc are also extremly close and may also view eachother as siblings, but I’m not as well versed in those two. But yeah, Owain figures out these relationships and his adopted self, who doesn’t percieve a difference between blood family and adopted/chosen/found family, pointly catogorizes those three as siblings.

Can you imagine him refering to 4c as Nom and Katies brother in front of others pre Nom and 4c falling out. Owain is known for taking things litteraly and suddenly we have Nom loudly trying to explain to Owain how 4c isn’t his brother. And Owain just goes “oh, did something happend”, because in his mind for Nom no longer to view 4c as his brother something terrible most have happend. And now both Nom and Owain are confused. Nom explains that 4c is like a brother to him, but not his actual brother. Which only serves to confuse Owain further. So he’s your brother, but not your brother. If it were just to be the two of them, I don’t think they would come to an understanding of eachother. But if others like Graecie, who is smart about people, were to be there, they might figure out what Owain means. Might because when it comes to himself Owain has got the emotional intellect of a rock.

Now back to the yuri. I see Owain as being on the absolute no romantic attraction at all part of the spectrum. He knows it exists. Kind of. But has no idea what it is. I like to think that “I love you” is not a sentance with romantoc conotations to Owain, but rather just an expression pf general closeness. All of this is because of the KotRT and the pretty tightknit brotherhood. Kay and Bedivere may be married and may have tried to explain romantic love. But I am aromantic and I don’t understand wtf it is, so neither does he. Also I haven’t decided how I wanna do the Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot situation, but I am between consenual polyamory, open relationship or A & G only staying married on paper now that Arthur has “an heir”

All of this to say. Owain won’t assume someone is in a relationship, unless they directly tell him. Otherwise it doesn’t occur to him that that might be the case. Especially with Shan being Owains best friend, he would assume she would tell him that if it were to happend. He is not as close with Eloise, so he does not have the same presumptions with her, which is why he asks Shan about them, when he hears the. talk about their relationship

and now red kingdom crown designs! i didn't explain this in my blue kingdom crowns post, but i think the crowns change appearance to suit the monarch when it's passed over.

updated my blue monarch sheet with the new queen!! the icon!!

Shoutout to @/ilanarose7 for compiling the quotes! Lets get to it!

Tumblr deleted my original writings down for this so now I’m doing a shortee version cause I’m tired

“I will add to your many scars”

The first contact with the CK. Owain displays shock though I find it unclear whether it is the words themself of the reveal of the CK. The words imply that it knows what is underneath Owians armor, which is bound to be unnerving as Owain considers his armor and the full body coverage it provides extremely important. But it would also be easy to assume that a knight would have many scars due to the nature of the profession. That would make it merely a threat of bodily harm , which we know doesn’t worry Owain that much. Argueably the tamest quote

“You’ll find I’m not as easy to slay as Arthur”

A gut punch. Arthur was poisioned rather than slain, which would have been viewed as less honorable than dying on the battlefield. Those implications of the CK being better than King Arthur and not using his proper title brings a mockery of King Arthur and his death and are downright disrespectful along with bringing up painful momories. It is understandable that Owain reacts with what I can shortest decribe as anger. He pulls out his sword and is more aggresive towards hostile mobs during the trials

“If I were you I wouldn’t stop flogging til there wasn’t skin left”

This really implies that the CK really knows what is going on inside of people in the present. The previous comment could have been shrugged off as it hearing of the tale through books and travellers and simoly put two and two together of his name and heritage. But this is a well guarded secret of his that is currently happening. Also sencomdly. DON’T ENCOUARAGE HIM!!!

“Were you wiser, perhaps you would have seen Mordred coming”

Ouch. Because Owain agrees with this. He takes the blame and gulit that was wrongfully put on him and makes it his own burden to bear. Hurts even more if you think that Owain would have been a teenager/very young adult when it happend. I personally think him to have been 19/20, when it happend

“Your self inflicted pain does not redeem you of your failures”

This one is kinda funny. Because Owain goes? “actually you’ wrong” and we as the viewers know why. He doesn’t do it for himself, but to redeem others of their failures through his blood. Because others certainly don’t deserve to suffer the consequences of their actions, but he sure does! Also the “does not redeem” part can be read as the CK sowing seeds of doubt regarding the Knight God. Which starting to think that the paying penance was for nothing and the Knight God never even stepped in to tell him that would shake up his world view

“Surely you’ve grown tired by now on paying penance on his behalf? Why should you bare the marks of his flippancy while he galivants around the kingdom care free? Bringing mockery to knighthood? Stop holding back judgement Knight, let the guilletine fall”

Flippancy: unseriousness around a serious topic. Galivants: to wonder around and enjoy yourself. This contradicts the previous quote and the third one. It was with this wqoute that it was made extremely clear for me that the CK will do anything to get under people skin. And that all previous attemtps have failed, so he tries a different route. Spreading doubt about the one person he’s opened up too about anything personal/conserning It might not only (I’m pretty sure this is after their catlerop convo, but do correct me) This acknowledges what he does as the right thing and true. The guilletine is a quick execution tool implying that were he to stop paying penance the consequences would fall as quick as a guillitine.

“Oh that was cute. That little speech of yours. I especially liked the part where you left put the detail of marring you skin and bone every day in a patheric excuse to pay penance. You do know no one actually cares for your blood? I mean you were pretty clear with the Oath Breaker exactly what it is you do. And yet here he is. Under my control. When you make it out of here. Will you exsamguinate yourself to pay penace for that desision of his? Or to pay for your failure in saving another? I can’t wait to see”

Marring: to cause serious harm to. Exsamguinate: To loose a fatal amount of blood. I was never entirely sure what speech was being referenced here, but that is not important. Here the CK goes back to questiong the penance paying and the Knight God with the “pathetic excuse to pay penance. You do know no one actually cares for your blood?” Again it brings up Nom and how even when he knew the consequences and how they affected Owain. He didn’t seem to stop or think about it. Also the question. Purely a hypothetical. Even the CK seems intriuged by Owains being and thought process that goes on inside his head