Hi, who wrote the best version of Guinevere and Lancelot in your opinion?
Oof that’s a hard one. I’ll be real, I don’t watch or read as many modern adaptions so it’s harder for me to choose one there. As much as I don’t like Once & Future King, Camelot the musical is amazing and I do love its Lancelot/Guinevere stuff. I think a lot of other modern adaptations make Lancelot too cool or like swashbuckling for me.
In terms of like medieval Arthuriana, what I mostly know, I mean it’s hard to beat Knight of the Cart. It may be the first Guinevere/Lancelot story but it really did set them up perfectly and I love the dynamic especially with its deep obsessiveness and codependency. (Even if Chretien himself was not a fan of the couple lol) I think Lance/Guin needs to be a bit fundamentally fucked up to work.
And of course the Vulgate really expands of what Chretien de Troyes creates amazingly. The line of Guinevere saying that Lancelot’s chest is so big because it’s full of love is always in my mind. Also Lancelot’s murderous crybaby habits with Guinevere’s more manipulative and tempestuous tendencies are awesome to me.
