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The Lady of Shalott by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1875) - one of my favourite paintings, not only because it depicts a funeral boat but because of the ethereal atmosphere, the distinctly Albionic misty landscape that Arthurian legends evoke and the eery green tones. #johnatkinsongrimshaw #arthurianlegend #victorianart #englishartist #lemortedarthur #kingarthur #albion https://www.instagram.com/p/CIT2fhfgwqr/?igshid=m6u27ras7d27

Muhahahahaha 🖤 #books #booksbooksbooks #ilovebooks #hplovecraft #jrrtolkien #thebrothersgrimm #sirthomasmalory #sirarthurconandoyle #arabiannights #sherlockholmes #necronomicon #lemortedarthur #returnoftheking #fairytales #horror https://www.instagram.com/p/CEChwEqHxdT/?igshid=1bkwni7c3is3w

To this day, @readyatdawnstudios’s #TheOrder1886 is one of, if not *the* most, signifiant leaps forward in terms of pure maturation for the artform and industry that the interactive medium has ever seen. It was a brave and bold call to the wider gaming world, powerfully expressing that games could, and should, be considered to be far more than recreation, distraction and competition. That a niche could and should exist for the ‘filmic interactive experience’. @santamonicastudio’s God Of War proves that the world is ready for a balance between cinematic storytelling, combat and exploration that we all know to be The Order’s next step. With enough awareness-raising and passion, we can tell the powers that be that The Order deserves to be restored. To this end, starting soon, Interactive Artistry will be covering every aspect of The Order, along with speculation and predictions for what the future holds...will Grayson be going to Paris, or perhaps America, or India? To content with the Beast of Gévoudan, or Wendigo, or Rakshasa? Or perhaps Sir Bors, or even Arthur himself, could return...with Galahad the pure helping him restore The Order to what it once was, before the political and supernatural corruption...we shall see! This is not the history you know...God save The Queen. #TheOrder #TheOrder1886 #LeMorteDArthur #Medieval #Arthur #KingArthur #SirGalahad #IsabeauDArgyll #AlastairDArgyll #AugustusDArgyll #Westminster #London #1800s #Steampunk #AncientLegend #Excalibur #Blackwater #TheOrderRestored #Timeless #Masterpiece #Art

Another tag I forgot about🙈🙈 @mickeythebibliophile tagged me to do #bluebooks a while back. These are some of my favorite blue books, aren't they so pretty🖤 💀 #bookstagram #reading #blue #beautiful #janeeyre #neilgaiman #janeausten #lemortedarthur #barnesandnoble #collection #americangods #romance #fantasy

One recurring theme I noticed, was Arthur’s willingness to give in to Gawain’s requests. Arthur doesn’t want to go to war against Lancelot but Gawain convinces him to whe Arthur says, “‘wit you well, Sir Gawain, I will do as ye advise me’“ (500). I took it as Arthur being scared to lose Gawain’s favor becaise he already lost most of his table’s favor. Was this the best way a king should act? Or should he have done what he wanted to do?

Maybe it’s just because I’m not well-versed on the riles of being a king in King Arthur’s time, but I found myself wondering why didn’t he fight for his wife’s honor? He mentions missing Lancelot and if ‘“he were here he would soon put me in my heart’s ease’” (408). Why does he want Lancelot to fight for Guinevere instead of volunteering himself to fight? He mentions later that he does joust (415) so why wouldn’t he to save the life and honor of his wife?

However, after leaving the fight, Sir Lancelot comes across an old man who tells him, “’Ah, Lancelot, of evil wicked faith and poor belief, wherefore is thy will turned so lightly toward deadly sin?’” (349). According to this old man, it was a sin for him to help the knights as they did not fight for God’s side like the knights in white did. Later on, we find out that this old man was trying to deceive him but what do ya’ll think is the significance in making Lancelot doubt the chivalric code he lives by?