I’m glad you liked it so much. : ) As I moaned over the last weeks, parts of it were pretty hard for me to figure out, so it’s particularly nice to find that you approve of it. : )
I love how you've been so consistent with Lancelot being the fulcrum for everything, the source of all the passion and conflict. Despite history being so Arthur-centric, you seem to know better, that's it's Lancelot's world, and we all just live in it.
It’s interesting that you say that. The movie is certainly Arthur-centric, and I’ve always been more intrigued by (and empathetic toward) Lancelot as a character, but my recent foray back into Malory reminded me just how Lancelot-centric Malory is. Title aside, the book seems to me to be really more Lancelot’s story than Arthur’s--he’s the character who has a story arc while Arthur pretty much sits around reacting to things once he obtains the throne. It’s also telling that the story ends with Lancelot’s death, not Arthur’s. Anyway, not really a response to your comment, but I thought it was interesting. ; )
I’m glad to hear that you found Galehaut sympathetic. Figuring how to deal with his scene with Lancelot was one of the things that gave me fits. I was afraid it would be automatic not to like him since he was an upset to A/L, so I decided early on that he had to be a POV character, but figuring out how exactly their confrontation would go resulted in some nice dents in my walls. This was the point where Lancelot basically refused to cooperate. I think he was afraid I was going to turn him into emo boy, and he was having none of that.
So no mallet? Yes, dying is, sadly, no escape for the knights, as Dinaden has discovered. And getting Tristan mad at you is probably not a very good idea. Even Galahad seems to know that.
Gareth has always been one of my favorites, so I had to give him, at least, some pleasantness amid everyone else’s crazy mess.
And the dreams. I’m glad they’re creepy, I wanted them to be. And yes, there is plenty of weird magic out there, lest we forget that these knights are basically reanimated dead people. (I’ve once in a while envisioned a scene with the knights sitting around watching zombie movies and commenting, but we’ll see. ;) )
Thanks so much for the British translation! Will fix. D’oh on the mobile! I should have known that. : )
I can‘t tell you how much having you like the series motivates me to write it (rather than, say, watch dvds, or novel thought, sleep): ) I’ll probably be sending you the shopping story in the day or so.
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Date: 2006-05-01 02:18 pm (UTC)I love how you've been so consistent with Lancelot being the fulcrum for everything, the source of all the passion and conflict. Despite history being so Arthur-centric, you seem to know better, that's it's Lancelot's world, and we all just live in it.
It’s interesting that you say that. The movie is certainly Arthur-centric, and I’ve always been more intrigued by (and empathetic toward) Lancelot as a character, but my recent foray back into Malory reminded me just how Lancelot-centric Malory is. Title aside, the book seems to me to be really more Lancelot’s story than Arthur’s--he’s the character who has a story arc while Arthur pretty much sits around reacting to things once he obtains the throne. It’s also telling that the story ends with Lancelot’s death, not Arthur’s. Anyway, not really a response to your comment, but I thought it was interesting. ; )
I’m glad to hear that you found Galehaut sympathetic. Figuring how to deal with his scene with Lancelot was one of the things that gave me fits. I was afraid it would be automatic not to like him since he was an upset to A/L, so I decided early on that he had to be a POV character, but figuring out how exactly their confrontation would go resulted in some nice dents in my walls. This was the point where Lancelot basically refused to cooperate. I think he was afraid I was going to turn him into emo boy, and he was having none of that.
So no mallet? Yes, dying is, sadly, no escape for the knights, as Dinaden has discovered. And getting Tristan mad at you is probably not a very good idea. Even Galahad seems to know that.
Gareth has always been one of my favorites, so I had to give him, at least, some pleasantness amid everyone else’s crazy mess.
And the dreams. I’m glad they’re creepy, I wanted them to be. And yes, there is plenty of weird magic out there, lest we forget that these knights are basically reanimated dead people. (I’ve once in a while envisioned a scene with the knights sitting around watching zombie movies and commenting, but we’ll see. ;) )
Thanks so much for the British translation! Will fix. D’oh on the mobile! I should have known that. : )
I can‘t tell you how much having you like the series motivates me to write it (rather than, say, watch dvds, or novel thought, sleep): ) I’ll probably be sending you the shopping story in the day or so.