Tired.

[yuuago]

Newly-discovered miniature artwork suggests Roman soldiers were the inspiration for the legends of King Arthur

I'm always a little baffled when people say to me, in all seriousness, "So, when did this King Arthur live?" Then I have to explain to them that no, Arthur wasn't real. The people who inspired the legends about him, though, they were real, if you go back far enough. It's so interesting how we're always uncovering things... though personally, me, I'm more interested in Arthur's friend Cei than I am in Arthur himself. Arthur is great, but Cei has always seemed to have more depth to me, even in the stories where he is portrayed as a bumbling idiot.

Been working on assignments the last few days. It's hard. At this point I hardly even care any more. I'll just do it. Half the battle is just doing it. I remember that I had that problem previous year - just doing the work was the hardest thing. It's still hard. It's difficult to stop myself from just giving up on everything. Fortunately, when I think about it, the semester is almost over, and even though I have a lot of things to go through, the end will be worth it because I'll be able to go home and get some rest. I'll be able to help my mum make ginger cookies and fudge, and I won't have to think about anything academic.

I'm going to do some reading over the break, too. I didn't do much last Christmas because I was busy writing a paper on John Donne. I don't think it will be like that this year. So, I have a few things I want to read; some Arthurian literature, just for fun - Sir Orfeo is one of them - but also some easy things, you know, Stephen King and that. But one thing I really, really want to read during that time is the Kalevala. I started to read it earlier, but I had to stop because school got in the way. So I'm going to do it again.

When I was procrastinating last night I wrote something up for a 500-word challenge at the anonmeme. I find it really hard to write stories on the computer, considering I do most things by hand. But, I did manage this one. Whitecaps. I really do need to write more Est/Fin - there is simply never enough of it. Speaking of writing, though I have most things mem'd, I find my delicious index is a lot better for going through the list of things I've written, because of the related tags and summaries. Easier to find things that way.

Comments

[noonish.livejournal.com]

is it bad if i thought he was a real king.


inb4 you disown me. ||OTL

[yuuago]

*disowns*

Not bad, just... aslkdjf.

[noonish.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I've never been well versed in much British history or things of that sort besides Shakespeare and some other literature we passed through. |||OTL

[yuuago]

*patpat* There there, m'love. I just.... yeahhhh. Idon'tevenknow. He's no more real than Achilles.

[noonish.livejournal.com]

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No comment.

[yuuago]

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Was that 'no comment' suggesting what I think it was suggesting?

[noonish.livejournal.com]

I can't remember who's real and who's not sometimes in history when I only ever hear them mentioned vaguely ok.

[yuuago]

I... Ah. Okay. *squeeze*

Protip: If the stories are very old, and magic or the gods are involved in some way, chances are they did not actually exist (though some dude who was Really Awesome at killing other dudes was likely some inspiration for the story)

[noonish.livejournal.com]

Did Achilles involve Gods? I cannot recall.

[yuuago]

His mum was a nymph, and he was related to Zeus. And pretty much the entire story of the Trojan War was centred around the gods' involvement. Of course, they didn't show that in the movie Troy, but there you are.

And I totally would have answered this earlier but my mum called and would not stfu.

[noonish.livejournal.com]

p.s. i like your new default.


ahhhh, i hadn't known of that though...OH WAIT DUH HE GOT HIS HEEL FROM THE RIVER NOT COVERING OH GOD WHY DID I NOT REMEMBER OTL

[yuuago]

FFFF HOW COULD YOU FORGET. Oh, Noon.

PS: Thank you. Aa... Remembrance Day. I'm rather frustrated, as I'll have class that day. Usually they cancel it. And I still haven't bought my poppy yet.

[noonish.livejournal.com]

Ohhh yeah Chi mentioned that. And I mentioned you'd mentioned it when talking about thanksgiving.


IKR HOW COULD I FORGET IDGI MAN.

[yuuago]

Us Canucks are just awesome like that.

AND I DON'T KNOW. HOW COULD YOU FORGET. GEEEEZE

[hokuton_punch]

Lovely fic is terribly lovely. ♥

HOW DARE YOU IMPLY THAT THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS ARE NOT COMPLETELY TRUFAX, YES, EVEN THE ONES THAT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. XD XD XD Ahhhh people.

[yuuago]

GASP. HOW DARE I. ARTHURIAN LEGENDS WERE INDEED TRUEFAX. I ADMIT IT.

Even Launcelot. Who sprung fully-formed from Chretien's head. Yep, he as truefax too. :B

(Chaucer does not approve of this bullshit.)

Oh Hokuto, my dear, I love you.

[chikotori.livejournal.com]

/looks away

/may or may not have thought that King Arthur was a real king

I don't care, I still want to go to Tintagel Castle!

[chikotori.livejournal.com]

and IN MY DEFENSE, I know that such legends are usually embellishments of much less impressive feats of a real person, it's just that I thought there really was a king named Arthur.

And home-baked goodies aaaaahhhhhh
Someone gave me a small piece of maple syrup fudge the other day, I haven't tried it out yet.

[yuuago]

WELL okay I guess I can't fault a person for not knowing. It just seems odd to me though, aaaa.

Fudge is wonderful. I only know how to make the chocolate kind, but still, aaaaace.

[chikotori.livejournal.com]

Of course it's odd to you :|

Chocolate is the only kind you'll ever need!

[blackanise.livejournal.com]

I just love the way you write Finland! *__* May have told you that before, but it bears repeating. And yes, you really should write more of it. The atmosphere in that fic was palpable, and if not exactly pleasant, still very well-written.

As for Arthur - does this mean that movie with Kiera Knightly running about half-clad was...f-fiction? MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIIIIIIE! TAT (Interesting article, really - though I'm not entirely sold based on the connection established there. And honestly I think the myths themselves have taken on such diversity and life in the intervening millennium-and-a-half that it's almost better to consider them entirely separate of potential 'historical' origins.)

[yuuago]

Aaa, thank you so much. <3 I do think that I will try to expand it over the Christmas break. I have a pretty good idea of the direction I want to take it - I just need to find the time to do t.

And YES. I'm sorry dear. Life is a lie etc etc etc. As for the article, I'm inclined to agree; the connection seems shaky. On the other hand, there's usually a lot more going on than what ends up in internet stuff, so maybe there's something more to it.

[blackanise.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I'll keep an eye out to it for sure.

You've crushed all my dreams, I hope you're happy you monster, etc etc :'| There may be more to it, but as you're the one doing midieval studies, you'll probably catch wind of it if it breaks as anything significant in the academic community~