#damsels

[oddmediaforall101]

Vol.2 of mashing all my bbgs into one post

After a “long” while of my last post I decided to finally get around to putting peoples requests and recommendations of their fav priests into the format. Keep in mind I don’t know who most of these characters are and I mainly put them in here because they were requested and matched up to the descriptions. Id be lying if I said it wasn’t impossible to squeeze them all into one thing. Thank you all for showing off your deranged priest bbgs!

[howardia]

Conan plate by Ernie Chan

[artverso]

Elizabeth Torque - Damsels

[rain-rainynights]

let the damsels be distressed and depressed, pouring the wine and serving the dishes, it's all they can do in these trying times- when you least expect it you'll realize the real poison was in the wine they served to the illegitimate kings sitting on their brittle thrones

[tresorgizjoralb]

[gawrkin]

GUINEVERE

IS

SO

Fae-coded

You can almost feel like the Christian writers know that Gwen can't and can never be an ordinary lady, especially within THIS kind of setting - the Arthurian Setting, the pinnacle of the Chivalric Romance genre.

A setting where nothing ordinary or mundane is at the forefront. A setting where men like Arthur and Lancelot exist - Men who are objectively superhuman - both in character and in physicality.

This is a world where Arthur, Lancelot and every other male character has curb-stomped entire armies by their lonesome, go toe-to-toe with fearsome monsters, and endure punishing physical challenges that would kill lesser men.

Where Arthur can be the most charismatic and most virtuous king in the world, ruling over a kingdom with strange habits and customs. Where Lancelot can harbor love so strong, that it can both empower him as much as it kills him.

And these men are in love with Guinevere.

Guinevere, as character in this genre, HAS to be an exemplar female in order to fit in and complement the men in her life. The problem is that the exemplar women of this genre are on the cusp, if not outright, of unchristian status.

Other Arthurian women who are Fae-coded include:

Isolde (who is a "doctor", whose uncle is the giant Morholt)

Enide (who has several cousins with strange-looking horses and another cousin who trapped her lover in an enchanted garden; Chretien de Troyes saw fit to assure the readers that Enide didn't use spells or charms to arm Erec)

Laudine (who owns a magical storm-making fountain and a magic ring)

Lynette & Lyonesse (One is capable of reviving a knight that has been cut to pieces. The other also owns a magic ring. Both are sisters of the Lord of Avalon)

Ragnelle (who has a brother by the name of Gromer Somer Jeure, which means "Man of Summer Day", and is made the mother of Gawain's son Gingalain, who is normally half-fae)

...and all of them are described as unbelievable beauties comparable to Guinevere. Right.

[the-gershomite]

Damsels Mermaids 1 -May 2013-

written by Matt Sturges

illustrated by Jean Paul Deshong

colors by Ivan Nunes

lettered by Simon Bowland

covers by Paul Renaud & Jay Anacleto

[classicartverso]

Joseph Linsner - Damsels

[engagekiss]

(( 🕷️ )) - names related to being a damsel && maybe also angel related names

Not sure how to put this… I’m giving most of the damsel names I thought about during this to Mai. So, mostly angel names. Sorry. I’m not very professional.

✦ Angelia … Angelie … Damsene … Serangel … Cherangel … Damesie … Daeme … Demoi … Erubi … Eraphi … Ophe … Amigella … Dawnsel

* Italics means Mai goes by them but is letting me post them, etc.

[shottheneighborsdog-blog]

DAMSELS ss25 nyfw party by Slolphia & Jasmine Johnson for the people by me

[npcideacache]

DnD but its Damsels and Damsels and everyone is lesbian

[tresorgizjoralb]

[gawrkin]

I meant the wandering damsels. You know, the quest giver, the guide, etcetera.

Ah okay

Well, you've largely answered your own question. There's very little in the way of roles given to the female characters that really isn't much else other than being a plot device. And a lot of times, they're also nameless too.

But to expand it a little as best I can:

Quest Giver - A damsel who either comes to Camelot or meets the Knights while wandering around, who then gives them a Quest to undertake

Challenge Giver - A variant of the Quest Giver, who instead comes to Court bearing some form of a (usually magical) test (like a chastity test or similar)

Guide - Can be a variant of a Quest Giver, a damsel who accompanies, leads and sometimes aid the Knights towards the ultimate destination of the Quest.

Random Distressed - A damsel who is not a major character (and not the main love interest), not exactly part of the Quest, but is in trouble and needs aid from the knights. Usually, a side character who later returns a favor to the knights.

Explainer - Can be a variant of any of the above, a damsel who serves to explain some exposition to the knights (& the audience)

Magical Helper - Can be a variant of any of the above but with magic/enchantment to aid the knights or otherwise expresses from supernatural/mystical influence. Other times, this damsel maybe a servant or helper of the primary heroine of the story.

So unfortunately, that's the breadth of what I can skillfully categorize the various damsels that populate the Arthurian Mythos. I'm confident that this is not everything and may not even be accurate, so I apologize if this was unsatisfactory and I'm open to criticism.

[the-gershomite]

Damsels Mermaids 2 -June 2013-

written by Matt Sturges

illustrated by Jean Paul Deshong

colors by Ivan Nunes

lettered by Simon Bowland

covers by Paul Renaud

[classicartverso]

Joseph Linsner - Damsels

[impluvia]

weird vibes aren't exactly rare at an antique mall but this one stall w/haunted energy had a sign with phrasing that has been stuck in my head for days lol

GIRLY STUFF FOR THE DAMSEL

BITS OF GLAMOUR FOR MADEMOISELLE