#specifically in the like lord of distant isles retelling

[anxiously-awaiting]

i still need to color her and make this just. look better but riot ppl will see one (1) cute girl in one small section of a story and immediately get emotionally attached

[tillman]

If one wished to get in Arthurian legends, where would one start? Is there a specific piece of literature/myth to read, or if not, what would you recommend reading? :0

OH DAMN thats a hard question there is . a LOT. i guess it depends on what you like the most? i tend to prefer the romances and dramas just cus im ... like this . my names valentine for a reason . but there is the more chivalry/battle/more knightly side too! the way i got into it was fixating on lancelot for a good like . month . and reading as many tales as i could get my grubby hands on with him in it and that led to me reading a bunch of tales with tristan(tristam?) in them, which led me to malory’s le mort d’arthur which . is the main like BIG tale people like to reference.

if u dont have like.. a favorite like me u can always start with something like le mort d’arthur! theres modern retellings of it that are WAYYY easier to read than the actual 14th century text LMAO. it has a lot of info about most of the major players youll see in any arthurian legend like arthurs rise to fame, kay being shoved in the court, a bit of lancelots tale (at least the copy i have cut like . most of it ??? *SHAKES* YOU CANT REFERENCE THE JOYOUS GARD WITHOUT EXPLAINIGN HOW LANCELOT FREED IT FROM THE EVIL WIZARD, MALORY!!!!!!), like all you would ever need to know about tristan, gawain and his 4 weirdo brothers, mordred, guenevere, ect. its really interesting from just a fun chivalrous romp to also see like.. the culture of the time. 

from there i would just see what you like. i can recommend a lot of the romances (tristan and isuelt by gottfried, while not finished, is a BLAST i really love it - lancelot and the lord of the distant isles is amazing and i think my favorite modern rendition of a legend ive read so far cus i cant . find any copies of the vulgate cycle atm.... sad, the book of gareth is a part of le mort d’arthur but i think my favorite bit ? its very fun i really love gareth hes cute) and im still working through the more combat whatever tales rn (gawain and the green knight is kinda slapping? oh gawain sir i adore you but please stop beheading random women and knights you have young impressionable brothers and gaheris is already a freak) 

uhmmmmmmm yeah . in short i think the best way to get through All Of This lore is to pick a knight of the round table and branch out from there. starting with something like malory’s le mort d’arthur or even something like pyles more modern king arthur and his knights is pretty good for getting an introduction of some of the main characters/stories. if u ever wanna know more about a knight i . know too much . 

i think if ur going the one knight and branching route u wanna go with a Major knight, no palomides or torres even if theyre funny as fuck. Tristan (though hes.. not really a member of the round table tbh. he just loves his wife.), Lancelot, Gawain, Mordred, uhhh even Perceval or Galahad if you care more about the grail stuff are pretty good choices! 

ok i hope any of this made sense sorry i just started infodumping and didnt stop but lemme know if u need help finding a pdf or wanna know more about a certain knight/tale whatever i am always willing to talk about arthurian legends :-)