Sir Dinadan’s strange adventure turns out to be pretty brief, and also to require a trigger warning perhaps, inasmuch as he meets a damosel who mak[es] great dole. Long story short, she tells Dinadan how Pitiless Bruce murdered her brother … Continue reading →
Enter a damosel! Let’s call her Muriel. “Knights,” she says, “I’ve just come from Sir Darras’s court, upstairs. He says he’s not going to execute you!” I guess this is because Malory didn’t want to freak us all out with … Continue reading →
Chapter 40 starts off with Malory jumping around in a sort-of recap. First he reminds us of Sir Dinas, last seen at the end of the previous chapter! Sir Dinas has this little bit of backstory that Malory hasn’t bothered … Continue reading →
Sir Lucan (former caterer, Malory reminds us) is the member of the Tristram Rescue Squad who finds Tristram. Funny story, says Malory, it wasn’t as if Lucan had a special lead on Tristram. No, by fortune he puts in at … Continue reading →
Three chapters, but a short entry, because these chapters are boring. Did you think we were done with the jousting fanfiction? Nope! Chapter 33 is full of it. Let me sum it up for you. Blah blah Mister 100 smote … Continue reading →
For no clear reason, Tristram bugs out in the middle of the tournament. Launcelot had been watching him, but boom, loses track. Sir Dinadan and Gouvernail go too, but no one cares. Dame Bragwaine had been chilling with Guenever, telling … Continue reading →
Chapter 28 opens with a scene I’m just going to skip over, in which Sir Persides and Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides get together for some pre-tournament jousting and Sir Palomides manages to reveal that he recognizes Sir Tristram! Unlike … Continue reading →
Tristram and Dinadan ride down the road, in theory towards Camelot. Tristram declined to stay with Bleoberis and company last chapter, but it’s getting along in the day and neither he nor Dinadan have had lunch. So they stop and … Continue reading →
This chapter may have been written while Malory was in the throes of a stroke, or possibly two pages were stuck together and his editor missed it, or something, because not only does it make no sense in the familiar … Continue reading →
Isoud leaves, but her dog stays with Tristram, and barks at anyone who comes near. This includes King Mark and Sir Andred, who come to visit “Naked Hermit Hero Man” not long after Isoud goes. “Look, sire, the queen’s brachet … Continue reading →
