All I can do is

[akahoshi]

Why should I tarry,
he asked with a tranquil eye.
In destinies sad or merry,
true men can but try.

Just a little snippet that keeps me sane and a means of procrastination while I burn away what is hopefully the last hour of my day.  There are at least two people on my wee flist who ought to know the quote origin.

Comments

[xtinethepirate]

Mm, I like that quotation. Took me a minute to remember it, though, since I had to read SGGK in Middle English (my prof was a purist like that, heh. ;))

*hugs and snugs and helps with procrastination to make the time fly*

Did I ever link you to this absolutely gorgeous Sir Gawain/Green Knight fic? It's one that makes explicit the hinted-at undertones in SGGK, but without losing the poetry of the language.

[akahoshi]

We had the Middle English in the book, side by side with the translation, because Americans can't be bothered with languages....even english as it were.

But yes, it is SGGK and you get a million snugs and loves and cookies for being BRILLIANT.

and you give me SGGK fic? Um. Because when I read that fic in college, that was clearly before fandom or the glory that is slash. But it did strike me that those fellas were swapping spit more than is called for even if they are roaming the land in tights and frolicing. Hm.

*dashes off to read*

[xtinethepirate]

Oooh, concurrent snuggles and ego-stroking. I think I shall keepeth thee. :DDD

We had a book like that for Chaucer in my 2nd year. Alas, the same prof who did SGGK was like "PFFFT READ IT IN THE ORIGINAL, BITCHES" again my third year. As it transpired, Chaucer was a breeze to decipher after SGGK, hahaha. But anyhoo.

Yeah, we discussed for quite a while in class the homoeroticism in the text (if G had slept with the lady, would Bertilack have reasonably demanded the same favour?), so of course there had to be fic made of it where suggestion became actual fact. :D

THERE IS FIC OF EVERYTHING. Though not nearly enough Byron/Shelley fic, which makes me sad.

[akahoshi]

I started reading the SGGK fic at work and had to leave (because omg my boss turned his back and I BOLTED out the door). But I have not stopped thinking about it since, so I have GOT TO FINISH READING NOW.

I remember thinking the GK was hot back in the day...because I have always thought villains were hot? Ahem. Ancient!Tove/Green Knight. :|

Asmodei/Green Knight.

Cloud and Sephiroth role playing?

*cackles madly*

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*pokes*

[akahoshi]

*poke poke*

*shy hug*

[izzardwizzard]

Are you online at this late hour?

*hugs back*