#Lord Bertilak of Hautdesert

[camelotpunk]

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[clytemnaestraes]

Lady Stoneheart + Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Parallels and Symbolism

The steel was polished to such a high sheen that she could see her reflection in the breastplate, gazing back at her as if from the bottom of a deep green pond. The face of a drowned woman, Catelyn thought. Can you drown in grief? — Catelyn, ACOK

Catelyn's face reflected in renly's green armour reminded me of the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I decided to dig into it and surprisingly found many things evocative of Lady Stoneheart.

1. A Judge

The Green Knight appears in Arthurian tales as a judge or tester of knights, challenging them to honour their promises. Lady Stoneheart plays a similar role in ASOIAF by demanding that jaime and brienne honour their promise to return her daughters or face death.

2. Colours: Green + Grey

It has been argued that green is wrongly attributed to the green knight owing to a mistranslation of the Cornish word glas, which means grey. In another variation of the story, the knight is often called "the man of the grey mantle".

Lady Stoneheart is heavily associated with grey.

Grey was the color of the silent sisters, the handmaidens of the Stranger. Brienne felt a shiver climb her spine. Stoneheart. — Brienne, AFFC

3. Identities and Aliases

At the end of the story, the green knight reveals himself to be Bertilak de hautdesert, Lord of a castle. Before getting resurrected as a fire wight, Lady Stoneheart was Catelyn tully stark.

On my honour as a Tully, on my honour as a Stark. — Catelyn, ASOS

4. A Game (of thrones)

The word gomen (game) is found 18 times in Gawain. Its similarity to the word gome (man), which appears 21 times, has led some scholars to see men and games as centrally linked.

The story itself began with a "Christmas game", known in folk stories as a "beheading game".

What... what game?

The only game. The game of thrones.

Catelyn ends up as Lady Stoneheart because her son wins every battle but loses the war, i.e., loses the game of thrones. Catelyn too was one of the players of the game, of course.

5. Winter, seasonality, and the rise and fall of things

The Green Knight tells Gawain to meet him at the Green Chapel in "a year and a day"—in other words, the next New Year's Day. Scholars interpret the yearly cycles, each beginning and ending in winter, as the poet's attempt to convey the inevitable fall of all things good and noble in the world

Winter is of course an extremely important motif in ASOIAF:

They are the knights of Summer, and winter is coming. — Catelyn, ACOK

It's also interesting to note that feasts are important events in both stories: the green knight first appears at a Christmas feast and Catelyn is killed at a wedding feast.

6. Trophies and Temptation: Girdles and Flayed skins

Roose bolton offers a piece of theon's flayed skin to Catelyn, and she is tempted to accept it.

"May I offer you this…small token of revenge?" Part of Catelyn wanted to clutch the grisly trophy to her heart, but she made herself resist. — Catelyn, ASOS

As Lady Stoneheart, she fully gives in to her temptation and ruthlessly pursues revenge.

"...She wants to feed the crows, like they did at the Red Wedding. Freys and Boltons, aye. We'll give her those, as many as she likes." —Brienne, AFFC

In Gawain's story, he is gifted a girdle by his hostess, the Lady Bertilak. He had earlier promised his host that he'd return whatever he got at the end of the day, but Lady Bertilak insists that it's a magical girdle that will prevent Gawain from being killed at the hands of the green knight. He gives in to temptation and keeps the girdle.

7. Chivalry and Contradictions: So many vows

The knight's code of honour requires Gawain to do whatever a damsel asks. Gawain must accept the girdle from the Lady, but he must also keep the promise he has made to his host that he will give whatever he gains that day. Gawain chooses to keep the girdle out of fear of death, thus breaking his promise to the host but honouring the lady.

Gawain's dilemma about whether to keep the girdle as ordered by his hostess or return it to his host and honour his promise to him reflects jaime's dilemma and the contradictory vows of knighthood.

So many vows...they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other. — Jaime, ACOK

It's also interesting to note that the five pointed star or the pentangle is heavily associated with Gawain, reminiscent of the seven pointed star of the faith associated with Westerosi knights (and by extension with jaime) as they are anointed by the faith.

8. Wounds to the neck

Catelyn's throat is slit by the freys before they dumped her in the river, and as a result, she is unable to speak properly.

At the story's climax, Gawain is wounded in the neck by the Green Knight's axe.

The symbolism surrounding wounds:

During the medieval period, the body and the soul were believed to be so intimately connected that wounds were considered an outward sign of inward sin. The neck, specifically, was believed to correlate with the part of the soul related to will.

Hope you enjoyed this post!

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[werewolf-transgenderism]

biggest quarrel with The Green Knight is that they really could have leant into the homoeroticism between Gawain and Lord Bertilak at Castle Hautdesert more. Lord and Lady Bertilak are absolutely looking to get Gawain into a throuple situation and the movie really doesn't do enough there. Could've made it queerer!

[bertilak-writes]

Bertilak de Hautdesert?

Hell yeah.

Lord (and Lady) Bertilak are among my favourite Arthurian characters from my favourite Arthurian story. What better character to be named after than the mysterious Bertilak de Hautdesert?

(I also originally made this account when my project was a Green Knight rewrite- but I was worried It'd be too similar to the A24 movie and stopped working on it)

[froody]

oh my god! Lord Bertilak de Hautdesert? 🤭😏😚😋

[lauralot89]

okay, wait.  wait a second.

so the photo of Dev Patel on set on The Green Knight, holding a giant heart, a scene that was not in the film and a photo so bizarre it became a meme, right?  this photo?

well the instagram for The Green Knight has posted shirtless Joel Edgerton gutting a boar in another scene not actually in the film:

he gave him the heart

he gave him the weirdly bloodless heart like a valentine

is he wearing a kilt

i demand a director’s cut

#The Green Knight #Sir Gawain #Gawain #Lord Bertilak of Hautdesert #Lord Bertilak #Sir Gaiwan and the Green Knight #blood #gore

[gawayne]

commissioned by @lost-fragment! gawain right back at the girdle-related sacrilege 😔 you can find the whole pic unlocked on my patreon, link in bio

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[behindfairytales]

Joel Edgerton in The Green Knight (2021) as Lord Bertilak de Hautdesert

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[gaheriskinnie]

An out of context picture of Bertilak, and Lady B being fun and pretty as usual

#king arthur and king of cornwall is a TREAT to read #bertilaks just picks up jesus's diary and does not want to keep it #the green knight #arthurian mythology #arthuriana #arthurian legend #lady bertilak #lord bertilak #bertilak #bertilak de hautdesert #art #my art #ell's doodles

[cisphobic-mordred]

Highlights from Gawain and the Green Knight

(Out of order)

Is it just me or is... is this really gay?? Gawain & Bertilak are mlm icons

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[knight-of-the-kitchen]

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[camelotpunk]

Here is an excerpt from "SiR_gAwAiN & The Green Night" by Dagmar 41 Klein, in which we follow a young Gawain as he sets off on his quest to a convention for a rematch with a green-armoured PVPer!

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[leohtttbriar]

okay but like that lovely gay kiss (and tender feelings subsequently rejected) in the green knight could have been six kisses and then there could've been an extra one, just for some modern-day interprative fun, when it's revealed that the green knight is actually Mr. Sad i'm-a-lord-who-doesn't-care-about-my-wife-that-much-here's-a-boar-i-caught-it-for-you-bc-i-admire-you-deeply-rest-and-be-merry Bertilak de Hautdesert.

#green knight spoilers #the green knight spoilers #i guess? #i mean im mostly just spoiling the 700 year old poem #gotta be safe #okay THIS is the last post i make about the green knight #which is dumb bc this isn't even the part that bothered me all that much. like i was impressed they included the kiss at all lol #the Exchanging motif in the poem is Prevalent (hence the word 'motif') #it's bc the poem is Courtly #and Also a examination of person/nature relations #alright goodnight #the green knight

[rosiecroz]

if you have seen the green knight, loved it, and are aching for a continuation of the themes explored within, here is a fic rec for you. it is a very beautifully written piece set post-canon that lovingly echoes the atmosphere of the film. 

of this, i have always known by happyberry | gawain/bertilak de hautdesert (aka the lord) | E | 10k

In which Gawain dies and is, thereafter, given the chance to live.

“My Lord,” he says, closing his eyes and bowing his head. “My thanks, always, for what you provide for me here.”

“My Knight.” That voice, Gawain can no longer pretend it does not roil into his gut with a fierceness. “I provide you nothing that is not yours to take.”

There is a touch upon Gawain’s face, a hand against his skin. He leans into it, and then the Lord is gone.

#the green knight #fic rec #i think this is literally the first ever fic rec i've made in my decade of being on this hellsite lmao the power of amazing fic ft dev patel #i should make a more comprehensive list of recs one of these days

[nooowestayandgetcaught]

Be It For Good Or Ill

read on AO3

~1k, Lady Bertilak/Gawain/Bertilak de Hautdesert, E-rating

Summary: Gawain is bestowed a token, a kiss, and a pleasure by Lady Bertilak. He must return these to Lord Bertilak.

#the green knight #sir gawain #the green knight 2021 #lady bertilak #lord bertilak #gawain x bertilak #the green knight film #gawain x lady bertilak #lady bertilak x gawain #bertilak x gawain #lord bertilak x gawain #sir gawain and the green knight

[teatitty]

Gawain in the Green Knight story is so funny cuz when the Lady of the Castle is coming onto him he’s like “well it’d be rude to just like. Turn her down completely so I can accept a kiss. For chivalry, of course” and then later he’s like “well damn I have to kiss the Lord too. For chivalry. Naturally” and he just does this for three days straight and then depending on what version you read, on the third day he either gets the expected three kisses or Way Hecking More Than That 

And yes he. Pretty explicitly kisses Bertilak on the mouth. It’s a full makeout session lmao. Watered down versions of this story do exist (love that for bi rep huh...) in which he either refuses to kiss Bertilak (which is why his neck gets nicked in those stories) or only kisses him on the cheek

Also if you’ve ever been concerned about Lady Hautdesert’s lack of loyalty to her husband don’t worry, Bertilak himself asks her to do this to “test Gawain’s purity” so both of them are super in on it and probably secretly laughing over Gawain’s bisexual panic

Bertilak also never, like, expresses disappointed or anger at Gawain kissing his wife, because the fact that Gawain is kissing him in return means that Gawain is being honest about it so Bertilak is hella aware of all that. He only nicks Gawain’s neck later on because Gawain didn’t give him the green sash that his wife gave to Gawain the night before, so there is a very amusing implication here that if Gawain had slept with Lady Bertilak everything would’ve been gucci provided he also sleep with Bertilak himself afterwards

(And yes I’m aware that the actual test was Gawain having to follow his Knightly Code whereby he must be courteous to Lady Hautdesert while also being loyal to his host but where’s the fun in that when I can instead laugh about Gawain being a useless bisexual who’s oblivious to the fact that he’s lowkey being asked for a threesome. His honesty was the most important part of the test though so can you blame me? No <3) 

#mythology #also his aunt morgan le fay is literally sitting at the table the entire time #watching this all go down lmao #she technically set this whole thing up to begin with #and gawain literally has No Idea that she's there! #she appears as a crone #who is always near lady hautdesert #and gawain himself ends up seated Right In The Middle Of Them #and says he finds them 'most hospitable' #HE'S LITERALLY SO DUMB I'M IN TEARS WHENEVER I READ IT #PEAK HIMBO BEHAVIOUR