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illustratus · 2 years
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halfbad-333 · 1 year
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Wrote this a long time ago and just found it in my drafts, what the heck, posting it. Just more AU
He wrapped his arms around her more firmly, and leaned his chin on her head, aligning it in the direction the horse faced. Around them lay gently rolling hills, softly green and verdant in the morning’s summer heat. Tilled fields, vineyards in neat rows reached into the distance. Below them R saw a well-kept garden surrounding a graceful stone manor, with matching outbuildings and stables nearby built in the same warm yellow stone. “This is your home?” R asked softly. She had not thought much about his background, though she knew he would have to come from gentry to be a knight. “It was my home,” he corrected her, equally softly. He went on contemplatively, almost to himself. “I gave it all up when I joined the Order. Not that it would have been mine, as the second son.” She could feel his jaw tighten in its familiar sardonic smile. “I hadn't realized that I would be giving up my family as well. Not that it was a big loss, at least that's how I felt at the time. And probably my family felt the same, with good reason, looking back on it. I was a sour, unpleasant child, and a sullen, defensive youth. Awkward, blemished, too tall. Always hiding from any social obligation or grace, always with my head in a book and a smart remark for my parents or brother, thinking myself intellectually superior to the lot of them. Is it any wonder they favored him? He was a good-looking, happy child, a kind and handsome young man, their first born. Excellent at sports and bright enough to give my father confidence in his heir. He probably is still cheerful, good to his people, and loved; the estate still appears well managed, even if my father has passed on. But I, always sour and angry - my father couldn’t stand being around me. I was perhaps better than my brother at horsemanship and arms, but I never had patience for the other sports they loved. My father and brother enjoyed them together and were close, but my father was not a patient man and had no time for my petulance. My mother would laugh at him sometimes, especially when he was angry at me. He is dark-complected like me, while my mother and brother are fair. She would call him “the Jew” when he was angry, teasing him about his dark countenance, but he didn’t find it amusing. I thought it made him hate me more.” B nuzzled her hair and kissed her gently, as if to reassure her. “I hated it more than he,” he said reflectively, “though she never teased me in that way, I could tell it made it even harder for him to care for me.” He laughed sadly. “My mother was always kind to me, but thoughtless, never relaxed and close as she was with my brother. I never felt truly loved by any of them. Mostly I stayed in the stables with the horses and yardmen, or in the library with my studies and books. I would have done anything to please him,” he continued sadly. “But I never could.”
“And then, when I developed a fondness for Adelaide and she laughed at me, told me I was the last man on earth she would ever marry, I knew my heart would break. That no woman would want one such as me. I hated all womankind as spiteful, stupid bitches. It was then I decided to join the Order. I was seventeen, I thought I knew everything. I was so young then.” He gave one of the puffing little laughs that R loved so much, but this time its sadness broke her heart. He stopped speaking and held on to her, his face still buried in her hair. “I thought I would show them I was no Jew, that I was as Christian as any of the best, a true defender of the Cross. That I would fight in Jerusalem, that they would be proud of me, and sorry for their unkindness. I left without their knowledge or blessing. It wasn’t until I was a novice that I found out that I could never communicate with any woman again, not even my mother. I could never know what my family thought, and that, indeed, I should not care what they thought. When my brother sent his letter shortly thereafter, telling me that he had married, I knew the Order was my family. I never heard from any of them again or what happened to them. They likely will not welcome me. But perhaps they will give us another horse before they send us on our way.”
He prodded the horse and they continued slowly down the hill towards the house.
As they approached a farmhand appeared from the stable, looking at them suspiciously as if sharing a horse was an indecent thing to do. “What can I help you with, Sir?” he said, directing his gaze at Brian. He set his feet apart aggressively, as if he expected hostility. He was about twenty, no one he had known before. “I wish to speak to the master of this house,” Brian stated firmly. The man looked at him and opened his mouth as if to respond rudely, but before he could say a word, an older man hurried from the stable behind him. “Brian?” he said uncertainly. Then, looking at him more carefully, he shouted “By God, it is Brian! Twenty years older, black and well-worn, but I swear I’d know you and your voice anywhere! Wilhelm, fetch the mistress and be quick about it!” The younger man looked perplexed but hurried to do his superior’s bidding.
Very shortly after, a woman appeared in the doorway of the house. She looked anxiously towards the stable yard, where the young farmhand pointed them out. She hurried in their direction, her face a picture of fright and hopefulness.
“Brian?” she said,
“Mère?” he responded, with a tentative smile. He slid from the horse and carefully lifted R down beside him. His mother’s eyes glanced at her uneasily and her eyes quickly returned to Brian's face. She hugged him hard, laughing and crying.
“It is my Brian, my lost son! I never thought to see you again! How old and worn you look, not the young fresh boy who abandoned us.”
B made a cynical face at the comment, and asked, “Where is my father and brother? And my brother's wife and children? The place is quiet.” He added, looking about.
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thealmightyemprex · 9 months
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James Mason REview:Ivanhoe
So I was in the mood to watch the work of actor James Mason and decided to check out one of his later works Ivanhoe
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In this 1982 TV movie King Richard (Julian Glover ) has returned from the CRusades and has teamed up with Robin Hood (DAvid Robb ) to take on three knights who work for Prince John(Ronald Pickup):Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeuf (John Rhyse Davies) who wants to extort Isaac of York (James Mason ),Sir Maurice de Bracy(STuart Wilson ) who wishes to marry Lady Rowena (Lysette Anthony ) and Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert (Sam Niel ) who is in mad lust for ISaacs daughter REbecca(Olivia Hussey )....Oh and there is a guy named Ivanhowe(Anthony Andrews),hes there too
SO I very much enjoy this movie despite it having a big flaw ....IN THAT IVANHOWE IS THE LEAST INTERESTIN?G PART .Oh Anthony Andrews plays him well,and he connects all these threads...He just isnt given enough focus .He is out of commission for most of the movie and honestly....I dont care about his story ,which is about him reconnecting with his father (Played by Michael Hordern )...PArtially cause the father is such a dick I dont care about him either ,cause the movie doesnt care either.The film is far more focused on the stuff around Ivanhowe that he feels like an after thought
That said I do like the movie.....Because the rest of it is so damn good .The action is solid from the jousting scenes to an assault on the villains castle by Richard and Robin Hood to a very eintense sword fight between Ivanhoe and Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert.I also like that the film really focuses on prejudice ,both the feud of the Normans and Saxxons but especially the hatred Isaac and REbecca face for being Jewish
The cast is alll superb (I mean Sam Niel,Stuart Wilson and John Rhyse Davies are the villains how can I not love that),Both George Innes and Tony Haygarth bring levity as Wamba the Fool and Friar Tuck rspectfully ,Michael Hordern is appropriatly pigheaded as Cedric , Wilson and Davies are sinister ,Phillip Locke is scene stealingly evil as the leader of the Knights Templar ,ROnald Pickup is slimey and David Robb is a solid Robin Hood (He also gets the funniest line )
The best performances however go to Julian Glover,James Mason ,Olivia Hussey ,and Sam Niel .Lets Start with Niel who is a solid villain :Arrogant ,obsessive ,creepy and yet there are levels to it ,fighting genuine guilt for his actions .Julian Glover is an actor I associate with bad guys so its fun to see him as a noble king .Olivia Hussey is great as REbecca,on par with Elizabeth Taylors performance in the 1952 film.I think the scene stealer of the movie is James Mason ,Mason while associated with lets say darker parts,had great versitility and when he had the chance could make a very sympathetic characters cause he can make the audience feel his pain
Ovewralll its a fun movie,and I think its on par with the 1952 film
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mercurygray · 5 months
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Happy (thirsty) Thursday, I hope your tasks are going well!
One of my current projects, with the unintended scope of which I think you may sympathize, is an Ivanhoe AU set in 1938 NYC. Rebecca will be a private detective, I said to myself! Brian de Bois-Guilbert will fit neatly into the archetype and suits of the morally grey gunslinger (Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart.) German immigrant identity in the interwar period will be a great way to update the consideration of what it means to be Saxon after conquest, and Isaac of York can have a better life and read Yiddish newspapers.
Anyway, now I have a rapidly expanding cast of characters, a rapidly expanding word count, and a rapidly expanding (let's not say unmanageable) list of things to research more when I have the time. Also a lot of romantic angst. What have I done (rhetorical)?
I'm in love with literally everything here. Please share your reading list as time allows, it sounds fascinating.
(Would it really be Ivanhoe without the romantic angst, though?)
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mademoiselleseraph · 7 months
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Brian de Bois-Guilbert doesn't even just fail at courtly love, he entirely inverts it. He doesn't use his feelings for Rebecca as motivation to better himself, as the men in courtly romances do to make themselves more worthy of consideration and love, instead, he embitters himself over the fact Rebecca is not less than what she is.
He projects his lack of convictions onto her at every given opportunity. He wishes she had his same lack of chastity. He calls her own code of honor and dedication to her faith as a Jewish woman "stubbornness" and curses it. At the same time she lists off virtues he, as one sworn into a Christian institution, should have, such as charity toward the less fortunate and defending the innocent against falsehoods made against them, that as a man and a Christian, he is supposed to do these things without the expectation of personal gain. She tries to morally elevate him to her level (as she uses all the means and skills at her disposal to make the lives of even those who will always hate her for being Jewish a little easier and more comfortable), tries to give him a chance to live up to the purpose he proclaimed to the world on swearing to serve Christ as a knight, but he refuses these virtues because they do not gratify his desire for status or Rebecca herself.
I don't think this is an accident. Sir Walter Scott was a Romanticist and went through a lot of writings on the Middle Ages as reference material for Ivanhoe. He of all people would have an understanding of courtly love, and he decided Rebecca would be a more apt depiction of its ideals in her selfless and undemanding love for Wilfred than Bois-Guilbert could ever be in his desire for her.
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theknightofivanhoe · 2 years
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Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe casting
Wilfred of Ivanhoe, The Disinherited Knight - Aidan Turner
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Lady Rowena - Michelle Dockery
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Cedric the Saxon - Sean Bean
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Isaac of York - Oded Fehr
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Rebecca of York - Gal Gadot
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Prince John - Rafe Spall
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Brian de-Bois Guilbert the Templar knight - Adam Driver
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Reginald Front-de-Boeuf - Ray Stevenson
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Maurice de Bracy - Dominic West
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Wamba the Jester - Tom Hiddleston
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Gurth the Swineherd - Stephen Hunter
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Robin of Locksley - Dan Stevens
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Original Song, Ivanhoe - Leslie Grace
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estrogenizedquark · 1 year
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was there any need for brian de bois-guilbert to be unbelievably fucking hot in Illustrated Classics’ Ivanhoe? actually most of the men in that book are a wet fucking dream. im supposed to hate prince john but he had fucking drip and was also hot. i simply could not do it. also reginald front-de-boeuf? please lock me in your dungeon daddy. wilfred of ivanhoe, king richard, cedric. yummy. the way i would fucking THROAT king richard in his black armor good god
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apebook · 8 months
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ivanhoe au when Dathan as Ivanhoe, Miramir as Rowena and Han as Brian de Bois-Guilbert and Leia as Rebecca of York
Cool!
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zlatokryletz · 3 years
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Truly how does one stop fan-casting Adam for one certain Brian de Bois-Guilbert here?🔥 The pull is irresistible, "Ivanhoe" is beautiful - and so are the recent images from "The Last Duel"
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illustratus · 2 years
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oldshrewsburyian · 3 years
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Is Brian de Bois-Guilbert one of the earliest Hot Villains? Discuss.
...no, really, please discuss, I want to know your thoughts.
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kellyvela · 2 years
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Bois Guilbert seems like a Petyr Baelish + Sandor Clegane stand in .
Brian de Bois-Guilbert is like a combination of all the old dudes - false knights - girls predators of ASOIAF, he is also like Tyrion and Jorah.... ewww
He was the master mind behind De Bracy abducting Rowena; he abducted Rebecca himself and claimed to love her but he was the cause of her being accused of witchery and almost being burned alive....
He is the main villain of the story but of course GRRM loves him very much.... So much that he did a reinterpretation of Bois-Guilbert's sigil to gave it to House Corbray and he also have a House Corbray's sigil colored glass window at his home....
Lastly, he laid aside his shield, which had received some little damage, and received another from his squires. His first had only borne the general device of his rider, representing two knights riding upon one horse, an emblem expressive of the original humility and poverty of the Templars, qualities which they had since exchanged for the arrogance and wealth that finally occasioned their suppression. Bois-Guilbert’s new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau.
—IVANHOE: A Romance
Coat of arms: Three black ravens in flight, holding three red hearts, on a white field (Argent, three ravens volant sable, each clutching in their claws a heart gules)
—House Corbray of Heart's Home
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xenowlsome · 3 years
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"Saul hath slain his thousands
And David his ten thousands"
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mademoiselleseraph · 7 months
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I can also see why so many contemporary readers were so taken with Rebecca. Even to a modern reader she's a breath of fresh air. A sweet, gentle, generous young woman who does not put up with any bullshit and is an accomplished healer and student for her age and speaks a ton of languages including French, Saxon, Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic. She is aware the man she loves will never see her as an option or even his equal because even if he's one of the good ones, he's still entrenched in the prejudices of his culture, and those prejudices are considered a virtue to many. Her response to being told to convert from Judaism and/or give in to a Knight Templar's lust is always "respectfully, i would rather die." I love her so much. I will kill Brian de Bois-Guilbert with my bare hands for her.
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dancingsalome · 2 years
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Ivanhoe-fic
Summary: Brian de Bois-Guilbert cannot forget Rebecca. And she can’t get him out of her mind.
Title: Seven Years
Fandom: Ivanhoe
Word Count: 3362
Rating: Teen an up
Characters: Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Rebecca of York
Pairings: Brian de Bois-Guilbert/Rebecca of York
Warnings: None
Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Nobody is Dead
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