#i lava him sooo much hes so sexy and funny

[gringolet]

so, is lancelot dumb?

i do joke about him being dumb and illiterate but i do actually think hes smart.

He makes some odd and pretty reckless decisions (following random animals into danger, going back to prison bc he promised he would, crossing the sword bridge Like That then trying to fight a duel to the death while bleeding out...) but that’s less stupidity and more a disregard for his physical safety, which is like, his thing. Hes actually quite sly, especially in the vulgate.

For instance, he uses a loophole to get knighted by guinevere by getting her to gift him a sword. He also leverages galehauts promise to him to stop the war, saving arthurs kindgom from certain destruction. In knight of the cart, he gets out of a promise to “lie with” a lady by literally lying down next to her, technically fulfilling his promise. in the roman van walewein, hes the only member of court to correctly deduce how gringolet came to return with a stranger. it is kind of implied in knight of the cart that he cant read? but in all fairness thats not a measure of innate intelligence. by the fall of camelot he can at least because he reads gawains letter.

hes not very outspoken or good socially but he does have a quiet intelligence and trickyness that people underestimate

#arthuriana #arthurian legend #lancelot #i lava him sooo much hes so sexy and funny #and tricky