nostalgia recs #8: "The Water-Horse" and "Shame to Them . . ." (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
The Water-Horse (9707 words) by Thamiris
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Arthurian Mythology
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir Gawain, The Green Knight, Bertilak de Hautdesert
Additional Tags: Slash, Drama, Mythology - Freeform, Arthurian legend - Freeform, Adventure
Summary:
In the year after the events at Hautdesert, as Gawain tries to reassemble his life, he finds that a few pieces are missing.
Note: For Adara
Originally published for Yuletide 2004. Rereading this is especially bittersweet since Thamiris died in 2007. As I wrote back about this fic back then -- and, it's still true -- "If I had a slash top ten, it would be on the list more often than not. It's sexy and sad and funny and lyrical and knowing, and the line "If you're going to stop, kill me now, because I swear I'll kill you if I have to cut off your head a hundred times" -- oh, wow.
On a more cheerful and merry note, from 2009:
Shame To Them Who Think Evil Of This (1020 words) by Rymenhild
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gawain/Bertilak/Bertilak's Lady
Summary:
Sir Gawain has already learned one lesson today, but Bertilak and his lady have more left to teach him.
It's in verse. And the Translator's Note is gold. This entry was originally posted at https://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/427829.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Arthurian Mythology
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir Gawain, The Green Knight, Bertilak de Hautdesert
Additional Tags: Slash, Drama, Mythology - Freeform, Arthurian legend - Freeform, Adventure
Summary:
In the year after the events at Hautdesert, as Gawain tries to reassemble his life, he finds that a few pieces are missing.
Note: For Adara
Originally published for Yuletide 2004. Rereading this is especially bittersweet since Thamiris died in 2007. As I wrote back about this fic back then -- and, it's still true -- "If I had a slash top ten, it would be on the list more often than not. It's sexy and sad and funny and lyrical and knowing, and the line "If you're going to stop, kill me now, because I swear I'll kill you if I have to cut off your head a hundred times" -- oh, wow.
On a more cheerful and merry note, from 2009:
Shame To Them Who Think Evil Of This (1020 words) by Rymenhild
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gawain/Bertilak/Bertilak's Lady
Summary:
Sir Gawain has already learned one lesson today, but Bertilak and his lady have more left to teach him.
It's in verse. And the Translator's Note is gold. This entry was originally posted at https://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/427829.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.