Plus, it takes place in an imagined past. A giant green dude is gonna get straight decapitated and be totally fine- anyone bleating about some sort of bullshit white fantasyland historical accuracy needs to fucking not.
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Actually no wait. In the Arthurian canon, Arthur is made king after he pulls a sword from a stone & he keeps hold of that power by waging a brutal campaign of conquest and bloodshed across Europe. So really, the tagline should be When swords and rabid imperialism made kings
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And can we talk about the font? That looks like some Blackletter-ass lettering to me. But the poem wasn't written in that! The BL informs me that it was written in gothic cursive with anglicana features. Just doesn't have the same ease of reading, does it?pic.twitter.com/mliWJc4yU4
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But perhaps the most upsetting thing about the whole deal is this summer NO. SGGK IS A CHRISTMAS STORY LIKE ELF OR DIE HARD. All the good bits take place in that weird gap between Xmas and New Year. They could release it then & give resentful families something to dream of
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In all seriousness though, I'm interested to see what they do with this.
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P.S. Since this is a poem rooted in the landscape of the North West, I hope there's at least some scouse peasants in it who like, try to rob Gawain's horseshoes or something.
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P.P.S The poster really reminds me of
@ImageComics Headlopper series, which is daft and dead good. It wears its Beowulf influences on its sleeve, but its doing other cool stuff too. Go read that.pic.twitter.com/ppl3iFg3o1
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P.P.P.S THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY FUCKING COOL ASS VERSIONS OF CHAUCER ARE THEY? DONT SEE ANY BOOK OF THE DUCHESS 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO COMING TO THEATRES SOON
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In fairness, SGGK is set in a hauntological neverwhen, so ideas of accuracy kind of go out the window when it comes to accurate criteria for kings.
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