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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9743337" data-attributes="member: 6779310">That doesn't mean it's a good idea. A knight's life is hard enough without things scarier than the Fey... I don't remember faerie knights in Mabinogion or LeMorte, but there are enough Faerie stories in Arthuriana that Faerie nights.When the Arthurian stories do go horror, it's not modern style. It's the characters dealing with the mad machinations of a Fae or the Fairy-touched casters who delusionally think they're in control.Think Alice in Wonderland but with Lewis on PCP laced LSD...Or medievalizing Heavy Metal. (The Movie).Or Golden age supervillains turned up to 11... and the heroes have zip for super power.Welcome. Remember that the actual historical period of most Arthuriana is high medieval, despite the calendar being dark ages. Which is where Name of the Rose comes in; it's a look at a one of the two parallel medieval justice systems. And a great period piece.White reads somewhere between Victorian and it's author's period. And trippy. Makes me wonder if White liked Rye bread.Mabinogion and T&I are set in the Dark Ages, and Mabinogion is dated to them, too.Prince Valiant also should have been mentioned, too. I find PV drier than Mallory... Grew up trying to understand why it got so much sunday space.Lerner and Loewe's Camelot was my first real exposure to non-disney Arthurian. It's best live.The Princess and the Pea is not Arthurian, but is a great story that could easily be a fae in a pissy mood.</blockquote>

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