I've never actually read any the Arthurian legends—does anyone here know if some of the Knights of the Round Table "bumbling fuckin idiots"?
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i have read them and i don't recall any idiots saving the world but i can't claim my memory is perfect on this
sep 1, 2025, 12:34 pm • 1 0 • view
googling reveals Sir Dagonet is an example of a bumbling knight!
sep 2, 2025, 1:10 am • 5 0 • view
"You will go to the Dagonet system. There will learn from Yoda, the Jedi knight who taught me."
sep 2, 2025, 1:22 am • 3 0 • view
Thanks for following up—we're discovering new things together!
sep 2, 2025, 1:21 am • 1 0 • view
Gawain comes off as a fool, or at least naive and over-confident, in the Green Knight poem. He totally misses the obvious passes his host's wife is throwing his way, and not just because he wants to remain pure ...
sep 2, 2025, 1:23 am • 2 1 • view
hmm i think there's too much distance between a competent but naive person and a bumbling idiot for this to count as depiction of the latter
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True enough!
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