So these two stories were all sort of interesting. Starting with Bisclavret...I'm quite satisfied with the wife's fate. Seriously, who does that to their husband (they apparently had a good thing going on)?
Did she feel unsafe knowing that he turned into a "monster" several times a week (that's what I think it says)? If she did should've known better. They've been married for what I think is a while and if he never harmed her before, what makes her think the future would be any different (except that it did because you betrayed him).
Sucks to suck.
But in all seriousness, perhaps the more likely reason was that her entire view of him changed. Since he transformed into a beast, he must be one. Going along with the thought, perhaps she thought that it would basically be bestiality if they continued to be intimate.
100% Ship Bisclavret with the King. That is the type of bromance and romance that we need in this world.
This also seems to be a story about appearances. The wife was noted to have been very beautiful, but as we learn, she is nothing more than just a pretty face. She instantly judges him when he reveals his curse. She doesn't pay any sort of attention to what sort of man he is - who is the type of man who loved and respected the wishes of his wife enough tot he point of ignoring his instincts and telling his secret (even Courtly Love tells you not to reveal all your secrets and you know it's a think when it's in the rule book). Loved the part where Bisclavret bit his wife's nose off and all of her subsequent daughters were noseless.
As for Lanval...Jesus, what to say, except that Guinevere, as always is starting shit and just in general, being a bitch (calling a guy gay just because he refused to be your lover out of respect for his King? Hello?). Loved it when Lanval straight up tells her that's she's not the most beautiful woman since even the handmaidens of his beloved are more beautiful than her.
Savage, bro. However, not smart as you had promised your lady friend not to tell anyone about each others. Once again, keeping some secrets is a good thing and revealing them to the wrong person or at the most inopportune time? Well, you dug your own hole. Now go crawl in it and think about what you've done.
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