A Whumper at Heart

Lancewain - A journey

aka I ship these two so hard and their enemies to lover potential is fabulous that I had to make a gifset of some of their moments.

I NEED TO TALK ABOUT LANCEWAIN FOR A SECOND!!! PLEASE EXCUSE MORE OF MY INCOHERANT NON WHUMP RAMBLINGS! I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

So i’m head over heels in deep for this ship and here’s why

The Weeping Monk fights and captures Gawain and ends up revealing to the man that he's Fey.

Then while in the Paladin camp Gawain doesn't outright tell everyone about him bit he hints it enough that now Lancelot is nervous af and veeery confused.

So he goes and visits Gawain and asks him and Gawain! Gawain sees him! Not as the Paladins dog but as a Fey who has brainwashed, who's lost! He calls him brother and starts saying things that perhaps he's already subconsciously thought of like:

And:

Then what happens?? Squirrel is taken prisoner and he tries to help him and gets slapped for it!!! Mayhaps Gawains words about how he doesn’t harm the children but stand idly by and lets it happen echoes through his brain in this moment? Cause he is no longer standing idly by while they hurt the boy! He’s now actively trying to help even if he’s a little awkward and unsure about it.

But here's the thing, when we next see the Weeping Monk he's since whipped himself BECAUSE HE CAN NO LONGER FEELS GOD GRACE!!! BECAUSE GAWAIN’S WORDS HAVE AFFECTED HIM SO MUCH THAT HIS ENTIRE SENSE OF SELF AND HIS BELIEFS ARE BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE AND HE ASKS IF FATHER CARDEN LOVES HIM BECAUSE HE WANTS TO FEEL LOVED AND SOMEONE HELP ME I HAVE FEELS

And Father Carden, omg I cant right now, Father Carden unknowingly gives Lancelot a piece of advice which turns out to be the final piece of the puzzle that finally pushes in the right direction that he needed. This right here:

“Do you have the will to do what is necessary to save your soul?”

What does Lancelot do next?

HE SAVES SQUIRREL FROM BROTHER SALT AND DECIMATES THE TRINITY GUARD AND LEAVES THE PALADINS!!!

HE HAD THE WILL TO DO WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO SAVE HIS SOUL!!! Just not in the way Father Carden had in mind!

ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF GAWAIN!!!!!!!

BECAUSE OF GAWAIN’S WORDS! If Gawain hadn’t found out about him being Fey and then tried to reach through to him, I don’t Lancelot would have done any of that.

Yes this part of him, the good, was in him but I generally believe that without Gawain's words to him in that tent, Lancelot might never have questioned things, might never have betrayed his beliefs and saved Squirrel.

It was Gawain that ultimately pushed him towards it and its because of this that I ship them so damn hard. No one could come close for me now (Sorry Nimue). Not when I have Gawain who was the person to push Lancelot on the path of redemption. Not when I have Gawain who was the first person to accept him for who he is. The first person to believe in him.

Lancewain forever.

SPOILERS FOR CURSED BELOW

So when I found out Cursed was based on a book (exciting!!) I immediately went to look up my favorite scene at the end of episode 10 when Squirrel helps him after he fought the Trinity Guard and I figured you guys would enjoy this as much as I do. 😍😍 Excellent book whump right here.

Cursed (Netflix) 1x10 - The Weeping Monk saves Squirrel

Cursed (Netflix 2020) 1x09 - The Weeping Monk questions his path

Cursed (Netflix 2020) s01e10 - Gawain and the Weeping Monk have a talk

Cursed (Netflix 2020) 1x06

Cursed (Netflix 2020) 1x06

Cursed (Netflix 2020) 1x02

Cursed (Netflix 2020) 1x02

I call this gifset “101 ways a horse can become a source of weapons” a tale by the Weeping Monk

First you choke them with the reins, then poll vault over the saddle, grab hidden knife number one, use the detachable stirrup to knock out one of them, and finish off with a hidden axe.

Simple :)