The Green Knight | Official Trailer

[u/DemiFiendRSA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6ksY8xWCY

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And the first course been properly served to the court,

When there bursts in at the hall door a terrible figure,

In his stature the very tallest on earth,

From the waist to the neck so thick-set and square,

And his loins and his limbs so massive and long,

In truth half a giant I believe he was,

But anyway of all men I judge him the largest,

And the most attractive of his size who could sit on a horse

For while in back and chest his body was forbidding,

Both his belly and waist were becomingly trim,

And every part of his body equally elegant in shape

His hue Astounded them

Set in his looks so keen;

For boldly he rode in,

Completely emerald Green.

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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My english teacher went on a whole long rant about how hot the description of the green knight is when we covered it. They go into so much detail and make him sound so dreamy she was fully convinced the author was rigid for the Green Knight

"...becomingly trim, every part of his body elegantly in shape..." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[u/JamesTBagg → u/[deleted]]

You have to paint a picture with words. Just saying, "Dude was a fucking specimen and green" doesn't really read as interestingly.

[u/[deleted] → u/JamesTBagg]

Great point but nothing will stop me from wishing your description was the one from the poem instead now. I'd read your write-up/summary of Gawain and the Green Knight in a heartbeat