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For me, the tale of Sir Bedivere from fate/Grand Order is my favourite and it’s because I feel like I relate to the main character on a much deeper level.
Note: King Arthur Is a Woman in these works
In Arthurian Legend, the wielder of the sacred sword, King Arthur is dying post battle at a cinematic landscape, he’s sat down fatigued with his back towards a tree and a knight standing up facing him. It is Sir Bedivere, his most trusted knight, tasked by the king himself to return his sacred sword to the lake. Doing so will rid the king of his immortality and he will succumb from his wounds. Facing a dilemma, the knight takes the kings sacred sword, later returning to tell him that he completed his task. The king sees through him and interrupts his speech “Return my sword to the lake.” He says. The knight goes back to the king twice before finally returning the sword to the lake. His hesitation was seen as the knight’s first and only act of disobedience against the king but I like to think it’s proof of his humanity. The other knights of the round table were not as human as Bedivere.
In fate/Grand Order, the knight doesn’t follow through on the third attempt back to the lake and the king disappears when he returns. The knight holds the sacred sword excalibur for himself, acting as both a reminder of his new purpose and old failure. For thousands of years he wanders the globe trying to atone for his own sins and guilt, searching vehemently for the king. His mind shatters along the way but he refuses to give up. This is because the king was the only person who ever saw Bedivere. The only person who ever reassured Bedivere. The only person that believed in Bedivere. Bedivere wasn’t the strongest, fastest or even the most noble, but king Arthur was still able to make him feel like he had worth in his kingdom. King Arthur was a great king to Bedivere.
Likewise, I wouldn’t be able to get rid of the one thing that mattered to me the most.
I will never let her go.
Note: King Arthur Is a Woman in these works
In Arthurian Legend, the wielder of the sacred sword, King Arthur is dying post battle at a cinematic landscape, he’s sat down fatigued with his back towards a tree and a knight standing up facing him. It is Sir Bedivere, his most trusted knight, tasked by the king himself to return his sacred sword to the lake. Doing so will rid the king of his immortality and he will succumb from his wounds. Facing a dilemma, the knight takes the kings sacred sword, later returning to tell him that he completed his task. The king sees through him and interrupts his speech “Return my sword to the lake.” He says. The knight goes back to the king twice before finally returning the sword to the lake. His hesitation was seen as the knight’s first and only act of disobedience against the king but I like to think it’s proof of his humanity. The other knights of the round table were not as human as Bedivere.
In fate/Grand Order, the knight doesn’t follow through on the third attempt back to the lake and the king disappears when he returns. The knight holds the sacred sword excalibur for himself, acting as both a reminder of his new purpose and old failure. For thousands of years he wanders the globe trying to atone for his own sins and guilt, searching vehemently for the king. His mind shatters along the way but he refuses to give up. This is because the king was the only person who ever saw Bedivere. The only person who ever reassured Bedivere. The only person that believed in Bedivere. Bedivere wasn’t the strongest, fastest or even the most noble, but king Arthur was still able to make him feel like he had worth in his kingdom. King Arthur was a great king to Bedivere.
Likewise, I wouldn’t be able to get rid of the one thing that mattered to me the most.
I will never let her go.
