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Le Roman de Silence by Illegible_Scribble
Fandoms: Arthurian Mythology, Le Roman de Silence | The Romance of Silence
01 Aug 2021
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A full rewrite of Heldris of Cornwall's 14th century poem, Le Roman de Silence, in which Silence is fully acknowledged as a trans man and pursues a relationship with King Evan of England.
For those unfamiliar with the obscure little story, after the time of King Arthur, to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall is born a baby girl in an England in which women cannot inherit anything. To secure their family line, they disguise and raise their child as a boy, Silentius or Silence. He faces continual conflict within himself as the subject of debate between Nature and Nurture personified about the validity of his identity as a man, which is confronted as he grows up to become a knight in King Evan's court. Bearing his perilous secret, Silence attempts to negotiate court life and his growing feelings for his lord, and struggles with a great danger in Queen Eufeme, who becomes frantic to win him, or failing that, set on destroying him.
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“My arm, my armor, my ardor and my skill are what define me in the eyes of others; by the same measure are my peers perceived. For that, it seems to me that what I hide has no significance to being a man at all; and so I am a man.”
this is literally a touchstone for a big project im doing rn btw