30 days of arthurian romances - day#23: Kay and Lancelot (+ the List)
do you ship them?
Yes, sometimes.
is this your OTP for those characters?
Not really. I don’t have a Lancelot otp because I usually don’t like him enough but I guess, among all the pairings with him, this is the one I prefer. And my Kay otp should be Bedivere/Kay but I ship Kay with too many arthurian characters.
what do you like/dislike about this pairing?
I like the fact that they are not usually written as friends. Kay seems to be extremely close to Arthur and Guinevere and so does Lancelot.
I like the potential UST that could come out from such a pairing. They both want to please Arthur and Guinevere, they both love them and they are both jealous of their different roles (one the champion and the other one the seneschal).
THE UST!
when did you start shipping them?
I started a half Morte d’Arthur (Malory). There was this scene where they sleep together (in the same bed) in a monastery (or something like that) and Kay is wounded or very tired so, the morning after, Lancelot takes Kay’s armor and leaves him. This way, Kay will have Lancelot’s armor and people usually don’t attack Lancelot because he is too strong. Kay reaches Camelot witout being attacked by other knights while Lancelot fights a lot and raises Kay’s status because he is using Kay’s armor.
Indescribable feelings.
your favourite and least favourite portrait of this couple in novels/fanfictions.
This may seem strange but my favourite Lancelot/Kay portrait is in Exiled from Camelot (Cherith Baldry). They are both well written characters without any bashing, they both love Arthur and Guinevere and Kay is incredibly jealous of the fact that Lancelot can fight while he has to stay in the castle. They don’t trust each other but they will learn to.
I guess I don’t like the idea of Kay/Lancelot in Idylls of the Queen but only because I can’t ship Kay with anyone but Guinevere in that novel.
what is your favourite art and /or song you associate with this pairing?
I don’t know any art but I think I hate everything about you is perfect.
a headcanon about them
In my headcanon Kay thinks Lancelot is in love with Guinevere because he is always around them (and Kay and Guinevere are pretty inseparable) and he is angry because he feels like Lancelot doesn’t give him attention and he is also betraying Arthur.
Lancelot thinks Kay is in love with Arthur and/or Guinevere because he is always around them.
The court at Camelot thinks Lancelot is in love with Guinevere.
Guinevere is tired to be depicted as the evil seducer just because she is a woman and thinks Lancelot and Kay wants each other.
Hilarity and UST usually happens. This is a happy pairing after all.
OR, usually I like to think that Merlin tries everything he can to make Lancelot and Kay fall in love because he knows that if not Lancelot will start noticing Guinevere.
