Medieval Tiemz + Merlin Rec

[merelyn]

I had a pretty busy weekend- I went out a lot and only did about half the things I intended to do. I also had the fun experience of buying a much-needed new pair of jeans, wearing them later that night, and almost immediately ripping a GIANT HOLE in the knee when I brushed past some person's inexplicably spiky license plate holder while walking in front of their parked car. (BOO.)

HOWEVER. I also went here on Sunday:





First, for those who don't know, Medieval Times (BEST WEBSITE VIDEO EVER) is a chain of "castles" across the US, Canada and Spain where they serve you dinner and give you a crown and you get to watch a real live Medieval tournament. With knights! On horseback! And there's jousting! And sword fights! And historically accurate strobe lights!

Most of the guests seemed to be children's birthday parties. My friends and I were easily spotted in the crowd since we were taller than everyone else.


They had a sword case! WITH EXCALIBUR, GUYS. How doth it ever get all the way to New Jersey?? (Yes, that's me pointing for anyone who's wondered what I look like.)



I should point out that they also had Lancelot's sword right next to Excalibur. You could tell it was his because he had his name engraved on it like a tool.





Here's the food, served to us by "wenches" on charming pewter plates that felt suspiciously like plastic. You can also see the pretty big arena in the background.





No silverware- eat with your hands, bitches! The soup was tomato bisque- yes I did have a moment of questioning the historical anachronism of the tomatoes. (Thank you, Merlin fandom.)





Our section was cheering for the Blue Knight. He was of course the one who got immediately pwned once the fighting started.





This is my favorite picture. For all of the spectacle, it was actually pretty impressive, in an awesomely ridiculous way.





Here’s all of us outside at the end. I wore the crown all the way home. It got many compliments.


Overall, it was a pretty awesome time. Also, my brain definitely went to the Merlin AU place where Arthur is a struggling actor who's trying to make it on Broadway and is working at the Medieval Times while waiting for his big break and Merlin's his roommate who makes fun of him all the time for it.


Also, Merlin rec! syllic is writing an Oxford rowing AU that is awesome and I'm totally reccing it even though I have an aversion to WiPS:

Easy There by syllic (Arthur/Merlin, Rated NPY for Not Porny Yet)

Comments

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Still trying. My job description changed again last week as did the dates when it will be easy for me to take off. *headdesk*

[j_apollo]

Tell me about it. I was shifted to a new project a few months back and then this year I was told I can't take vacation in January or February since deadlines got moved forward and I need to be in the lab 6 hours a day because of this.

Tell me once you have dates and I can sort out the meetup around that (I also have a community for that now *is very proud that she is being sort-of organised*) and get a day off :D

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

That sounds very familiar to me. :P Nothing for two months, though? Jeez.

I'm normally one of those people who has a big guilt complex when it comes to taking off- you have to force me. Even so, it doesn't make that any easier when you work for a weekly magazine and keep getting new responsibilities.

Anyway, I will definitely tell you as soon as I get myself sorted!

[j_apollo]

I'm not supposed to but I'm taking off two fridays in February anyway. One for a long weekend in Rome and the other for Chevron 7.2.

New responsibilities can be good. It means they trust you :D

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, those both sound lovely!

It is good, and I'm excited about all the new stuff it's just means that "figure out my vacation" has fallen below "FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL I'M DOING" in my job priority list for the moment. :)