• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    5 days ago

    Arthur probably didn’t exist. Guinevere certainly didn’t. Even if they did, there’s no reason to assume any particular location would be the location of their tombs.

    Plus, according to the legend, Arthur’s supposed to be alive and in the mystical island of Avalon, waiting until he is needed to return and become king again. These guys needed to look up their Geoffrey of Monmouth.

    Basically, it would be like digging to find the tomb of Uncle Sam and his wife.

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      18 hours ago

      No joke: Uncle Sam was a real guy and Ive been to his grave. I forget if his wife was there (or if he had one).

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        4 days ago

        Fun fact, he was actually right in the original version — there hasn’t been a queen of England since 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were replaced with one kingdom of Great Britain

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            There was no title “king of England” or “queen of England” as of that date, in the same way that there is no king of Sheffield. There’s a king whose kingdom includes Sheffield, yes, but it’s not the kingdom of Sheffield

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              19 hours ago

              I always assumed it was similar to how QE2 was the Queen of Canada, making our monarchy separately and independent but parallel to the UK monarchy.

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                18 hours ago

                It was up until the Acts of Union 1707. Ireland got a similar treatment in 1800 (and then reduced to Northern Ireland later, of course)

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        4 days ago

        There is no Once and Future King of England

        So far!

        … though I expect if there is one, it’s that shitty hologram/AI technology hybrid

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      5 days ago

      Basically, it would be like digging to find the tomb of Uncle Sam and his wife.

      I just had the most amazing idea for a post-apocalyptic roleplay campaign.

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      4 days ago

      Or they had tombs made for them and they remained empty because Arthur is alive on the mystical island of Avalon

      Yaknow, pharaoh pyramid rules - they built those suckers when the dude was still alive. But one dude just didn’t have to use his “pyramid” cause he floating on an island.