It's [Insert Ridiculously Long Adjective] Sunday!

Today's Sunday (well technically it's Saturday, but by the time you read this it will be Sunday so shhhh)! And you know what this Sunday is! It's "Point-Out-Ironic-Things-that-are-to-be-Found-in-Medieval-Romances-that-back-then-may-have-been-usual-but-are-now-rather-funny-and-obsolete Sunday!" Well, technically it isn't. But it is to me! So here goes!

After reading many, many medieval romances for my medieval studies class, I have realized something rather ironic. I shall relay this to you in an epic! That's right, just like the medieval authors would write. However, my epic will consist of 2 haikus. They are connected, so don't get mixed up: It will not make sense with just one. And there is no secret code or double entendre from reading just one... (or is there?).


It's rather funny
That medieval knights were so
Obsessed with their "oaths"

And yet a ton of
Medieval romances are
About their affairs



I mean, c'mon. Here we have all of these knights. They swear oaths and take vows and all of that jazz, and if a knight gives you their word it's an incredibly important thing. It's as if they're taking an Unbreakable Vow in Harry Potter, except without the dying part. So here they are, bound to their lords, dishonored if they do anything at all that does not follow the oath. And yet, they are often involved in affairs while married, or involved in affairs with women already married. It just does not seem kosher.


And that's something ironic to point out on this fine day! I suggest you do the same in your daily conversations. Try to implement it somehow. For example, if someone is telling a story about politics, the manufacturing of cloth curtains, or their list of celebrities to kill-on-sight (*cough* Miley Cirus), say something along the lines of "oh! That reminds me of that time that Guigemar shot and killed the deer, but the arrow bounced back and hurt him. Wasn't that ironic?!" They will, of course, reply with something like "OMG! I know, rite?! Just like that time that Cruncchu spoke about his love that he was not allowed to speak about and then was threatened with death! Wasn't that ironic?!"