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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 01:42, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Beheading game

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The Green Knight survives his half of the beheading game.

• ... that Gawain's first mistake in the beheading game may have been beheading the Green Knight in the first place? Source: p. 168 here and this whole article
  • ALT1: ... that Laura Ashe believes the Gawain Poet used the beheading game to criticize the emptiness of chivalry? Source: Pretty much all of chapter 10 here
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sharifi-ha House
  • Comment: Can think of more hooks as needed, sorry about the book refs

5x expanded by GhostRiver (talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 23 March 2022 (UTC).

• size and age ok, prose fine, QPQ done. hook sourced and faithful to hook. good to go. I'd go with first hook. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:05, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Since this article is about a literary trope, I'm going to strike ALT0 as outside our rules about fictional works. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 22:15, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

ALT1 to T:DYK/P5 without image