>one of the most famous epic poems ever written is the patron's OC being shoehorned into the plot while the original hero gets sidelined and humiliatedWhy is this allowed?
>>24698960>the patron's OC being shoehorned into the plot while the original hero gets sidelined and humiliatedit's the other way around anonchanson de geste ("French matters") came before the arthurian literature ("English matters") which then spread back to France & Germany