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jedi_of_urthReactions part 2: like Electric Boogaloo but more serious
Robin Hood 3x13 reactions: in which I honor the living and the dead
Guy:
In which my favorite character at long last becomes a hero and then dies tragically
Oh Guy my love, I wish it had never had to end, but if it did, I’m glad it was like this. You died as the man you should have always been, a morally grey hero, granted freedom from the pain of his life only in death, but finally good.
No one in Nottingham will morn you, all they’ll remember is the man in black you used to be, but we know better Guy. You died a good, if complicated, man, Marian would have been proud, maybe she still is. You were loved.
And you were ridiculously hot.
Much:
In which my second favorite character is awesome and then has to live on after the death of his One True Love
Damn you Much for making me cry harder for you than I did for my beloved Guy. At least you survived, I’m very very happy about that, but I know you’ll wish you hadn’t for a while. Much, you’ve always been the reason I cared for Robin, because you loved him I would never fully write him off, even when I wanted to punch his lights out.
Robin finally treated you right before the end, he knows the wonderful man you are even if he was really bad at showing it, he loved you Much now love yourself a little, gods know I do.
If I keep watching this show, it will be for you.
Isabella:
In which my third favorite character continues to rock her way to the dark side and then dies needlessly
Oh dear Isabella, you should have lived to go crazier because you rocked the show really hard. You, like your brother, were too awesome for this show and yet we needed more of you. I hope in the afterlife you get to kill Thornton a few more times, finally have sex with Robin, and regain some sanity points. I should hate you for contributing so much to your brother’s death, and I kind of do, but I still love you enough that I want you back. But if I must let you go Isabella, Izzy, find your peace.
Allan:
In which my forth favorite character is still tragically dead but deserves a mention
Allan A-dale, I miss you already. Honorable and loyal (sometimes), and the best of friends, I shall miss your dual sword wielding style and you wise cracking. You loved this family and were loved by them, even if they were asshats in the end. You will be missed Allan, and I hope I mean on the show and not just in fandom.
Robin:
In which my (momentarily) fifth favorite character manages to make me cry in spite of myself
Oh Robin, you and I have had a rocky three seasons, and I’ll never love you as much as Guy, Much, and Marian but you frakking bastard, you got me in the end. You and Guy finally understood each other, you treated Much right, and you remembered your dead wife.
But don’t think the fact that you got to die and get out of dealing with the fact that huge amounts of taxes are going to be collected to free your beloved Richard was lost on me. I guess accepting Guy is as morally grey as you’re capable of.
Much is many times the man you have ever been, but I can let you go in peace.
Archer:
In which I’m generous in my ranking of Archer at sixth favorite, but he did get pretty awesome here
Well Archer, I think I have to admit I like you now. You’re too new to use the word love, but you’re allowed to stay, though I’m still debating if I will (if the show even does). You’re a very different sort than Robin or Guy, but maybe with some of the better parts of each. I’m not going to come back for you, but you’re not putting me off any more.
Little John:
In which my (I guess) seventh favorite character doesn’t get that much to do but would like you to know that “We are Robin Hood”
Oh John. Old, steadfast, John. You’ve never inspired to me to truly love you the way I have your comrades, but I have very little to complain about. You’ll keep right on doing good for the people whatever happens, but be good to Much, he needs you.
Vasey:
In which Vasey’s usual camp factor isn’t enough to overcome the hatred I have for him for killing characters I like so he comes in eighth
Vasey, Vasey, Vasey. I have loved you in the past, because you made me laugh and your brand of unrepentant evil made for a good story. You’ve always been evil, but I could enjoy you anyway. I still enjoyed you in parts here, but there’s no love left and I’m only upset you died because now fangirls won’t be able to breach the forth wall and kill you ourselves. The show won’t be the same without you, but I can live without you and I don’t forgive you for killing Guy.
Tuck:
In which I kind of liked him for 70% of the episode but he annoyed me enough in the last part so as still not to outrank the hated Vasey.
You Mr. Tuck, have been giving me headaches all season. I wanted you to be so awesome but after the first episode you really weren’t (and it’s not like I loved you then for putting the characters I cared about in danger). This was the character I wish you had been more often this year, using that strange monk-ish knowledge to solve a puzzle and help the gang, leading to big explosions.
But then you had to turn around and make Much sad some more and he’d been making me cry pretty consistently already. I do not approve of making Much sad, I never have (if you doubt it see how dependent my affection for Robin was on his treatment of Much, and he was a bigger character than you). Also you suck at secret keeping, Robin tells you Kate’s not to know and ten minutes later you tell everybody.
Kate:
In which I laugh at how obviously Robin doesn’t love Kate and other inappropriate points
Kate, I wish I cared about you, I don’t. I laughed when Robin was clearly addressing his remakes to the gang while he was hugging you, there was way more feeling between him and Much than you two by miles. But hey, at least it was *something* to laugh about in that scene, so think you for that.
Marian:
In which my tied for all time favorite RH character gives me conflicty feelings
Dear Marian, whether you were an angel or a hallucination, you make me feel weird. Because I have never shipped you with Robin and yet somehow the pair of you made me cry at the end. And yes I’m writing deathbed scenes between you and Guy, and I’m not saying that should have been in the episode, but in spite of evidence to the contrary, I still don’t really care about you and Robin. Really.
But the three of you have some stuff to work out on Afterlife Theater.
Robin Hood 3x13 reactions: in which I honor the living and the dead
Guy:
In which my favorite character at long last becomes a hero and then dies tragically
Oh Guy my love, I wish it had never had to end, but if it did, I’m glad it was like this. You died as the man you should have always been, a morally grey hero, granted freedom from the pain of his life only in death, but finally good.
No one in Nottingham will morn you, all they’ll remember is the man in black you used to be, but we know better Guy. You died a good, if complicated, man, Marian would have been proud, maybe she still is. You were loved.
And you were ridiculously hot.
Much:
In which my second favorite character is awesome and then has to live on after the death of his One True Love
Damn you Much for making me cry harder for you than I did for my beloved Guy. At least you survived, I’m very very happy about that, but I know you’ll wish you hadn’t for a while. Much, you’ve always been the reason I cared for Robin, because you loved him I would never fully write him off, even when I wanted to punch his lights out.
Robin finally treated you right before the end, he knows the wonderful man you are even if he was really bad at showing it, he loved you Much now love yourself a little, gods know I do.
If I keep watching this show, it will be for you.
Isabella:
In which my third favorite character continues to rock her way to the dark side and then dies needlessly
Oh dear Isabella, you should have lived to go crazier because you rocked the show really hard. You, like your brother, were too awesome for this show and yet we needed more of you. I hope in the afterlife you get to kill Thornton a few more times, finally have sex with Robin, and regain some sanity points. I should hate you for contributing so much to your brother’s death, and I kind of do, but I still love you enough that I want you back. But if I must let you go Isabella, Izzy, find your peace.
Allan:
In which my forth favorite character is still tragically dead but deserves a mention
Allan A-dale, I miss you already. Honorable and loyal (sometimes), and the best of friends, I shall miss your dual sword wielding style and you wise cracking. You loved this family and were loved by them, even if they were asshats in the end. You will be missed Allan, and I hope I mean on the show and not just in fandom.
Robin:
In which my (momentarily) fifth favorite character manages to make me cry in spite of myself
Oh Robin, you and I have had a rocky three seasons, and I’ll never love you as much as Guy, Much, and Marian but you frakking bastard, you got me in the end. You and Guy finally understood each other, you treated Much right, and you remembered your dead wife.
But don’t think the fact that you got to die and get out of dealing with the fact that huge amounts of taxes are going to be collected to free your beloved Richard was lost on me. I guess accepting Guy is as morally grey as you’re capable of.
Much is many times the man you have ever been, but I can let you go in peace.
Archer:
In which I’m generous in my ranking of Archer at sixth favorite, but he did get pretty awesome here
Well Archer, I think I have to admit I like you now. You’re too new to use the word love, but you’re allowed to stay, though I’m still debating if I will (if the show even does). You’re a very different sort than Robin or Guy, but maybe with some of the better parts of each. I’m not going to come back for you, but you’re not putting me off any more.
Little John:
In which my (I guess) seventh favorite character doesn’t get that much to do but would like you to know that “We are Robin Hood”
Oh John. Old, steadfast, John. You’ve never inspired to me to truly love you the way I have your comrades, but I have very little to complain about. You’ll keep right on doing good for the people whatever happens, but be good to Much, he needs you.
Vasey:
In which Vasey’s usual camp factor isn’t enough to overcome the hatred I have for him for killing characters I like so he comes in eighth
Vasey, Vasey, Vasey. I have loved you in the past, because you made me laugh and your brand of unrepentant evil made for a good story. You’ve always been evil, but I could enjoy you anyway. I still enjoyed you in parts here, but there’s no love left and I’m only upset you died because now fangirls won’t be able to breach the forth wall and kill you ourselves. The show won’t be the same without you, but I can live without you and I don’t forgive you for killing Guy.
Tuck:
In which I kind of liked him for 70% of the episode but he annoyed me enough in the last part so as still not to outrank the hated Vasey.
You Mr. Tuck, have been giving me headaches all season. I wanted you to be so awesome but after the first episode you really weren’t (and it’s not like I loved you then for putting the characters I cared about in danger). This was the character I wish you had been more often this year, using that strange monk-ish knowledge to solve a puzzle and help the gang, leading to big explosions.
But then you had to turn around and make Much sad some more and he’d been making me cry pretty consistently already. I do not approve of making Much sad, I never have (if you doubt it see how dependent my affection for Robin was on his treatment of Much, and he was a bigger character than you). Also you suck at secret keeping, Robin tells you Kate’s not to know and ten minutes later you tell everybody.
Kate:
In which I laugh at how obviously Robin doesn’t love Kate and other inappropriate points
Kate, I wish I cared about you, I don’t. I laughed when Robin was clearly addressing his remakes to the gang while he was hugging you, there was way more feeling between him and Much than you two by miles. But hey, at least it was *something* to laugh about in that scene, so think you for that.
Marian:
In which my tied for all time favorite RH character gives me conflicty feelings
Dear Marian, whether you were an angel or a hallucination, you make me feel weird. Because I have never shipped you with Robin and yet somehow the pair of you made me cry at the end. And yes I’m writing deathbed scenes between you and Guy, and I’m not saying that should have been in the episode, but in spite of evidence to the contrary, I still don’t really care about you and Robin. Really.
But the three of you have some stuff to work out on Afterlife Theater.
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Date: 2009-06-29 09:06 pm (UTC)I cried at unexpected places too. I wasn't expecting to cry for Robin, but I did. Though some of it might have been crying at seeing Marian again, I think that some of it was genuinely for Robin and for the void he's leaving in the group.
And... I also reluctantly like Archer. I didn't want to like him. I wanted to hate him and his stupid weapons and his stupid good looks. But... he ended up showing his quality in this episode, and he was there when Guy needed him, which gets him an awful lot of credit in my book.
As for Vasey... I felt the same there too.
I can live without you and I don’t forgive you for killing Guy.
OR ALLAN. I wasn't ok with what he did for Allan either. A whole mountain of not ok.
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Date: 2009-06-30 02:54 am (UTC)OR ALLAN. I wasn't ok with what he did for Allan either. A whole mountain of not ok.
Oh, he's not *forgiven* for killing Allan by any means, but I take it less...personally...not quite the right word but we'll go with it. Vasey killed Allan because he (Vasey) is evil, he killed Guy because Vasey is Vasey. That makes more sense in my head I promise.
Or maybe, I'm not explaining it very well because at the root of it I took Guy's death harder because it was *Guy*.