Robin Hood 2.09 - Lardner's Ring

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O hai Allan. Running to Guy like a puppy he is.

A random guard #8934902 gets a line! He’s sure to die soon…

Woo, a Jester! Still, I’m vaguely confused about his role in the whole plot.

Allan raising a sword against the courier! I’m pretty sure he missed deliberately though.

Still, how is Allan suddenly so genuinely cold-blooded? Still, he looks good thoughstriding in the woods in all black.

Oh Allan. “I’m not his dogsbody! I’m his right hand man!”
Yes, I’m sure you’re there for whatever hand Guy decides to use…

Robin totally practices those little speeches. Possibly in the shower whilst washing in a creek.

Wtf, how did the guy just die? I mean he wasn’t injured beforehand and if you fall of the tree and don’t break your neck (which would result in an instantaneous death) then surely your chances of survival are actually pretty good. He wasn’t even bleeding.

Guy’s birthday treat: Woodcock. *laughs and laughs and laughs*

Awww, Sheriff is there for his birthday. Wonder what he got him as a present… A new flogger?

Jester with glitter! I’m off the opinion that most things can be improved by glitter, so there is no bad here for me.

Guy smiling! That’s… slightly disconcerting.

“Someone in this room will bare their buttocks to the Sheriff before the night is over.” Ahahahahahahahaaaaaa. I… No. There isn’t anything I can add to that.

Ooooh, Robin is having a crisis of political leadership there. King Richard, not such a picture of virtue and goodness.

“Will you marry me?” OMG NOOOOOOOOO….
But okay… as proposals go this was actually pretty good. I liked the bow metaphor. Still it’s a bit cringe-worthy for my slasher heart to see this. Well, at least they’re not going to be having a fairytale wedding anytime soon.

Ahaha Sheriff casually killing the guardsman is perfectly evil.

And throwing food at Guy and Allan! Who look really good as a team, sporting identical expressions of oh god here we go again.

Wow, Allan has totally embraced the evil hoodlum side of things, hasn’t he? Manhandling old women.

Much and John were clearly sparring. Attention BBC writers: Thanks for including that as requested, but please get the details right. Mainly: Robin and Much sparring. Preferably topless. Kthxbai.

Djaq and Will getting honey!

Euphemisms! *loves Much more than pie*
“A little too much honey around here, if you ask me!”
“I don’t fancy my match.”
 
Marian: “We were burying a corpse in the forest.”
Much: “Is that a euphemism?” 

Djaq and Will are being an awesome team there!

Ooooh it’s fanfic! Will being captured and Allan going to have to make a choice…. 

Guy and Sheriff are playing hide the sausage apple again…

Omg we have metaphors about pigeons finding their mates… Can’t decide whether that’s sweet or cloying. 

Aha thank you for addressing Djaq’s personal conflict about the war. I’d like to read some good Djaq meta about her role in all this, anyone written any?

Ooooh Will and Allan moment of sorts.  \o/ And he lets the Jester to steal the key! Will’s little backward glance of confusion… My heart, it flares with tentative hope. 

Will and Jester (name?) teaming up are cute and lethal.

Haha Much and John and Djaq dictating the letter. I really loved that scene because it showed interaction between characters we don’t usually see just among themselves. 

Will and Jester’s double act of casual murder is disturbingly hot.

Haha, Allan hiding behind the guards cracks me up. 

I can’t stop staring at Much and his torso-hugging waistcoat of nnnggghh, the little curls of hair escaping his bandanna… *molests*

Ooh they’re burning the tree!
Looking for a tree in a forest…
Seriously, there are so many tree!porn innuendos that could be worked into here that my mind has sort of frozen in indecision. 

Is it wrong that the way Marian is tied reminds me of Japanese rope bondage… Um. Okay kids, let’s move swiftly on…

Oh Guy and his hopeless, helpless love.
Allan is being the devil’s advocate there, whispering into Guy’s ear about how the Sheriff is not going to care whether Marian lives or dies. 

Um, aren’t they risking a genuine forest fire with this plot? But… maybe this is some very subtle social commentary on the recent forest fires around the world? Er. Or maybe not. Dammit, where is the deforestation episode? My life will not be complete without.

Oooh Marian is determined to go back to Guy the castle… *sings, badly* All the women who are independent, Throw your hands up at me … 

Oh Guy. Coming to the rescue. Notice how the music mellows into a love theme.

Ooooh Sheriff’s falcon! But was it the correct pigeon? Ha I knew it, they used a decoy! 

Will should tell the rest of the gang about how Allan let him and the jester escape.

Next time: omg my eyes! Why is the Sheriff all semi-naked? And Allan continues to be possibly the most interesting character to watch.