Robin Hood 2.01 - Sister Hood
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kat_lairReturn of the
Oh RH Fandom! *embraces you all sluttily* I have missed you so.
Due to Virgin Media updating their service levels at most inconvenient time ever, I’m late to the party, but that’s okay because it means everyone else is already drunk and easy relaxed.
So, what do you say RH Fandom, come make beautiful tree!porn with me?
There are no words. NO WORDS! Just high-pitched squealing. I’m not sure I actually drew breath during the entire episode, because ROBIN HOOD IS BACK OMG OMG OMG. It’s my review and I ABUSE CAPSLOCKS IF I WANT TO, OKAY? Woosh goes the arrow! Whee goes Kat! Haha, cunning trap! “I show you my purse if you show me yours.” Oh RH, how I missed your silly innuendo. MUCH! *hugs the TV* How hot is Djaq? Like a burning sun! Snake lady is evol! Fighting! Little John is awesome… He is to RH what Bobby is to SPN! Snappy axe action from Will! And look how he’s grown! I feel slightly less like a pedo now for smexing him up. “My gang! This way!” I see it now… thousands upon thousands of icons that say “My Gang”. Um. There could be a cracky one the says “My Wang” Because… Well, because I’m really a thirteen year old girl and I find that sort of thing amusing. What’s with the wacky camera action? Why is everyone upside down? They has a secret lair! Where they will have secret lair!porn! Make it so! Oh the opening music! I may have made pretend-horse-riding gallops around the living room. It was not attractive (luckily my housemate was off in Oh I like the new credits! They are shiny! It’s a dark and stormy night in Oh Guy and the Sherrif and their homoerotic oh-so-wrong relationship… It’s not even subtext anymore; Keith Allen flat out admits it in the latest Radio Times article. Where it is also revealed that Richard Armitage surfs the web for BDSM porn about Guy. No, seriously, Richard is in your internetz, reading your bondage ficz! Oh Ricky, I will write you dirty, filthy BDSM if you want, I promise! I know how to make it good for you, baby… Um. Moving on… “Would you rather have a woman than this?” Haha, blatant! Is it me, is that sibling relationship sort of… really fucking creepy? “Men is good but a woman is better” be as it may, she gets good lines. O hai Marian, you looks pretty! Come join my gang! – oh you sweet talker you. Her and Robin’s new relationship status isn’t without problems… Oh Guy, he’s pissed! Also so hurt. I said after the season1 finale that Marian’s betrayal was the final straw and would push Guy into full-blown psychopathy. And it looks like I was right. Guy here is so much darker and angrier than he was before. Kudos for Armitage for being genuinely scary here. Oh wow, he actually torched the house! And was ridiculously sexy whilst doing it. Sheriff and his birds… AHAHAHA, HE SHOVED THE TOOTH INTO HIS OWN GUM OMG *dies from laughter* How much leather can one man wear? They must have slaughtered an entire herd of cows for Guy’s outfit. “I’m not being funny, but…” Oh Allan. Allan and Much fighting! Oh why is everyone so mean to Much? I want to smack Robin for laughing at Allan’s “You’ve always been weak” – God, that’s just… You just don’t do that to your friends. Robin is such an asshole sometimes. Also I sort of want to see some Allan/Much now, which is new. Well, mainly I just want to see Much get angry for once and fucking punch someone the next time they call him names. Allan is greedy (but also hot) and gets caught. Love Robin and Much crouched together and that little touch at the back of the neck. Ooooh, Rose is a trap. Oh Allan, using his brother’s name. Allan torture! “Chop, chop!” Hee! I love the Sheriff! “Somebody saaave maaaaaah chiiiiiiildren!” Oooooooookay, they had prosthetics in the Middle Ages? Who knew? What is this evil Cabbala Sheriff is leading? I senses conspiracy theory. “From rank to skank, to hero to zero.” LMAO Black knights! *sniggers* Is that a little star-shaped jewel in the Sheriff’s tooth? Ooh, is it wrong that I find Allan being all sweaty and beaten quite, um, hot? Suspended over a snake-pit? The Sheriff has truly embraced his Master-villain role. O HAI ROBIN’S HIPBONES! *licks* Oh my, the kink factor has certainly increased for this season… Go Marian! And still no one notices her breasts. Come on… her clothes aren’t that baggy. Ooh, Robin’s superhuman escape from the snakepit of doom. Seriously, the kink! Leather boots and cat-o-nine-tails… She!Sheriff is dying… “Pretty boy” Hee… Well, he is. Keith Allen does amazing job in that scene. Sheriff is not someone who actually knows about love and grief, not really, but it’s his sister, emphasis on his. Sheriff doesn’t take well someone meddling with things that he considers to be under his ownership. And so it’s not really love or grief that Keith Allen portrays; more like hurt and outrage of a little boy whose favourite toy has been broken. Times hundred. Marian is wearing H&M’s summer collection from 2003… “See you on the Dark Side” – cultural references wtf! OH MUCH SAVING ROBIN’S LIFE!!!! And yet Robin is such a fucking prick for him. God, this emotional rollercoaster starts again: Love Much, hate Robin for treating Much like shit, love Much more, unable but to love Robin because Much loves him, love Much with a force of a thousand burning suns, hate Robin even more for not seeing how awesome Much is… Oh Allan… He thinks that Robin knew he was in the castle. Um, now I want some Allan/Guy… Guys speech is… convincing. Because Robin, for all his heroism, really is blind for the emotional needs of his followers. Because Allan’s wish for blunder is not really about the money, but about status, both outside and within their little group. And because that’s something what Robin has always had (first as an Earl of Locksley, then as a famous hero), he just doesn’t understand what it is like to be without any standing in life. Oh Much, he can’t go on without his Master. ROBIN HOW CAN YOU BE SO BLIND JESUS. God, what did I just say? *points above* Preview of the next episode: gjlkfadjlkgfalk Djaq *re-evaluates own sexuality* Overall: I find it almost impossible to be objective about this series. Because it’s Robin Hood; it’s like crack fanfic made for telly, a show that gave us tree!porn. How can anyone not like it? It would be like… like not liking puppies. Which are generally stupid and often piss on your carpet, but omg so cute and irresistible. *sighs* Yeah. Robin Hood. Still not the height of TV drama, but more entertaining than most (though not all) things I can think of to do on a Saturday night. Fun and friendships and swordfights and laughing in the face of historical accuracy and nekkid pretty men being tied in ropes and thinly veiled political references and awesome one-liners. Robin Hood is back and I, for one, am giddy with excitement. *** P.S. I won’t be around for next Saturday because I’ll be at Connotations Slash Con
getting drunk writing porn discussing the role of fanfiction as an expression of post-post-modern feminism.
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on 2007-10-07 01:10 pm (UTC)That dress was GORGEOUS THOUGH OMG, and the preview for next ep? DRESS EVEN MORE GORGEOUS!!
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on 2007-10-07 01:30 pm (UTC)Oh, it's really just not you. The only thing we need now is more Marian/Djaq interaction for more femmeslash.
be as it may, she gets good lines.
Of course she does - she's the Sheriff's sister. And evil.
And still no one notices her breasts
I thought for certain the Sheriff did when he had hold of her. He picked up on Djaq's, didn't he?
And yet Robin is such a fucking prick for him.
Robin really is a fucking prick to everyone, I find. Much especially, but also to the others when they rebel against him and think of how he behaved to Edward in 1x13 just because he was in a snit over Marian.
I don't think Robin is a particularly good leader - a good general, in that his plans generally go off well, but not someone suited to lead a small group. Because in an army he can lay down the law, no problem, but in a small group there's a much more incestuous atmosphere and much more petty squabbling. A small group needs more of a diplomat. It doesn't necessarily have to be Robin, but there needs to be someone who can smooth over arguments and jealousies and "who the hell does Robin think he is, ordering us around?"
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on 2007-10-07 02:01 pm (UTC)The only thing we need now is more Marian/Djaq interaction for more femmeslash. - Djaq is that sort of awesome that she deserves to be sexed up with someone, dammit! It's just the matter of who would actually be good enough for her... Marian is a good candidate.
I thought for certain the Sheriff did when he had hold of her. - Maybe. Has he put two and two together and is now just biding his time...
I don't think Robin is a particularly good leader - a good general, in that his plans generally go off well, but not someone suited to lead a small group. - Oh agreed, absolutely. It's kind of funny, because I'm tutoring for a uni leadership module at the moment and I almost want to put an episode of RH on and tell the students "How did Robin fuck up? Discuss."
A small group needs more of a diplomat. It doesn't necessarily have to be Robin - Djaq or John come the closest I think. Much is too tied up in his loyalty and love, he's too close to Robin to be objective. Allan and Will are too hot-headed, and, well, young.
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on 2007-10-07 01:35 pm (UTC)Now I'll go back to the top and actually read this.
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on 2007-10-07 01:43 pm (UTC)Oh, same. Most definitely. She's all shiny and pretty now!
Oh Allan, using his brother’s name.
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I want to smack Robin for laughing at Allan’s “You’ve always been weak” – God, that’s just… You just don’t do that to your friends. Robin is such an asshole sometimes.
You need to donate me fic bunnies regarding this whole part. Robin, it's just not on.
Love Robin and Much crouched together and that little touch at the back of the neck.
Yes, it was very squeeable, but it still does not excuse all the nastiness of Robin in season 1.
Go view my review herez (http://community.livejournal.com/robinhoodbbc/354028.html#cutid1) for my views and donate my bunnies! Oh and there is iconagez there too.
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on 2007-10-07 02:05 pm (UTC)“My gang! This way!” I see it now… thousands upon thousands of icons that say “My Gang”. Um. There could be a cracky one the says “My Wang” Because… Well, because I’m really a thirteen year old girl and I find that sort of thing amusing.
God, we are too easily amused, far too easily amused! And you just know it'll happen.
Where they will have secret lair!porn!
I want secret lair porn with all the leaves artistically falling around them, because that would be awesome.
Richard is in your internetz, reading your bondage ficz!
Oh dear, that's me in trouble then... *sighs* might as well be hung for the whole herd!
I want to smack Robin for laughing at Allan’s “You’ve always been weak”
Yes, it's been a whole series and Robin is still managing to be an immature insensitive prick who needs a smack...though of course later he flashes his hipbones and stomach at us and we sort of forgive him, because we're disgustingly shallow.
But yes, oh it was just as much fun as I remember and everyone has new hair (though Robin's could perhaps do with combing in another direction.) And there is subtext and hilarity and 'clothes by H&M' and undercurrents of homoerotic longing...all the good stuff basically!
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on 2007-10-07 02:30 pm (UTC)God, we are too easily amused, far too easily amused! And you just know it'll happen. - I maintain my position that fandom is a cheaper hobby than drugs. And of course it will. And when it does, I will point and laugh.
I want secret lair porn with all the leaves artistically falling around them - secret lair!orgy ftw! Can someone please, please frolic in the leaves? Naked.
Seriously, have you read the Radio Times article? I choked on my dinner and flailed at
Oh Robin, will you just fucking grow up (and see a barber). Still, wanting to smack Robin is part of the series' charm though, isn't it? That, and all the bondage.
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on 2007-10-07 02:39 pm (UTC)There could be a cracky one the says “My Wang” Because… Well, because I’m really a thirteen year old girl and I find that sort of thing amusing. - *choke*
They has a secret lair! Where they will have secret lair!porn! Make it so! - a secret lair, where they can hide lube in strategic places, and where they can have porn out of the rain and the wind. IT'S LIKE THE WRITERS ARE READING OUR MINDS.
Go Marian! And still no one notices her breasts. Come on… her clothes aren’t that baggy. - You know, I thought the same thing. I'm going to assume that all the men in this show (with the exception of Will and Much) are just really, really dense.
Allan’s wish for blunder is not really about the money, but about status, both outside and within their little group. And because that’s something what Robin has always had (first as an Earl of Locksley, then as a famous hero), he just doesn’t understand what it is like to be without any standing in life. - you know, I never thought of it like that. Up until now I've been all "I'M GOING TO SLAP YOUR STUPID FACE, ALLAN A DALE" (with a healthy dose of "WHAT IS WILL GOING TO THINK?!"), but it actually makes sense now. Oh, Allan. I'm still going to slap your stupid face, but I'll smother you in kisses afterwards.
I'm mostly re-hashing what I said in my review of the episode. I need new things to say. Um. HI.
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on 2007-10-07 03:03 pm (UTC)*choke* - what? Come on, you can't seriously be surprised any more by the low levels by brain will reach?
a secret lair, where they can hide lube in strategic places
Djaq: *rummages in kitchen*
Much: Wait! Stop! That's my area!
Djaq: I'm just looking for some dried herbs for my tea... But all I've found so far are about 17 bottle of different oils.
Much: *goes pink* They're er...
Djaq: *raises eyebrow*
Allan: ... cooking! Cooking oils! For the rabbits and stuff!
Djaq: *uncorks bottle, sniffs* Rose-scented rabbits?
Will: I prefer lavender.
Allan: You do?
Much: *makes grabby hands* That's mine!
Robin: *walks in* What's going on?
Djaq: *smirks* I think this is yours, Robin. *hands Robin the bottle*
Robin: Um.
Allan: *grins stupidly* Will likes the lavender!
Djaq: Allah help me! *walks out*
Much: We need a bigger lair. Seriously guys. A lot bigger.
I'm going to assume that all the men in this show (with the exception of Will and Much) are just really, really dense. - Or gay.
I never thought of it like that. - Robin has his heritage and his savior-status. Much has Robin. Will has his occupation. John has his family. Djaq has her faith/culture and her place as the healer. Marian has her name, her father, her social status which while tarnished, is still there. What does Allan have? He's a thief and a con-man and Robin has taken even taht away from him.
Robin still being horrid to Much is going to have some sort of conclusion this series, rather than just being unresolved like last series - God, I really hope so too. And if Robin ends up blaming Much for Allan's betrayal when it is so clearly himself that bear the blame for that (see above) I will have to choke a bitch.
And Hi again! *dances you*
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on 2007-10-07 03:23 pm (UTC)Guy was scaaaaary this episode. But then he was all soft and quiet and handsy with Allan and I may have zoned out a little. Leather gloves, man...
MUCH. OH MUCH! *hugs him* He was so happy and cute and then, WHAM! we're right back to the Much-bashing. But yeah, like
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on 2007-10-07 03:40 pm (UTC)this needs to go somewhere pretty awesome. Or at least incredibly angsty. If the writers are just using all this Much-bashing for some sort of misguided comic relief effect and not foreshadowing some proper plot point I'm going to be livid. You can't treat Much like that for no good reason!
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on 2007-10-07 05:16 pm (UTC)i don't get it. is "purse" what they used to call balls or something?
'Snappy axe action from Will! And look how he’s grown! I feel slightly less like a pedo now for smexing him up.'
indded. tho, i never felt all that bad about it cuz he's obviously over 18. plus, he could kick me ass if i ever made unwanted advances on him. which i totally would, given the chance. bwahahahahah!
'They has a secret lair! Where they will have secret lair!porn! Make it so! '
uh oh, gotta make a choice - lair!porn or tree!porn, its one or the other. personally i preferred the tree!porn. tho a lair would be better for an orgy... which would be sooooo wrong!! *shudders*
'AHAHAHA, HE SHOVED THE TOOTH INTO HIS OWN GUM OMG'
uuuuuugh, that squelching sound made me wanna hurl.
'Robin is such an asshole sometimes.'
sometimes? try all the time.
'Allan is greedy (but also hot) and gets caught.'
but his tricks aren't what got him caught, he just happened to be in the wrong tavern at the wrong time. if guy hadn't shown up just then, who know? he coulda been rich! tho i was waiting for someone to figure out that stupid cup trick and just go "ok, well, its not under this one *flips it* and its not under this one *flips it* so it must be under this one *points*." then allan would have to let him/her win or everyone would know it was a trick.
'Black knights! *sniggers*'
black knights? sniggers? you racist bitch. (i keed, i keeed!)
'Ooh, is it wrong that I find Allan being all sweaty and beaten quite, um, hot?'
if its wrong, i don't wanna be right, babay!
'Suspended over a snake-pit? The Sheriff has truly embraced his Master-villain role.'
he really wanted sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads! [/dr. evil reference]
' gjlkfadjlkgfalk Djaq *re-evaluates own sexuality*'
that's why i never claimed to be one sexuality or the other. that way i never have to re-evaluate anything, i can just accept that girl!djaq is fucking sexy and so is tortured!allan.
'How can anyone not like it? It would be like… like not liking puppies. Which are generally stupid and often piss on your carpet, but omg so cute and irresistible. *sighs*'
as someone who recently had a kitten claw its way up my bare leg, but rather than throttling it, kissed its nose instead, i know exactly what you mean.
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on 2007-10-07 05:54 pm (UTC)tho a lair would be better for an orgy... which would be sooooo wrong!! *shudders* - nothing wrong with a good orgy every now and then...
black knights? sniggers? you racist bitch. (i keed, i keeed!) - ha, that didn't even occur to me! "snigger" and "snicker" are both correct spellings. I was just getting Monty Python flashbacks...
that's why i never claimed to be one sexuality or the other. - hee yeah, I rather think sexuality is a fluid concept that cannot be categorised. So, while I'm attracted to men 95% of the time, Djaq/Anjali Jay goes on my "girl exception" list.
Oooh kittens...
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on 2007-10-07 06:02 pm (UTC)"Sure, we'll stick it in randomly somewhere."
"Score!"
Nice to see things are still the same.
Love your interpretation of the death scene. I was wondering what to make of that, that idea really fits.
Much bashing, bondage, pop-culture references, ridiculous plot, cheesy dialogue, massive historical innacuracies and disguises that would do Clark Kent proud. Ladies and gentlemen, Robin Hood has returned.
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on 2007-10-07 06:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, I really like the way Keith Allen played that scene. Crying would have been OOC and no reaction too, but this was believable.
Ladies and gentlemen, Robin Hood has returned. - Along with a really good reason to stay in on Saturday night.
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on 2007-10-07 07:56 pm (UTC)Djaq is awesome this year.
If torturing Allan means that we get him all sweaty and a bit dirty and very shirtless? I'm so THERE. *ties him up for more*
the Sheriff/Sheriff's Sister relationship is a bit TOO close there. It's the first time I've suspected the Sheriff might have a thing for anybody other than Guy or Robin.
I'm missed this show.
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on 2007-10-07 08:18 pm (UTC)If torturing Allan means that we get him all sweaty and a bit dirty and very shirtless? I'm so THERE. *ties him up for more* - I sort of want to slap him around a bit... Can I?
It's the first time I've suspected the Sheriff might have a thing for anybody other than Guy or Robin. - There was a very, um, interesting interview with Keith Allen and Richard Armitage in the latest Radio Times (leading tv magazine) which I assume you haven't come accross what with being all the way on the other side of the world so I'll just quote it for you here:
Allen's take on [Guy and the Sheriff's] bond is characteristically more direct. "Well, it's as homoerotic as ever," he declares. "I think emotionally the Sheriff relies on Gisborne because he's the only person he likes in the world, but he also uses him as a puppy. I think he would be a very lonely man without Gisborne, but Gisborne doesn't realise that."
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"The fanmail is a combination of those who like the fact that he's a bad boy and those who think he could be saved," reflects Armitage. "There's a lot of fantasy writing online about the world of Gisborne that veers between those who want to save him and the extreme sadomasochistic thing. But that's all about the leather, isn't it?"
Uh-huh.
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on 2007-10-07 08:42 pm (UTC)Much was all beat upon by Allan and his tetchy ways and Robin was all like 'lol'. D:
The Black Knights (of Ni) were waiting for King Richard to get their SHRUB for them! *dies*
AND THEN THERE WAS THAT BIT WHERE ROBIN WAS ALL HUNG BY THE WRISTS AND I REMEMBERED OUR COMMENT FIC.
You know the one, where Robin is all captured and hung up by the opposition and then Much rescues him and then I had this fit of fic bunny where Much would see the bruises on Robin's wrists back at the camp and then angry angsts a;slfjsgh.
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on 2007-10-07 09:12 pm (UTC)Y! MOAR TREE!PORN AND NOW LAIR!PORN OMG NOW!
Why aren't there more Holy Grail references in RH? THERE SHOULD BE HUNDREDS OKAY!
YOU MEAN THIS COMMENT FIC WHICH WAS AWESOME AND WHICH WE MAYBE SHOULD FINISH SOMETIME OMG (http://kat-lair.livejournal.com/22759.html?thread=229095#t229095)
P.S. The con is on Tynemouth which means I'm taking the coach back to Manchester on Monday around 1 and may have a couple of hours to kill in Newcastle before it departs. Would you be free for coffee?
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on 2007-10-07 10:14 pm (UTC)Best. Description. Ever.
And no, not wrong to find tortured!Allan hot at all. I was all, "Sweaty, shirtless, and tied to post - thank you, BBC!"
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on 2007-10-07 10:59 pm (UTC)tortured!Allan was a beauty to behold indeed. Even Guy seemed to think so.
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on 2007-10-14 06:13 pm (UTC)Even the jacket he wore in the 2nd episode is his jacket from the wedding. I have a sneaking suspcion the entire wardrobe budget was blown on helping Marian fall out of her top.
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on 2007-10-15 08:17 pm (UTC)asswardrobe than I have... I stand corrected.(no subject)
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