Robin Hood and Little John, Walkin' Through The Forest...

[sophieisgod]

OH SHOW, YOU MAKE ME SO CONFLICTED. Because I love the crack (YOU KNOW I LOVE THE CRACK), and I love so much about what you choose to be, but then there's the thing where I CANNOT STAND THE EPONYMOUS 'HERO'. So there's that. OH WELL.

+ OF COURSE the first thing Robin says to Much is an insult. OF COURSE. Because why would the character development from the S2 finale be carried into S3? SILLY ME. Ugh, I am so done with Robin at this point. STUPID JONAS AND HIS STUPID FACE (DISCLAIMER: This will not be the most unbiased ep review you will read, mmmkay? I JUST, HE ANGERS ME FOR REASONS I DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND). TREAT MUCH RIGHT, BITCH. Ohh, Much. SAM TROUGHTON IS MY FAVOURITE. AND HIS EYES. EVEN WITH THE SILLY HAT. YAY SHIRTLESSNESS!

+ Love Much, love Allan (ALLAN!), love Little John, but OH BOY HOWDY do I miss The Gang. Will Scarlett, your plan-shaped crafty was sorely missed; they are shit at plans! DJAQ, WITHOUT YOU THERE WERE NO FIERCE LADIES THIS WEEK. And Marian, Marian! TRULY, THIS WEEK WAS SOMETHING OF A SAUSAGEFEST.

+ David Harewood was pretty righteous as Tuck; I liked him a lot. It was interesting to get an outsider's perspective on WE ARE ROBIN HOOD, and I thought his use-the-gang-as-bait plan was pretty good. Well, y'know, as far as plans on this show go. Also, he and Robin had a vair amusing Mufasa&Simba moment, which was vair amusing.

+ OH GIZZY ♥ THE HAIR OF GRIEF AND GUILT, I CANNOT EVEN. Poor Armitage kept having to flick it out of his face! OH OH OH. And he's fallen out with the sheriff! MAYHAP THIS SEASON WILL SEE HIM TURN TO THE GANG? Hmmmm. And I did enjoy Prince John's envoy!douche, in a comedy facial hair sort of way.

+ BECAUSE I CANNOT SAY IT OFTEN ENOUGH: ROBIN IS A MASSIVE DOUCHE AND I HATE HIM.

+ Next week: The appearance of FEISTY!Kate! And William Houston, which I know will be pleasing to not a few people on the flist (do we have any other guest stars confirmed?)! UNDOUBTEDLY, A HIGH LEVEL OF CRACK!

Comments

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

Oh show. So silly and stupid and ridiculous and yet I cannot NOT watch.

I approve of this William Houston guest role. Hai, Irish Question! And maybe one day, one day, John will not be the bad guy for actually doing the administrative stuff for England while Richard runs off on a vanity quest.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

THIS IS IT EXACTLY. I cannot NOT watch, no matter how it pains me with the ridiculous plots and the stilted dialogue and the presence of Jonas. OH WELL.

Yes, I am sure Show will tackle the Irish Question in a subtle and thoughtful manner. Aaaaand the presence of TOBY AND HIS CROTCH is surely an indicator that John will be a Magnificent Bastard. ILU TOBY <3

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

Aaaaand the presence of TOBY AND HIS CROTCH is surely an indicator that John will be a Magnificent Bastard.

a'dlfhjadlfkha'dlgahg[kalhg i'm trying to get to sleep woman!!! It will never happen now D:

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

Besides, they have upgraded costumes now that look pretty fly on everyone! Honest to god, the costumes were what excited me the most about the episode.

Yes, I am sure Show will tackle the Irish Question in a subtle and thoughtful manner.
LOL, I meant any Robin Hood story, but w/e.

I get so excited when I look at the promo for Toby because not only does he look divine, HE LOOKS OH SO PROPERLY PLANTAGENET. ♥ THOSE MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS. (Did you see the most recent frak_spoilers by-the-by?)

[thelackoflight.livejournal.com]

Haha, I haven't watched it yet but lol your review. The show is ridic and sometimes I get bored but I can't not watch it.
I can't wait to see Guy's hair! Oh, Armitage. I'm glad someone else is annoyed by Robin and his eleven year old boy hair.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, GUY'S HAIR. I don't think he's washed it since the Holy Land, so great his grief has been.

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

WHAT WHAT WHAT HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY JONAS?! D: I MEAN, HE GOT A HAIRCUT = BONUS POINTS. BUT REALLY, HE'S SAD ABOUT MARIAN, HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE CRANKY D: He still loves Much, you know he does ;)

Also, he and Robin had a vair amusing Mufasa&Simba moment
AHAHAHAHAHAHA I completely had the same reaction XDDDD

Poor Gizzy, I couldn't stop lol-ing at him throughout the entire thing. THE ANGST. THE UPSIDE-DOWN PSEUDO-HYPNOSIS (which, I might add, gave a lovely shot of arched neck-ness. Oh yes.)

BUT THIS IS CLEARLY THE BEST PART OF THE EPISODE:



WIN.

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

Hey, let's not forget the scream of agony as he throws Robin off the cliff. Also hilarious.

But that .gif is A+.

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

I think the show purposely attempts to make Guy as ridiculous as possible, even in his fits of agony ;)

and he was totally touching Robin's bum

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

and he was totally touching Robin's bum

Oh good, I wasn't the only one looking.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

DARLING, YOU KNOW I ADORE YOU, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I CANNOT ABIDE THAT MAN. He looks more like a potato than ever! Also I do not think that is a haircut, I think it is receding.

MMM, I APPROVE OF UPSIDE!DOWN!NECK!PORN. For all its MANY faults, Show has never betrayed us when it comes to the NECK!PORN.

OH I DO LOVE YOU ♥

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

...but he's a yummy potato! (ahahaha, I can't believe I just said that :P). I DUNNO, I STILL ADORE HIM, K? Even with his potentially receding hairline &hearts

I THINK THIS SHOW SET A WHOLE NEW STANDARD FOR NECK!PORN, COURTESY OF ONE WILLIAM SCARLETT.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

I WAS GOING TO COMMENT TO SAY AJSBDJABDKJABDD YOUR ICON, AJSDBKJDBAJDB, BUT THEN I LOOKED THROUGH YOUR USERPICS AND THEY ARE ALL AMAZING.

Quills! Kristin Scott-Thomas! Brideshead! Tilda, oh my god.

(er, also: hello! This comment is not the best representation of my sanity, I fear, but nevertheless I think the flailing was deserved. :DD)

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

Ta! &hearts It is only to be expected that sanity is compromised in situations like these! :D

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

HI, I WILL NOW STEAL THIS GIF. LOL FOREVER.

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

...that is nothing short of AWESOME. *steals*

[thepodsquad.livejournal.com]

I really, really cannot wait to see Armitage try to act through his hair. That is the one thing 'm actually looking forward to.

...

Well, that and Allan.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

IT IS A FUCKING TREAT. A FEAST FOR THE SENSES.

[templa-otmena.livejournal.com]

TREAT MUCH RIGHT!

ROBIN SO IS A MASSIVE DOUCHE AND I ALSO HATE HIM!

I miss Will and his Dad's head made of sunlight and leaves.

Poor Toby.

Hee- you awake as well :D

Much loving xXx

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

OH LORD I DO MISS YOU WIFEY. I cannot wait until we can watch together again; I do love Kathryn and Lizzy but THEY DO NOT UNDERSTANNNNND.

MUCH LOVING INDEED. BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

[agguss.livejournal.com]

ROBIN IS A MASSIVE DOUCHE AND I HATE HIM. The exact reason why I'm not that excited to watch the show.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA YOU CANNOT RESIST FOREVER. Don't you want to see Armitage flicking his grief!hair about? ALSO LOOK AT THE .GIF ARTEMIS POSTED.

[agguss.livejournal.com]

Only Richard Armitage makes me want to watch the show now :// That's not very exciting. That .gif is all sorts of amusing tho.

[randombastary.livejournal.com]

It r fact that Robin is a giant douche bag. I couldn't agree with you more about him not retaining anything from what he learned in series two ... I was actually thinking the same thing. And why must Much always forgive him? Why can't he get angry again? But that's part of the reason why I love Much: he's so loyal.

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

So agree on everything. Sausagefest. Douche!Robin. All of it.

And oh god, I missed Will and Djaq so much it actually hurt. *sads*

[jaune.livejournal.com]

THIS IS FOR YOU.

I was starting to hate Robin in this ep, but forgot about his whole ~Marian my dead wife~ thing. I forgive his doucheness.

[artemislives.livejournal.com]

OMG YES XDDDDDDDDD

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

OH YOU ARE A WONDER ♥

I do understand that he is grieving (although, really, if they want us to take this into account when writing our snarky reviews they should really give Bobbin GRIEF HAIR a la Gizzy), but, to be honest, I had douchey!Robin issues looooong before Marian died. I FEAR I AM JUST NOT MEANT TO LOVE HIM.

[curlybeach.livejournal.com]

Sorry to intrude, but THAT GIF IS GLORIOUS.

[thisissirius.livejournal.com]

SHOULD I WATCH IT? D:

I AM WORRIED IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

I WOULD SAY GIVE IT A GO. It is as lame as ever BUT THAT IS WHY WE LOVE IT. And also the new costumes are kinda foxy. AND MUUUUUCH AND ALLAN AND LITTLE JOHN FTW.

[bishwop.livejournal.com]

Sophieeee!!! I am happy that you are....giving Show a chance??!?! So many people seem not to be and it saddens me!! =( *glomp pounces*

I now count three people as having the Mufasa/Simba reaction!! Hehe, Disney FTW!!

I was lying in bed this morning trying to work out how long after last season this episode was set. I was thinking it couldn't be very long after...at all... and then I realised HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR GUY TO GROW HIS HAIR THAT LONG?? So idk. Show is, as ever, indecipherable in so many ways.

What are your feelings on the arrival of Kate? Intrigued? Optimistic? Hostile? I don't think the poor dear is going to be welcomed into fandom with open arms...

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

OH YOU, I AM SO GLAD THE SEASON OF FLAIL IS UPON US ONCE MORE ♥

I think my relationship with RH is somewhat Brokebackian. I WISH I KNEW HOW TO QUIT IT (BUT NOT REALLY) (NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT) (I LOVE MY LOVELY CRACK ADDICITION)

I think they just said 'months'? IDK. CLEARLY GRIEF IS THE MIRACLE GRO OF OLDEN TIMES.

I am reserving judgement. She does seem a bit *insert FEISTY female here* at the minute, but I'm definitely up for giving her a chance. I am wary of the fact that Sam used the phrase 'love cube' in an interview, though. OH WELL, SHOW NEEDS MORE LADIES, WE MUST TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.

[bishwop.livejournal.com]

A love CUBE??? A cube has 8 vertices!! *counts characters on show* .... Robin, Much, John, Allan, Guy, Sheriff, Tuck...Kate. That's 8. And it's everyone. ... Wow, this season is just going to one big orgy. Let's just face up to that fact right now.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the feistiness. Buuuut... yeah. I don't mind that much really.

OH WELL, SHOW NEEDS MORE LADIES, WE MUST TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.
GUY'S SISTER SHOULD BE ROCKIN' UP SOON ALSO. Much more interested about her than Kate, if I'm honest.

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

THE HAIR OF GRIEF AND GUILT, I CANNOT EVEN.

I think you're right, I don't think he's washed it since the Holy Land...so months then? I like his crazy angsty wallowing though.

I agree with you too because I love everyone but Robin, who needs to buy himself some big girl pants, and not get to have any fun with the rest of the gang until he learns to share his toys, and not be a massive douche....

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Clearly he has just been moping about in bed and not changing his sheets. OH GUY, YOU ARE A SILLYPANTS.

Robin, who needs to buy himself some big girl pants
AHAHAHA, OW MY LUNGS. Yes indeed.

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

DO YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO WATCH THIS

I BLAME RICHARD ARMITAGE

THANK, BBC IPLAYER.


thoughts to follow :DD

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

I WILL PRAY FOR YOU. BE CAREFUL.

:D

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY OPINION THAT RICHARD ARMITAGE IS ILLEGALLY ATTRACTIVE. I CAN ONLY REFER TO HIM AS RICHARD 'SMOKING HOT' ARMITAGE. THIS IS TRUFACTS: MY MOTHER ASKS ME WHAT HAPPENED ON SPOOKS, I REPLY, "WELL, THERE WAS SOME POLITICAL PLOT, AND THEN THERE WAS RICHARD 'SMOKING HOT' ARMITAGE."

Right. Robin Hood is a bit of a twat. However! The three men wandering around with him are awesome! One of them in particular is lovely, but I didn't catch his name. Not Little John (lololol). Not, er, the one that isn't the one I mean. OH WORDS, WHY MUST YOU FAIL ME?

.... is it wrong that I find the grief-hair on Guy, like, really attractive? I find long hair on men attractive, like, all the time anyway, so pairing that with Richard Armitage and then RICHARD ARMITAGE IN FREAKING LEATHER, OH MY GOD, really, I didn't stand a chance.

In other news: GUY of GISBOURNE. KJSDBJKABDKJADBK WHERE ARE ALL THE PICSPAMS DEVOTED TO HIM? I NEED THEM IN MY LIFE. I feel it is time to confess that gratuitous angst is basically one of my literary kinks - I AM ASHAMED OF THIS FACT BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS TRUE - so when characters that I like are angsty and/or crying it sends me into a little ball of mush and flailing, so, what I am saying is: CRY MOAR, GISBOURNE.

oh god I am ridiculous, I need to be outlawed BUT PREFERABLY NOT WITH ROBIN HOOD KTHX



HAVE YOU SEEN THE BSG FINALE YET??

[curlybeach.livejournal.com]

- OH SOPHIE, I MISS CRAFTY WILL AND FIERCE DJAQ, TOO. Hopefully this Kate lady will provide some balance. Unless, of course, she is LAME. I really hope she isn't, they could do so much with a new female character. (I, FOR ONE, HOPE SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH ALLAN).

- It's really weird, I've always used the word 'douche' to refer to Robin (YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR HOSTILITY), but I thought that was just my random choice of word. But, I've read about a million reviews, and they all select that particular adjective to describe him. He must just me intrinsically, unstoppably douchey.

- DID I MENTION IS MISS WILL?

[acciobatman.livejournal.com]

I miss the Will and Djaq so much it burns. BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THE LOATHING (I SHARE WITH YOU) FOR JONAS ARMSTRONG/ROBIN/ALL INCARNATIONS BEARING THAT ANNOYING SCRUNCHED UP RIGHTEOUS FACE.

Guy though...Guy. I can't fancy him in this series which I never thought I'd say. MOSTLY THOUGH...


...


...


I LOVE ALLAN.

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Man, I wanted to punch Robin. But sometimes I like him, SO IDK.

WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS THAT GUY SEEMS TO BE PULLING OFF THE HAIR. So far. When it's not eating his face. It looked worse in the pictures xD

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. What song is I love so much about what you choose to be from? I feel sure it is from some song, but have no idea which one...

Robin bullying Much just makes me love Much all the more, and Robin all the less. I CANNAE UNDERSTAND JONAS FANGIRLS. Well, I can on some levels? And I can understand why Robin acts the way he does? But personally, I do not share their predilection. Really truly. As far as their dynamic goes though, I guess you could say that all the forgiving and explaining in the world might be somewhat undone by a long and cramped sea-voyage which possibly involved more cheering singing than Robin could cope with. ;)

+ OH GIZZY ♥ THE HAIR OF GRIEF AND GUILT, I CANNOT EVEN. Poor Armitage kept having to flick it out of his face! OH OH OH. And he's fallen out with the sheriff! MAYHAP THIS SEASON WILL SEE HIM TURN TO THE GANG?
EVERYTHING HERE I AGREE WITH. And am hoping the same thing. (Except also for a makeover. Get him back to pre-grief presentation. His sister might kick some sense into him. (Possibly literally?) :)

WILLIAM HOUSTON BEING IRISH. KATE THE FEISTY. HUZZAH HUZZAH SHOW, I AM GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

William Houston being Irish...

[imogendent.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was a real treat, wasn't it? Quite what a damn' good actor like Mr Houston was doing in this show (which is entertaining and great fun but also nonsense) I don't know - well, yes, I do - he's paying the mortgage and keeping the kids in shoe leather like everyone else! - but his intensity burns off the screen and it was a real pleasure to see him in action. Loved the hang-glider scene - that kind of full-blooded idiocy is good for the soul.