rodlox ([info]rodlox) wrote,
@ 2008-05-08 02:17:00
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Entry tags:bbc, guy of gisbourne, meta, robin hood

a realization about Sir Guy
Robin of Locksley, even when banned from his family estate, has one thing that Guy of Gisbourne does not have:
Robin has a net that can catch him if anything happens -- he has a network of people (friends of his, of his parents, of his extended family) whom he can call upon.

Guy doesn't have that. He only has the Sheriff and Marian -- and thus far, Guy is little* more than a tool to both of them.

* = I say "little" rather than "nothing" because there's a glimmer of hope where Marian is concerned.


Long story short, Robin can do things that Guy can't, in no small part owing to the fact that Robin has people as the saying goes.


agree? disagree?



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[info]the_grynne
2008-05-08 06:29 am UTC (link)
Guy, I think, is the medieval version of a social climber. That's definitely how the show portrays him. He has to compromise his morals to rise above his class. He would fit the mould of the penniless aristocrat - someone whose parents or grandparents had fallen below the level of power the family was used to. He's got that kind of chip on his shoulder which strikes me as quite unusual for that time, that place, when the social hierarchy was very strict and everyone knew where they stood.

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[info]rodlox
2008-05-08 07:07 am UTC (link)
I think I see what you mean...Guy's being ruthless as its the only way to return to the social heights the Gisbourne family once occupied.

(though now I've got this image of little Guy sitting on the floor, listening to Grandpa Gisbourne talking about the good ol' days) :)

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[info]byrons_brain
2008-05-08 08:58 am UTC (link)
Agree... but then again Guy does have the sexy leather pants

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