My thoughts on RH 2x08
Again, I shall do an ordered list, because it makes it look all organised and whatnot even though it isn't, doesn't it? Y/Y?
1. Hehe I loved Carter stood in the room making fancy sword swishes to look all deadly and warrior-ish. But Guy didn't seem the least bit impressed.
2. "Why don't you ever kiss my ring?" OMFG... it's subtle (ok maybe not) slash on prime time BBC, how was this allowed before the water shed? Oh that's right... because the innocent-minded children watching the show with their parents would not understand the concept of the slashy (and let's face it, angsty) goodness of Guy and the Sheriff. God Bless Guy/Sheriff!
3. So, Robin falls for the idiotic and very clichéd plan of Carter's, which is to be all "haha I'm fighting for the same cause as you Robin Hood" and, "oh look I am made of awesome like you!" and, perhaps most importantly to everyone Robin, "Me fire arrows gooooooood! Better than yous!" Robin, sometimes I wonder whether you are really this stupid or whether it's just a side effect of being so noble and courageous and selfless.
4. Marian...what happened with her in the episode? Oh yes, she ran off ahead of the gang being all 'reckless' and the gang had to run after her and fight in Clun. This displeased Robin. Oh yeah, like Robin has never done anything reckless, you know? ;) I can imagine Robin sitting her down in the naughty corner (no, not like that! =P) and giving her a lecture about how "We all need to be team players and stick together otherwise you could get us all killed. Now there's a good girl... have a time out and, no, you can't join in with our game until you've thought long and hard about what you've done."
5. But Marian's hair did look rather pretty and wavy in this episode I thought, so she's completely forgiven. But what was with the trousers? I turned to my mum and said, "Aren't those the combat trousers with a sequin design up the side that you got me from Primark?" And yes, they bear a striking resemblance to such a pair of combats that my mother bought me a few years ago. "Historical accuracy?" cries the public... "Hell no!" cry the wardrobe department the whole Robin Hood crew. But I love this show because of that.
6. Allan needs to learn to just obey Guy and saddle his horse otherwise he won't be his bitch any more. And if Guy doesn't like him anymore then he'll have to give back the leather... but, the way I see it, only Guy can pull off leather with that brooding i-am-evul presence, so it's not that much of a loss for Allan.
7. I don't like how quickly Robin remembered Thomas. I'm sorry but I think Robin had more important things on his mind during the Crusades rather than what one soldier did to kill himself and the soldiers he was leading. I still don't think he would remember Thomas... I don't know, maybe if it was someone important and worth remembering. Was Thomas important? Nah... so why do you remember him Robin? Oh well... maybe I was too busy giggling at the seeming slashiness of Carter and Robin facing each other off in the barn-thingy. No I don't have slash on the brain, this episode was just screaming it in every scene!
8. I just remembered. How funny was the Sherrif? I mean not that he isn't usually but he was on form in this week's episode. When he said to Guy that Marian had a message for him to, "Get over it and change your clothes every once in a while." or something similar... "giggle!snort" I think was the sound that came from me after hearing that. Oh Guy, I feel so sorry for you because you love Marian and she doesn't really like you at all... ok maybe she does a little, but she has Robin now. But Robin has pissed her off by this point by telling her off so maybe you have the slightest chance with her later in the episode?
9. And, yes, he does because they kiss. Ok, only because Marian is trying to distract him so he won't turn round and see the gang but omg... Guy/Marian!!! Guy/Marian!!! An actual Guy/Marian moment that I can squee over because I've started liking them as a couple. Yes, you heard it right, I now ship, extremely hypocritically, both Robin/Marian AND Guy/Marian. What is the world coming to?!!?!? BBC writers... you are cleverer than you look.
10. The Sheriff is stoopid! I know, it took me a while to catch on but seriously... when Carter was talking about herbs while 'poor dead Robin' was lying 'dead' on the table, and he mentioned about ones to slow a person's heart beat down so it would appear they were dead, how did the Sheriff not realise Carter was oh-so-subtly saying "haha you fell for it! now I shall wake Robin back up and he shall steal your moneys!"?!!?!?!?! I mean, the Sheriff must be dense... or either, have not been listening at all to Carter, which is a shame, because Carter was likeable by this point.
11. There was something else good about this episode but I've forgotten what... oh yeah, copious amounts of fangirl!squee!-ing opportunities over subtle (or maybe not so subtle?) slash and OTPs alike. The right mix of silly and cute... at least I thought so but now the mental image I carry away from this episode is Marian sulking in the naughty corner as Robin tells her off and gives her a time out. *is easily amused by mental pictures*