Feels Like Heaven

Currently having a breakdown reliving the gothic romance of the century.

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This is my absolute most favourite video, and watching it kills me.

I showed to my mother, and it made her cry.

So much love, passion and intensity, and all of it squandered.

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Am I the only one who finds him absolutely gorgeous here ?

Robin Hood, 206

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Guy of Gisborne

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a funny thing happened on the way to the holy land

also can we talk about Richard's Mediterranean Sidequest for a minute?

QUICK BACKSTORY—

in 1187 before he was even king, Richard is beefing with his dad in France. He hears about Orlando Bloom's majestic surrender in Jerusalem and everyone's like— STOP THE PRESSES, what the fuck

and Richard immediately squares up and goes "yo I'mma go fight Saladin" (and his dad and King Philip are like "yeah I guess us too" otherwise they look kinda like weenies in comparison I guess)

but they gotta resolve their family squabble first, which they do because… Henry dies (lol rip) and Richard becomes king in Sep 1189

Richard immediately RAISES TAXES and sells everything not nailed down, and several things that are. Including stuff like get out of jail free cards and appointments to offices? like, bruh. how is robin baffled over the state of Nottingham upon his return I have no idea

he also tries to make it so John won't revolt and utterly fails at that, but that'll be another post I'm sure.

Eventually in Dec 1189 (3 months after he's crowned ahaha) he peaces out, makes some further preparations in France, and then by summertime is rarin' to go a-Crusadin'

the sidequest

so he makes a pitstop in Sicily for unknown reasons (resupplying? he missed his sister?) and discovers his sister is Having A Bad Time™ so Richard burns Messina to the ground until he gets his way and then steals all their treasure

it ends up working out and, presumably, his sister is trying to fucking leave for someplace normal, while all the crusaders continue on their merry way to go fuck up Saladin

only a storm scatters the whole fleet and his sister turns up missing. He finds her and all the treasure which is obv the important part once again Having A Bad Time™ in Cypress.

(this is literally the definition of your princess is in another castle ahahaha)

so Richard casually conquers Cypress and then fucking sells it

I swear for all John is painted as greedy, Richard has to be equally so, bc he sells it to the templars and then hysterically they give it to the BAD GUY from Kingdom of Heaven; you know, Eva Green's douchebag husband? the guy who plays Celeborn?

martin ccskckskcskossckas I'm not looking it up

ANYWAY.

what I wanna know is, we're supposed to believe Robin packs up and ships out the second his spidey-senses tingle about shenanigans in the Holy Land, and thru that time becomes unfailingly loyal to Richard

…so does that means he went along on the Mediterranean Sidequest???? AND HOW IN THE HOLY HECK HAS HE NOT REALIZED RICHARD WOULD SELL HIM TOO IF HE THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE A BUCK

idk but in conclusion Richard is nuts

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ahahaha and APPARENTLY Robin decided to crusade to the holy land before King Richard

according to the Wiki (and show I guess?) Robin's been away at war for 5 years and returns in 1192, which means he leaves Locksley in 1187.

only, that's kind of impossible because Saladin didn't even start fucking shit up in the Holy Land until summer 1187*, and Richard himself didn't "take the cross" (read: swear himself to go Crusade) until they heard the news about it in November while beefing with his dad KING Henry II over land or whatever in France

…yeah, he also wasn't even king yet until two years later

conclusion, either a) Robin is clairvoyant? or b) someone dun fucked up

edit: I guess, since King Henry II also technically took the cross, maybe Henry is the one who put out the call for soldiers? but I have a hard time believing that bc Henry was still beefing with Richard for another two years, and then he dies. So, what, does Robin just decide on his own to take the cross when he hears about Jerusalem*? He has all of 30 days to find out about it and then pack up his shit, find dudes to go fight with him, and then leave. Which not how it's presented in the show— he supposedly answers the call of the king with other men-at-arms from his lands or whatever— I mean, unless Robin is WAY more religious than we thought he was lol????

I guess Marian was right when she was like: you left for glory didn't you, just wanted to pick a fight smh

*just to make the timeline/connection totally clear, what inspired Richard to take the cross in 1187 was Orlando bloom & masked Edward Norton’s fuckery during the Fall of Jerusalem, as seen in Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

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Intense look

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Pretty Guy

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Profile & curls

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Guys first proposal

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Just shirtless Guy

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Celebrating GuyFriday AND Fashion Friday today with a quote from Richard on his Robin Hood (s1-2) wardrobe: “Originally it was going to be a quite traditional knight’s outfit and I think the costume designer just threw it out the window and said, ‘look, we’re going to go for medieval biker.‘ So that’s been great fun to work with and actually it helps me a lot to get into the character. When I put that jacket on I really feel like that’s his armour.” 🖤🗡️🏹

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Posting my Gisbourne edits here too (thinking about it my childhood crushes were SUPERIOR)

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S2 Guy yeahhh

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Nervous Guy

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