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Fun Times with RH Fans
Jan. 29th, 2012 07:13 pmLast night, I had the pleasure of getting to meet up with some Robin Hood fans from all over the world. Seems there's a Xena convention going on in Burbank, and that the attendees included quite a few RH fans as well. When ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladykate63 asked me if I wanted to drive over and join RH night at Xena Con, I was all over it.
A group of us met in the lobby of the Burbank Marriott, and then proceeded over to the hotel restaurant, where I had a yummy seared ahi salad, which was exactly what I needed after a day of eating nothing green at all. We talked about favorite characters and other fandoms and experiences being in fandom... There was a lot of, "Oh! You're the one who wrote that thing I remember reading..." And "you watched that too? Awesome!"
After dinner, we went up to someone's room and tried to hook up a portable DVD player so that we could watch a couple of RH episodes together. This was easier said than done. We ended up having to call the front desk and get someone to come up to the room and fix it for us. (The answer may have looked obvious, but it really wasn't.)
We ended up watching two season 1 episodes since we didn't have a copy of season 2, and no one seemed to be particularly interested in watching a season 3 ep. First was "A Thing or Two About Loyalty," which is an awesome "Guy is morally ambiguous" episode. He makes bad choices here, but I've always found the bit about him choosing power over friendship really heartbreaking, especially when he was almost going to let Marian help him do the right thing. ("Almost" is kind of the story of Guy's life... He's always just on the edge of making the right choice before failing utterly at being human. The fail usually happens after having a chat with the Sheriff where Vasey invades his personal space.... Funny, that.)
Next was "Brothers in Arms," which always makes me choke up for Allan's sake. The way he reacts to Tom's mistakes, the way he's ready to give up on his brother after Tom messes up a second time because this was supposed to be his "last chance," but then the gang is willing to go and save Tom and the others, and you can tell Allan's surprised and relieved at the same time. This made me think a lot about Allan and how his arc is all about second chances (and third, and fourth...) and how people who care about each other will be there even when you've done monumentally stupid things, and learning to trust people enough to be honest and vulnerable. (The scene where Djaq comforts him after Tom dies... It kills me.) And all of this is why what happens to Allan in the end makes me furious.
Oh, and there was something in the ep about a necklace and the angriest marriage proposal ever. I still maintain that Marian really did a number on Guy's head when she produced the necklace. He was so sure that she didn't have it.... And he was RIGHT. Every other suspicion he ever has about her is colored by this scene.
When the episode was over, we had a lengthy discussion about Guy's relationship with the Sheriff and how emotionally invested Guy was in getting Vasey's approval. I loved getting to hear about other people's head canons and how they approach the characters.
All in all... A good night with some really lovely, smart RH fans. But it made me wish there was a Robin Hood con something awful. I'd cross oceans to get there if there was.
ladykate63 asked me if I wanted to drive over and join RH night at Xena Con, I was all over it.A group of us met in the lobby of the Burbank Marriott, and then proceeded over to the hotel restaurant, where I had a yummy seared ahi salad, which was exactly what I needed after a day of eating nothing green at all. We talked about favorite characters and other fandoms and experiences being in fandom... There was a lot of, "Oh! You're the one who wrote that thing I remember reading..." And "you watched that too? Awesome!"
After dinner, we went up to someone's room and tried to hook up a portable DVD player so that we could watch a couple of RH episodes together. This was easier said than done. We ended up having to call the front desk and get someone to come up to the room and fix it for us. (The answer may have looked obvious, but it really wasn't.)
We ended up watching two season 1 episodes since we didn't have a copy of season 2, and no one seemed to be particularly interested in watching a season 3 ep. First was "A Thing or Two About Loyalty," which is an awesome "Guy is morally ambiguous" episode. He makes bad choices here, but I've always found the bit about him choosing power over friendship really heartbreaking, especially when he was almost going to let Marian help him do the right thing. ("Almost" is kind of the story of Guy's life... He's always just on the edge of making the right choice before failing utterly at being human. The fail usually happens after having a chat with the Sheriff where Vasey invades his personal space.... Funny, that.)
Next was "Brothers in Arms," which always makes me choke up for Allan's sake. The way he reacts to Tom's mistakes, the way he's ready to give up on his brother after Tom messes up a second time because this was supposed to be his "last chance," but then the gang is willing to go and save Tom and the others, and you can tell Allan's surprised and relieved at the same time. This made me think a lot about Allan and how his arc is all about second chances (and third, and fourth...) and how people who care about each other will be there even when you've done monumentally stupid things, and learning to trust people enough to be honest and vulnerable. (The scene where Djaq comforts him after Tom dies... It kills me.) And all of this is why what happens to Allan in the end makes me furious.
Oh, and there was something in the ep about a necklace and the angriest marriage proposal ever. I still maintain that Marian really did a number on Guy's head when she produced the necklace. He was so sure that she didn't have it.... And he was RIGHT. Every other suspicion he ever has about her is colored by this scene.
When the episode was over, we had a lengthy discussion about Guy's relationship with the Sheriff and how emotionally invested Guy was in getting Vasey's approval. I loved getting to hear about other people's head canons and how they approach the characters.
All in all... A good night with some really lovely, smart RH fans. But it made me wish there was a Robin Hood con something awful. I'd cross oceans to get there if there was.