corrielle

Title: It Won't Be Easy
Spoilers: AU ending for "The Enemy of My Enemy," so I suppose there might be some spoilers for that episode.
Pairing: Guy/Meg
Summary: Against all odds, Meg lived. Now Guy has to figure out what he feels for the girl who helped remind him who he is.
Genre: Fluff. Pure, unadulterated fluff.
Rating: PG
Word Count:1646
Disclaimer: Robin Hood is copyright to Tiger Aspect and the BBC. All Rights Reserved. No copyright infringement is intended, and no money is being made.
Author's Notes: I wrote this for the lordgisborne community's Woobiefest 2012 that's going on right now. (If Guy isn't the textbook definition of a woobie, I don't know who it.) Also, I wrote this because I needed something sweet in my life with all the pain my other fandoms are putting me through.

( In some ways, it had been easier when he thought she was dying. )

Last 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 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.

Day 6

In your own space, rec at least 3 fanworks you thought you wouldn't like (because they weren't your fandom or they pushed against your boundaries or you thought you just wouldn't be interested) and that you ended up loving.

( One Robin Hood fic and two PotC fics. )

Title: A Measure of Peace
Author: corrielle 
Characters: Guy and Robin
Word Count: 2,703
Disclaimer: Robin Hood belongs to legend, this version belongs to the BBC.
Notes: This is set some time between "The Enemy of My Enemy" and "Something Worth Fighting For," and it was originally conceived for the the rhsidebyside challenge.
Summary: When Guy's frequent disappearances make the gang suspicious, Robin follows him.  What he finds isn't what he expects.  

( The trees cast long shadows on the forest floor... )

Title: Caught in the Storm
Author: corrielle
Word Count: 1,996
Pairing: Guy/Marian
Rating/Warnings: PG
Prompt Used: Written for the "Spring Rain" prompt at the guyxmarian love fest.  
Additional Notes/Episode Spoilers: Takes place some time after episode 2x03.

( The morning’s sun had certainly not promised such a wild and sudden downpour, or Guy would never have agreed to ride out from the castle with Marian.  )