The "Guy's noble sacrifice" scenario

[ladykate63]

I've had a few discussions recently, and read a couple of fanfics, that have made me think about what would have happened and how I would have felt if, instead of the Season 2 finale of Robin Hood (and the third season) that we got, the show had gone the route of having Guy redeem himself through a noble sacrifice (not necessarily of his life!)

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[applebeing]

I wonder if the suggested "Guy's noble sacrifice" scenario would end the way it has been put forward

[ladykate63]

Oh I could totally live with that kind of "noble sacrifice" scenario! :D

I'm not sure the show could have gone with a true Guy/Marian happy ending though, given that R/M is "legend canon." Not that this is the way it should have been, but -- just sayin'.

[applebeing]

This show didn't even respect its own canon, so I can't see it having let that big, mysterious thing called "The Past" get in the way.

Also, as they would have had to write Jonas's Robin Hood out at the end of series three anyway, there was that chance that Guy would take up the mantle (Archer is middle ground toward that idea, because Richard had quit, too, but may well not have done if things had gone differently at the end of series two) - Marian would still marry 'Robin Hood', just a new and improved version.

[ladykate63]

Also, as they would have had to write Jonas's Robin Hood out at the end of series three anyway, there was that chance that Guy would take up the mantle (Archer is middle ground toward that idea, because Richard had quit, too, but may well not have done if things had gone differently at the end of series two) - Marian would still marry 'Robin Hood', just a new and improved version.

Hah!

I have thought of that. Great way to get around the problem of how to have Marian marry Guy of Gisborne and Robin Hood... make them the same person! Bwahahaha!

(And OMG is that Guy standing next to KATE in your avatar? O_O)

[applebeing]

(Yes, but don't go reading anything nauseating into that! I should have blurred her or something, but I made it somewhat frantically to aid in discuss on ep 3x11, forgetting the trauma the mere sight of her can cause the unwary.)

[thymelady]

Oh, I'm so glad that Marian's POV came up! :-)

LOVE the discussion! Thank you for bringing this up, LadyKate!

Yes, I see it as possible, given the circumstance of having to save Marian's life, that he would see her married to Robin. And, yes: I think it would ruin him. Like LadyKate, I see him as a one-woman-man when it comes to real love. To see his hopes and ambitions shattered in such a way, would lead to the man we see in the beginning of S3.

Question is: can Marian live with that? And will her life with Robin be happy? I seriously doubt that. I'm not saying she would be living in eternal bliss with Guy, far from it. But strong attraction aside, I think a relationship between Gy and Marian would be more rewarding for them both.

Love the idea of Guy becoming Robin - thus having Marian marry "Robin Hood".