I love those quotes, that's why I chose them. They are important to me. This set everything in motion and the Wheel turned. I remember how powerful the scene of Guy's execution affected me. I read a few chapters again yesterday. Those scenes with trial and execution still have a powerful effect on me. It's a great story. Mysticism, tension, adventure, humor. I had great fun when Gisburne toast to his madness. And one wonders how the story would have turned out completely differently if Gisburne hadn't been there - how he actually brought them all together and formed Robin of Loxley ´s gang. He created his enemies.
I'm really touched that you like the story so much and that you chose to re-read part of it yesterday. I wrote it such a long time ago that it sometimes amazes me that people still enjoy it as much as they do. I did have a blast writing it, so it's nice to know that you have fun reading it.
It was an interesting exercise to wonder how things would have been different if Edmond of Gisburne had died in the Crusades and Guy had grown up as the son of the Earl of Huntingdon. I literally thought about everything Gisburne did in those first couple of episodes and realized that he did bring the outlaws together. Loxley and Much wouldn't have met Will, Tom and Dickon if they hadn't been arrested by Gisburne. Loxley wouldn't have run into Marion's chamber if Gisburne hadn't been chasing him after the escape from the dungeon. Much might not have joined the outlaws if Gisburne hadn't killed his father. I think things really could have turned out quite differently if Guy of Gisburne hadn't existed.
I love this story, rusty_armour. I've been planning to re-read it for a long time. I finished the rest today. :-) Now I should read the sequel, even if you didn't finish it. It doesn't matter that you wrote it a long time ago. When the story is great, the reader likes to read it again. There are plenty of books I can read over and over and I still like it. And then there are the books and short stories that I read once and I don't want to read them again. Many were required to read at school. That's how they disgusted Gogol for me at school. His story "The Cloak" bored me deadly at the age of 16.
I love your Guy of Huntingdon.
This story of yours has what I love. Enemies forced by circumstances to cooperate. I have a weakness for such stories. Parallel worlds and different timelines. I loved the series Sliders, starring John Rhys-Davies.
I have to confess that I'm better at re-reading fic, but I sometimes re-read short stories. It doesn't happen very often with novels because I'm a slow reader and my to-read list is just so long. However, I can certainly understand wanting to return to old favourites
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So I read a piece of COTW2, rusty_armour. You're right, it's rough, but there were scenes that I liked. If you ever finish it, I'd love to read it. But I think you'd have a lot of work to do.
What confused me then and confuses me now - who is Margaret? I mean - is it Margaret from a parallel world and a timeline? That's what I thought at first. But she would remember Robert of Huntingdon - he's her half-brother. Or is Margaret from the world of RoS? After all, Gisburne did not have a sister. Did anything change when the Wheel turned back? Look, I have an idea - Lady Gisburne gave birth to twins. Edmond shoved the girl into a convent. And Guy never found out he had a sister. :-D But you, as the author, have to know. :-)
Yes, I like Guy of Huntingdon, you wrote him well. And he certainly must have some character traits consistent with Gisburne, so why not his contempt for poorer people. It's definitely believable.
So I read a piece of COTW2, rusty_armour. You're right, it's rough, but there were scenes that I liked. If you ever finish it, I'd love to read it. But I think you'd have a lot of work to do.
Yeah, I'm scared to even look at it, but there are at least three or four scenes that I like. If I ever took it on, I think it would have to be the kind of thing that I worked at gradually, picking at little bits of it at a time. I'd also have to figure out what the hell should happen next. I definitely wrote myself into a corner and then couldn't figure out what to do next.
What confused me then and confuses me now - who is Margaret? I mean - is it Margaret from a parallel world and a timeline? That's what I thought at first. But she would remember Robert of Huntingdon - he's her half-brother. Or is Margaret from the world of RoS? After all, Gisburne did not have a sister. Did anything change when the Wheel turned back?I don't blame you for being confused. I'd have to work up the courage to re-read COTW2, but I think Margaret was basically worked into
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I agree, rusty_armour. Youv definitely must have some idea what will happen next.
the idea was that Margaret of Huntingdon basically gets drawn in when she follows Guy and Robert to the Wheel at the end of COTW - or, at least, I think that's what I was trying to hint at when Robert sees her there. - Yes, that's what I thought, too. Then it just confused me that she didn't remember Robert of Huntingdon.
I think Margaret was basically worked into the original RoS timeline and became a part of that world as Margaret of Gisburne. In this new timeline, Margaret of Gisburne is meant to have existed the whole time, even though she obviously didn't exist before...probably. - I think it's starting to make sense to me. When the Wheel turned, Margaret of Huntingdon drew it into the original RoS timeline. But neither Margaret of Huntingdon nor Guy's sister Margaret of Gisburne existed in this timeline. So the timeline had to change, and now we have Margaret of Gisburne here. And it could go according to my idea. Or she could be Guy's younger sister. In
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I can assure you, that your wonderful story definitely does not pale in comparison to my cover art!
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Okay, let's call it a tie. :-)
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I love those quotes, that's why I chose them. They are important to me.
This set everything in motion and the Wheel turned.
I remember how powerful the scene of Guy's execution affected me.
I read a few chapters again yesterday. Those scenes with trial and execution still have a powerful effect on me.
It's a great story. Mysticism, tension, adventure, humor.
I had great fun when Gisburne toast to his madness.
And one wonders how the story would have turned out completely differently if Gisburne hadn't been there - how he actually brought them all together and formed Robin of Loxley ´s gang. He created his enemies.
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It was an interesting exercise to wonder how things would have been different if Edmond of Gisburne had died in the Crusades and Guy had grown up as the son of the Earl of Huntingdon. I literally thought about everything Gisburne did in those first couple of episodes and realized that he did bring the outlaws together. Loxley and Much wouldn't have met Will, Tom and Dickon if they hadn't been arrested by Gisburne. Loxley wouldn't have run into Marion's chamber if Gisburne hadn't been chasing him after the escape from the dungeon. Much might not have joined the outlaws if Gisburne hadn't killed his father. I think things really could have turned out quite differently if Guy of Gisburne hadn't existed.
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Now I should read the sequel, even if you didn't finish it.
It doesn't matter that you wrote it a long time ago. When the story is great, the reader likes to read it again. There are plenty of books I can read over and over and I still like it. And then there are the books and short stories that I read once and I don't want to read them again. Many were required to read at school. That's how they disgusted Gogol for me at school. His story "The Cloak" bored me deadly at the age of 16.
I love your Guy of Huntingdon.
This story of yours has what I love. Enemies forced by circumstances to cooperate. I have a weakness for such stories. Parallel worlds and different timelines. I loved the series Sliders, starring John Rhys-Davies.
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If you ever finish it, I'd love to read it. But I think you'd have a lot of work to do.
What confused me then and confuses me now - who is Margaret? I mean - is it Margaret from a parallel world and a timeline? That's what I thought at first. But she would remember Robert of Huntingdon - he's her half-brother. Or is Margaret from the world of RoS? After all, Gisburne did not have a sister. Did anything change when the Wheel turned back? Look, I have an idea - Lady Gisburne gave birth to twins. Edmond shoved the girl into a convent. And Guy never found out he had a sister. :-D
But you, as the author, have to know. :-)
Yes, I like Guy of Huntingdon, you wrote him well. And he certainly must have some character traits consistent with Gisburne, so why not his contempt for poorer people. It's definitely believable.
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If you ever finish it, I'd love to read it. But I think you'd have a lot of work to do.
Yeah, I'm scared to even look at it, but there are at least three or four scenes that I like. If I ever took it on, I think it would have to be the kind of thing that I worked at gradually, picking at little bits of it at a time. I'd also have to figure out what the hell should happen next. I definitely wrote myself into a corner and then couldn't figure out what to do next.
What confused me then and confuses me now - who is Margaret? I mean - is it Margaret from a parallel world and a timeline? That's what I thought at first. But she would remember Robert of Huntingdon - he's her half-brother. Or is Margaret from the world of RoS? After all, Gisburne did not have a sister. Did anything change when the Wheel turned back?I don't blame you for being confused. I'd have to work up the courage to re-read COTW2, but I think Margaret was basically worked into ( ... )
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the idea was that Margaret of Huntingdon basically gets drawn in when she follows Guy and Robert to the Wheel at the end of COTW - or, at least, I think that's what I was trying to hint at when Robert sees her there. - Yes, that's what I thought, too. Then it just confused me that she didn't remember Robert of Huntingdon.
I think Margaret was basically worked into the original RoS timeline and became a part of that world as Margaret of Gisburne.
In this new timeline, Margaret of Gisburne is meant to have existed the whole time, even though she obviously didn't exist before...probably. - I think it's starting to make sense to me. When the Wheel turned, Margaret of Huntingdon drew it into the original RoS timeline. But neither Margaret of Huntingdon nor Guy's sister Margaret of Gisburne existed in this timeline. So the timeline had to change, and now we have Margaret of Gisburne here. And it could go according to my idea. Or she could be Guy's younger sister. In ( ... )
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