Fic: Hope for Healing - Chapter 8

[wastingyourgum]

Title: Hope for Healing - Chapter 8
Author: wastingyourgum 
Characters/Pairings: Allan, Guy, Sarah, Much, Robin/Marian
Mentions: Will/Djaq
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Angst
Words: 2593
Disclaimer: BBC & TA own anything you find familiar.
Notes: I thought about splitting this one in two because it's quite long - but what the heck... Thank you as ever to my lovely betas jagnikjen

Comments

[hippie_girl_31]

No, Robin! Wait! There's more! John's alive!...Sigh.

Hopefully it won't take him too long to mull it all over and start putting the pieces together. But I love that his mind did not automatically jump to John being alive when Marian mumbled John's name. Very realistic, especially considering what he'd just overheard about Prince John and the Pact.

His thoughts on why he does what he does were very nicely done. He's so...driven (for lack of a better word) sometimes and that often costs him points with the audience, so it was really nice to hear that he really does all that to help bring about a world where he and Marian can live together in peace and safety. Aww. And his grudging acknowledgment that Gisborne is doing right by her - even more so than Robin himself can do at this point - was very believable.

And I love that the outlaws aren't as invisible as they seem to think. Not only Allan saw Robin and Much, but Sarah did too. The way they stick out like sore thumbs on the show - despite their oh-so-serious attempts at stealth - is laughable sometimes. At least to me. So it gave me a small chuckle here, despite the seriousness of the situation.

And Yay for Allan wanting to let Robin know about Marian. He really has his own brand of loyalty, doesn't he? And as divided as that may be at times, his one constant is his good heart.

So, it's all starting to come together now. Very exciting! I can't wait until someone figures it out. Allan, Robin, or one of the gang. Maybe even some combination of all of them. And I'm very excited to see how you write the big rescue. (Am I getting too far ahead of myself, lol?)

Great chapter (again!).

[wastingyourgum]

Thank you! I was really worried about making it convincing that his mind wouldn't go to Little John first. (But LJ's dead - why would it?)

I do think Robin sometimes gets short shrift in examining why he's so obsessed with getting King Richard back. I think he is a genuinely idealistic person who believes in the right of kings and all that but I think he really just sees that as the best way for him to be able to have a world he will feel comfortable settling down and raising a family in - or that could just be the hopeless romantic in me...

To be fair both Allan and Sarah are looking out for the outlaws but yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I laughed so hard at ravenya03's latest rewrite episode - "Hoods aren't going to cut it any more".

Allan is, despite everything, a far better person than he or anybody else gives him credit for.

I can't wait till I figure out the big rescue either! Any ideas? (I kid!) ;)

Thank you for another far too generous comment (and your pimping on FF.net!)