Fic: Purgatory; Guy/Marian; PG13

[claudia_writes]

Because denial IS indeed a river in Egypt….. Spoilers for the Robin Hood season 2 finale. This is my way of coping.

Robin Hood; Guy/Marian

Life is a choice. Marian learns to live with hers.

Unbetaed. All mistakes are my own. Quote from The Secretary

Comments

[bournespeed]

Very nicely written and I like the idea. I am assuming she had to pretend to die after marrying Robin to get him off her case, then she can disappear into the desert with Guy? risky but great for our ship if they pulled it off.

[claudia_writes]

Thanks! I'm glad that the story came through, even though I never really articulated what had happened.

[0_mile_marker]

Good lord, woman. I don't even watch the show and I'm lovin' this! Fantastic work!

[claudia_writes]

Thank you! Happy to share some Guy/Marian love around.... It is my evil plan to get everybody into this fandom XD

[snowystingray]

Oh, it may be complete denial, but it's such a wonderful place to be... Thanks for sharing this beautifully evocative piece. :)

[claudia_writes]

Thank you. I did try to do our characters justice after the travesty of the seson finale.

[vaknathi]

Some people might call it denial, I call it the understanding that these are OUR characters and we can tell their stories however we gorram please!

It's a great wee fic, beautifully written. Did you know Dumas used potions to fake character death? Some people like to scorn Dumas as a sensationalist serialiser, but the Count of Monte Cristo is still one of my favourite books, actually, I might go read it again, as I've got nothing else that I'm not supposed to be reading instead of schoolwork ('sept fic of course, but other than my own this is the first reasonably positive one I've seen all week, and I refuse to read anything where anyone dies, except maybe the ruddy sheriff, at the moment I'm almost ready to lower myself to reading Robin/Marian stuff just for a bit of positivity, urk!)

[claudia_writes]

Hear hear! :)

I did actually know that about Dumas, and even though it is sometimes used as a very bad bad plot device, I thought it would be very suitable for this particular fic. I don't like death fics, just because, right now, it's one of my otp who dies. And I would never read Robin/Marian *shudders*. We just have to hope that people will start writing AUs.

[vaknathi]

ew, I know, I get spitting mad with jealousy at Robin/Marian, it's one of those things that just makes my blood boil, and it's completely irrational, but, ah well, that's ship-love for you. But I've just fallen in with a bunch of RM-shippers, including a few I've had some rather heavy arguments with, but right now, there's a sense of solidarity, that it doesn't matter who you ship, what matters is keeping Marian alive, no matter how the morons who write the show choose to mess it up. It's a travesty and a betrayal of both the fans and the characters, let alone the legend, and we need to get as many people writing "AU" Marian fics as we can. So thank you so much for your contribution, I think I'll read your fic again before I go to bed tonight and end the day on a beautiful and positive note.

[claudia_writes]

Yes, I'm slightly indifferent to Robin/Marian, well I was until I got really venomous feedback on my other G/M fic on a discussion board. After that I've pretty much streered clear of anything R/M. I just don't see any chemistry with that pairing, and I think Robin is too much of a boy to be a suitable husband for Marian. But that's just my personal view.

The writers are indeed moron's, but luckily we have fanfic and some pretty talented writers of our own!

[bj_4ever]

I truly hope all that was not a dream,
even I am still screaming "Bbc writers have you done that to guy?" lol xD

It was interesting and original.

"It's not DENIAL. I'm just very selective about the reality I would accept"

[claudia_writes]

Thanks. I don't know about a dream, but I don't know how the BBC could possibly fix this.

[bj_4ever]

Wait & See... xD !