Legends Summarized: Robin Hood

The man! The myth! The legend! What exactly IS this verdant vigilante's deal? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

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[GoneFishingAmalgam]

Got to love that Robin is such a devout catholic he has to sneak into mass, then gets discovered because he's not so devout that he hasn't already robbed the monks of this church before.

[artemiswolf]

*Maid Marian* : I want a nice guy who’s cool, charitable and respects women.
*Robin Hood* : I want a girlfriend who can not only kick my ass but would do so upon request

[VivaLaDnDLogs]

I love how the joke of "Little John" being an incredibly large & burly man has seemingly remained consistent since the character's creation.
The people know a good joke when they hear it.

[Morathor]

I just. I love the version of Maid Marian who's like, "Oh no my boyfriend got exiled, guess I'd better just grab my hiking boots and tramp on into the wilds to find him" and then she's like "Oh no, a recent but already well-known outlaw, guess I'll just beat his ass" and then SHE DOES. And HE LIKES IT. Between this and Little John I think Robin Hood just adores people who can wreck his shit, which, honestly, same.

[ayyKatx]

Took a lit class in college exclusively about Robin Hood. We watched several of the adaptations, including Prince of Thieves. There's a scene where Robin Hood is "showering" under a waterfall and everyone is dead silent just watching the movie and one of the guys who'd never spoken all semester piped up and said: "I went 27 years without seeing Kevin Costner's ass." And even the professor lost her shit.

[sethortiger]

"You speak treason!"


"Fluently!"

[state_song_xprt]

Wait, so you're telling me "Steal from the rich and give to the poor" is barely a hundred years old, while "Maid Marion is kind of a badass" goes back to the seventeenth century?

[cheezemonkeyeater]

Fun fact: in the Disney version, the sheriff, Prince John, and Sir Hiss are all based on real Disney executives who took over the studio after Walt Disney died. These three were apparently super hated by everyone - including Disney himself back when he was alive, who declared that opening his company to investors was the biggest mistake he ever made.

[Lotus-spcu]

Red: "See Millennials, gettin' a job isn't that hard, just engage your boss in single combat-"

Me, under my breath like a hermit: "Defeat them and they'll join your party, video games have trained us for this!"

[annalston]

"Money can't buy you love, but it can buy you historical documentation." Holy cow, I love this line.

[Bob-lrxp]

"Engage your boss in single combat"

Oooohhh, my dad wasn't telling me to shake their hand, it was BREAK their hand! Thanks for clearing that up, Red.

[JustinLaw]

Fun fact: shooting an arrow through another arrow that is already on the target and splitting that on-target arrow in half in the process is called Robin Hooding, kind of obvious how that name came to be but yeah, not only is he the forever dashing and cunning rogue but he is also the most stylish archery champion, so much so that the coolest way to win an archery competition is named after him.

[lyras.]

That list of Robin in media made me realize he's never really had a major game, which is surprising.

[BennyLlama]

Red: "Why is he our go-to?"
Me: Because a character with no attached copyrights, trademarks, etc. is a hell of a lot cheaper than other characters. 😀

[chewpuppy]

"Great core characters and almost no plot"
So it's a Slice of Life genre. . . .

[Cindolintoe]

Watching this again a year later, I think we all forgot the very important factor that Robin Hood sits very comfortably in a position where he can fit into literally anyone's moral code. Religious? Robin Hood fits. Anti-Taxation or hate big government? Robin Hood fits. Don't like authority figures? Robin Hood fits. Patriotic despite the government? Robin Hood fits. I don't know a single person who dislikes Robin Hood because you can reasonably fit him into almost every world view. I've seen well thought out arguments that this dude would, in modern day, be a libertarian, a communist, a conservative, a liberal, even a monarchist or authoritarian due to his opposition to bad kings in favor of good ones. I don't think a figure exists that is so malleable he can fit into almost any world view in a positive light outside of Jesus Christ.

[LarryGarfieldCrell]

I want to see a King Arthur/Robin Hood mashup, written by Red and Blue.


No, it won't make any historical sense. That's not the point, not even a little.

[lordoftheducks]

Mary: “Respect women”

Robin Hood: “Hell yeah my gal!”

[marnetteryes]

King Arthur & his knights: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

Robin Hood & the Merry Men: LADS! LADS! LADS!

[BigJoeKnows]

Ive noticed that Robin Hood and Sun Wukong have a lot of similarities as characteristics and their respective personalities, and honestly I just love that