Robin Wood- Do you like him?

[Bangelxx]

Do you like Robin Wood? post away!😀

I don't like him at all. He annoyed the guts out of me! geez, what was his deal with Spike. I mean- get OVER it man! he thought he was soooo cool. urgh.

so what do you think???

 

[Kean]

I don't really care about him one way or another...he was just there ya know?

 

[Lou]

The first time around, I just plain didn't like him.

But, by the 2nd time around, he started to "bloom". I DO wish he'd get over the Spike thing, but then it made more sense the 2nd time I saw him try to kill Spike. Knowing "that guy" was in there somewhere has GOT to be hard. Especially when he knew he could just pop up again.

And I had to kind of feel for the kid, growing up with no Mother AND in such a BIZARRE world and losing her in such a weird way. Still, I only grant people "childhood trauma" up to a point.

I did find myself kind of softening the 2nd time around though. I liked him with Faith in S7. Maybe not FOREVER, but for the time being, I thought they were kind of cute.

 

[Blondie Bear]

I went into the season being prepared to like him, even though the writers made his alignment kind of ambivalent at first. But then he kind of wormed his way into the inner circle, tried to kill Spike, got mad at Buffy, and helped tear her down in "Empty Places." He thought way too much about himself and not enough about what they were trying to do--what they HAD to do. Now I don't like him at all and honestly think he was one of the mistakes of the season.

 

[Joyce Summers]

I found him amusing; he had some great one liners. But I preferred him before he was part of the Inner Circle of Slayerdom. Once he joined the crew he got a little annoyng for me.
And the Spike thing- god that annoyed me! Yes, I get where he was coming from, I get how painful and hard it was for him, and I understand the grudge, but think about the big picture; they needed Spike and as Buffy said 'that man doesn't exist anymore'. And he didn't. The Spike that had killed Nikki Wood was long gone before he went and got a soul.
Plus, I like Spike so I was biased in that regard.
But I did find Wood pretty blah. He was like wallpaper. I enjoyed him being there, occasionally my attention floated to him, but otherwise I didn't really pay attention to him at all.

 

[Clem Rocks]

Sometimes i liked him, sometimes i didn't, i'd like to see him in Season 8 more though

 

[white avenger]

I think that i read somewhere that at the beginning of the season, Joss hadn't decided whether Robin would be good or evil, so he was shown as this mysterious, ambiguous character. I was never impressed with him as a good guy, probably because he tried to kill Spike and was obviously obsessed with Slayers. I think that Robin Wood would have been a much better villain than he was a hero.

 

[Rowan Hawthorn]

Didn't like him at the start, didn't like him at the finish. I couldn't care less about his issues with Spike - in his shoes, I wouldn't have bothered with all the foofarol, I'd have just put a stake in Spike at the first opportunity (hey, Spike-on-a-stick, bet I could make a fortune with that concession...) - but Wood struck me as what they call a "sneakin' type" back home. And he really didn't grow on me.

 

[white avenger]

Didn't like him at the start, didn't like him at the finish. I couldn't care less about his issues with Spike - in his shoes, I wouldn't have bothered with all the foofarol, I'd have just put a stake in Spike at the first opportunity (hey, Spike-on-a-stick, bet I could make a fortune with that concession...) - but Wood struck me as what they call a "sneakin' type" back home. And he really didn't grow on me.

That's the problem with the vengeful types. Wood didn't just to kill Spike, hw wanted to gloat about it, to rub it in that "You killed my mama, and now I'm getting you back for it, and then when you're gone, I'm gonna be making tome with your girlfriend." He spent so much time planning that the season almost ran out before he took any decisive action.

 

[Slayerfest 99]

I didn't care for him at first, he seemed like he had a hidden agenda, and then we find out about his mom, spike's involvement, and yada-yada-yada. Bleh!!! I was ready to jump through the screen myself and smack him down, even the last episode I thought---too bad he didn't die...

 

[white avenger]

I didn't care for him at first, he seemed like he had a hidden agenda, and then we find out about his mom, spike's involvement, and yada-yada-yada. Bleh!!! I was ready to jump through the screen myself and smack him down, even the last episode I thought---too bad he didn't die...

Actually, I always thought that that last scene with him would have been a way to end the series on a real sinister note. I wrote a story (started it really, it never got finished) where he actually died, and the First Evil reanimated his body (Joss stole my idea and used it the next year on "Angel" with Fred/Illyria. My lawyers are planning a big law suit) and went on a killing spree. He would have been the Big Bad of Season 1 of "Faith, the Vampire Slayer," where she would then be chasing him all over the country, or maybe the world, with the police chasing her, thinking that she was the serial killer doing all of the damage. The season would have ended with her being finally arrested just moments after finally killing Robin/The First, and her going to trial being represented by a lawyer from Angel's law firm (there would have been several cross overs throughout the season so that Angel could share some of the action).

 

[Hello Cutie]

I kinda liked the whole "son of the slayer" angle, and I understood the whole revenge thing with regards to Spike, I'm not overly bothered with him one way or another, in the sense that he doesn't really add anything to the story (for me personally anyway), but equally, he doesn't detract from it... I guess its just a nice little character to add in... and I like that Faith gets a love interest (i was worried there was going to be some Faith/Spike bumping uglies, which for me, would be a massive no-no).

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

At the beginning he was pretty much okay, you know, when he only was principal Wood and not battling evil all of a sudden. For a principal he was probably even great, just remember what the other one's were like (Snyder!). But then he became part of the Scoobies (did he btw? or was he just hanging out with them for no reason?) and well, it didn't fit. First, he tried to kill Spike. He also dragged Giles into that, so that was pretty bad. From then on I didn't like him that much. Then there was this whole thing with Faith. I don't know why exactly I didn't like it, I just didn't.
And he sometimes came off a bit jerky. Just because his mother was a slayer he got so worked up with everything.

 

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

ouch, Wood has some hate aimed at him huh? I've always enjoyed him as a character. First, he's easy on the eyes. Second, i do sort of agree with him being way more likeable before being in the "inner circle"... but overall i thought he was pretty badass, intelligent, and yet compassionate in other aspects... yes ok, the Spike thing.... but i think if i were in his shoes, id do the same and go after him too.

 

[Hello Cutie]

Also, am I the only one who really wanted Principal Wood to be evil???

I kinda figured him for being the Caleb of season 7.... only they brought evil crazy priest instead (which, before people think im hating on, i'm really not.. Caleb was a very good character)

I just don't know why, but Wood would (haha see what i did there?) have made a much better bad guy in my opinion.

 

[Hello Cutie]

God I hope he does go evil... he'd make a great bad guy!

 

[anyatara]

I'm not sure, there are parts of him I don't like, and he seems like a right pain in the ass, I don't hate him, but he gets on my nerves sometimes. But he has cool quotes, like his 'I'm so much pretty than you' quote 😛

 

[Edmund Blackadder]

Robin Wood bored the bejesus out of me.

At first I thought it might be down to the actor(like I blame Marc Blucas for the dire Riley) but he was/is superb in 24.

I think the son of the Slayer angle was kinda underused BUT way out of place. I have said a few times, that storyline was one that should have been dealt with during season 5, when Buffy was dealing with her being the Slayer and looking into the past.

I know that would have made other aspects of his story irrelevent but OH MY WORD at least we'd have gotten rid of the stupid Spike/Wood fight.

I mean I get it, the vampire who killed his mother is now a vampire with a soul.

I was more annoyed at Giles role in that.

Anyway, not a fan - never will be and he is SO not better looking that Faith.

The arrogant, conceited waste of - ohhh you know the part that really annoys me?!?!

When Faith tells him that she just had a visit from The First and he says that the First only shows itself to those that matter as though HE was something special.

 

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

to Social Suicide, yes he triggered the monster but... whose to say you wouldn't? I lost my mom a year ago, granted not to a person, but it sure has stirred up some anger i never knew was in me, and to think if someone murdered her id have twice as much towards the person. would i kill the person? maybe not in this day and age, but i sure would think about it, im not going to lie. And Spike wasn't a person, he was a vampire, so a much easier kill for Wood.

I guess i can just personally understand what he was going through and to be able to attribute all that grief to a person makes it worse.


Oh, and WA, the so much prettier than you thing was in jest. I thought it funny, my friends and i joke like that all the time. i thought it was cute and flirtacious, not a conceited thing.

 

[Jaded Wolf]

I liked him after he got his butt handed to him by Spike in the Season 7 episode, "Lies My Parents Told Me" and calmed down a little from wanting to kill Spike. Afterwards, he just sort of falls in line with the gang. I really didn't like the relationship between him and Faith. I think the writers were just throwing couples together for the sake of having the major sex episode where everyone was making out before the final battle.