white avenger
white avenger
I read somewhwer that when the character of Robin Wood was first concieved, the writers couldn't decide whether he would be a good guy or a bad guy. Am I the only one who thinks they made the wrong decision?
Robin Wood, hero or ....
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No. I liked the fact that he was a good guy. Especially cos the were trying to make you think he wasnt.
I seem to be almost the ony person who loves Wood though (no jokes please Alister 😛)
I seem to be almost the ony person who loves Wood though (no jokes please Alister 😛)
Edmund Blackadder
Scooby
Hehe....Wicked Loves Wood....thats cool.
I like the Idea of Wood. I like what he gave Buffy just by being alive...i just think he was written badly from about the time Faith came onto the scene.
BUT he should have always been a good guy and i'm glad he was.
I like the Idea of Wood. I like what he gave Buffy just by being alive...i just think he was written badly from about the time Faith came onto the scene.
BUT he should have always been a good guy and i'm glad he was.
eponinethen
Majk
Agree. But my main opinion of Wood is, well, a bad one. I liked him at first, I liked the idea of him "“ but I just could not stand the whole killing Spike thing. I understand Wood, completely, but it just wasn't an interesting storyline imo..
And Faith/Wood... that's just wrong..
I agree that I liked that you didn't know if he was good or bad, but I liked the way it turned out. And in some ways he wasn't totally good either. (And I liked Robin and Faith lol)
eponinethen
Majk
Omg you crazy people, what is there to like about Robin/Faith?
Ok, seriously, what do you like about them together? I don't hate them as much as I sometimes pretend to, but yeah, I just don't really get it..
Ok, seriously, what do you like about them together? I don't hate them as much as I sometimes pretend to, but yeah, I just don't really get it..
Yeah but to be fair a lot of people hate Spuffy and Bangel. Each to their own. I just loved them together. But then I love both characters and thought they were right for each other.
Wood seems to be a guy who understands Faith and is willing to deal with her issues and thats what she needs. Not someone who will just sleep with her and leave.
Wood seems to be a guy who understands Faith and is willing to deal with her issues and thats what she needs. Not someone who will just sleep with her and leave.
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Spirit_Of_Fred
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watcher1006
Potential
I felt that something was "off" about the Robin Wood character. He was complicated, someone with a past and with his own agenda. In the end it was appropriate that a high school principal came off as a strong and positive character. Still, it didn't quite work for me. I think perhaps there just wasn't enough time in one season to fully develop such a personality.
Not much time for the Faith-Robin Wood relationship either. That one didn't make much of an impression on me, with everything else that was going on in those last episodes and the rushed buildup to the finale (yes, I thought that it was rushed.) I don't know how "real" the relationship was supposed to be in any case. Within that atmosphere of hedonistic orgy of the final day or so it was hard to tell.
Not much time for the Faith-Robin Wood relationship either. That one didn't make much of an impression on me, with everything else that was going on in those last episodes and the rushed buildup to the finale (yes, I thought that it was rushed.) I don't know how "real" the relationship was supposed to be in any case. Within that atmosphere of hedonistic orgy of the final day or so it was hard to tell.
eponinethen
Majk
Definitely true, and I appreciate him for that.. Or I should.. I just.. can't.. Guess that's just my personal wish to see Faith with, say, Buffy (yes I'm silly 🙂 )...
white avenger
white avenger
Once again, I have to offer my apologies, this time for posting a subject and having to leave unexpectedly. Perhaps I worded the origonal question wrong, but what I meant was that Wood was almost wasted as just another "good guy." He had, at the beginning of the year, a sort of mystery about him that hinted at the bad boy image of Spike in earlier seasons. It has always seemed to me that minor supporting characters, (which is how I view Wood, curse me if you will) are usually better developed if they are in the ranks of the opposition, and I think that tha caracter would have been better utilized in that fashion. Instead, with few exceptions, he became the guy who was either being beaten up by the baddie of the week or plotting against one of the major characters. Even his big love scene with Faith was presented as just a horney Slayer jumpint the nearest available male (well, if you discount Andrew).
The Chosen
i dont think andrew rolls that way. yknow, the slayer way. (slayer=female, get it??) lol
Schillaci
Scooby
LadyLavinia
Scooby
What's wrong with Faith and Robin? They don't match? Was he too old? Too educated? Or the wrong color? What was wrong with them? I'm curious.
At first . . . until Wood brought up the matter and questioned Faith's actions. After that they seemed to have gone beyond Faith's horniness. Remember?
Ladybug
Grinch
Aw, crap. Not the Robin/Faith issue again. They're not together. It was SEX. They had sex... once. Leave it be. Well, that or they just needed to dump something in the episode to make the episode full-length.
Er, anyway. I really think Robin would have been better off as a villain working for the First... kinda like a Doc thing.
Er, anyway. I really think Robin would have been better off as a villain working for the First... kinda like a Doc thing.
It was more than sex. That was the point. For once it wasnt just sex for faith.
palabravampiress
I agree.
The only thing I liked about his character was the fact that it gave us a link to a previous slayer.
Although everytime I see this thread I keep on thinking its about 'Robin Hood'
Although everytime I see this thread I keep on thinking its about 'Robin Hood'
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The Arcane
LMAO! That is exactly what I first read... Robin Hood, hero or...
Tranquillity
so did i
The Arcane
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Got to agree with Wicked (shocker, huh?). I have always imagined Faith's relationship with Robin as being a turning point for her. Finding that guy that wasn't just in it for the sex. It's a pity that more wasn't able to be done with the relationship in the proposed Faith spinoff show.
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postmortem
I am all for Faith/Wood too.
palabravampiress
Yes! I agree! He seemed to be pushing for more than just sex and, for the first time, she seemed to be seriously thinking about it. That's HUGE for Faith.
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I like the idea of Robin being a good guy, HOWEVER I dont' like the idea that Robin is the only person in the world to have ever had a slayer as a mother and they didn't give him any slayer type powes
hyperballadbrad
Floppy. Hoppy. Bunnies!
Thats very true! It was a lot of fun with the constant tension and wondering if or when he'd strike at the Scoobs! But I was glad he was a good guy!
We couldnt have got the whole nearly dying with Faith freaking out and then being awake again in the final minutes of S7:E22 :lmao:
wonder if Robin will turn up in the comics...and will he still be with Faith?
personally, i never really took to Robin. yeah, he was an ok character, he created a lot of tension with Spike. but i always thought they could have done something more with him.
personally, i never really took to Robin. yeah, he was an ok character, he created a lot of tension with Spike. but i always thought they could have done something more with him.
hyperballadbrad
Floppy. Hoppy. Bunnies!
Yeah, I get that! At some points, the character seemed a bit stifled and stuck for what to do next in his role, where he fit into the grand sceme of things after the whole Spike vendetta. But I suppose he was an ally which the gang definately needed.
But oooh... I wonder if Faith will show up in the comics... I havent actually thought of her in relation!! She needs a long rest! :lmao: