Subtext? What subtext?

[burntcopper]

Re-watching RoS for refreshment of brain for Nanowrimo, and after groaning over the travesty that is 'The Inheritance' (I know, let's put King Arthur in an ep of Robin Hood! That's a good idea!) and being unable to get Sean Connery from Robbin' the Legend out of my head, I put on 'The Sheriff of Nottingham'. Dear god. One of those bits you fail to remember completely. RoS has, of course, subtext. Lots of it. Occasionally we get such things as the bathtub scene and 'Harder, Gisburne, harder!'. But... um.... there is no such thing as subtext in this. Lewis Collins (Bodie from the Professionals) is camping it up something chronic.

'You belong to me now, Gisburne.' (whilst laying a possessive hand on his) Really. In 'You're my wife now, Dave' tones.
'You must show me this... tunnel of yours.' (added smirkage)
Flirty caressing of Robin's chin whilst making innuendo laden comments.
Oh, and of course there's the catamite comment from the Sheriff that he took earlier offence to. He's a top, dammit! Plus the 'my room, later' vibe you get with the serving boy.
Aww, the Sheriff just re-claimed Gisburne as his. How cute.

Oh, squee! I'd forgotten this is the episode of '27 years I've been in here. Think it's 27. I've got one question. When are they going to change the straw?'

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[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

But... um.... there is no such thing as subtext in this. Lewis Collins (Bodie from the Professionals) is camping it up something chronic.

*goes all glassy eyed* You know that's my favourite episode? You DO know that? *mutters something to self about 'no RoS DVDs for another 7 months - or 4 XF season boxes'*

[minkboylove.livejournal.com]

'You belong to me now, Gisburne.' (whilst laying a possessive hand on his) Really. In 'You're my wife now, Dave' tones.

Thanks. I just coughed up half a lung laughing at this.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:snerk: Revenge! Revenge for all the times I fell off my chair during Daniel Jackson's Diaries!

I'm just glad I wasn't drinking anything whilst watching it. I'd been doing my 'right, watching for subtle bits of subtext' so I was pretty much stunned by the great honking TEXT of that bit.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

mwhahaha. :dangles Bodie in leather before you: Hmm. :also dangles pouty Sheriff, then pouty Sheriff in rags: I'm still wondering how they were going to explain the fact that Phillip Mark was the only person in that era who managed to find hair mousse. Not even Robin of Loxley managed that, only finding a hairdryer...

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

mwhahaha. :dangles Bodie in leather before you:

*rises to bait gleefully* BODIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Hmm. :also dangles pouty Sheriff, then pouty Sheriff in rags:

*rises to bait again only this time tries to get her copy of Salome autographed while she's at it*

I'm still wondering how they were going to explain the fact that Phillip Mark was the only person in that era who managed to find hair mousse. Not even Robin of Loxley managed that, only finding a hairdryer...

This is because Phillip Mark IS um... erm... *thinks* Ok, he's Phillip Mark. *nods* He has mousse, gel, hairspray and taxes the poor hard done by peasants by the number of heated rollers they have... AND threatens 'em with curling tongs too if they get a bit gobby. *nods* Robin could find a hairdryer because it was just after the great Toni & Guy uprising of 1193, backcombing came back in... especially as some bright spark had just reinvented the comb.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

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