My Guy…

It’s tough being cast as a baddy. It’s what happened to Guy of Gisborne when Robin Hood rose to his (questionable) prominence.

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Seriously, how can someone who robbed and killed people because they happened to be wealthy be considered a hero? By the fact that he gave the cash to the poor?

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Okay. Fine. I’ll concede that point…

But Gisborne historically operated within the bounds of the law at the time. Operating within the tithing/taxing system that existed under the laws of the kingdom and doing exactly what the Sheriff of Nottingham expected him to do – even though we consider it unjust and cruel.

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Is it any wonder then that I wanted to take Gisborne as far from that archetype as possible?

I’m well into the writing of Gisborne: Book of Kings, the finale of The Gisborne Saga, and as Ysabel and Guy spent today in a quite civilised fashion with each other, unaware of the shattering event heading their way, it occurred to me how different my Guy is from the legend. Personally, being a BBC Guy fan, I’m perfectly happy with that.

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What do you think?