Sir Guy of Gisborne (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
landlesslord) wrote2007-10-22 12:54 am
landlesslord) wrote2007-10-22 12:54 am
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10 things about Guy
1. He did not know it then, but it would have been better for Guy not to have taken the Sheriff's offer of the position of his lieutenant, desperate as he was. He would have remained the disillusioned, bitter loner that he was now, but less broken, less twisted inside and less trapped.
2. Guy is very trapped, which for a man of his lineage and time is almost an unbearable position to be in. He endures it only because (and he would never admit it) he is afraid of the alternatives - all of which are basically complete failure.
3. With that in mind though, he would give up everything he has worked for, for Marian's love and to bask in her smile for the rest of time.
4. If the thing with his father had never happened, and the subsquent fallout from that event, Guy would never have left the religious life. He may have been in the process of becoming one of the military brothers of the Knights Hospitaller and still a warrior, but as the second son of the family he was given to the church after a fashion.
5. After all that happened with his father and the immediate events following that, Guy could no longer pray for the salvation of his own soul. Then, it was because he had lost his faith. Now, after all that he has done since then, because he cannot say sorry and know for sure that he will not remain the same cold-blooded murderer that he has become.
6. Guy made a vow after the death of his father and brother and the scattering and ruin of what remained of his immediate family to do all he could to restore the family name, lands and position. If you ask him about it, he may say that he does it to make them proud. What he means is that he does it because he failed them and this is the only way he can atone for that sin.
7. He thinks that he loves Marian. He does not realise that this idea of love is not really love. In reality though, he does love her but could not or more likely would not admit to himself or anyone else exactly why.
8. The truth is that she is braver than him, more capable of making decisions and has an unwavering sense of right and wrong. Guy's moral line started to get twisted and tangled shortly before the Sheriff caught him in his claws and has only become more knotted since then.
9. Guy is still holding onto the idea that one day, he will be rid of the Sheriff and have the land and title that he desires. In darker, more despairing moments, he only has the faint hope that he will be free of the Sheriff.
10. He wears his leather jacket and gloves even in the stifling heat. Not because he's ashamed of his body or the way he looks, or because he thinks he looks really great in it. He wears them because he doesn't like to be touched or to touch people. Marian, of course, is the exception. It's gloves off with her.
2. Guy is very trapped, which for a man of his lineage and time is almost an unbearable position to be in. He endures it only because (and he would never admit it) he is afraid of the alternatives - all of which are basically complete failure.
3. With that in mind though, he would give up everything he has worked for, for Marian's love and to bask in her smile for the rest of time.
4. If the thing with his father had never happened, and the subsquent fallout from that event, Guy would never have left the religious life. He may have been in the process of becoming one of the military brothers of the Knights Hospitaller and still a warrior, but as the second son of the family he was given to the church after a fashion.
5. After all that happened with his father and the immediate events following that, Guy could no longer pray for the salvation of his own soul. Then, it was because he had lost his faith. Now, after all that he has done since then, because he cannot say sorry and know for sure that he will not remain the same cold-blooded murderer that he has become.
6. Guy made a vow after the death of his father and brother and the scattering and ruin of what remained of his immediate family to do all he could to restore the family name, lands and position. If you ask him about it, he may say that he does it to make them proud. What he means is that he does it because he failed them and this is the only way he can atone for that sin.
7. He thinks that he loves Marian. He does not realise that this idea of love is not really love. In reality though, he does love her but could not or more likely would not admit to himself or anyone else exactly why.
8. The truth is that she is braver than him, more capable of making decisions and has an unwavering sense of right and wrong. Guy's moral line started to get twisted and tangled shortly before the Sheriff caught him in his claws and has only become more knotted since then.
9. Guy is still holding onto the idea that one day, he will be rid of the Sheriff and have the land and title that he desires. In darker, more despairing moments, he only has the faint hope that he will be free of the Sheriff.
10. He wears his leather jacket and gloves even in the stifling heat. Not because he's ashamed of his body or the way he looks, or because he thinks he looks really great in it. He wears them because he doesn't like to be touched or to touch people. Marian, of course, is the exception. It's gloves off with her.