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"Great, my father was a blacksmith. Doesn't mean I can make a horse-shoe!"
Gifs of Allan a Dale (a.k.a. everyone's favourite outlaw*) from BBC Robin Hood episode 1x05
*Opinions may vary. Happy Robin Hood Day everyone! (@mygangtome)
#bbc robin hood#bbc rh#allan a dale#joe armstrong#my gang to me#my gang to me 2024#mygangtome#robin hood#a+ acting this episode
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My Gang to Me Day Call for Participation 2023
26 April marks Robin’s rescue of the Locksley Four as depicted in the BBC series’ first episode.
2023 will mark Seventeen YEARS since BBC Robin Hood debuted.
[As we do] We shall celebrate like it’s 1192!
We will again be activating our ONE-DAY-ONLY posting blog at mygangtome.tumblr.com, where we will REBLOG anything you post to the tumblr tag #my gang to me 2023 on your own blog, and you can SUBMIT your content to us in advance to be posted on the day (if you’d rather).
This blog will post and reblog posts submitted, or in the tag, ONLY on Wednesday, 26 April, 2023.
Since tracking tags has long ago been de-simplified by tumblr, you can FOLLOW the blog at mygangtome.tumblr.com to get all the day’s celebration posts on your dash.
Wondering what to do/post? Check out the blog’s archive, which spans multiple years of celebration.
It is our preference that, if possible, you post to your own blog first under the tag #my gang to me 2023, as your posts will reach more and varied people (and perhaps birth new viewers), and we will reblog from there. But we are also happy to accept your submissions and schedule them to post from the event’s official blog if you’d rather.
The official My Gang to Me blog will remain viewable and able to be re-blogged from following 26 April into whatever amounts as tumblr perpetuity.
POST to #my gang to me 2023
SUBMIT to mygangtome.tumblr.com/submit
FOLLOW mygangtome.tumblr.com
*mygangtome is set to Eastern Time (NYC), though we do schedule posts to begin earlier than midnight (ET) 4/26 in acknowledgement of our international followers
#my gang to me 2023#mygangtome2023#mygangtome#robin hood bbc#bbc robin hood#bbcrh#jonas armstrong#Lucy Griffiths#robin/marian#robin hood#Joe Armstrong#Sam Troughton#harry#Gordon Kennedy#richard armitage#keith allan#toby stephens#Joanne Froggatt#Lara Pulver#announcement
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I know the Robin Hood fandom is, well, you know. Asleep. And we normally wake up when @mygangtome calls us to action, but that blog has, so far, been inactive, and my gang to me day is tomorrow.
I have a few things queued up, and if I can tip my hand a little, I'm posting the first (and only) chapter of a WIP I started years ago. I have no intentions of finishing it, and I hope it stands up on its own, but I'm very, very excited.
I hope you will join me in posting tomorrow, if you miss the gang as I do. Miss the spirit of this fandom. Miss the friends I've made in it. I'm sorry my unplanned hiatus took me away from all of you.
But tomorrow, I'll be in Sherwood, wearing Lincoln Green. Whether you're in green, leather, or one of Marian's anachronistic dresses, I hope to see you soon. I've got toasting forks for everyone.
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On this good day of April the 26th 2023, let me do something I’ve wanted to do for a while, which is introduce the Robin Hood 2006 fandom to another piece of Robin Hood media :
The 2013 french Robin Hood musical, Robin Hood (Never give up)
What’s so special about this musical ? Not much, Much. France churns out musicals at the same rate a french baker churns out croissants and this one didn’t make much of a splash. The only thing of note is that the lead role is played by an already well-known, succesful artist instead of the usual nobody. That’s right : Matt Pokora is Robin Hood, which, if you’re not french (or if, like me, you were still listening to your parents’s CDs as a teen), is a sentence that doesn’t inspire you anything. But trust me, he’s famous. His wikipedia page says he won tons of music awards.
Anyway
Robin Hood Never Give Up
is set “fifteen years after Robin and Marian broke up”. They had a son, but Robin doesn’t know that. The son is in love with the Sheriff’s daughter. Presumably this causes drama - I say presumably because I’ve never seen the show, too busy at the time being broke & depressed, counter-protesting the protests against same-gender mariage and most importantly pretending I had good taste - and then I assume the drama is resolved and everyone live happily ever after.
What’s that got to do with Robin Hood 2006 ? Nothing - or rather, NOTHING I CAN PROVE. But I am absolutely convinced that at least some of people involved in the project had seen the BBC show. Like, first of all, see the above promotional poster that was all over Paris at the time ? Doesn’t it remind you of something ?
Here’s the character dramatic introduction in one of the music videos. Do you see it now ?
That’s right !
Okay, maybe you don’t see it. That’s Robin Hood, you say, of course he has a hood. And, I mean, you’re not wrong. But regardless of all the hoodless takes on Robin Hood I could list, what about the music videos full of young men doing unnecessary backflips ?
How can they not be referencing to the iconic, show-stoping, spectacular slo-mo backflip we got on our first episode of BBC’s Robin Hood ?
(poetic television)
And if this absolute proof still does not convince the non-believers, have a look at their sheriff
and tell me they did not style him like discount BBC Guy of Gisborne.
(okay, maybe not discount. that’s a cool cape.)
Was there a point to this post ? No. I’m sick, I’m bored and I’m procrastinating. But now you know about the 2013 french Robin Hood musical, and can even watch its official music videos.
Also, here’s Friar Tuck in a sexy frock :
Merci qui ?*
#*en français dans le texte#robin hood bbc#mygangtome#my gang to me 2023#i'm sorry mr pokora i can't name a single one of your songs (that isn't about robin hood)#robin des bois 2013#french robin hood musical
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Some Team Castle shenanigans for @mygangtome day 2024. Written in an hour on my lunch break, unedited, Allan, Marian and Guy go out to the tavern, semi-crackish
"Allan," Marian hisses from the end of the corridor. "You need to help me sneak out of the castle."
Allan sighs and rolls his eyes. "You know I can't do that, Marian. Giz banned the Nightwatchman."
Marian huffs. "I wasn't going to sneak out to be the Nightwatchman."
Allan eyes her dubiously.
"Well, all right, maybe I was. But I just want to get out! Take me to a tavern or something, I don't care! I just need to get out of this damn castle."
Allan raises his eyebrows. He doesn't think he's ever heard Marian swear before. "All right," he says, hands on hips. "But I'll have to ask Giz for his permission. And you never know, he might want to come too."
"I don't care," says Marian. "I'll go to the tavern with the Sheriff if it'll get me out of here for five minutes!"
"Fine, I'll ask him," says Allan. "No promises, mind." He looks at her sceptically. "Have you even been to a tavern before?"
"I can hold my wine, thank you very much," Marian says, which means no.
Allan smirks. "We'll see," he says.
Gisborne is horrified at first.
"A tavern? Lady Marian?"
Allan pleads her case pretty well, especially since he's not quite sure he believes it himself. He's not convinced that Marian won't run off to the forest or start giving alms to the poor the minute Guy's back is turned.
He can see Guy starting to waver.
"Very well," he says eventually. "Under one condition."
"Yeah?" says Allan. "What's that?"
"I will accompany Lady Marian to the...tavern," he says, as if the word is an unpleasant bite of food.
"Yeah, great," says Allan. "I might head down too."
Guy looks strained. "Allan, you don't have to-"
"Yeah, but I want to. What, are you gonna ban me from going down the pub?"
Guy bears his teeth at him. "I should do." He sighs. "Fine. You may come."
"Didn't actually need your permission, but thanks Giz," Allan chirps, then leaves before Guy starts throwing things at him.
The company isn't exactly diverting to start with. Guy buys the first round of drinks, looking suspiciously over his shoulder at Marian and Allan the whole time. He sets them on the table and they sit in silence.
"So, Gisborne," Allan says. "How's the leather working out for you? Look still in?"
Marian hides an undignified snort of laughter in her hands. Guy looks at her sharply before turning to Allan. "It's comfortable," he says.
Marian raises her eyebrows. "Is it?"
"Yes, actually," Guy says, drawing himself up in a dignified manner. "And protective. Much less cumbersome than actual armour, but it does the job."
Marian looks surprised. "Well, I never knew that."
"Me neither," says Allan.
They lapse back into silence.
By the second round of drinks, however, everyone starts to loosen up. Allan plonks them on the table.
"Cheers, Giz, Maz," Allan says, raising his tankard, and neither of them tell him off for the nickname.
"What should we call you?" Marian says. "Al? Az?"
She lets out a snort and Guy joins her in laughter, to all of their surprises.
"I'm gonna use that from now on," he says, gesturing towards Allan.
He sets his tankard down. "I shouldn't drink anymore, the Sheriff wants me up at the crack of dawn tomorrow."
"C'mon, live a little, Giz," Allan says.
"Yes, Guy, you need to loosen up," Marian says, bursting into giggles for no apparent reason. Allan had known she'd be a total lightweight.
Guy rolls his eyes and sighs, then drains half the tankard in one. Allan cheers while Marian laughs in delight, attempting to copy him and spilling half the pint down her dress.
"Oh drat!" she says.
Guy shakes his head fondly and offers her a handkerchief.
"Thanks Guy."
By the third round, both Marian and Guy are well and truly drunk, and Allan's well on his way to tipsy.
"Sure you don't wanna go home already?" Marian teases Guy.
"Nah," he says, taking a big gulp and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "Fuck the Sheriff."
Marian howls with laughter and Allan can't help but join her. People are starting to look in their direction, but Guy and Marian don't seem to notice.
"Fuck the Sheriff!" says Marian, raising her tankard and clinking it against Guy's, then Allan's.
"To drinking!" says Allan.
"To ale!" says Guy.
"To friends," says Marian, catching them both in her little smile. Allan feels pleasantly numb, happy in the company of two people who have been enemies, allies and superiors to him, but who right now are friends.
"To friends," he repeats.
"To friends," Guy says. He's wearing an odd look on his face, one Allan can't quite read.
"On that note, I need to visit the privy," Marian says. "Where is it?"
"Outside." Allan gestures vaguely, noting the distasteful look on Marian's face as she gets up.
Once she's left, Gisborne rests a hand on his shoulder. Allan turns to him and is surprised to see his eyes filled with tears.
"Guy?" Allan asks tentatively.
"Allan," Guy says miserably. "Allan, what can I do to make her love me?"
Allan takes a deep breath. He should have known Gisborne would be a weepy drunk. "Well, she's your friend. That's a start, right?"
And then Guy is weeping into his chest. "Why won't she love me, Allan? I just want her to love me."
Allan pats the back of Guy's head awkwardly. "There, there," he says. Guy continues sobbing into his shoulder, but luckily doesn't say anything else.
"Allan, I can't walk straight," Marian says, tottering back to their table. Allan's almost surprised that she's come back - he'd half expected her to run off.
Then she notices Guy weeping into Allan's shoulder. "Guy? What's wrong?"
Guy lets out another wracking sob and doesn't answer, which Allan is secretly grateful for. He came out for a relaxing night of drinking - the last thing he needs is for Marian and Guy to have it out here and now.
"He's just a bit drunk," Allan says, answering for him. "C'mon, help me get him back to the castle. We don't want the Sheriff to see him like this."
Marian nods, trying to look more sober than she is, and helps Allan get Guy up.
"Not the Sheriff, no, no, nooo," he moans. "Allan, you can't let the Sheriff see me like this, OK?"
"On it, boss," Allan says. Marian sniggers.
"Or Marian," Guy says. "She can't see me like this."
"Um," says Marian, her arm already around his shoulders.
"ALLAN!" Guy yells, giving him an earful about letting Marian near him in this state as they wrangle him out of the tavern.
"Jeez, a little gratitude would be nice," he says as Guy lapses into tears again.
They manage to make it back to the castle without being spotted. Marian helps Allan lay Guy down on the bed.
"Well," she says, looking awkward (and a lot more sober than she was half an hour ago). "Goodnight Allan."
"G'night Marian," Allan says.
"Goodnight, Guy," she calls, but Guy doesn't respond.
"Don't worry," Allan says confidently. "He'll have forgotten this by the morning."
"I hope so," says Marian. She smiles. "Thank you for arranging tonight," she says. "I had a good time."
Then she's gone. Allan is astonished. She really did just want to go out and spend time with them.
Maybe that'll be a comfort to Guy later, he thinks, as he helps the man undress and get into bed.
"Stay," Guy begs as Allan is about to head for the door. He pauses.
"Are- are you sure?" he says. "I don't want you to wake up tomorrow morning screaming like a little girl about me being in your bed."
Guy snorts, the tears apparently over for now. "It'd take a lot more for you to make me scream, Allan."
Allan wonders if he realises how dirty that sounds.
Guy sighs. "I need you to wake me up in time to meet with the Sheriff," he says. "So I need you to stay. That's all."
"That's all," Allan repeats.
"Yes." Guy eyes him narrowly, then pulls back the covers. "Get in."
Trying not to smirk, Allan gets into bed next to Guy. "You had better not throw up on me, Giz, that's all I'm saying. Otherwise, you and me are through."
Allan expects some kind of response to that, an elbow in the ribs at the very least. He twists round to look at Guy and realises he's fallen asleep, gently snoring, pressed up against Allan.
Allan sighs and resigns himself for a restless night.
#my gang to me 2024#my gang to me#robin hood bbc#guy of gisborne#allan a dale#marian of knighton#lady marian#marian#my writing#team castle#im obsessed with these three i just wanna write 50 different fics where they hang out
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I haven't had time to make anything for @mygangtome this year but there's this video I made one night a couple weeks ago
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Sorry I’m late to the party. Here’s my yearly video contribution. Sorry if it seems rushed... it was. lol. Just wanted to say I'm always so overwhelmed every year on the 26th by how many fans there still are and it's so lovely that I recognize each and every one of you. It's such a small community of us but I love you all.
#robin hood bbc#bbc robin hood#my gang to me#my gang to me 2020#mygangtome2020#mygangtome#myedits#fanvid
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PUCK; A mischievous, tricky sprite of popular folklore, also called Robin Goodfellow.
Robin + Puckish behaviour
#poor Much#robin hood bbc#my gang to me 2018#mygangtome#rhedit#robin of locksley#robin hood series 1#by me#by me: rh#by me: gif#i wanted to make a marian post for today but this is what happened instead...#sorry if its a bit late in the day? its already tomorrow for me here
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just a heads up guys! my country is ahead of some of you so i’ll be starting My Gang To Me a little early and also i’ll be on the road for some of it so might post some more stuff here and on @b-e-publications late aswell.
#my gang to me#mygangtome#my gang to me 2017#mygangtome2017#robin hood bbc#dude why is the whole gif search GUY!?!?!
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#my gang to me
Shall we have another go for 2017?
Are we still here?
nettlestonenell sylvi10 reblogginhood
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"I know the law's an ass."
Gifs of Allan a Dale (a.k.a. everyone's favourite outlaw*) from BBC Robin Hood episode 1x01
*Opinions may vary. Happy Robin Hood Day everyone! (@mygangtome)
#bbc robin hood#mygangtome#my gang to me#robin hood#allan a dale#joe armstrong#I couldn't resist after watching episode 1 again#he's just brilliant#my gifs#whoever edited episode 1 deserves an award#stellar editing
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Time flies like a grey goose-fletched arrow, so keep your eyes open, your anachronistic wardrobe at the ready, and your ears alert to the sounds of outlaws within the forest, as April 26th arrives always sooner than you think.
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For @mygangtome day, I present:
RH Characters Who Deserved Better (masterlist)
They weren't my first RH post on this account, but they were the second onwards (and besides, the first is about parallels with BBC Merlin and has multiple spelling errors I need to fix) so without further ado...
Allan A Dale
Marian of Knighton
The Scarlett Family
Will and Djaq
Royston White
I still agree with these posts, and a year and a half later, I must say that the only change I would make to this list is to add Kate, as the tumblr fandom has given me a much greater appreciation for her and how badly she was treated by the writers
Happy My Gang To Me day, outlaws!
We are Robin Hood!
#my gang to me 2022#bbc robin hood#allan a dale#marian of knighton#dan scarlett#luke scarlett#will scarlett#djaq#royston white#characters who deserved better
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a quick allan doodle for @mygangtome day 2022!! big up to my favourite 12th century chaotic disaster man <3
#didn't have much time this year but wanted to produce a little something something#i miss himmmm#also 2022 year of mullet allan???#my gang to me 2022#bbc robin hood#robin hood art#sunflowers art#sunflowers.txt
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A playlist about choices and the outlaws for My Gang to Me 2022.
(Time got away from me, so the only thing I managed for this year's celebration was this playlist. @mygangtome, accept my humble offering!).
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When I first started writing my Series 3 AU in late September, I set myself a deadline: April 26th. I always look forward to @mygangtome and this year I wanted my contribution to be my first novel-length fanfic. I’ve already published the first few chapters, but I thought I’d still use this as my submission.
If you wish that the actual series 3 had more character development, consequences from series 2, emotional damage (the good kind) and a better ending, then read Deciduous - Sherwood’s Keeper (Ao3 link). Or if you’ve already been following this fic then consider leaving a comment.
#my gang to me 2022#robin hood bbc#dsk#vlnvj#I promise no matter which character is your favourite you will be fed#though whether you will be fed angst or humor or warm fuzzy feelings or something else#depends entirely on the character
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