No.

[agilebrit]

No, no, nonoNO!

Robin Hood stole from the government and gave to the poor. I realize that "he stole from the rich to give to the poor" is more catchy, but it's wrong. GYAH. This exercise in attempting to set the record straight has been brought to you by "A Bug's Life" and a preview for the Disney version of Robin Hood.

In other news, I am holding, in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers, a bunch o' loot:

The Stepsister Scheme, by the handsome and talented jimhines.

Definitely Dead, a Sookie Stackhouse True Blood novel by Charlaine Harris. Yeah, I've gotten hooked on these.

the Ultimate Hulk vs Iron Man: Ultimate Human graphic novel. Because I'm a big ol' nerd and I had a coupon for 30% off.

Ender's Game #3.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #22. Of course, I haven't actually read one of these since #12 or so... I am woefully behind on my comic reading. And it's not getting any better.

The Invincible Iron Man #10 and holyshit is that a needle heading for his eyeball on the cover??? Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Why, yes, not!Harry comes by his mad needle fear as a result of me projecting. Why do you ask?

Comments

[pensive]

OMG ULT HULK V IRON MAN

TELL ME HOW IT ISSSSSSSS

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*dies* It starts with Tony saying: "Speak up, Bruce. I wanted to be irretrievably drunk by noon, and I'm well behind schedule." ♥

[pensive]

ULTIMATE TONY ILU SO MUCH ♥♥

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Clearly, this is a universe where Demon in a Bottle never happened...

[pensive]

omggg I forgot you are behind on 1610 canon!

Um so yeah the skinny is that Tony lives in a bottle but he gets away with it because it never turned him into a pathetic lowlife. Besides, he gets away with it because of his health and money.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I think this is the first Ultimate I've read, so "behind" is probably a mild word for what I am, 1610-wise.

I...don't even know what 1610 is...

[pensive]

Earth-1610 is the numbering for the Ultimate U

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Oh gawwwwwwwwwwwwd, this is hilarious...

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

IT IS SO VERY VERY VERY GOOD.

Oh, BRUCE.

Oh, TONY.

Humor, pathos, scary villain... ♥♥♥

[vikkymouse.livejournal.com]

Gah, I hate eye horror. Sadly I seems to be more and more common (probably because almost everyone hates it).

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*shudders*

[foxybrownsgc.livejournal.com]

:::sigh::: I really have to start going back by the 'nerd store' (AKA the Comic Book store). I was telling one of my buddies at Stark Industries today that he needs to escort me over there because it has been a dogs age since I read any comics...and I need to get back to it.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I love my local Nerd Store. Fer serious. They always hook me up with the Good Stuff.

[dmdomini.livejournal.com]

So, by "Ender's Game #3", which one do you actually mean? Because we have the Speaker For the Dead/Xenophile/Children of the mind Ender sequels. And we have the "Shadow" Bean sequels. And now there's the Ender in Exile book.

(The Ender's Game sequel sequence is hands-down the most confusing of any SFF series I've come across, haha)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

This is a comic book series. The only actual Ender book I've read is "Ender's Game."

[rhfay.livejournal.com]

"Robin Hood stole from the government and gave to the poor. I realize that "he stole from the rich to give to the poor" is more catchy, but it's wrong."

Actually, in Robin Hood's day, they were basically one and the same. The rich and powerful (those with a retinue of mounted warriors and a string of strong castles) were the core of government in medieval England. They collected the taxes from the rabble, and passed it on (minus their cut) to the crown. And, for the most part, those taxes truly went to benefit the crown and peers, usually to finance their wars and increase their personal power. It didn't really go to benefit the nation as such. It was much more a government revolved around individuals than it is now. Even the "capital" was effectively wherever the king and his court were located at any given moment. Only a few tentative inroads were made towards a "constitutional" government, in documents like Magna Carta (a charter that pretty much protected the rights of the nobles, not the common man).

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe not "wrong" per se, but ... not as accurate as my way of putting things. ;)

[rhfay.livejournal.com]

It's all really a matter of splitting hairs anyway, and Robin Hood's actions were still of a "treasonous" nature. Heck, William Wallace was drawn, hanged, and quartered, in part, because of his "treason" against a king he never felt he owed any allegiance to in the first place!

One groups', nationality's, or country's freedom fighter is often another group's, nationality's, or country's traitor.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well, look what would have happened to our own Founding Fathers had the War for Independence gone...badly. "Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" wasn't just an abstract thing to them. So, yeah.

[rhfay.livejournal.com]

Yep. According to the powers that be in England at the time, the founding fathers were traitors to king and country. The Tories remained loyal subjects of their sovereign.