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

[vikkymouse.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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)

[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).