#history of robin hood

[whalehouse1]

Dick: Damian what are you doing?

Damian, carrying a lead pipe: Breaking legs. Todd told me it’s traditional.

Dick: JASON!!!???

Jason: I told the brat it was traditional for wishing good luck in a play, not something you do. Don’t blame me for him not getting something that simple.

Damian: Don’t be a fool Todd, I clearly understood what you meant. However, the lead went to that fool Chris and I will not be a mere understudy.

Duke: This is why we get along.

[charlesoberonn]

There’re a lot of possible etymologies for Robin Hood but my favorite is that ‘Robin’ is a play on words on ‘robbing’ and ‘Hood’ is a nickname for a highwayman or a bandit. Because it means that "Robin Hood” would be the medieval equivalent of “Stealing McStealface”.

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

Bat Timeline vs Bat Publication Timeline

I kept my receipts and citations here. I felt canon ages are the best tool to track time. Also, I used cover dates.

Neat things I noticed:

Nothing much happened in Gotham until Robin arrived both in continuity and in print history. Sorry but your lone wolf Batman doesn't exist :P

Dick permanently becomes Batman at the same age Bruce was when he became Batman; 25. Kinda poetic if you ask me.

Babs was Oracle longer than she was Batgirl in both continuity and publication history!!

Completely forgot that Dinah was literally her own mother once upon a time. Weird stuff.

There's not enough Jason!Robin stories to fit the 3 years some fans claim he was Robin for. Also the 3 years idea doesn't work if you track Dick's age. My guess is he was originally younger than 15 when he died but DC aged him up so he could be an adult when he returned as Red Hood.

It's pretty clear that Helena's integration into the group began the expansion of this complicated "family unit". She set the precedent for those noirish vigilante work relations.

Tim has to be a vampire if he's meant to be 17 three whole very explicit in-continuity years after he had his 16th birthday.

Stephanie has basically been in this gig as long as Tim! And almost as long as Helena too. Proper seasoned ass-kicker who Damian should look to for pointers.

Also remembered that Cassandra's Batgirl run is the best thing to come out of Gotham in the early 2000s.

I dunno I think the One Year Later timeskip was just unnecessary.

Kate and Renee are almost as new to the vigilante gig as Damian!

Bat-adjacent Rose Wilson was said to be 14 during her first appearance around Year 15 so she's the same age Tim.

Not Bat related but Lian Harper's age works with my timeline so yay! Born early Year 14, she's 5 during Cry for Justice in Year 19.

I have a theory, based off of Batman #416, that Dick graduated high school at 17. He says he was Bruce's partner for 6 years and that after he was fired; he left college after the 1st semester, then moved around the country, had his own adventures, and "eventually" ended up with the Titans. Also, he was 21 during the Titans' 3rd anniversary (New Titans v2 #71) and 19 when he became Nightwing (Tales of the Titans #44) so the Titans (re-)formed when he was 18. This means he probably only turned 18 in the academic year he began college (or has a summer birthday). So he was Bruce's partner from ages 11-17, did his own thing for a while as he did in the 70s, eventually joined the Titans at 18, and became Nightwing at 19. Jason comes into the picture soon after Dick retires the Robin identity.

[tim-per-tantrum]

[kara-zor-els]

The fact that this is the conversation Bruce and Jason have after the murderer they were hunting down is found not guily in court (even though he did kill multiple women) and then one of the sisters of said women kills him... the forshadowing is insane, I wish DC writers bothered to read Jason's robin run.

Batman (1940) #422

[ruestheday]

still one of my favorite epic rap battles of history lines ever

[sadiewayne]

the fact that the majority of the jason todd hate is the fault of one man

jim starlin hated robin as a concept, actively ignored the editor, denny o'neil, when he repeatedly asked him to include robin, when he did include jason, he wrote him as a disobedient and arrogant asshole

people didn't like him before, but that was a relatively small group who were mad he replaced dick. starlin changed that and made people despise him so he could rid batman of a robin

if you had any doubts, here's it in his own words:

"I always thought Robin was a ridiculous character. The whole idea of fighting crime while you're wearing the black and gray and hiding in the shadows, then having a teenager go out to fight criminals with you, dressed in primary colors- for me, that went beyond child endangerment to child abuse.

As a result, I was always trying to avoid using Jason Todd. If you look at my standalone Batman stories, he was not in any of my early ones. I knew that he wasn't a popular character, and I didn't know anything else about him. Jason Todd wasn't anybody I was looking to write, or had any interest in whatsoever."

[aralezinspace]

~~Read It Here~~

Rated T || word counts at the beginning of each chapter

In merry England in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood. Or: Adaptations of various ballads and tales where Hob Gadling is the outlaw known as Robin Hood.

Oo-de-lally! Behold my submission for the @endlesshistoriesfest I really enjoyed writing this; a Hob Robin Hood AU has been on my mind for a while. It’s technically complete since each ballad/tale can stand on its own, but I may add more adapted tales in the future. Enjoy!

[livingdeadbat]

Me after reading 400000 fics were Bruce Wayne is antagonized

(he did bad things, horrible things, but who exactly are the batkids to point him out)

(they all have defects and have made mistakes)

[illustratus]

Robin Hood by Reginald Heade

[sparkleofstardust]

hiii to all dc fans :D i was wondering if anyone knows some good video essays / podcasts that focus on any of the robins ?

[cursemewithyourkiss]

The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on your fingers...

I. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh

II. 1×07: The Thing Lay Still, Interview with the Vampire (2022—)

III. Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin

IV. 2×05: XIII, Black Sails (2014—2017)

V. The Secret History, Donna Tartt

VI. Citizen Kane (1941)

VII. The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice

VIII. 2×07: The Greatest Enemy, Robin of Sherwood (1984—1986)

[northern-punk-lad]

Fun northern facts

Despite Robing hood being associated with Nottingham it is believed by historians that the real Robin Hood was from Yorkshire and his merry men where from Lancashire and that they traveled down to Nottingham during the war of the roses

[queerwelsh]

Roger Rees was born on the 5th of May, 1944 in Aberystwyth, to William John and Doris Louise Rees (née Smith). They later all moved to Balham, London.

After studying art at Camberwell College of Arts and Slade School of Fine Art, Roger fell into theatre acting and became a successful stage actor, joining the RSC.

Roger won an Olivier Award for 'Actor of the Year in a New Play' in 1980 and a Tony Award for Best Actor in 1982 for his leading role in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, an 8 and a half hour long adaptation of the Dickens novel by David Edgar.

Following his successes on the stage, Roger became well-known for his TV roles, especially in Cheers from 1989. He also later appeared in The West Wing, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order, Elementary and more.

He was also a film actor, with his most well-known role being the Sheriff of Rottingham in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Other films he appeared in included Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Frida.

He lived in the US for 25 years and married his partner of 33 years, playwright Rick Elice, in 2011, when it became legal in New York. Roger was also a convert to Judaism.

Roger Rees died from brain cancer on the 10th of July, 2015, aged 71. Posthumously, he was inducted to the American Theater Hall of Fame.

[reluctantjoe]

Mathew Baynton + swearing in Drunk History: UK

-> Robin Hood • Robin Hood & Maid Marian

[ancientorigins]

The famous and much-loved Sycamore Gap tree near Hadrian's Wall, has been intentionally cut down by what seems to have been an inexplicable act of vandalism. This tree had stood tall for centuries and held great significance as a landscape marker in the area. Many are mourning this historic loss and hoping for justice.