...do I dare to eat a peach? - deep in the heart of england!

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in_omnia

07 July 2009 @ 09:22 pm

deep in the heart of england!

I just started watching season 3 of BBC's Robin Hood, and I can't help pondering who I would be in the Robin Hood world. This is not so much a desire to Mary Sue myself as it is a not-so-idle curiosity about the sort of person I would've been in that environment. Would I be lady or peasant? Scholar, homebody, or warrior? How would I feel about the state of England---or would I care at all?

After an enormously entertaining conversation with my dad and Elessar this past weekend, I know I'd be an archer, should I choose to take up arms against the Sheriff of Nottingham. And I suspect, considering my reluctance to be helpless without a bow, that I'd probably be pretty skilled at sticking people with daggers.

I am such a writer....

Anyone else want to ponder with me? Create a Robin Hood alter-ego?

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Love Song: Robin Hood theme song

Prepare a Face:

writerly

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insanedeity.livejournal.com on July 9th, 2009 02:11 am (UTC)

Hmm, intriguing challenge. I'm a little like you Quila, in that translated farther back I generally go with priestess of some sort. Just about the only place women got to be independent, and pursue education. This is further complicated by the fact that I don't know a hell of a lot about the Robin Hood period. I could see myself doing something totally unseemly like being a blacksmith, but I suppose more likely is a tavern of bar owner of some type. Sympathetic, if unprovable, watering hole for all sorts of scallywag (anachronism!) types. I don't necessarily like to cook, but I am good with people especially on my terms. And can be hospitable or tossing drunks.

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on July 9th, 2009 02:57 am (UTC)

I'm reading a book right now called Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed that's helping a lot. There are nice commentaries on each job as to who would've been likely to do them and what might have been great or not so great in that profession.

You might have trouble being a blacksmith, since I think that required more a man's strength, but you could've been a gold- or silversmith with very little difficulty. And according to the book, inns and taverns were more often slovenly and filthy spots than not. You could've brewed beer and sold it from home, though: that was frequently a woman's profession. (And as a woman, you'd be a brewster, not a brewer.)

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