Arthur, Robin, or both?

[lizwilliams]

When fjm visited us the other day, we had a conversation about which legendary British figure one feels most drawn to - King Arthur, or Robin Hood? There seems to be a bit of a divide in that Americans tend to prefer Arthur (noble, gallant, kingly?) whereas the Brits have a penchant for Robin (outlaw, dodgy, but still noble, gallant etc). We thought this was too simplistic a distinction, but now I'm interested. Hence, this LJ's first poll:

[Poll #729865]

Comments

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I loved ROS. Although more of a Michael Praed girl than a Jason Connery, despite subsequent embarrassments in Dynasty.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Absolutely Praed! Now what was his Dynasty character called again? Prince Michael of *cough*ovia or something.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Something like that. Didn't he die in a wedding massacre? Happens all the time in *cough*ovia.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

He did indeed die in a wedding massacre. IIRC, he was marrying one of the children that Joan Collins would periodically and increasingly implausibly get out of mothballs to spring on Blake Carrington.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that the blonde who, if memory serves me correctly, actually is some kind of royal connection in RL?

God, I'm appalled that I know this stuff. OTOH, I always preferred the improbably rich US soaps to the British ironing-board-in-the-living-room variety.

I'm about to watch The Line of Beauty, on that note.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think you're right, I'd completely forgotten about that! Yugoslavian or Romanian royal family, something like that?

Enjoy The Line of Beauty. Did you read/like the novel?

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I haven't, but I have read most of Hollinghurst's other stuff and really enjoyed it. Wasn't too struck with the adaptation, though. Maybe it was because most of my 1980s student experience revolved around either really rough northern pubs or socialist lesbian wholefood cafes and bookshops in Manchester and I found it a li-i-i-t-le difficult to relate. ;-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

What I remember of the 1980s was mainly Duran Duran and GCSEs ;-D But I do recognize Nick's "type" from my student days in the early 90s.