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

[mt-yvr.livejournal.com]

If we're talking British - Merlin. I'm more a magic kind of guy than "ooh, look, I can do neat tricks with (insert weapon of choice here)!" kind of guy.

Though admittedly I loved the Talison stories just as much if not more later on. Anyone who can shapeshift their way into youth is cool in my book.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Mary Stewart's Merlin series are among my favourite books.


But you know me. I like magicians.