For the Love of Guy~ by Guest Blogger Nicole

For The Love Of Guy

Or, how one girl fell for her first bad boy.

I do not like villainous characters.

I mean, do I find them entertaining? Sure.

Bellatrix Lestrange is freaking awesome; The Hunger Games would be nothing without President Snow;

 if Jack Sparrow didn't have to argue with Davy Jones, the movies would be a lot less entertaining.

But I'm one of those girls that never understood the attraction in a bad boy.

Plenty of my friends have fallen for these characters in books and movies, but I didn't get it.

They were evil, they were bad - it didn't matter how hot they were; they were still a villain. A bad boy.

And I was still a nerdy girl who was more than happy to stay on the right side of the tracks.

And then I watched Robin Hood on a whim and met Sir Guy of Gisbourne. 

All of my firm beliefs on "I shall never love a villain" flew quickly out the window.

I mean, I had seen plenty of different versions of Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the past.

I love Robin Hood; I've seen different movie adaptations and read half a dozen different book versions.

In every one, I fell for Robin. (I mean, just look at what he does.)

So I can firmly blame Richard Armitage for my quick fall into Gizzy love.

Because had Richard not managed to portray Guy so beautifully, so perfectly - had Gisbourne

been played by anybody but Richard - I would not have liked him.

But... why did I like him? I asked myself that after devouring all three seasons

in the span of a month, and finally, I realized.

1. He's played by Richard.

Let's face it. All of the following points on why I love Guy spawn from this one, because

- upon becoming a firm Richard Armitage fangirl - I realized that some of the reasons I loved him as Guy

were some of the reasons I loved him in his other roles. (And the reason I know I'll love him, even as

a dwarf. A freaking dwarf. My friends shall mock me forever for this.)

2. His mannerisms.

Guy is not evil. Sure, he's done some evil stuff - I mean, just look at the Season 2 finale -

but I can forgive him for it, because he's a tortured soul. Just the way he looks at Marian,

the way he says things - oz, all of it. I suppose this number can be broken into:

2a. His eyes/glances.

I mean. Come on. *swoon*

2b. His tone of voice.

He can sound threatening without much effort.

But most of all, he can sound freaking sexy. Even when he's yelling at Robin.

2c. Pretty much everything else he does.

The way he carries himself, even the way he walks. You just can't go wrong.

3. His history.

It's not like Guy is a bad boy for no reason. He has REASONS. He has a HISTORY.

And a bitch of a younger sister. And that history gives him depth that, despite all of Richard's

superfantabulousamazing charm, wouldn't have existed otherwise.

4. This picture.

... self explanatory.

So. Why do YOU love dear Gizzy?

When did you first discover him?


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About the Guest Blogger~
Nicole is a bubbly college freshman who absolutely adores reading.
She first discovered the god that is Armitage early in 2010 while watching the Robin Hood BBC
series and has been hooked on him ever since. She proudly hails from New York and
runs a book blog called WORD for Teens.  She also firmly believes that,
somewhere out there, a unicorn is waiting to be found.