UPDATED AUGUST 2009

First: Now that Series 2 has finished, "Sun" will go forward with a slightly revised storyline that interprets the current canon to date. Earlier chapters will likely be rewritten later, as I'd rather advance the story than revisit its earlier content immediately. I began "Sun" as a newcomer to the show before Series 2 started. I assumed that the end of S2 would find Guy and Marian estranged in some way; "Sun" was intended to leapfrog into speculation beyond that point. Episode 2.13 notwithstanding, the broad outlines of the story as I originally forecast it remain intact.

ETA August 2009: Having finally watched Series 3, which (the obvious exceptions notwithstanding) presented no huge obstacles to the "Sun" storyline as I'd planned it back in S1, I'm going to take another crack at continuing. I'll be reworking the initial chapters as the characterization and dramatic emphasis do need adjustment, and the circumstances of Marian's disappearance obviously have changed in light of S2.

The very short pieces titled "Dust" and "The King's Bird" (linked below) will serve as the prologue and will be joined by a third covering Robin's POV. I hope that intro will clarify the narrative logic of the overall tale: the canon story is all "true" up to a particular point in 2x13, after which, as the three ficlets tell, it swerves into AU.

Second: All of the standalone pieces I've written are strongly congruent in terms of characterization with Guy, Marian, Robin, and the Sheriff as they appear in "Sun." Any interested reader could therefore check the following (all ficlets) for my take on the details of certain S2 events that subsequently inform "Sun":

Weapon (Robin, 2.10)
Struck (Guy, 2.11)
True Lady (Marian, 2.11)
Dust (Guy, 2.13)
The King's Bird (Marian, 2.13)
Ready (Guy, post 2.11)

Sense, is a bit of a departure, being a divertissement set the day after Marian's near-brush with the hangman in 2x11.

Third: the existing, un-re-written chapters of Be angry at the sun are linked below.

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Finally: Chapter 12, the last one written before the S2 finale, may undergo some reorganization and trimming, but the pivotal scene there remains as I imagine it happening in the story going forward.

Title: The King's Bird
Author: cobra_judy
Characters: Marian Fitzwalter
Spoilers: Through 2x12 - 2x13
Length: 775 words
Warnings: Denial!Fic
A/N: This is a companion piece to Dust. Gratitude to Fatema and Arwa for the Arabic consult. All errors and infelicities are my own.

( The king's bird always comes back. )

Title: Dust
Author: cobra_judy
Characters: Guy of Gisborne
Spoilers: through 2.12 - 2.13
Length: 950 words
Summary: Walk with me now along the banks of that sweet, sweet river, De Nile.
A/N: This story has a companion called The King's Bird.

( Those who know treachery know the desert. )

Brought to you by teal deer, possibly.

What gave the Robin-Marian-Guy triangle its real punch, for me, was ( spoilery spoilery spoilers )

I like to call it ( spoilery series finale commentary )




ETA: If anyone has confirmation that ( spoilery again )

Title: Weapon
Author: cobra_judy
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC
Characters: Robin of Locksley, Marian Fitzwalter, Guy of Gisborne
Spoilers: Set during a moment of confrontation in 2x10
Length: 575 words

A/N: Because Jonas Armstrong is brilliant. Companion piece to Struck and True Lady, both of which are set during confrontations in 2x11.

( The truth is, Robin of Locksley's gone. He fell into the bottomless gulf between honor and slaughter and disappeared. )

Title: True Lady
Author: cobra_judy
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC
Characters: Marian Fitzwalter, Guy of Gisborne
Spoilers: Set during a moment of confrontation in 2x11
Length: 475 words

A/N: Because Lucy Griffiths is brilliant. Companion piece to Weapon and Struck, set during 2x10 and 2x11, respectively.

( The Nightwatchman goes veiled and mute about his rounds for a reason. The Lady Marian speaks from en haut, a cool distance, and it serves. Mostly, it serves. )

Title: Struck
Author: cobra_judy
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC
Characters: Guy of Gisborne
Spoilers: Set during a moment of confrontation in 2x11
Length: 330 words

A/N: Because Richard Armitage is brilliant. Companion piece to Weapon and True Lady, set during 2x10 and 2x11, respectively.

( The instant’s pause before a death-blow emptied him of everything but the man he was to strike )

Warning: Spoilers from the preview aired after 2x11 under the cut. (If you've seen additional spoilers on the subject, please don't reveal them here!)

( Right question, wrong reason? )

Title: Sense
Author: cobra_judy
Spoilers: Set just post-2x11
Characters: Guy of Gisborne, Allan-a-dale, Marian Fitzwalter (Gisborne POV)
Length: 1350 words
Summary: Shameless fluff. Or do I mean schmoop? It’s confusing.

( The barracks were worse than a henhouse for gossip )

Title: Ready
Author: cobra_judy
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC; spoilers through 2x11
Characters: Guy of Gisborne, Marian Fitzwalter (Gisborne POV)
Length: 375 words

( Even long afterward, when they’ve told each other more lies, broken more promises than there are grains of sand in the desert, Gisborne’s memory of her on that day is as keen as good steel )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 12 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 11 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 10 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 9 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 8 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 7 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 6 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 5 )

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( Be angry at the sun, ch. 4 )