Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-226878-20151116074722

174.89.110.232 wrote:

The problem with comparing the leaders on JNPR with the Cardinal group is that each of the JNPR members allude to leaders. Each of Cardinal's members do not allude to, um, leadership birds. Just... What? Let me clarify something to you you've clearly failed to grasp: CRDL's team theme is birds. But the individual characters themselves are NOT allusions for birds. Cardinal Henry Beaufort (originally, Bishop) was a religious leader, Hector of Troy (compared to a "cringing dove" in the Iliad) was a leader. I'm still not certain who Sky Lark alludes to, but I'm willing to bet he was a leader of some kind as well.

174.89.110.232 wrote:

Your theory that robins are associated with red because of DC's Robin is putting the cart before the horse. 'Robin Redbreast' predates DC by half a millennium, going back to the 1400's. DC stole from legend; it did not create the connection.

It did not all come in a thundering rush like Niagara Falls.

That may be something I feel more keenly about, accuracy in writing, I mean. I don't honestly care if Robin Redbreast was stolen. I only mentioned the Boy Wonder due to your comment robins are not entirely red which to me seemed a challenge to clarify how a robin would be called a red bird.

You'll have to forgive my impulsiveness, I was under the impression we were talking about the same thing. But while I was busy defending my mad theory of how Russel could be Robin Hood, it seems you were merely continuing to expand on your desired "allusion".

Your accuracy in writing is all well and good... within context. Based on your responses to why Russel couldn't be Robin, your submission allowed very little room for creative presentation within the context of the show. Yours would be more suitable for a show about ACTUAL fairy tales/legends or explicitly about Robin Hood himself. I'll remind you Robin Hood was an outlaw, which has become a romantic way of saying "criminal". Being a bully may be out of character for the romantic ideal of the legend of Robin Hood, but not so much by way of the fact he really was considered by many to be a criminal.