Guy/Marian

Guy/Marian is the het pairing between Guy of Gisborne ("Giz") and Marian of Knighton (Marian Fitzwalter or "Maz") in the 2006–2009 incarnation of the Robin Hood legend.
It is by far the most popular pairing for Guy, and one of the fandom's major pairings. The fandom has seen Ship Wars with fans of the Robin/Marian pairing.Sam & Freddie: Ship Wars..., We ALL know how they can get... (accessed 18 June 2013)TV Tropes: Ship To Ship Combat: Live Action TV (accessed 18 June 2013)
==In Canon==
Guy, a bad boy in black leather and Guyliner, and Marian, the outspoken heroine and masked do-gooder, form the apex in a love triangle with Robin Hood (BBC 2006 character). Initially, Guy covets Marian as a status symbol and to get at Robin, while Marian abhors Guy's actions as the Sheriff's lackey and continues to care for childhood sweetheart Robin.
Marian accepts Guy's marriage proposal under duress, but punches him and runs away with the outlaws at the altar after he lies to her (not to mention nearly kills her in her Night Watchman guise). In retribution, he torches her home, but after a bit of Shirtless Ogling (who knew medieval men shaved their chests?), they're soon friends again.
Guy falls in as True a Love as an Evil Villain is capable of feeling, while Marian starts to see the Good Man Lurking inside his Manly Chest. The high point of their relationship is when Guy returns to fight by her side when Nottingham is besieged; the low point is when he runs her through after she admits her love for Robin.
==In Fanon==
Fans of this pairing tend to assume that Guy is capable of redemption and that Marian can help him to achieve it. Though he rarely loses his Bad Boy image entirely, this Guy is usually rather nicer and more chivalrous than in canon. He is genuinely in love with Marian from a much earlier point than is clear in canon, fiercely loyal to her, and prepared to do anything to protect her. Though Marian is rarely seen as conscious of her love for Guy, this Marian is almost invariably attracted by him, even before she's seen his Manly Chest (and often not by Robin). Robin is sometimes demonised, and he's often even whinier and more controlling than in canon. Guy is often read as more capable of accepting Marian as she is than Robin, and this is often the catalyst for Marian to realise that she loves him.
==Fannish Responses==
===On Guy/Marian & the Guy/Marian/Robin Triangle===
===On the S2 Finale===
==In Fanworks==
Given the tragic course of their relationship in canon, the majority of fanfiction is AU. Stories where the S2 finale plays out as in canon involve bucketfuls of angst. Guy/Marian shippers tend to ignore most of S3, though some accept the backstory from S3 "Bad Blood" as contributing to Guy's woobieness.
Guy /Marian fictions set in the pre-S1
* To Be Worthy by lexie2/lillianschild – It's the pre-series AU and S1AU. Betrayed by his latest master and mocked by the cruel hand of destiny, Sir Guy of Gisborne returns to Nottingham twenty years after his banishment determined to reclaim the life which should have been his.
Marian Lives! AUs
Fix-it AUs where Marian doesn't die are perhaps the most common AU trope. LadyKate63 writes: the season 2 finale is full of AU possibilities, because so many things go wrong to culminate in the tragedy of Guy killing Marian, and at so many points things could have happened differently.me + richard armitage: Fan Showcase: LadyKate63 (accessed 20 June 2013) Most of the obvious branch points have been written many times. Often the branch point is early enough that Marian escapes injury, but sometimes she is non-fatally wounded by Guy and gets nursed back to health.
* Fallout by bookishy – Guy/Marian, AU after S2E13 (We Are Robin Hood). Guy and Marian deal with the aftermath of killing the Sheriff. It's popular among fans, Marian Lives! AU novel (WiP).
* Persistence of Memory by Lady_T_220 – heavy on the hurt/comfort with, unusually in Marian Lives! scenarios, Guy being the one injured.
* Fortune's Wheel by an_lagat_glas – the politics-heavy AU novel (WiP). Guy is forced by the Sheriff to rape Marian and then helps her to recover. This is one of the few popular stories in which Guy rapes someone other than a servant, and the act is depicted as a violation of Guy almost as much as Marian.
* The Lady of Nottingham by LadyKate1 – Carter fails to rescue the Robin & Co, and a broken Marian survives with all the outlaws dead. It's popular among fans.
* Humanity by CaribbeanAzure – Guy/Marian AU starting from S2E6 (For England). Answers what would happen if Sheriff Vaisey didn't let Guy go after Winchester to save Marian. It's more a novel than a story, and it's popular among fans.
* Grant What I Wish by kleindog – novel covering an AU S3 in which Marian survives her injury but many other events follow canon
* Travelers Returned by LadyKate and Tango – Guy/Marian, Robin/Marian, Robin/OFC S3 AU. Everyone thinks Marian of Knighton died in the Holy Land, but she is alive, and headed to England. Marian returns to Nottingham to find herself embroiled in political intrigue, torn between her relationship with Robin and Guy. It's a great novel, and it's popular among fans.
* Quintessence of Life: Mysteries of The Past by Amaranthe Athenais – Guy/Marian, Robin/Marian, Robin/OFC AU starting from S2E10 (Walkabout), part one of the long epic (trilogy). The novel has an exclusive and original plot that is largely focused on the triangle Robin/King Richard/Guy (no slash, just the triangle about the mysterious relationships of the past), and Marian is not killed by Guy in a jealous rage. It's a great novel, and it's popular among fans.
* Quintessence of Life: Mysteries unveiled by Amaranthe Athenais – Guy/Marian, Guy/Meg, Robin/Marian, Robin/OFC AU starting from S2E10 (Walkabout), part two of the long epic (trilogy). The novel has an exclusive and original plot that is largely focused on the triangle Robin/King Richard/Guy (no slash, just the triangle about the mysterious relationships of the past). Marian is not killed by Guy in a jealous rage: someone else is mortally wounded by Vaisey. It's a great novel, and it's popular among fans.
* Everything But The Girl by Velocity Girl1980 – Guy/Marian AU starting from S2E6 (For England). Instead of handing Marian over to the Earl of Winchester, as the Sheriff commanded, Guy does the right thing and helps her escape the Castle.
* Running Up That Hill by Velocity Girl1980 – Guy/Marian AU, sequel to Everything But the Girl. Newly wedded Guy and Marian haven't even begun to adapt to their new life, when an unexpected turn of events rocks them - parenthood.
* Guy & Marian Acrostic Series by lexie2/lillianschild – A series of sequenced one-shots spanning over S1 & S2 & AU beyond. The fics explore Guy's relationship with Marian and are told from his POV.
Forced Marriage AUs
Forced marriage scenarios are another very common AU trope. These often branch where the S1 finale marriage isn't interrupted, or where the interruption is read as inadequate to prevent the couple being married under medieval law (a common bit of fanon). They can also stem from any of Guy's later proposals, or from Marian's offer to marry Guy if he kills the Sheriff in the S2 finale. Often Guy is surprisingly chivalrous, for example, waiting till Marian is ready before initiating sex.
* A Place to Call Home by emn1936 – the popular novel-length take on the forced marriage scenario set in S1.
* And I'll Tell You When It's Over, I'll Tell You When You Can Leave by herdivineshadow – one shot with a relatively optimistic take on a completed S1 marriage.
* A Higher Path Imagined by secretchord/EndlessBlue – another one-shot take on Marian going through with the S1 marriage.
* Prisoners of Circumstance by Spikes Bint – Marian marries Guy at her dying father's request in S2.
Night Watchman AUs
Another common AU trope are scenarios where Guy finds out earlier or differently about the Night Watchman. Usually he reacts more positively than in canon.
* The Measure of a Man by Sandrine Shaw – one-shot AU where Guy discovers Marian's secret
* Know Your Enemy by Unsentimental Fool – one shot, identity porn with the Night Watchman
* Whispers by Rhiannon – delicate one shot set late in S2 in which Marian acts on her attraction to Guy in an AU where he reacts differently to finding out she is the Night Watchman
Ghost-Marian
Ghost-Marian often turns up in works that accept the S2 finale outcome.
* Haunted by bowie28 – a particularly angsty take on the ghost-Marian idea
* My Skin by Heathra – fanvid with a dark view of the pairing, featuring ghost-Marian
Hurt/Comfort
Hurt/comfort is a common element in stories, with either party being injured or sick. Hurt/comfort is commonly an element in Marian Lives! stories, though in that case it is rare that Guy is the comforter. Sometimes Marian's a terrible nurse.
* Blue-banded by sangga – one shot hurt/comfort, with Marian tending to an injured Guy
* Hurricane by DominantaRus – hurt/comfort AU fanvid, incorporating S3 footage
Threesomes
The pairing is also the nucleus for the threesome with Guy's lieutenant Allan a Dale; these are often played for laughs. Guy/Marian/Robin threesomes, on the other hand, tend to originate in Marian/Robin.
* Weekend at Vasey's by Elfrieda – popular crackfic in which Guy, Marian & Allan have to cover up Vasey's natural death (Guy/Marian/Allan)
* The Game by wintercealde/an_lagat_glas – PWP set in S2 (Guy/Marian/Allan)
Other Tropes
Sharing beds or bodily warmth turns up in this fandom as in many others.
* A Mistaken Invitation by corrielle – sharing beds as part of a pretend couple scenario
Further Example Fanworks
===Fanfiction===
* Can You Lie (Confess Your Love) by Mercurie – one shot with a closer-to-canon Marian
* Stone Upon Stone by EndlessBlue – canon-compatible vignette in Guy's PoV
* Before the End by corrielle – sweetly hot encounter when Nottingham is under siege
* Fortune's Wheel by an_lagat_glas – politics-heavy AU novel in which Guy is forced to rape Marian and then helps her to recover (WiP)
* Arcana Imperii by themountainkingsreturn – unusual dark-Marian AU
===Fanvids===
* Poker Face by Delicateblossom – cheerful look at the pairing, pre-S2 finale
* Eternal Sleep Song by JulietD001 – romantic AU, post-S3 finale
* Mercy by FunEvas
==Meta==
* Gisborne: Stalker or Sexy Bad Boy? – opinion piece by Jennifer Kesler that posits Marian in S1 is not stirred by Guy
* Fade to Black – LadyKate on resolutions to the Guy/Marian/Robin triangle
* Was Guy of Gisborne the Sheriff's b*tch? – Robin Hood on whether the Guy/Marian relationship was mainly in the heads of fans
==Recs==
* Guy/Marian recs at the Robin Hood Fan Community
* Guy/Marian & Robin/Marian recs at Paperpilots.net
==Communities==
* guyxmarian Guy/Marian LJ
* gxm-secretsanta LJ for the GuyxMarian Secret Santa
* team-leather Guy/Marian/Allan LJ
* Dear Lady I will keep giving Guy/Marian YahooGroup
==References==
Category:Het Pairings
Category:Robin Hood (BBC)