So, Sally and I have been watching the BBC show Robin Hood. I mean, big surprise there. But, anyway, we wouldn’t have even heard about it except for the fact that this guy Richard Armitage is one of the stars, and he was in this movie North and South which we watch all. the. time.

But, anway, so Richard Armitage in North and South is this completely moral, decent, upstanding citizen who is misunderstood by the woman he’s interested in, who incorrectly pegs him as an immoral, heartless, evil mill owner who hates his employees. But, she eventually (over a series of super embarrassing encounters that make her realize what a jerk she’s been and a lot of over-dramatics from RA’s character) sees that she’s wrong, and they get together, the end. I mean, I’m making it sound like a shitty movie, but seriously, Sally and I watch it probably more than 6 times a year and it’s over four hours long.

So, anyway, in Robin Hood, he plays this character Sir Guy, and he’s the bad guy to Robin Hood’s good guy, so of course there are TONS of people who pull for him, because who doesn’t pull for the bad guy, right? And normally I would agree. And, add in RA’s own special brand of awkwardness that he brings to the role (he’s kind of stalker-obsessed with Lady Marian, who hates him, and he gets really flustered whenever he goes to talk to her), you’ve got, like, the perfect new pretend husband for me, right?
Except, he’s making it really hard to know what to think, because he’s all fluttery-eyed when Marian walks in the room half-dressed and he’s saving nuns and he appears to have some moral compass when his mentor the Sheriff is at his worst. But, then, I mean … the guy’s hiring slaves and killing fathers and leaving his own baby to die in the woods and wearing eyeliner and head to toe leather, which I realize is a plus for a lot of people, but, I mean … a head to toe, completely leather outfit? Really? It’s got a sleeveless duster with an attached capelet. It does! And this bizarre kind of piping all over the sleeves. Just look at it for yourself.

Oh, wait, did I mention the popped collar?

What does one think about this guy? Okay, well, Sally and I just sort of sit there and giggle uncontrollably because, without going to that cartoonish, scene-chewing place that the Sheriff goes to, he’s the goofiest bad guy ever.