Robin Wood- Do you like him?

[Bangelxx]

Do you like Robin Wood? post away!:D

I don't like him at all. He annoyed the guts out of me! geez, what was his deal with Spike. I mean- get OVER it man! he thought he was soooo cool. urgh.

so what do you think???

[Keanoite]

I don't really care about him one way or another...he was just there ya know?

[Dlou444]

The first time around, I just plain didn't like him.

But, by the 2nd time around, he started to "bloom". I DO wish he'd get over the Spike thing, but then it made more sense the 2nd time I saw him try to kill Spike. Knowing "that guy" was in there somewhere has GOT to be hard. Especially when he knew he could just pop up again.

And I had to kind of feel for the kid, growing up with no Mother AND in such a BIZARRE world and losing her in such a weird way. Still, I only grant people "childhood trauma" up to a point.

I did find myself kind of softening the 2nd time around though. I liked him with Faith in S7. Maybe not FOREVER, but for the time being, I thought they were kind of cute.

[Blondie Bear]

I went into the season being prepared to like him, even though the writers made his alignment kind of ambivalent at first. But then he kind of wormed his way into the inner circle, tried to kill Spike, got mad at Buffy, and helped tear her down in "Empty Places." He thought way too much about himself and not enough about what they were trying to do--what they HAD to do. Now I don't like him at all and honestly think he was one of the mistakes of the season.

[Joyce Summers]

I found him amusing; he had some great one liners. But I preferred him before he was part of the Inner Circle of Slayerdom. Once he joined the crew he got a little annoyng for me.
And the Spike thing- god that annoyed me! Yes, I get where he was coming from, I get how painful and hard it was for him, and I understand the grudge, but think about the big picture; they needed Spike and as Buffy said 'that man doesn't exist anymore'. And he didn't. The Spike that had killed Nikki Wood was long gone before he went and got a soul.
Plus, I like Spike so I was biased in that regard.
But I did find Wood pretty blah. He was like wallpaper. I enjoyed him being there, occasionally my attention floated to him, but otherwise I didn't really pay attention to him at all.

[Clem Rocks]

Sometimes i liked him, sometimes i didn't, i'd like to see him in Season 8 more though

[white avenger]

I think that i read somewhere that at the beginning of the season, Joss hadn't decided whether Robin would be good or evil, so he was shown as this mysterious, ambiguous character. I was never impressed with him as a good guy, probably because he tried to kill Spike and was obviously obsessed with Slayers. I think that Robin Wood would have been a much better villain than he was a hero.

[Rowan Hawthorn]

Didn't like him at the start, didn't like him at the finish. I couldn't care less about his issues with Spike - in his shoes, I wouldn't have bothered with all the foofarol, I'd have just put a stake in Spike at the first opportunity (hey, Spike-on-a-stick, bet I could make a fortune with that concession...) - but Wood struck me as what they call a "sneakin' type" back home. And he really didn't grow on me.

[white avenger]

Didn't like him at the start, didn't like him at the finish. I couldn't care less about his issues with Spike - in his shoes, I wouldn't have bothered with all the foofarol, I'd have just put a stake in Spike at the first opportunity (hey, Spike-on-a-stick, bet I could make a fortune with that concession...) - but Wood struck me as what they call a "sneakin' type" back home. And he really didn't grow on me.


That's the problem with the vengeful types. Wood didn't just to kill Spike, hw wanted to gloat about it, to rub it in that "You killed my mama, and now I'm getting you back for it, and then when you're gone, I'm gonna be making tome with your girlfriend." He spent so much time planning that the season almost ran out before he took any decisive action.

[Slayerfest 99]

I didn't care for him at first, he seemed like he had a hidden agenda, and then we find out about his mom, spike's involvement, and yada-yada-yada. Bleh!!! I was ready to jump through the screen myself and smack him down, even the last episode I thought---too bad he didn't die...

[white avenger]

I didn't care for him at first, he seemed like he had a hidden agenda, and then we find out about his mom, spike's involvement, and yada-yada-yada. Bleh!!! I was ready to jump through the screen myself and smack him down, even the last episode I thought---too bad he didn't die...



Actually, I always thought that that last scene with him would have been a way to end the series on a real sinister note. I wrote a story (started it really, it never got finished) where he actually died, and the First Evil reanimated his body (Joss stole my idea and used it the next year on "Angel" with Fred/Illyria. My lawyers are planning a big law suit) and went on a killing spree. He would have been the Big Bad of Season 1 of "Faith, the Vampire Slayer," where she would then be chasing him all over the country, or maybe the world, with the police chasing her, thinking that she was the serial killer doing all of the damage. The season would have ended with her being finally arrested just moments after finally killing Robin/The First, and her going to trial being represented by a lawyer from Angel's law firm (there would have been several cross overs throughout the season so that Angel could share some of the action).

[Hello Cutie]

I kinda liked the whole "son of the slayer" angle, and I understood the whole revenge thing with regards to Spike, I'm not overly bothered with him one way or another, in the sense that he doesn't really add anything to the story (for me personally anyway), but equally, he doesn't detract from it... I guess its just a nice little character to add in... and I like that Faith gets a love interest (i was worried there was going to be some Faith/Spike bumping uglies, which for me, would be a massive no-no).

[Cangel]

At the beginning he was pretty much okay, you know, when he only was principal Wood and not battling evil all of a sudden. For a principal he was probably even great, just remember what the other one's were like (Snyder!). But then he became part of the Scoobies (did he btw? or was he just hanging out with them for no reason?) and well, it didn't fit. First, he tried to kill Spike. He also dragged Giles into that, so that was pretty bad. From then on I didn't like him that much. Then there was this whole thing with Faith. I don't know why exactly I didn't like it, I just didn't.
And he sometimes came off a bit jerky. Just because his mother was a slayer he got so worked up with everything.

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

ouch, Wood has some hate aimed at him huh? I've always enjoyed him as a character. First, he's easy on the eyes. Second, i do sort of agree with him being way more likeable before being in the "inner circle"... but overall i thought he was pretty badass, intelligent, and yet compassionate in other aspects... yes ok, the Spike thing.... but i think if i were in his shoes, id do the same and go after him too.

[Hello Cutie]

Also, am I the only one who really wanted Principal Wood to be evil???

I kinda figured him for being the Caleb of season 7.... only they brought evil crazy priest instead (which, before people think im hating on, i'm really not.. Caleb was a very good character)

I just don't know why, but Wood would (haha see what i did there?) have made a much better bad guy in my opinion.

[Hello Cutie]

God I hope he does go evil... he'd make a great bad guy!

[Buffy obsessed fan]

I'm not sure, there are parts of him I don't like, and he seems like a right pain in the ass, I don't hate him, but he gets on my nerves sometimes. But he has cool quotes, like his 'I'm so much pretty than you' quote :p

[Edmund Blackadder]

Robin Wood bored the bejesus out of me.

At first I thought it might be down to the actor(like I blame Marc Blucas for the dire Riley) but he was/is superb in 24.

I think the son of the Slayer angle was kinda underused BUT way out of place. I have said a few times, that storyline was one that should have been dealt with during season 5, when Buffy was dealing with her being the Slayer and looking into the past.

I know that would have made other aspects of his story irrelevent but OH MY WORD at least we'd have gotten rid of the stupid Spike/Wood fight.

I mean I get it, the vampire who killed his mother is now a vampire with a soul.

I was more annoyed at Giles role in that.

Anyway, not a fan - never will be and he is SO not better looking that Faith.

The arrogant, conceited waste of - ohhh you know the part that really annoys me?!?!

When Faith tells him that she just had a visit from The First and he says that the First only shows itself to those that matter as though HE was something special.

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

to Social Suicide, yes he triggered the monster but... whose to say you wouldn't? I lost my mom a year ago, granted not to a person, but it sure has stirred up some anger i never knew was in me, and to think if someone murdered her id have twice as much towards the person. would i kill the person? maybe not in this day and age, but i sure would think about it, im not going to lie. And Spike wasn't a person, he was a vampire, so a much easier kill for Wood.

I guess i can just personally understand what he was going through and to be able to attribute all that grief to a person makes it worse.


Oh, and WA, the so much prettier than you thing was in jest. I thought it funny, my friends and i joke like that all the time. i thought it was cute and flirtacious, not a conceited thing.

[Jaded Wolf]

I liked him after he got his butt handed to him by Spike in the Season 7 episode, "Lies My Parents Told Me" and calmed down a little from wanting to kill Spike. Afterwards, he just sort of falls in line with the gang. I really didn't like the relationship between him and Faith. I think the writers were just throwing couples together for the sake of having the major sex episode where everyone was making out before the final battle.

[Vicariously]

I didnt mind him too terribly. I am glad they drifted past the whole buffy-wood ramance angle they threw at us for a mili-second. I dont think I would have liked those two together. He wasn't horrible with Faith. I did like that he was a son of a slayer. I guess I am saying I could have lived with or without him. :P

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

i dont think there ever was a buffy/wood romance. maybe he was attracted to her, but i think he just asked her out because he was suspicious and wanted to find out more about her and thought he could do it that way.

I think Wood and Faith were great for each other. I really liked that couple.

[Cangel]

Does anybody else keep reading 'Robin Hood'? It's driving me mad!!

Wasn't Buffy aslo at least a little bit atracted to him? I kinda got that vibe in First Date

[Bangelxx]

Does anybody else keep reading 'Robin Hood'? It's driving me mad!!

Wasn't Buffy aslo at least a little bit atracted to him? I kinda got that vibe in First Date

she was and thats partly whats bugging me about him.
And, funny you mention Robin hood because whenever i said his name "Robin Wood" i kept thinking...what does that sound like!?? and now i know!:p ROBIN HOOD!!!

[Edmund Blackadder]

And, funny you mention Robin hood because whenever i said his name "Robin Wood" i kept thinking...what does that sound like!?? and now i know!:p ROBIN HOOD!!!

Never let it be said Buffy-Boards doesn't attracted the best and the brightest:p

[CharmedSlayer85]

I actually wish that with him being perhaps the only son of a slayer, I would actually wish he had some type of slayer powers. That would have made his story and his character more interesting if he had powers, even if it wasn't full slayer powers but partial powers that would have been great.

[LIENDINGES]

I think he's hot ;) And I really loved his discussion with Faith about who was better in bed :)
What I didn't liked was that he was going after Spike, but and some point I understood it.. I think.. I have no idea how it feels if your mother is murdered and a few years later you walk up with the guy who did it, but I think I would have wanted the same.

[Edmund Blackadder]

I actually wish that with him being perhaps the only son of a slayer, I would actually wish he had some type of slayer powers. That would have made his story and his character more interesting if he had powers, even if it wasn't full slayer powers but partial powers that would have been great.

I could not disagree more.

Why on earth would he need powers?

The fact that he was a normal child was far more interesting and powerful because it told the Slayer that they could have something normal in their abnormal world.

[Hello Cutie]

The fact that he was a normal child was far more interesting and powerful because it told the Slayer that they could have something normal in their abnormal world.

I completely agree. I don't see how slayer powers could pass on to him anyway... its not genetic, or else, for all we know, there could have been other slayeresque people walking around as decendents of other slayers (I'm sure in one of the Tales of the Slayer books, another slayer had child(ren)... although I think they may have been killed/turned... not too sure).

But my point is, I think that they included the whole 'son of the slayer' thing exactly as it should have been done, if they had to include it at all. I'm still hoping for an evil Robin Wood at some point, even though I think the chances of that are virtually nil... I just think he could have had so much more potential as a turncoat, or just as one of The First's associates.

[Dlou444]

Bored of the Dead disagrees: I strongly disagree to this as there is no real justification for it and it detracts from the point of the story

There's really no justification that he WOULDN'T have powers though. Just finished Tales Of The Slayers, and for all we know either no other child was born. (Heck, most do seem awfully young and once you add killing vampires they probably didn't have a lot of time to get any.)

I DO agree that he shouldn't have lots of power. Not real Slayer power. But, it would be kind of neat if he had something. Maybe like the "Cramps" from the Buffy Movie that she got when vampires were close by.
It would be darn funny seeing Robin running around with cramps!

[Edmund Blackadder]

There's really no justification that he WOULDN'T have powers though. Just finished Tales Of The Slayers, and for all we know either no other child was born. (Heck, most do seem awfully young and once you add killing vampires they probably didn't have a lot of time to get any.)

I DO agree that he shouldn't have lots of power. Not real Slayer power. But, it would be kind of neat if he had something. Maybe like the "Cramps" from the Buffy Movie that she got when vampires were close by.
It would be darn funny seeing Robin running around with cramps!

There IS a justification for him to not have powers though.

The justification is that the Slayer can have normal things, being the slayer isn't the be all and end all, not any more.

If the Slayer was to have a gifted child then that detracts because that child will be compelled to use its gift(good or evil) where as, the legacy of the Slayer that has a normal child is a child that can have a normal life, even if she never could.

[Blondie Bear]

That and Slayer powers aren't passed by blood. If they were, Dawn would have been a Potential.

[Dlou444]

I'm just saying to justify something you have to have proof and we don't really have any PROOF that it couldn't happen.

As I said, I don't think he should have any "real" Slayer powers. I'm just saying with him being the only KNOWN child of a Slayer we have no proof there for we can't justify him not having powers.

Dawn may count some though. Hard to tell. But even she's not a child of a Slayer.

I'm just saying that without proof, he COULD. Obviously not REAL powers, we've seen that much. Otherwise he'd have been better in the fights. It wouldn't be so bad for him to have stupid powers. That would be kind of funny. Like the cramps.

[alexa]

I always kinda liked him.. his vendetta was a little dull, but the actor was awesome and I enjoyed having him around.
I really think Spike should have given him his mothers coat back at the end of the show, but yeah that didn't happen >.>
Sucks he wasn't in much of season eight. I think him and Faith could have been interesting.

[Kana]

To me, I never understood why people singled out Robin Wood. He was a symptom of an uneven season. Wood actually is an interesting juxtaposition to Holtz( although Holtz was infinitely a more developed character) as he is what you get if someone has a life outside vengence. Here is someone who isn't consumed by it and isn't totally driven by it. Is he pissed that Buffy 'chose' Spike over him. Sure, Wood lost another slayer to Spike, that's got to sting no matter how petty or Oedipal it sounds (ewww no, I'm not a Freudian).

I don't know what people mean about wanting him to be evil. If he was a guy totally driven by vengence and became a tool for corruption then, well, we get Holtz mark 2. If he were simply an agent for the First, again, really dull. If he was using the First to get to Spike but then realised "omg I need to good and not work with evil" then they wouldn't have had enough time do develop that (part of the problem in the first place). I didn't mind Robin but I think he suffered from Season 7itis.

[groovygarden]

I liked Wood's character. He had issues, but that's not surprising. Having a slayer as a friend or sister is hard enough, but as a mother...? Your mother should be the one person in the world who you know would put you first, beyond everything, but Wood knew that wasn't quite true: the mission was what mattered. Plus, if Spike was right in Fool for Love, and part of Nikki wanted it all to end, then her son wasn't enough of a reason for her to stay.

I can completely understand Wood wanted to kill Spike. Finding him and getting revenge had been the focus of his life (maybe at the expense of indulging in some healthy grieving and moving on). A few minutes of thought though, should have made him realise that, big picture, they were in the middle of a war and Spike was one of their strongest soldiers.

I think Wood also had a slightly oedipal thing going on with slayers. He wanted to be close to Buffy and Faith, because it was a way to be close to his mum.

He got over the thing with Spike (well, enough to be able to fight on the same team) and threw himself into the battle, so he deserves some credit for that.

Plus, he was really funny! Delivered some great lines!

Bringing Wood in was a really interesting way to resurrect Nikki's character, which always stood out to me, even though she had just a few minutes screen time back in Season 5. I think it would be interesting to find out a bit more about her (A comic perhaps?) . I assume she didn't get pregnant on purpose, but decided to keep the baby, and then managed to combine motherhood and slaying for four years....

[LadyLavinia]

I liked Robin Wood. He was fascinating. He certainly was flawed. I didn't agree with his decision to go after Spike in revenge for his mother's death. But I certainly understood where he was coming from a hell of a lot more than I did Giles.

"I really think Spike should have given him his mothers coat back at the end of the show, but yeah that didn't happen."

What for? The coat was not going to bring back Nikki. Wood didn't need it. The coat would have been a constant reminder of her death and it would not have served a purpose for his development as a character. And considering that Wood tried to kill Spike, despite knowing that the latter was trying to turn his life around, I don't think he really deserved the coat.

[Crazy Flakes]

I'm gonna agree with Keanoite on this one. Principal Wood was really just scenery...like a tree. A tree that walked, talked, cried, complained, and slept with Faith...

But seriously, aside from the events in LMPTM, he didn't do much. He just sort of glared at the camera at the very end of every act, and man, did he do a good job. He looked totally menacing and badass with his glaring. In fact, all acts of all shows should just end with a closeup of DB Woodside, even if he's not actually in the show.

[Starlet]

I didn't care for Robin much.
Well,at the beginning when he was all mysterious he was kinda interesting, I even thought he would be evil ( and I really think it would be better if he was).
But then he just became boring and I didn't pay much attention to him.
Except for when he was trying to kill Spike and really pissed me off!
And then he was boring again.

[~angelic slayer~]

I've always been torn with Wood's character, and I'm still not really sure of what I think of him! When we first meet him he seemed like a good guy (I really liked how he fit into the principal role), but I think that since his personal baggage with his mother and Spike took up so much of his character's story, that's probably the only reason I don't like him all that much.

I like him when he's not talking about either one of them, so I think if he had stuck around longer I would have grown to like him.

Just for the record though, I can understand his situation with Spike. I mean picture yourself, a little kid, and someone breaks your mother's neck on a Subway one night. Years later, the killer walks straight into your life, supposedly "all better" now-- no longer willing to harm others. Soul or not, I think all that I would see is the "man who killed my mom" rather than a guy on the path to redemption. I'd want payback, I don't think I'd act rationally at all (in fact my whole OUTLOOK on the situation would probably still be stuck in that little kid mentality. Grown up now or not, all I would think is "this man killed my mom"... whether it be a risk to her "lifestyle" or not). So not saying I liked his attitude, just as is with many characters, I can understand it.

Really though, poor Spike, everyone had it in for him on that show! ;)

[TabulaRasa]

Nope don't like him. I dunno, for me he just didn't click. And I found him kind of annoying. But very happy with him for bringing us the shadow puppets. Those things are so cool. :)

[Dyoll]

i do not like robin wood atall i mean sleeping with faith in buffy house after he was dating buffy not cool .... buffy should have shot him with the rocket launcher in "him"

[Joyce Summers]

He wasn't dating Buffy, Dyoll. They went on one date that actually turned out to be a way of just talking about Buffy as the Slayer and his own Slayer Mother. There was potential sparkage between the two of them, but for numerous reasons it never really happened. So when he slept with Faith he wasn't cheating on Buffy in anyway.

However, doing the deed in Buffy's bedroom in Buffy's bed...something not quite right there. Haha

[SlayerGirl01]

I actually liked him.
At first he was just a new charrie as the principle but as the season went on i really liked him.
i liked the whole problem with him n spike, added something different.
xx

[caitaintdead]

I tell you what - if someone, anyone killed my mum, and I found them years later when I was strong and able to defend myself and bring myself a way to stop thinking about it, I wouldn't flinch before killing them.

What difference does it make if someone has "recovered"? They're still the same person. The episode Lies My Parents Told Me was much less about Robins relationship with his mother and his growth as a person and much more about Spikes personal growth and acceptance of the horrendous things he has done that he felt guilt about.

To me, it seemed that almost none of the season was actually about Robin, he just provided back up to the characters who did continue to grow and change throughout Season 7.

Robin and Faith? Seemed more like they needed a warm body to make them feel a bit safer then had any real connection. I guess because out of the scooby's they seemed like the outsiders.

To be honest... This is the first time I've thought about Robin at all so pardon my ramblings.

[The Kinslayer]

Hate is a strong word but no I don´t like him. But I do understand his character and I truly believe he could have grown as a caracter if the show had continued. No I´m not counting season 8 in that way. If the show had continued I don´t think it would be as the comics.


To me, it seemed that almost none of the season was actually about Robin, he just provided back up to the characters who did continue to grow and change throughout Season 7.

+1

[day walker]

i liked him wish season 7 didn't have all the little sub plots. i would also like to see him in season 8 (don't have any so don't know if he is in it or not)

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

I dunno. Ill still always like him. Granted he didnt have any major influence, but that doesnt make him a bad character.

[white avenger]

I dunno. Ill still always like him. Granted he didnt have any major influence, but that doesnt make him a bad character.

No major influence? It was his suggestion that almost got Spike killed. It was his suggestion that convinced Buffy to take the Potentials to the vineyard in the first place. Finally, it was his suggestion that Faith should have a turn as leader that ultimately led to Buffy being kicked out of her own house. Wood instigated a lot more trouble than any amount of good he might have done on the show, which is why I always thought that, in the end, he would either sell out to the enemy or be found out as being an agent of the First Evil all along. The only positive things that he did during the entire season was to bring Buffy the Shadow Puppets, and that almost got Spike and several Potentials killed by the Exchange Student, and drive Buffy and Spike back to the school to rescue Xander in "First Date." I would call that major influence, just not POSITIVE influence.

[Natasha1988]

I Liked Him At The Start Of Season 7 But When He Started His Whole Vendetta Against Spike He Started To Annoy Me......He Just Seemed To Think He Knew Everything To me

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

Well, WA, i was going by what others were saying about him being a part of the background. i didnt say i didnt think he had influence. i guess that came out wrong.

i for one love the character and even if it was negative influence, it stirred things up.

[littlewilly]

I though Wood was a great character, one of the best in the last few seasons.
I loved the whole son of a slayer thing, and that he could dust vampires through his watcher training, the story
just seemed to fit in to Btvs so perfectly. I think he was definetly one of the more likeable people, especially compared
to Kennedy.

Imo, the Wood/Spike story was maybe the best story of s7, you could just see that Wood must have
been desperate to kill Spike. I dont know how some people can say 'he should just get over it', i mean, he's
finally found the vampire responsible for his moms death, you'd be pretty pissed off.

Most off my favorite Btvs and Ats episodes are ones specificly focused on slayers or vampires, and
there is plenty of that theme in the Wood storyline as he is tied up in the lives
of Buffy, Spike and his Mother, Nikki. And LMpTM is just a fantastic episode.
So all in all, i think Robin Wood is great character.

[Tranquillity]

I dind't mind him at first - I think him being the son of a slayer is a pretty clever idea. I liked him less when he came into Revello Drive thinking he knew 'stuff'. I loved it when Spike beat him up too:). I wouldn't mind to see a little more of him in the comics too, somewhere along the way.

[NympHadorA]

I like him and I think Faith and Robin is a nice couple. But I didnt like him when he liked Buffy, but later I liked him... :)

[Superstar]

Do you like Robin Wood?
As a character, I think he was mis-used.

In my opinion he would have made a much more interesting... well villain isn't the right word, but non-ally.
Someone who would be morally ambiguous and might be on either side depending on the situation - a self-serving mercenary actually.

Someone who isn't all that impressed with slayers, since his mother being a slayer is why he was orphaned.
Someone who isn't all that impressed with watchers since they really don't "help" the slayer much especially with all of their resources at hand.

If the watchers wanted to, they could set "the slayer" up with the magical equivalent of a batcave with hundreds of Alfreds.
What do the slayers really get? A lone connection, little actual support on the battlefront and at home and isolation.
The watcher's wetworks guys said it best... all that money and they still fly coach.
I'm sure this knowledge of what little the watchers do would have had a negative effect on his outlook on "good".

[white avenger]

I think that they could have had Wood be secretly in league with Caleb and the First Evil, and he would have been a much better character. Considering the trouble he either caused or participated in over the season, he might have been cahoots with them anyway.

[Buffanator]

I like P-wood just fine. He was much better than Synder (what a little PITA) and I thought he was damn sexy. He & Faith made a good combo, IMHO. I loved that he had a vendetta against Spike; that fleshed out his character a good deal, and Lies My Parents Told Me was one of my fav eppys.

[frayadjacent]

I didn't mind Robin but I think he suffered from Season 7itis.

HA!

I think he was definetly one of the more likeable people, especially compared
to Kennedy.

YES!

I actually liked Robin Wood's character, I agree that alot of times he was just "there" but he didn't annoy me. While everyone was "betraying" Buffy and singling her out etc he was the only one that made sense in that role. He's an outsider, he's never had experience being around vampires (he'd only taken them on one-on-one before) let alone vampires with souls, so why would he care if Spike is ensouled? He has an outside view so why wouldn't he pull Giles the most sensible and most patriarchal figure there into his plan to kill Spike? And why wouldn't he disagree with Buffy and kick her out? He's a son of a slayer with abandonment issues that had his mother taken away by Spike and that was shunned for Spike by Buffy. He was the only one with the most outside view and bias to actually justify kicking out Buffy. Can't blame a man for being who he is (especially since no one's hating Spike for being a murderer or his attempted rape or his fling with Anya...etc...)

His character and his acting made all those things so believable that it wasn't annoying to me, plus he had such a different fighting style than all the rest. And, cool weapons, can't go wrong with that! (He fought Spike with a MACINTOSH!)

Plus, trapping Spike in a room full of Crosses and those arm things? Bad ass and genius! I honestly think he would've made a waay more boring bad guy. A mysoginyst priest was the perfect counterpoint to the pagan "feminist" and we've been through the "evil" principal and authority figure already. And, "Son of the Slayer?" much cooler surname than "the vampire slayer."

Ya'll just mad cuz he's prettier than you ;)

[Windowlicker]

i really like robin wood !

i just cant believe they decided to use the name robin wood, sounds like your trying to say robin hood, but cant. haha

[Angel's Avenger]

Robin annoyed the heck out of me too. Spike got his soul back and was a good guy in the end but Robin still hated him. GET OVER IT!!

[RockManic]

My only problem with Robin is the same issue I had with Kennedy, Andrew and all the other new(ish) characters from that season. Too many new faces to get to know in a season with an arc that was too damn big as it was for 22 episodes. Moreso at the expense of the characters we already loved.

That said, of all the new faces I'd say that Robin was the best used and the most interesting. Wasn't a big fan of his opinion of Spike but then seeing Robin get his ass kicked him kinda made up for that. ;)

[LifeIsJustThis]

Do you like Robin Wood? post away!:D

I don't like him at all. He annoyed the guts out of me! geez, what was his deal with Spike. I mean- get OVER it man! he thought he was soooo cool. urgh.

so what do you think???I think he was justifed for how he felt about Spike. He didn't understand the gray matter as Buffy and her friends do, about "good" and "bad" vampires I mean. Spike killed his mother.

[hyperballadbrad]

He was well meaning.... but let his messed upness about Spike rule him and control him really. NOT GOOD

[paisley]

I think i resented him for surviving when Anya didnt. but ohwell. i always thought he was alrite until he went all macho and vampire killer, honestly i think that they could have done without another one of those around. Also getting all physical with Faith was a little silly. but i guess they are a good match.

[eunsoma]

Nope, because he sucked up too much time in the season, and that time was limited :(

[Fake Shemp]

before his character came into the forefront more after we found out about his mother, i liked him, cause he was shifty and he was open to speculation (he played the character well then, since they didnt tell him if he was good or evil on the show)

[SpoonsAreCool]

I kinda liked Robin Wood, as a character he had depth and connection to the show, his mum was a slayer and Spike killed her blah blah blah, and I really liked the scene when he takes spike into the cross-fest of a room and plays the song his mother used to sing to him, and Robin had some funny lines, made me chortle quite abit, not bad. I even liked the developing relationship with Faith. Overall, ok character, good story, funny lines.

[pernilleborup]

I think I can safely say: No. I did not like Wood.
I mean, sure the idea of a son of a slayer, is neat, but....COME ON! He just happens to be Nikki's son, and just happens to enter the group who goes around the killer of his mother? I know, the mind of Whedon works in mysterious ways, but still... I don't like him.

It's just that I didn't feel liek the gang needed a new addition to the group when they had like 20 girls running around like confused sheep. OK he can fight, but that's not all it takes to be a part of the gang. They had fighters. They needed more thinkers/ witches

[ItMustBeBunnies]

I tend to go with what the general reaction to him is..... "meh". I didn't hate him, even though he tried to kill Spike! but that I guess was justified, blood lusty vengence on the vampire who killed your mother? understandable. He did have a few cute moments and I liked him with Faith. I am glad he was there, coz that gave us the awsome episode that was Lies My Parents Told Me. But overall as a character he wasnt all that fantastic.