tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post3933705797195891634..comments2023-10-18T03:58:33.131-07:00Comments on Gray's Locket: Booby Traps wanted!! My Novel strikes again! A dilemma for the Devoted Scribblers... AND anyone else who can help!Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321580806065560596noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-62866095626550534322009-12-21T17:56:21.260-08:002009-12-21T17:56:21.260-08:00Try googling medieval traps and see what you come ...Try googling medieval traps and see what you come up with or just traps and maybe that will spark some ideas. Have a great Christmas. JeffCjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996408580043604446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-61116187944040487022009-12-21T13:53:54.842-08:002009-12-21T13:53:54.842-08:00Guy could get marion to tell Robin that she no lon...Guy could get marion to tell Robin that she no longer loves him (on pain of death of course) and then Guy makes the then attractive offer to let him join him as his head man. Robin is suspicious but follows and as they go to shake hands Guy clubs robin over the head and throws him in his dungeon!Sarah A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-52147485571026191752009-12-21T09:18:00.927-08:002009-12-21T09:18:00.927-08:00Okay, my idea is pretty outlandish... possibly bor...Okay, my idea is pretty outlandish... possibly bordering on cheesy. <br /><br />Guy sets up a small trebuchet (they're so awesome!) so that it is somehow hidden inside the castle. When Robin gets inside the castle, he tries to find Marian, who is hidden on the other side of the secret trebuchet. Robin goes toward her voice and gets caught in the trebuchet's sling, and he gets flung hard against a wall. Ouch.<br /><br />*wince* Maybe the others have better ideas for you. :) Anyway, blessings on your writing!Rachel Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750953159925477298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-69354624815371263592009-12-21T08:46:15.905-08:002009-12-21T08:46:15.905-08:00Ok, so I don't know if this idea would help at...Ok, so I don't know if this idea would help at all, but the minute I read your post my mind immediately went straight to that one technique that was used during medieval warfare. When the attackers would dig a passage right under the castle wall using supports to hold it up, then once they were out, they would burn the supports and BA-BOOM!!! The castle wall would collapse. See, what I'm thinking is that maybe Marion is being kept in an outer turret, just for this purpose, so when Robin goes to save her, the turret just collapse under the both of them, but they somehow miraculously survive. . . . . Okay, this is sounding really cheesy. . . . And why would Sir Guy collapse his own castle?? <br />. . . . .Unless. . . maybe, like Lady Nai said, Marion isn't where Robin thinks she is, and she ends up being in a cottage or some other building outside of the castle. Ooo, oo!!!! This is going to be good!! Ok, so Marion is in this cottage, and Robin finally realizes where she is, and goes to save her, but. . . (this is where it gets good!) little does he know, that the cottage has been rigged, so that it is pretty much set over a large pit, and if you step in the wrong place it'll collapse, and Maid Marion is tied right in the center of it.<br />Well, I hope that some of my rambles helped at least a little bit. You now know how dangerous it is to get me set off on exciting adventure thoughts having to do with writing an exciting story!!! :) lol.<br /><br />Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.<br /><br />~ElizabethMarieKauffman~ElizabethMarieKauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581354367402928154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-30627296108827538132009-12-21T08:44:47.136-08:002009-12-21T08:44:47.136-08:00Ok, so I don't know if this idea would help at...Ok, so I don't know if this idea would help at all, but the minute I read your post my mind immediately went straight to that one technique that was used during medieval warfare. When the attackers would dig a passage right under the castle wall using supports to hold it up, then once they were out, they would burn the supports and BA-BOOM!!! The castle wall would collapse. See, what I'm thinking is that maybe Marion is being kept in an outer turret, just for this purpose, so when Robin goes to save her, the turret just collapse under the both of them, but they somehow miraculously survive. . . . . Okay, this is sounding really cheesy. . . . And why would Sir Guy collapse his own castle?? <br />. . . . .Unless. . . maybe, like Lady Nai said, Marion isn't where Robin thinks she is, and she ends up being in a cottage or some other building outside of the castle. Ooo, oo!!!! This is going to be good!! Ok, so Marion is in this cottage, and Robin finally realizes where she is, and goes to save her, but. . . (this is where it gets good!) little does he know, that the cottage has been rigged, so that it is pretty much set over a large pit, and if you step in the wrong place it'll collapse, and Maid Marion is tied right in the center of it.<br />Well, I hope that some of my rambles helped at least a little bit. You now know how dangerous it is to get me set off on exciting adventure thoughts having to do with writing an exciting story!!! :) lol.<br /><br />Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.<br /><br />~ElizabethMarieKauffman~ElizabethMarieKauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581354367402928154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-84149014415281581652009-12-20T14:23:18.219-08:002009-12-20T14:23:18.219-08:00Mmmm.. Seems as if Robin's been caught by ever...Mmmm.. Seems as if Robin's been caught by every trick in the book(s), hasn't he?<br />My idea is rather...elaborate... and I don't know if it would at all fit your story.. But, how about a maze?<br />-He wanders in warily(of course. Would you go in to a suspicious maze confidently? XP) and Marion, alerted that he's there, calls to him. Saying that she is in the center, when actually and unbeknownst to her, she isn't. The real center holds some terrible danger, a den of hungry lions... or something... lol Yeah... I don't think anyone has thought of that :D-<br /><br />I hope I've at least given you an idea of what you could do <:) <br />~Gwynhazel mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04493535990076038295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-68798118356176211922009-12-20T05:50:16.496-08:002009-12-20T05:50:16.496-08:00Idea - (weird idea, but idea)
Robin walks into a r...Idea - (weird idea, but idea)<br />Robin walks into a room in the castle looking for Marian (an obvious room) that has a huge rug on the floor.<br />What he doesn't know is that the four corners of the rug are attatched to ropes and draped over a thingie being held by evil henchmen (mwahahahahaaa) and so when Robin hood is in the middle of the room, BAM, they pull up and he's caught.<br /><br />And I'd be glad to make you a signature!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-7796386577980303542009-12-19T23:26:57.835-08:002009-12-19T23:26:57.835-08:00I say Guy stations his men so that Robin can slip ...I say Guy stations his men so that Robin can slip past them all, but ties a huge rug up on the ceiling of a hall, and, once Robin thinks he's safe, drops it on him.Qwiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544064797461472336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-91108392277933475642009-12-19T21:27:13.827-08:002009-12-19T21:27:13.827-08:00Hey, I just got an idea--don't know if it'...Hey, I just got an idea--don't know if it's any good, but I'll leave it here and think on it some more. There are a LOT of cliches to Robin Hood, so I'm thinking more on the wild side...<br /><br />What if Marian isn't where Robin expects?<br /><br />I can't think of a book I've read where Robin didn't *know* where she was. It's always a question of getting her out of the room or dungeon (has she ever been put in a dungeon?), not of finding where she is. Maybe Guy moves her around...puts her somewhere where there are a lot of servants and things anyway, or something. Haha, this is making me laugh. Kitchen. The kitchen was usually separate from the castle, I think (I know it was in Nottingham). I don't know what kind of Robin yours is--go on his own or take all the men--so you'll have to mess with it. You'd have to be careful not to get to "hanging scene rescue"-like, but someplace odd...hrm. Maybe he even moves her OUT of the castle and no one notices? So Rob's running around INSIDE the castle, trying to find her...okay, enough ramblings. Hopefully that'll spark an idea...(now, I'm not sure how you'll get him out of this lovely predicament, but...haha. I loved a book I read where Robin rescued someone from the dungeon by using BEES. So different! I laughed so hard...)<br /><br />Eek. Helpful? I wish I could do a rescue scene. *sigh* Alas, Robin has already rescued her, and wishes he hadn't.<br /><br />Robin: Well, I--<br /><br />Me: Don't protest. I'm your author, remember, I know these things.<br /><br />Robin: It depends on the day...<br /><br />Me: I know, I know! You're already making this post long enough, now be QUIET.<br /><br />Robin: Yes, m'author, dear.<br /><br />Me: Not that again...>.>Lady Nainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-75171648137015778422009-12-19T21:08:08.054-08:002009-12-19T21:08:08.054-08:00Well, say Robin learns that Marian is trapped in G...Well, say Robin learns that Marian is trapped in Guy's castle. He with his merry men go to rescue her... then... they are surrounded by a lot of Guy's henchmen. Or perhaps Robin goes alone. And before he can blow on his horn for his men, he is surrounded, overpowered, and the horn stolen from him.<br /><br />Or he could walk in the 'deserted' castle and the door slams shut behind him. But that's rather cliche.<br /><br />Or Guy could make Marion go out to the gardens, acting as a visible lure. When Robin draws near, his henchmen... jump out? <br /><br />Well, these aren't very exciting ideas. You've probably thought of them before. I'm sorry. I'll try to think of more, and exciting, ideas later. But I'm excited you're writing a story about Marian and Robin Hood! Have you posted any chapters on the forum??? I want to read it!!Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034624196388620979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470290819423209954.post-22626739316610553422009-12-19T21:05:09.642-08:002009-12-19T21:05:09.642-08:00Hmm. I'll think on that, eh? I love Robin Hood...Hmm. I'll think on that, eh? I love Robin Hood sneak-in-disguised-get-trapped-and-escape scenes. XDLady Nainoreply@blogger.com