Mary-Elaine Robertson
Appearances
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Sides of Edward again? If I was Robert the Bruce, which I'm thankful I'm not, and I don't think we're that alike, but I think he just goes on a total revenge mission against Edward with all its might.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I do know this story. This was based off the true story of Charlotte's Web.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Yeah. He was sitting in a cave and he was ready to give up. And he sees a spider and a spider is making its web in the cave and the spider's web fails. And he's like, there, see, we're the same. But then the spider attempts again. And he's like, oh, and the web fails again. But then the spider goes again and again. And he watches this determination of the spider.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
And he's like, if the spider can go again, so can I. But is that true? Did that actually happen? Did he sit in a cave and watch a spider? Probably not, no.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I feel like this is a play on what they did in Troy. But you can't hide an army in a cow, but you could hide in explosives. Did they send in exploding cows? No.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
This is a story of working-class women trying to get by. This is survival.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I feel like if we're going to go by a pattern of Robert's behaviour, which is always the opposite of what you should do, I think he thinks when everything's laid on a plate and good, he's like, hey, Edward III is so young, he's just a baby. Let's invade England.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Not John. That's clever. No. So he doesn't marry off the eldest.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
That's only going to make you stronger, eating eels. You never get told to do that when you're a child. Finish your eels. It'll help you grow good long arms.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Hi, thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to learn.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Yes. Well, and no, I have some beef with history. I studied archaeology. So I'm like, well, we have evidence you have written lies.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Yes, I'm a Shetlander, so Shetland was very, very busy at this point in time fighting with Norway, and we really weren't so clued up with what you were doing down in Scotland and England. So I know you were having a lot of trouble between the two of you, but we were already very busy up north. LAUGHTER
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Yes, so we became part of Scotland in 1469, officially signed over in 1471 in lieu of a payment of a dowry. We're quite bitter about it because the dowry was meant to be 30,000 florins worth. So Denmark and Norway suggested the dowry would be...
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Orkney and Scotland reckoned that Orkney was worth 22,000 florins so they're like can you bump it up by 8,000 florins and they threw in the whole of Shetland like we're a third of their cost so what do you know
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Back in the late 1200s, early 1300s? Just avoiding plagues and poxies. I don't know. I'm just trying really hard to stay alive.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I don't know what it's like doing it in Scotland, but in Shetland, if you get too big for your boots, you soon get ripped to pieces. And modesty reigns supreme. Like, if you were a prince, you wouldn't really speak about it, you know? People call you prince, like, shut up, no, I'm no.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Right now, Robert the Bruce isn't winning any favour from me. He sounds like they're just a family who are like, we will be friends with whoever in power will let us keep our land. When's he going to redeem himself?
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
For us to now hold Robert the Bruce as a hero, they must have had one amazing PR company. What is this shift? This is hidden from us. At the start, what I didn't say about Robert the Bruce, because I thought it was too obvious, was like, oh yeah, he's a hero for Scotland and our freedom, isn't he? Is he?
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I'm trying to work out if he knows where he's from at this point. Because does he know which side he's meant to be on yet? LAUGHTER Maybe he's just very confused.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Oh, he gaslights him. I don't know how one would be rude.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Can you imagine how disgusted Robert's daughter is? They're probably the same age as their bride.
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
Oh, no. So, yes. Can he get any lower? What does he do in the church?
You're Dead to Me
Robert Bruce (Radio Edit)
I'm sorry, but it's a bit rich for Robert the Bruce to be like, hey, you were on Edward's side. How dare you? That's my thing.