The Musketeers 3.10: A new royal family, a wild nobility

[redscharlach]

Unbuckle your swashes, cast off your sweaty leathers, throw your undergarments on the floor and hold on tight to the hairy companion of your choice, because we have reached the LAST EVER episode of The Musketeers. Without further ado, here are my thoughts about

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[anonymous]

Brilliant as ever! I shall miss the series, and your reviews! Fancy doing a Poldatk one soon??

[redscharlach]

Thank you! I do watch Poldark, but I'm afraid I'd have trouble trying to be funny about it every week...

[ext_3729888]

Thank you so much for your wonderfully funny and tender and sweet reviews. I have enjoyed them all very much.
I loved all the musketeers this week. The hat was so worth waiting for - and the hair sweep that preceded it finding its place on D'Artagnan's head. Porthos and a baby was a sure-fire hit, as was "isn't my jacket a becoming colour, and look, I fill it out beautifully" moment for Aramis. Athos was skewered (again), and managed to look physically as well as emotionally pained by holding his coat and standing oddly. Perhaps that's why he couldn't ride out of Paris? I know it was for conevenience of filming their conversations and their kisses -- oh dear, I'm sighing again because it was The End.
Thank you again for pointing out so many things I missed, and will now have to rewatch the episode to spot. Such hardships. All for one, one for all!

[redscharlach]

Thank you so much, I've loved writing them. Yes, it was lovely that all the boys got a heartwarming/handsome moment to end on!

[ext_3769708]

Another lovely post--thank you! I have enjoyed reading your reviews and only wish I stuck with the series (I did see the first episode when it came out, liked it, and didn't follow through...doh!), but glad I rediscovered this series.

I really liked how they ended it. Happy. Am reading Twenty Years Later and they each DID go their separate ways until d'Arty comes to find them again. Characters were quite close to book characters, particularly Athos. I like how he softened this series (Sylvie? War? combo?) because when we do see him in the book sequel d'Art notices he has softened...so Canon imho!

Anyway, thank you for the hiliarious reviews and they will certainly be missed, but we can say it fun!

[ext_3769708]

Yes, I have been intrigued by how closely the series have kept to the spirit, if not the letter, of the books.

[complicat]

Thanks for your consistently hilarious reviews! I'm really going to miss them and the series. And the carrots.

[redscharlach]

Thank you! We'll always have the carrots...

[rex_sings]

I genuinely think I will miss your hysterical recaps as much as I will miss the lovely boys. I lost my shit at "Snapneck" :D :D :D
I was so pleased with the way it all ended. The ending of the book has them going their separate ways, and although bittersweet, as a massive fan/nerd of the book, I was very happy to see some correlation:
-Porthos married his widow (albeit not the rich one like the book) and went off on a new adventure
-D'Artagnan got his promotion (and Constance was spared - yay!). The hat had me grinning like a fool.
-Athos is (sort of) carrying on as a Musketeer, presumably to retire after a little while like in the book and go back to being a Count.
-Aramis got his job change, wisely not back to the priesthood.
I LOVED the little nod to General Dumas, so fitting for the marvelous Howard Charles. I desperately want someone to do a film/tv program and cast him as the General. Also, could a name change be in the works for Aramis? In Dumas' later books, Queenie has taken up with a member of her court (Mazarin) <3 It

[redscharlach]

Oh, that's nice that they sort-of tied it into the novels, which I haven't read... maybe I should rectify this omission now.

Also, by amazing coincidence I had the same thought as you: I looked at Anne's Wikipedia page to find out what happened to her during the regency, and wondered "hmmm, I wonder if Aramis is the new Mazarin?" Aramazarin...

[rex_sings]

Was thinking a bit further on this since I wrote my post, and remembered that Athos got in a scrap with and killed the main baddy in water in Twenty Years Later. Alright, it was the sea after they had escaped a ship laced with explosives, but still another cool correlation :D