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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[suuded]

Thank you so much, I was lots of fun!

I was shipping Grimaud's mum and Aramis secretly after E7, she really deserved a great lover, and Aramis a child with better hair, but hey, at least D'Artagnan got a hat ;).

[cat_i_th_adage]

Grimaud's mum and Aramis

Yes, I thought they were lovely together.

[redscharlach]

Hat-resolution is a surprisingly satisfying dramatic feeling. :-D

[sea_thoughts]

who's this charging out of the flames like a grimly determined phoenix/Bambi hybrid?

*lol* So a winged Bambi? OH MY.

"Why would you bring a child into this world?", Grimaud asks Sylvie. I dunno, because reliable birth control hasn't been invented yet?

BOOM. Also because abortion was hard to obtain and could be just as deadly as birth? But like Grimaud knows or cares.

In an adorable attempt to make his friends as happy as he is, Athos recommends Porthos for promotion and shamelessly suggests to Queenie (with a killer glint in his eye) that Aramis would be an excellent replacement for Treville, due to his "ecclesiastical" knowledge (well, he certainly knows a lot of people in the Biblical sense) and "his charm... a great asset with those prickly ambassadors."

Athos teasing Anne was BEAUTIFUL. Mischievous Athos!

Also loved the symbolism of Athos drowning Grimaud and then coming out of the water himself like he was newly baptised.

Aramis dithers hopelessly about the impossibility of combining fatherhood with ministerhood, but as

[redscharlach]

Athos was indeed MASSIVELY patient with Aramis at that point! Mind you, being patient with Aramis is something he's had plenty of experience with, over the years. As he pointed out earlier this season, Aramis is his penance. :-D

Yeah, I was worried too that there might be a grim/dark twist at the ending and SO relieved and pleased when there wasn't. HAPPY THINGS FOR MY LOVELY BOYS, YAY.

[sea_thoughts]

That's true, he's had a lot of practice and he surely needed it at that moment. I would have been grabbing Aramis by the shoulders and shaking him, yelling in his face. XD

SOOO happy about the happy ending! Can we have a lovely Christmas special please?

[anonymous]

Oh my goodness, I am crying bitter tears because our boys are gone and because I will so miss your mad, crazy, carrot crunching reviews, boohoo. !😢
I so loved the final piece,especially the concluding five mins.D'artagnan getting the new Muskies and a hat!! The writers must have a great sense of humour.
Athos a common law wife and a baby on the way, Porthos a legal wife and a ready made baby, and gorgeous Aramis, a new job, a stunning blue outfit and a snog behind the statuary, who could ask for more. Well me actually, but alas I ask in vain.
Somehow Poldark just doesn't push the same buttons.
Thanks for brightening my days and giving me so many giggles. Xxx

[redscharlach]

You're very welcome! I enjoy the odd joke about Poldark and its shameless shirtlessness, but I can never get past the "one handsome bloke < four handsome blokes" basic maths issue. :-D

[interchanges]

Your reviews have been delightful ♥ I have some quibbles about s3, but I'm going to miss this series so much. And where am I going to find this many pretty men in one place again?

[redscharlach]

Yeah, this sort of mass convergence of aesthetically pleasing manhood will be tough to replace, alas.

[sallymn]

Delirious heartwarmingness. Happy tears. Amazing lovely things coming to a satisfying end. Oh, and handsome men in leather. Did I mention the handsome men in leather? What more does one need? :)

[redscharlach]

Nothing else required! Although a new and regular supply of handsome men on my telly would be nice...

[sallymn]

That would be nice... we must all help you look out for one :)