The Musketeers 2014
So, are you guys watching this? Any fic recs (including your own) or comm recs or tumblr recs would be greatly appreciated! :)
I am pretty pleased that this show seems to have removed all the things I do not like about the books. Athos is not an abusive alcoholic, Porthos is not a vain greedy bumbling idiot who uses an older woman for her money, D'Artagnan is not a rapey prick, sleeping with every girl he meets... actually, I kind of liked Aramis' plot in the book, how he fell in love with a mysterious stranger, put his religious career on hold to take a year to learn swordsmanship, fought a duel over her, became a musketeer (but only temporarily!), how he is insecure that he's not as handsome and sophisticated as Athos...how he is always worried his lady stopped liking him because she disappears and doesn't write ...I hope we still get some of that stuff. And I hope the show manages to tell us why Miledy was in a convent as a young girl who clearly wanted out at any cost... I like that she did not kill Athos. They were clearly the most important people in each other's lives. Athos was a dumb young man, unbearably raw from just discovering that his perfect countess, the love of his life had a secret she kept from him, that his family was OMG shamed!!! because clearly if she is branded, no need to find out why! She must be a common criminal! Or worse, a prostitute! But now he's older and wiser (you hope), and he's spent years thinking of her and missing her.. maybe he secretly wishes he didn't have to hate her, that he could have TALKED TO HER.. found out her side of the story..I hope the show lets them hash out their differences and become at least friends again.. This way, nobody has to die, and everyone can keep having adventures :)