#bbc musketeers

[tenebrius-excellium]

I may not be qualified to comment on this because I don't know Wolfwood as a character very well, but I've always hoped that he'd still believe, somewhere, somehow, while outwardly completely mocking and parodying the whole religious attire...

Like, that it would be a completely ironic yet deadly serious exhibition of what harm a cultist religion can do while using many of the same expressions of faith in a completely sincere, genuine and devote way of worship.

Idk if I can explain it well but Aramis from the BBC's Musketeers has been the object of my pondering for sooo long now, again and again. The show is cheesy but I love how he lives his faith. He starts out as a playboy, a womanizer, knowing that his "flesh" is weak and feeling guilty and repenting for it daily, but he grew up in a brothel so that whole behavior is just part of his story and how he understands the world to be. He then gets involved with Queen Anne, gets found out and vows to God that he will finally devote himself to a godly life (aka becoming a monk) if he makes it out of this scandal alive. Since he does, he has to pay up and joins a monastery. Only to be deeply, wildly unhappy and turmoiled by inner unrest there. Being a monk does not suit him, but he thinks he has to uphold his promise.

One day, he meets his best friends again and discovers that fighting for justice is what makes him happy. Wrestling with God and with his vow, he comes to the conclusion that he was born to be a musketeer. That's his purpose. That's how he serves God best. And so he returns to being a warrior, but interestingly, the times of being a bon vivant and a rake are over. Aramis has shed the outer skin of "things he thought he was supposed to do to follow this religion and be a 'good' person" and has found genuine faith and his actual gratifying purpose underneath. Now, if he repents, it's because he takes death - and a loving God who values every life - very seriously and knows that he is accountable for his actions. Not out of some wrong kind of sense of self-deprecation, spawned from the belief that God must despise him.

Aramis traded religion for real faith. Now he is free to use religious means to express that faith as he sees fit. He can use established patterns, or he can make up his own ways of honoring God. The point is that it's not strict tradition anymore. It's not about the decorum, it's about utilizing decorum to worship in reverence. But if everything becomes about the pressure of upholding decorum, the point is lost.

Back to Wolfwood, he's clearly in the 'dismantling decorum' stage, which is healthy. He's dealing with his tremendous trauma through irony. I just always wanted to interpret an awareness for genuine belief into him as well. Though I really can't be sure if his character has been written that way.

very unpopular trigun fandom opinion but. i really Don’t like when people write/draw wolfwood as being genuinely religious. like wearing rosary and praying every night and saying grace before eating and shit. HE SHOOTS PEOPLE AND KILLS THEM and smokes and drinks and curses and wears his collar as wide open as possible and is a Literal Hitman who was kidnapped by a religious cult as a child. do you guys sincerely believe he’s a good christian boy or something

[mancandykings]

TOM BURKE as Athos The Musketeers #02.01 (2014 - 2016)

[rubysunnday]

THE MUSKETEERS (2014-2016) My favourite costumes 3/∞

[fennethianell]

As promised, a bunch of sketches I did in free time. Obsessed is an understatement.

[enigma-the-mysterious]

My take-away from the whole Titanicgate incident

[emma-ofnormandy]

Constance Bonacieux & D'Artagnan Moments 1.01 The Musketeers (2014-2016)

[levithestripper]

BBC MUSKETEERS— Aramis in 01x04 “The Good Soldier”, 01x05 “The Homecoming”, 01x06 “The Exiles”, and 01x08 “The Challenge” for @odysseusilver

[kathrynhoward]

ALEXANDRA DOWLING as ANNE OF AUSTRIA THE MUSKETEERS (2014-2016)

[incorrect-musketeers]

D’Artagnan: If we go on a date DO NOT BRING YOUR PURSE I am not gonna let you pay

D’Artagnan: Just run when I run

[automaticdreamlandkid]

The Musketeers, ep.1x8

[derekstilinski]

the musketeers + fall colors (insp.)

[ladyhawke]

10 years of THE MUSKETEERS Season 1 Jan 19, 2014 – Mar 30, 2014 (insp.)

[mancandykings]

TOM BURKE as Athos The Musketeers #02.03 (2014 - 2016)

[rubysunnday]

THE MUSKETEERS (2014 - 2016) 3.03 - Brother's in Arms

[ezrisdax-archive]

happy ten year anniversay musketeers!

[dragonpyre]

Just started BBC’s Musketeers and the only thing you need to know about it is the three musketeers adopt a shithead little brother who literally does not understand the concept of “chill”