#the man in the iron mask

[aragarna]

Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu and Jeremy Irons as d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

+ bonus (for that smile)

[vertigoartgore]

1982's Fantastic Four Vol.1 #247 page 1 by writer/artist/inker John Byrne, colorist Glynis Wein and letterer Jim Novak. Source Source

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 48: Early Modernish and Earlier 3

These Questions are the result of suggestions a the previous iteration.This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct earlier time grouping. In some cases a culture lasted a really long time and I grouped them by whether it was likely the later or earlier grouping made the most sense with the information I had. (Invention ofs tend to fall in an earlier grouping if it's still open. Ones that imply height of or just before something tend to get grouped later, but not always. Sometimes I'll split two different things from the same culture into different polls because they involve separate research goals or the like).

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration. All cultures and time periods welcome.

[rwpohl]

the invisible man, james whale 1933

[nanashi1869]

andre: i just wanted to be like d'artagnan fr.

me, a book reader: you mean an asshole who can't pay his rent?

[hotmusketeerspoll]

Complete list of Entrants for the Magnificent Musketeer Tournament

D’Artagnan

Douglas Fairbanks (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

Aimé Simon-Girard (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1921 - film serial)

Max Linder (Dart-In-Again) (L'Etroit Mousquetaire/ The Three Must-Get-Theres 1922)

Gene Kelly (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Jean-Paul Belmondo (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1959)

Jean-Pierre Cassel (Cyrano et D'Artagnan 1964)

Jeremy Brett  (The Three Musketeers - TV 1966-1967)

Michael York (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Jean Valmont (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Mikhail Boyarsky (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978, Musketeers Twenty Years After 1992)

Chris O’Donnell (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gabriel Byrne (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Hugh Dancy (Young Blades 2001)

Logan Lerman (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Luke Pasqualino (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Olivier Dion (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Tamaki Ryou (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Pierfrancesco Favino (Moschettieri del re - La penultima missione 2018)

Malachi Pullar-Latchman (The Three Musketeers 2023)

François Civil (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Athos

Oliver Reed (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Kiefer Sutherland (The Three Musketeers 1993)

John Malkovich (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Heino Ferch (D’Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires 2005)

Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Tom Burke (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Brahim Zaibat (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Uzuki Hayate (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Vincent Cassel (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Aramis

Richard Chamberlain (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Igor Starygin (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978, Musketeers Twenty Years After 1992)

Charlie Sheen (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Jeremy Irons (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Callum Blue (Young Blades 2001)

Luke Evans (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Santiago Cabrera (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Damien Sargue (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Miya Rurika (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Jake Meniani (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Romain Duris (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Porthos

Brian Blessed (The Three Musketeers - TV 1966-1967)

Frank Finlay (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Oliver Platt (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gerard Depardieu (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Ray Stevenson (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Howard Charles (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

David Bàn (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Pio Marmaï (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Milady

Lana Turner (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Faye Dunaway (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Margarita Terekhova (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Rebecca de Mornay (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Milla Jovovich (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Maimie McCoy (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Emji (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Mollie Hindle (The Fourth Musketeer 2022)

Preeya Kalidas (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Eva Green (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Constance

Marguerite de la Motte (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

June Allyson (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Raquel Welch (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Julie Delpy (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Tamla Kari (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Megan Lanquar (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Lyna Khoudri (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Richelieu

Nigel de Brulier (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

Vincent Price (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Charlton Heston (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Bernard Haller (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Aleksandr Trofimov (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Tim Curry (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Christoph Waltz (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Peter Capaldi (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Christophe Héraut (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

James Cosmo (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Éric Ruf (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Rochefort

Guy Delorme (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1961)

Christopher Lee (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Boris Klyuev (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Michael Wincott (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Mads Mikkelsen (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Marc Warren (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Raynaldo Houy Delattre (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Anne of Austria

Angela Lansbury (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Geraldine Chaplin (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Catherine Jourdan (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Gabrielle Anwar (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Anne Paurillard (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Sheena Easton (Young Blades 2005)

Juno Temple (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Alexandra Dowling (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Victoria Sio (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Vicky Krieps (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

King Louis XIII

Hugh O’Conor (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Freddie Fox (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Ryan Gage (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Florian Cléret  (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Louis Garrel (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Treville

Hugo Speer (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Marc Barbé (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Duke of Buckingham

Simon Ward (The Three Musketeers 1973)

Orlando Bloom (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Golan Yosef  (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Planchet

Roy Kinnear (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

James Corden (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Régis Truchy (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Grimaud

William Phillips (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Matthew McNulty (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Jussac

Ángel del Pozo (The Three Musketeers 1973)

Paul McGann (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Antoine Lelandais (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Alain Grellier (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Felton

Michael Gothard (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Madame Chevreuse

Sophie Craig (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Madame Coquenard

Jennifer Matter (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Girard

Paul McGann (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Febre (The Man in Black)

Tim Roth (The Musketeer 2001)

Louis XIV

Louis Hayward (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Richard Chamberlain (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Robert Sheehan (Young Blades 2005)

Manaki Reika (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Philippe

Louis Hayward (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Richard Chamberlain (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Maria Theresa

Joan Bennett (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Vivien Merchant (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Kristina Krepela (La Femme Musketeer 2004)

Cardinal Mazarin

Gigi Proietti (D'Artagnan's Daughter / Revenge of the Musketeers 1994)

Gerard Depardieu (La Femme Musketeer 2004)

Michael Ironside  (Young Blades 2005)

Raoul

C. Thomas Howell (Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Peter Sarsgaard (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Lousie de la Valliere

Jenny Agutter (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Mordaunt

Michael Gothard (Further Adventures of the Musketeers 1967)

Kim Cattrall (Justine de Winter) (Return of the Musketeers 1989)

[hurtcomfortguaranteed]

More Man In The Iron Mask! Having only just escaped from years of captivity with his face hidden from the world, Philippe panics under pressure, and tries to hide his face. Athos is there to calm him down.

[farmerbebop]

I would watch ten hours of youtube reaction videos to this casting of the French Minister of Finance by Irish people, lol.

[the-hinky-panda]

No Matter What

Title: No Matter What

Rating: R

Summary: Everyone has their reason for committing treason. But ultimately, it's for a better future. They just hope they get to live that long to see that future.

Author's Note: It's been a shitty week for me and I've been struggling to write. I have no idea where this came from but here it is. I don't know if there'll be more parts or if this is it.

“Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.” ��� Jodi Picoult, Second Glance

You don’t meet with the musketeers in the catacombs. Instead, you go straight to the country, to the monastery. Emotions are going to be high, loyalties tested. Suggesting treason will do that. Porthos, desperate for adventure, will be an easy one to convince to join the mission. Athos, your brother-in-law, is still grief stricken and looking for an opportunity of revenge. He will join any mission that will ease the pain from the loss of his son. You had also helped raise your nephew when his mother passed away in childbirth. He was just as much your son as he was Athos’ and revenge is also a motivation for you. You've been loyal to Aramis and his cause for over the last six years now. It’s D'Artagnan that is the one that could bring this all down on your heads. 

This is why your orders were to immediately report to the monastery. You have all of Aramis’ notes, documents, and evidence. If D’Artagnan decides to turn the three of them over to the king for treason, hope is not completely lost. You will have to be the one to carry through. Being a woman affords you less suspicion so it could be possible to spirit the prisoner away from the Bastille and train him to replace the King. That is why you’re at the monastery in the first place, to tutor him. He will need to behave in the same educated manner that the current king maintains. Reading, writing, art, history, all subjects that had been denied him since he was imprisoned. 

When you arrive at the small farm that houses the Jesuit order that Aramis is affiliated with, one of the priests takes your horse and hands you a lantern. You’re a common face around the monastery, often arriving to deliver news or offer literary discussions. The Jesuits were an order dedicated to enlightenment and knowledge which allowed a woman such as yourself to be an acceptable source of knowledge. It’s brought you comfort in a difficult world. 

“Brother Aramis will arrive later on tonight, if…” 

You nod in understanding. “I’ll wait in the kitchens if that’s acceptable.” 

“Of course,” he gives you a small smile. “There’s a bottle of wine if you wish to help yourself.” 

You give your thanks and head towards the kitchen. There’s still a chill to the night air so you take a seat near the hearth. You’re still sitting there, half the bottle of wine gone despite your watering it down significantly, and a hundred pages read in your book when Aramis arrives. You try to read his face, the firelight casting shadows on his face and making it difficult. He takes the chair next to yours, dropping tiredly into it with a sigh. You pass him a cup of wine and wait till he takes a drink before asking your question. 

“How much danger are we in?” 

“As much as we normally are.” 

“That’s reassuring.” 

He gives you a half smile before turning serious again. “We were right, Athos and Porthos are behind us completely.” 

“D'Artagnan?” 

“Horrified at our treason. But willing to let us hang ourselves.” 

“That’s smart of him. Athos and Porthos both have suicidal ideations so those two problems will take care of themselves. Which leaves us.” 

“Well, me, at least. I don’t think he knows anything about your involvement.” He frowns. “Which brings me to a question that I’ve had for quite a few years now. Does Athos know?” 

You close your book and set it down next to the wine bottle. “Does Athos know what exactly? That I’m a part time tutor for this particular Jesuit order? That I’ve been working secretly with you to replace the king? Or that we’ve been lovers for the past ten years?” 

“How about the trifecta?” 

“He knows of my tutelage. That is all.” 

You don’t tell him how you went to visit Athos a few weeks ago to finally confess to the secret relationship you had been carrying with Aramis. A secret that was soon to come out eventually when you discovered, despite your age, you were with child. Aramis was already making arrangements to leave the order, return to civilian life once more so you wouldn’t face a ruined reputation. A kind but unnecessary gesture you had told him since you had spent the majority of your life as an unconventional woman. But you had wanted to let Athos know before you started to show. 

But when you had arrived, it had been just hours after another kind of news had been delivered. The tidy home had been destroyed. Shards of pottery littered the floor, fabric had been ripped apart, furniture overturned. You didn’t even have to ask what happened, you knew. As you were tidying up, you found the letter that had been delivered in the early morning hours that day confirming your assumption. Raoul, the boy the two of you had raised together, had been killed on the front lines. Even if Athos had been stone cold sober when he stumbled through the doorway that afternoon, you couldn’t bring yourself to tell him your news. That was the moment that had felt like a betrayal. 

“How are you feeling?” 

“Tired.” 

He hums before standing up and offering you his hand. You take it with great gratitude, having spent the last couple weeks apart. There’s such familiarity in knowing where all the calluses are from holding a sword and pistol. The parts rubbed smooth like the rosary beads he uses everyday. The warmth and strength found in his hold as he pulls you to his side, presses his lips to your forehead. You used to worry about the other priests and brothers seeing these displays of affection but your relationship is the worst kept secret in the monastery. And Aramis, with his personality and charisma won over the entire building’s silence on the matter. 

“To bed, then.” 

He picks up your travel bag and keeps his other hand on your waist as you make your way through the quiet halls to the guest quarters where you typically stay during your visits. You smile as you remember the first time you came here, to visit him after he took his vows. You understood why he left the Musketeers, why he retreated here. Penance is typically only achieved through isolation. One night, he lasted one night before coming to your bed, despite your reservations. You had spent four years together on the outside of these walls. Four years and you had resigned yourself that it would be enough, it would have to be enough. But it wasn’t, not even close. 

“Do you remember what you said to me?” you ask when you reach the door to your room. “Our first night here?” 

“I’m not sure, I said many things that night.” He gives you that devilish smile. “I was a desperate man that evening.”  

“Indeed you were.” You step inside and wait for him to close the door. “I had asked you afterwards if you regretted coming here that night.” 

“Ah, yes, I remember that. And I said breaking one vow out of three was still a respectable record.” 

Poverty. Chastity. Obedience. Those were the fundamental vows of a Jesuit priest. “What we’re planning to do though, it’s going to take that record down to one. Certainly treason against the king goes against the vow of obedience.” 

He nods solemnly before reaching to undo the laces in your corset. “I suppose it’s a good thing then, that I won’t be a Jesuit for much longer.” 

You take in a deep breath when the boned garment is tossed into a chair. “Like you were a good one to begin with. A good man, but a lousy priest.” 

He presses his lips against your neck, his hands curling around your waist and pulling you back towards him. “If it wasn’t for you, I’d been an excellent priest.” 

[widevibratobitch]

he was so funny for this btw. local evil scheming priest experiences An Emotion and his brain takes a screenshot

[vertigoartgore]

Doctor Doom by Carlos Magno and Espen Grundetjern. From 2021's Kang the Conqueror Vol.1 #3 (by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing).

[the-heartlines]

someone please draw phia saban in this as helaena 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[artbecome]

I watched The Man in the Iron Mask for the first time today

I thought it was mostly a medieval action movie with horse-chases and sword fights. I truly didn’t expect it to be a heartwarming movie about camaraderie and love

You get the romantic love between D’artagnian and Anne

You also see the love in the loyal comraderie between the musketeers

You see the parent- child love that Philippe feels towards D’artignian, the Queen, and even Athos

You even see the love in the comraderie between the way the soldiers cannot kill their respected commander, preventing them from killing him

This goes to show how Louis, a king who doesn’t carry himself with love, becomes the antagonist of the story

[raurquiz]

#remembering #petercushing #actor #mofftarkin #starwars #anewhope #themanintheironmask #hamlet #1984 #thecurseoffrankenstein #dracula #theabominablesnowman #themummy #TheHoundoftheBaskervilles #SherlockHolmes #DrWhoandtheDaleks #daleksinvasionearth2150ad #topsecret @streammaxla @starwars @disneyplusla

[hotmusketeerspoll]

Hello everyone, I'm back!

I've been trying to figure out how different parts of this tournament are going to work, and one of the issues I'm having is with the Louis XIV's & Philippes.

Originally I split them up because even though they're played by the same actor, they are two very different characters, and now we have 2 Louis who don't also play a Philippe. But it's also been tricky to find pictures of the Philippes, and then there's Philippe-pretending-to-be-Louis, and it's hard to know which is which!

So I wanted to see what everybody thinks - if we should keep Louis and Philippe separate, or combine them into one and just focus on the actors playing them.

Opinions and suggestions are welcome!

[hurtcomfortguaranteed]

In The Man in the Iron Mask, Philippe struggles with believing he is truly free from the mask and from his prison after the Musketeers rescue him. Athos' company, and a dramatic view of the moon he never had in prison, help him believe he's free.