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[April 9th] [The Three Musketeers] Practical Parenting
Title: Practical Parenting
Day/Theme: hunting with cats
Series: The Three Musketeers
Characters: de Tréville, the Inseparables
Rating: G
There is a good reason why Captain de Tréville likes to equate his duties as commander of the king’s Musketeers to being a father. He has no children of his own – apart from his soldiers, that is – but he comes from a large family, and many of his siblings and friends have children. (Some of them even have grandchildren these days, a fact which de Tréville prefers to ignore.) As such, he has learned the tactics of family management nearly as well as those of the battlefield.
Guilt works very well on Athos. Too well, in fact, which is why de Tréville is glad that Athos so rarely does – or at least, rarely gets caught at – anything improper. Even a suggestion that his conduct is less than befitting a gentleman produces a reaction of such profound dismay that the captain actually feels guilty for bringing it up.
As for the times when Athos does something that is indeed proper conduct, but also stupid or suicidal or both, he has not yet come up with a good strategy.
Porthos, on the other hand, is frankly too unsubtle for anything but a direct scolding, preferably delivered in a loud voice. Fortunately, despite being decades younger, much larger, and possibly a better swordsman, Porthos feels an awe for his commanding officer that can easily be pushed all the way to fright.
With d’Artagnan, bribery is the way to go. An explanation of how his latest antics could hurt the standing of the corps, or his own chances to rise in rank, is usually enough to put his young countryman on good behavior for a time; it all reminds de Tréville of his own childhood, and how his nurse would promise him cake with his Sunday supper if he would only sit quietly in church.
As for Aramis… there is no figuring Aramis out. Fortunately, as he is rarely the ringleader of the foursome’s escapades, there is not often a need to single him out. He simply stands sullenly at the back of the group, biting his lip and only occasionally adding his voice to the general din of excuses. Sometimes, de Tréville worries about Aramis.
Yes… there are certainly resemblances between leadership and fatherhood.
Day/Theme: hunting with cats
Series: The Three Musketeers
Characters: de Tréville, the Inseparables
Rating: G
There is a good reason why Captain de Tréville likes to equate his duties as commander of the king’s Musketeers to being a father. He has no children of his own – apart from his soldiers, that is – but he comes from a large family, and many of his siblings and friends have children. (Some of them even have grandchildren these days, a fact which de Tréville prefers to ignore.) As such, he has learned the tactics of family management nearly as well as those of the battlefield.
Guilt works very well on Athos. Too well, in fact, which is why de Tréville is glad that Athos so rarely does – or at least, rarely gets caught at – anything improper. Even a suggestion that his conduct is less than befitting a gentleman produces a reaction of such profound dismay that the captain actually feels guilty for bringing it up.
As for the times when Athos does something that is indeed proper conduct, but also stupid or suicidal or both, he has not yet come up with a good strategy.
Porthos, on the other hand, is frankly too unsubtle for anything but a direct scolding, preferably delivered in a loud voice. Fortunately, despite being decades younger, much larger, and possibly a better swordsman, Porthos feels an awe for his commanding officer that can easily be pushed all the way to fright.
With d’Artagnan, bribery is the way to go. An explanation of how his latest antics could hurt the standing of the corps, or his own chances to rise in rank, is usually enough to put his young countryman on good behavior for a time; it all reminds de Tréville of his own childhood, and how his nurse would promise him cake with his Sunday supper if he would only sit quietly in church.
As for Aramis… there is no figuring Aramis out. Fortunately, as he is rarely the ringleader of the foursome’s escapades, there is not often a need to single him out. He simply stands sullenly at the back of the group, biting his lip and only occasionally adding his voice to the general din of excuses. Sometimes, de Tréville worries about Aramis.
Yes… there are certainly resemblances between leadership and fatherhood.