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[April 11th] [The Three Musketeers] Irreligious War
Title: Irreligious War
Day/Theme: meaningful violence
Series: The Three Musketeers
Characters/Pairing: The Inseparables
Rating: G
"I still don't understand," Porthos repeats, irritably. Aramis, sitting opposite him, is also looking irritable, the way he always does when Porthos refuses to yield simply because Aramis shells him with Latin quotes. Truth to tell, normally he would; he already knows his friends are more clever than he, and he dislikes having the fact hammered home. Tonight, however, he feels he has posed a simple enough question, and surely it should not be beyond three so brilliant gentlemen to give him an understandable answer - preferably one that doesn't involve too much theology.
"What is so bad about Protestants that we've got to shoot them?" He enunciates clearly, leaning over the table so far his nose almost touches Aramis', because if he's not going to get anything for his questions then a nice little fight will do as well. "I know all about the true religion and heresy and whatnot, so don't get started on that again. But it seems to me that if they're going to go to hell, that's their problem. And it's not as though they're sacrificing Catholic virgins to Satan in there, the reason being, with this man's army camped outside the walls there isn't a virgin of any religion left for leagues - "
This time it is Athos and not Aramis who interrupts him, and his voice has that peculiar tone that means profound boredom and annoyance at the same time - the one he normally uses when his friends talk about women. "What I still cannot understand is why they insist on fighting in the first place. Surely if they surrender and convert, they will be allowed to live."
Porthos winces. That is a question that he in turn finds hard to answer, because honestly, it is the strategy he himself would adopt. It seemed to work so very well for Mousqueton's father, for example.
Oddly enough, it is d'Artagnan who comes to his rescue, addressing Athos with a bleak expression. "Do you suppose you could become a cardinalist, then, having once been a Musketeer? Even though it would make your life easier?"
Athos considers this for a moment, and then gives the barest of nods - to Porthos, not d'Artagnan. "You win."
Day/Theme: meaningful violence
Series: The Three Musketeers
Characters/Pairing: The Inseparables
Rating: G
"I still don't understand," Porthos repeats, irritably. Aramis, sitting opposite him, is also looking irritable, the way he always does when Porthos refuses to yield simply because Aramis shells him with Latin quotes. Truth to tell, normally he would; he already knows his friends are more clever than he, and he dislikes having the fact hammered home. Tonight, however, he feels he has posed a simple enough question, and surely it should not be beyond three so brilliant gentlemen to give him an understandable answer - preferably one that doesn't involve too much theology.
"What is so bad about Protestants that we've got to shoot them?" He enunciates clearly, leaning over the table so far his nose almost touches Aramis', because if he's not going to get anything for his questions then a nice little fight will do as well. "I know all about the true religion and heresy and whatnot, so don't get started on that again. But it seems to me that if they're going to go to hell, that's their problem. And it's not as though they're sacrificing Catholic virgins to Satan in there, the reason being, with this man's army camped outside the walls there isn't a virgin of any religion left for leagues - "
This time it is Athos and not Aramis who interrupts him, and his voice has that peculiar tone that means profound boredom and annoyance at the same time - the one he normally uses when his friends talk about women. "What I still cannot understand is why they insist on fighting in the first place. Surely if they surrender and convert, they will be allowed to live."
Porthos winces. That is a question that he in turn finds hard to answer, because honestly, it is the strategy he himself would adopt. It seemed to work so very well for Mousqueton's father, for example.
Oddly enough, it is d'Artagnan who comes to his rescue, addressing Athos with a bleak expression. "Do you suppose you could become a cardinalist, then, having once been a Musketeer? Even though it would make your life easier?"
Athos considers this for a moment, and then gives the barest of nods - to Porthos, not d'Artagnan. "You win."