Which would be less of a problem if there were other gay characters around, but as they aren't, straight!Louis is probably a safer choice. Still. He wasn't (straight, that is), but he wasn't the buffoon of all other Musketeers adaptions, either, and this is the first one where he gets some nuance, so I can't help feeling a bit regretful.
Yeah, as much as I'd love to see gay!Louis, it's probably best they've made the choice they have. It is disappointing :-( He's a more nuanced version of Louis XIII than we usually see.
I studied the period very slightly about ten years ago, for a history course, and the thing that fascinated me was how much Dumas played with history to crate a story, when the real history was equally fascinating. Different from Dumas' version, obvs, but with enough intrigue and plotting and twisty dark character motivations to make a thoroughly interesting series all on its own.
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Date: 2015-01-15 12:20 pm (UTC)Yeah, as much as I'd love to see gay!Louis, it's probably best they've made the choice they have. It is disappointing :-( He's a more nuanced version of Louis XIII than we usually see.
I studied the period very slightly about ten years ago, for a history course, and the thing that fascinated me was how much Dumas played with history to crate a story, when the real history was equally fascinating. Different from Dumas' version, obvs, but with enough intrigue and plotting and twisty dark character motivations to make a thoroughly interesting series all on its own.