The Musketeers 2x02
Feb. 15th, 2015 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
korafoxMajor quibbles about the end of episode two, here.
I feel like the writers just pulled a rug out from under me. And not in the "ooh, you got me; let's all have laugh over a few drinks" sort of way, but in the "we're going to gleefully watch as you tumble down three flights of stairs" way.
Up to now, Louis has been a perfect example of his archetype: the nobleman who Knows Not the minds of the common people, who unabashedly lives his hoity-toity lifestyle and thinks it only natural that he's better than everyone else. Fine! I can live with this and find the character compelling, because I can look at his naivete and give him the mental pat on the head. There, there, you've never had a chance to know better.
Well, now he's had that chance, and it turns out he's just an asshole. No room for even a smidgen of noblesse oblige, apparently. Congratulations, I just stopped caring about Louis entirely. Hey, if they decide to run the actual Man in the Iron Mask story, I'll feel no guilt cheering for Aramis! (Who am I kidding, I would cheer for Aramis anyways.)
Mostly I'm just pissed off at the writers, because up until the last five minutes, they were giving every indication that Louis was learning an actual lesson here. And he was showing compassion and gratitude for the low-born people around him. The way the actor played it was genuine. I don't buy the 180 at the end, not with that setup. Foul play, writers. Foul play, and it could have been so much better if you'd even given a hint that Louis was in any way conflicted over his choices at the end there.
I feel like the writers just pulled a rug out from under me. And not in the "ooh, you got me; let's all have laugh over a few drinks" sort of way, but in the "we're going to gleefully watch as you tumble down three flights of stairs" way.
Up to now, Louis has been a perfect example of his archetype: the nobleman who Knows Not the minds of the common people, who unabashedly lives his hoity-toity lifestyle and thinks it only natural that he's better than everyone else. Fine! I can live with this and find the character compelling, because I can look at his naivete and give him the mental pat on the head. There, there, you've never had a chance to know better.
Well, now he's had that chance, and it turns out he's just an asshole. No room for even a smidgen of noblesse oblige, apparently. Congratulations, I just stopped caring about Louis entirely. Hey, if they decide to run the actual Man in the Iron Mask story, I'll feel no guilt cheering for Aramis! (Who am I kidding, I would cheer for Aramis anyways.)
Mostly I'm just pissed off at the writers, because up until the last five minutes, they were giving every indication that Louis was learning an actual lesson here. And he was showing compassion and gratitude for the low-born people around him. The way the actor played it was genuine. I don't buy the 180 at the end, not with that setup. Foul play, writers. Foul play, and it could have been so much better if you'd even given a hint that Louis was in any way conflicted over his choices at the end there.
