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Happy Holidays, Raine Wynd!

Dec 17, 2008 10:53

Title: Milady's Tale
Author: keerawa aka La petite rapace
Written for: raine_wynd/Raine Wynd
Characters/Pairings: Amanda/Duncan, Amanda/D'Artagnan
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Author's Notes: Cross-over with and retelling of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers."
Summary: Once upon a time, Cardinal Richelieu was First Minister of France, d'Artagnan dreamed of ( Read more... )

methos, duncan, joe, crossover, the three musketeers, amanda, d'artagnan, gen

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keerawa December 26 2008, 05:53:23 UTC

I'm so glad that you liked it, raine_wynd! The inspiration for this hit me between the eyes as soon as I read your request. THen I wasn't sure if I could write it for you, given that you hadn't requested Dumas as a cross-over.

And what a perfect icon for the story!

dswdiane December 18 2008, 00:42:50 UTC

what a wonderful re-telling of a well-known tale. totally delightful. You have all the voices perfectly. This was just utterly perfect.

keerawa December 26 2008, 05:54:12 UTC

Thank you dswdiane, I'm pleased you enjoyed it!

anya2112 December 18 2008, 01:39:45 UTC

Cute story! The gang is back together!!

"Although it does make me wonder what else I might find in Joe's pockets.."
Loved that line!!

keerawa December 26 2008, 05:54:57 UTC

Heh. Joe must have all sorts of fascinating secret Watcher things in his pockets. It's like catnip to AManda!

adabsolutely December 18 2008, 02:57:30 UTC

I love the weave of history and Amanda's place in it. Lots of work went into this story. It would be great to hear more of her tales. (hint, hint)

keerawa December 26 2008, 05:57:49 UTC

It was a bit of work. I had to throttle my urges to go off and research the time period, and just depend primarily on DUmas' version. If the Amanda-Muse wants to talk, I'm always ready to listen to her.

Thanks for reading, adabsolutely!

unovis December 18 2008, 13:48:34 UTC

A nice double-handful of my favorites. It's an interesting plot and the changes that adapt Immortality to the original story are very skillful. I loved the bird metaphor best of all.

*g* Personally, I love Milady as a purely evil villain. I like very much that to make her a sympathetic character, you made her someone else who did other things. Again, nice job.
(Sorry, I thought my comment went through yesterday.)

keerawa December 26 2008, 06:04:11 UTC

I saw your Yuletide request for Dumas after I'd started working on this story, and immediately thought, 'Ooooh, unovis is going to like my story!'

The bird metaphor is my favorite bit as well. The history of female Immortals still fascinates me.

I last read 'The Three Musketeers' 20 years ago, and I was surprised at how much of the book was focused on Milady, even as the author made her completely despicable. The funny thing is that I took out the part of the story wherein Dumas has Milady stab herself skillfully so that it mostly catches in the folds of her dress. She bleeds, but completely healed up by the time the doctor is callded some hours later. It was far too risky for her.

Thank you for the comment!