⚜️ Happy 10th Birthday, The Musketeers! ⚜️
The Musketeers premiered on BBC One on 19 January 2014 and ran from 2014 to 2016, with a total of 30 episodes.
Inspired by Alexandre Dumas' novel, it starred Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles, and Luke Pasqualino as the four loyal swordsmen in 17th-century France, who fight for justice and protect the King and Queen from various threats.
⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ Athos ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️
⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ Aramis ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️
⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ Porthos ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️
⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ D'Artagnan ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️
"I'm looking for Athos!"
"You've found him."
"My name is d'Artagnan, of Lupiac in Gascony. Prepare to fight. One of us dies here."
"Now, THAT'S the way to make an entrance."
– 1x01 Friends and Enemies
The series blends historical drama,
action,
intrigue,
and humour,
with a healthy serving of family,
romance,
and plenty of friendship,
brotherhood,
and swashbuckling goodness!
"I want… Athos and his friends… silenced for good."
"Musketeers don't die easily."
– 1x10 Musketeers Don't Die Easily
⚜️ Thanks for an amazing show! ❤️🔥⚜️
"Look to your left, now your right... A Musketeer is never alone, Brujon.
Remember that."
– 3x03 Brothers in Arms
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*My thanks to all the amazing gif makers for the lovely gifs!
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Why is Peter Capaldi so hot? Part Three.
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In Part One and Part Two we considered (1) Mr. Capaldi's physical characteristics and (2-3) behaviors. In this part, we will consider his acting roles in relation to his hotness. This is essentially the sub-question, "Is Peter Capaldi hot, or am I just in love with several of his characters?" My contention is that, as long as your relationship with him remains parasocial, it is not an important distinction.
And for those of us who have not been brainwashed by moral purity cultures within fandom, this holds for (4) his good, appealing characters and (5) his potentially evil characters. They are hot in different ways, but all are hot.
4. Highly lovable characters
Call me old-fashioned, but nothing is hotter than goodness.
4.1 Danny Oldsen, Local Hero (1983): I am aware that some people don't think there is any relationship between a character being an adorable precious cinnamon roll and the actor playing the character being hot. Those people are entitled to their opinions.
4.2 Randall Brown, The Hour (2012): Principled, highly competent, dapper, and with a tragic backstory, in my mind, the hotness of Randall Brown infuses everything Peter Capaldi does.
4.3 The Doctor, Doctor Who (2014-17): Has anyone read this far who doesn't think the twelfth Doctor is hot? I personally have a particular soft spot for the soft smile.
5. Slightly or majorly evil characters, but in a sexy way
5.1 Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It (2005-2012) and In the Loop (2009).
5.2 Cardinal Richelieu, The Musketeers (2014): He didn't get to have as much sex as the other characters in this show, but he still wore a lot of leather.
5.3 Daniel Hegarty, Criminal Record (2024): All cops are bastards, some are sexy bastards in well-tailored suits.
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