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Title: Salt Its Tail
Author:
brightknightie (Amy R.)
Fandom: Young Blades
Length: ~7K words
Rating (Warnings): PG (violence)
Characters: Starring Jacqueline Roget. (Also with d’Artagnan fils, Ramon, Siroc, Duval, Mazarin, Bernard, and the King.)
Summary: When the Musketeers apprehend some smugglers, the King’s reward is the cardinal’s ruse, and Jacqueline ponders her own imposture.
Prompt: #47 “One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.” — Hannah Senesh (1921-1944), WWII commando and poet
Preface: May I introduce you to the TV series Young Blades? It’s a “The Three Musketeers: The Next Generation” in which farmer’s daughter Jacqueline Roget poses as disinherited nobleman Jacques Laponte in order to join the Musketeers, avenge her family, and thwart the evil Mazarin. Only the son of the famous d’Artagnan knows Jacques is Jacqueline. (For credits and chatter, please see the endnote.)
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Fandom: Young Blades
Length: ~7K words
Rating (Warnings): PG (violence)
Characters: Starring Jacqueline Roget. (Also with d’Artagnan fils, Ramon, Siroc, Duval, Mazarin, Bernard, and the King.)
Summary: When the Musketeers apprehend some smugglers, the King’s reward is the cardinal’s ruse, and Jacqueline ponders her own imposture.
Prompt: #47 “One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.” — Hannah Senesh (1921-1944), WWII commando and poet
Preface: May I introduce you to the TV series Young Blades? It’s a “The Three Musketeers: The Next Generation” in which farmer’s daughter Jacqueline Roget poses as disinherited nobleman Jacques Laponte in order to join the Musketeers, avenge her family, and thwart the evil Mazarin. Only the son of the famous d’Artagnan knows Jacques is Jacqueline. (For credits and chatter, please see the endnote.)
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Date: 2011-10-17 04:57 am (UTC)Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-17 06:32 pm (UTC)Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-17 06:58 pm (UTC)Lol, I found it on YouTube and I'm definitely going to find time to watch it. :)
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-19 11:51 pm (UTC)Young Blades is still not (~sigh~) available on DVD or Hulu, so YouTube is indeed the solution; I re-watch it on my recorded-from-TV VHS. :-)
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-20 05:38 am (UTC)Wow. How old is this show?
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-20 06:03 am (UTC)6 years. Young Blades ran for just 13 episodes in 2005. In the US, it ran on what was then the "Pax Network" (now "Ion Television") as part of a two-hour block with Ponderosa, a western. I don't know whether its cancellation was related to Pax/Ion's troubles, but it happened around the time that the channel changed owners (and names).
Ponderosa was released on DVD, and there was once a rumor online that Young Blades was available on DVD directly from the production company. I wrote to them; they didn't choose to answer.
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-20 07:53 am (UTC)I actually -- vaguely -- remember Ponderosa as something my uncle used to watch sometimes, although I didn't get Pax at home. I don't think, anyway.
I imagine most people get ignored. I wrote to Disney once regarding the sale of pirated DVDs on Ebay; they never answered either.
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-20 08:49 pm (UTC)>"I wrote to Disney once regarding the sale of pirated DVDs on Ebay; they never answered either."
I'm not sure we're on the same wavelength here? I was sincerely hoping to get to buy DVDs from the production company. I believe it is true that they sold a limited number of made-in-house copies of the series, but perhaps only in Canada, where they're located. No pirating was involved.
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2011-10-21 03:44 am (UTC)