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Marguerite Blakeney is clearly beyond scruples (blazeinhereyes) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2012-12-11 15:56:00

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marguerite blakeney, percy blakeney

Who: Marguerite and Percy Blakeney
What: Watching the miniseries version of The Scarlet Pimpernel because contrasting and mocking is fun!
When: 11 December 2012
Where: Blakeney apartment in the complex
Warnings: TDB! But I doubt much
Status: Thread | Complete

Marguerite had meant it when she had threatened Percy that she would look them up and find out if they were fictional during her first round of pneumonia if he wouldn't stop hovering. And of course her husband had taken it as a challenge to see if she would. When she had looked them up, Marguerite had not expected there to be so many versions. A book series, two different movie versions, a musical that had four versions and a miniseries that had six episodes. But with the holiday and then tech week followed by the attacks, there had been no time for the two to do any more research on the matter.

When and where Percy had found the mini series, Marguerite didn't know. All she knew was they now had six episodes to watch of their life. Or a version of their life. Within the first two minutes, Marguerite knew it was inaccurate. Her parents hadn't died in 1780, but two years before and well, she and Armand hadn't been present. And if there was validity to what was shown of their parents' death, well, the actress would suddenly feel a lot less guilty in terms of St. Cyr's death. His family still was another issue, but the man himself? Oh no, if he was behind it, then he deserved to die for all Marguerite was concerned. Oh, she was trying to be rational and she did try to see all sides of things when she wasn't lost in her emotions, but she did still hold a grudge. And she was still quite frank when asked a question.

And the woman she thought was meant to be her was... not. Which had confused Marguerite at first given the way the woman and the person who was Armand were interacting. But no. Mimette... she recalled an actress who worked in the theatre with her who had that name. Interesting but still wrong. But instead, she was supposedly a brunette. A very stupid brunette. Or that was Marguerite's opinion on the matter. She understood the going to France bit even if the reasoning didn't seem to be to rescue Armand. Or perhaps to help. It was hard to tell... But getting arrested upon entry? Just... no.

"I think brunette me is a moron. If you were the best known actress in Paris, billed as the greatest actress in Europe, why would you try to walk into Paris with fake papers and no disguise."

Oh sure, there were moments that were extremely similar. Words she could imagine herself saying in the situation but then there were moments that were so vastly different. Like Chauvelin coming to her defense at her trial. That caused the actress to cough on her tea in shock.

"Did he just...." No. That made no sense whatsoever. Chauvelin wanted her dead. She had 'betrayed' him, and his ghost had made no attempts to hide his disdain. But this pitiful man trying to be Chauvelin... no. Just. What? It made no sense. Or Mimette being the one to denounce her all to become more famous and popular, at expense of Armand and herself and....

And this was only the first episode.

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demnedproudofit
2012-12-12 09:25 am UTC (link)

How could Percy have not taken Marguerite's threat as a challenge? Besides, he couldn't help but be curious about whether they were fictional or not. So okay, he was surprised at just how many versions of their lives were out there, and Percy couldn't help but feel a bit proud of that. It seemed people here liked the story enough to give it multiple versions. Whether or not said versions were in any way accurate to life as he and Marguerite had lived it was quite another thing. But that was the source of curiosity right there. Comparing and contrasting and seeing what people here made their story into.

Truth be told, Percy had actually found the series before half the cast in Marguerite's play had been possessed and she'd gotten injured. It had been something he'd occupied himself when Marguerite was at rehearsal in the brief periods of time when he wasn't watching her on stage and ensuring she was healthy enough to even be exerting herself in such a way. He'd just set that aside in order to be at his wife's side, and then the attacks started and, well, that was pretty much that until they'd stopped. So now that there was nothing else to do, he'd felt why not start watching it?

Now he knew there were undoubtedly some amount of differences between their lives as they'd lived them and the television show, but he was not exactly prepared for what they watched. The woman he'd thought was Marguerite turned out to not be Marguerite. He tilted his head, trying to digest the fact that Marguerite was being portrayed as being a brunette.

"Brunette is not something that suits your personality. Whoever did the casting for this needs to be given a lesson in casting you." Because really, they clearly had no understanding of Marguerite. And it didn't take much longer before he was lumping the writer in with the casting person. Because the Percy was not Percy.

"What is with the me in this? Where is the swagger and the subterfuge? One could not simply waltz into Paris without subterfuge!" Then there'd been the whole conversation, or argument rather, between Marguerite and Percy about rescuing Armand. "And why is he so flippant about not going after Armand? I mean really." Even in playing a part, Percy had immediately gone to rescue Armand when he'd learned of his arrest, so he was very much not understanding the need to fight Marguerite on the matter.

Though what really threw Percy for a loop was Chauvelin. The whole scene with Marguerite's trial made Percy's jaw drop to the floor. "Am I seeing this correctly?" Percy was far too shocked about this characterization of Chauvelin to even make some snide remark and mispronouncing the man's name.

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blazeinhereyes
2012-12-12 11:29 pm UTC (link)

Oh it made sense that Percy would take the threat as a challenge. It was Percy after all. A man who was all about appearances, even if it were just part of the ruse and having made a name for himself... who wouldn't want to know? And given all of the fictional lives in this place, it was a very real possibility. Just like seeing how their story seemed to influence the stories Henry had told her of. Perhaps Percy really was the first superhero after all.

The comment on the actress' hair color was met with an eye roll. Leave it to Percy to make a connection between that and personality. She was quite familiar with proper cuts and colors, what was flattering. Not just from living with the man and hearing him go on and on while shutting her out, but from costuming with Marie, figuring out costumes for parts in shows.

"Really? It is all the hair color that makes the casting inaccurate. I would put it to the characterization and writing as well."

Because Marguerite was deeply offended by the stupidity of her brunette counterpart. But at least it wasn't just her. Because Percy was very much not the Percy she had fallen in love with. The barbs and jabs were so much colder, harsher. The bitterness and pride obvious between the two. There was no cold mask of indifference out of the public eye, just distance. And at least in all of her husband's inane actions, he was still a personable person in the mind of the public as opposed to dull and insulting and more like the aristos she hated from home.

"Clearly he is going with audacity. I do approve of the use of his clothing to hide things though." Because if anything, that was a lovely play on props and the utilization of space. The lack of response in terms of Armand was upsetting. The boy was working for the Pimpernel. Yes, a role had to be maintained, but Marguerite distinctly could recall Percy breaking that role when he learned the truth on the footbridge. Yes, her back had been to him as he had told her to, but it hadn't been the Pimpernel who spoke and swore not to let harm come to her brother, but Percy. Marguerite had just been convinced she was hearing what she had wanted to in that moment... but this man... even knowing that his disappearance early the following morning...

But it did seem that the most perturbing characterization was that of Chauvelin. Older than she was used to, and seemingly sympathetic... or at least having some form of compassion. Or... something. Marguerite still couldn't tell.

"....So him apparently defending brunette me is not a hallucination and sign that the fever is coming back?"

So. Very. Disturbing. The reunion in the jail made sense and was familiar with the reunion she and Percy had had in Lawrence as they had not gotten that far, but being nothing more than a damsel in distress? And her brother being used as a plot device? It was just insulting. So hopefully the following five episodes wouldn't be nearly as insulting.