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Sep. 26th, 2018 09:48 pmUnfortunately, I seem to have hit the point in my Scarlet Pimpernel reads where I am turning pages just waiting for Chauvelin to show up and be Hilariously Extra.
...though to be fair to myself, everything that happens in Eldorado before Chauvelin turns up is just Armand St. Just moping around making poor life choices while Baroness Orczy tells us that he can't help it, it's all part of his fiery Latin temperament.
In the first half of the book, Armand falls inconveniently in love while Percy is in the middle of planning his Perfect Dauphin Heist; Percy hits Armand with his very best "who cares about your lonely soul," but Armand absolutely refuses to put the mission above his girlfriend! ever! at any time!
ARMAND: You know that feeling when you just fall in love so hard that rescuing people doesn't seem all that important anymore?
PERCY: .... no?
Inevitably, Armand's girlfriend gets imprisoned.
PERCY: Just calm down and stay out of the way, I have a plan!
ARMAND: I have decided to ignore your plan and pursue my vastly superior plan!
PERCY: .... which is ....
ARMAND: To run up to the gates of the Bastille shouting VIVE LE ROI as loud as I can until they let me in to perish with my beloved! VIVE LE ROI! A BAS LE REPUBLIQUE!!!!
THE SOLDIERS AT THE GATES OF THE BASTILLE: ....go home buddy, you're drunk
(In the meantime, Percy has rescued the Dauphin, mostly offscreen. Rescuing the Dauphin is basically a footnote in this book, because in spite of all Percy's words Baroness Orczy ALSO cares way more about Armand's lonely soul.)
But at this point, while Armand is still shouting uselessly at the gates, Chauvelin FINALLY shows up!
( A nous deux once more, my enigmatical Scarlet Pimpernel! )
I am pleased to note that this marks FOUR books during which Percy has still not yet actually sword-fought anybody.
...though to be fair to myself, everything that happens in Eldorado before Chauvelin turns up is just Armand St. Just moping around making poor life choices while Baroness Orczy tells us that he can't help it, it's all part of his fiery Latin temperament.
In the first half of the book, Armand falls inconveniently in love while Percy is in the middle of planning his Perfect Dauphin Heist; Percy hits Armand with his very best "who cares about your lonely soul," but Armand absolutely refuses to put the mission above his girlfriend! ever! at any time!
ARMAND: You know that feeling when you just fall in love so hard that rescuing people doesn't seem all that important anymore?
PERCY: .... no?
Inevitably, Armand's girlfriend gets imprisoned.
PERCY: Just calm down and stay out of the way, I have a plan!
ARMAND: I have decided to ignore your plan and pursue my vastly superior plan!
PERCY: .... which is ....
ARMAND: To run up to the gates of the Bastille shouting VIVE LE ROI as loud as I can until they let me in to perish with my beloved! VIVE LE ROI! A BAS LE REPUBLIQUE!!!!
THE SOLDIERS AT THE GATES OF THE BASTILLE: ....go home buddy, you're drunk
(In the meantime, Percy has rescued the Dauphin, mostly offscreen. Rescuing the Dauphin is basically a footnote in this book, because in spite of all Percy's words Baroness Orczy ALSO cares way more about Armand's lonely soul.)
But at this point, while Armand is still shouting uselessly at the gates, Chauvelin FINALLY shows up!
( A nous deux once more, my enigmatical Scarlet Pimpernel! )I am pleased to note that this marks FOUR books during which Percy has still not yet actually sword-fought anybody.
