Oh, I like it. Death is a touchy subject, specially when the characters are thinking of Death rather than dying (except for Athos ...). It show a lot of how they look the world. *nod nod*

Good work!

I enjoyed this story very much. You seem to have captured their characters well ~ particularly Athos, who is my favorite. I like the way you portray him as content to live for the sake of others, for the moment ~ it captures something of the benevolent distance he projects in the books. And at the same time, he is bemused but delighted at d'Artagnan's defiance toward death ~ I've always gotten the sense that he cherishes the irrepressibly stubborn and optimistic facets of his friend's character, perhaps because they are so unlike his own temperament.

You handled Porthos and Aramis well, too (poor Aramis, always the odd one out). A very lovely character study, thank you.

Oh, splendid! One would think that religion would teach Aramis that we do not all sleep, but that the trumpet shall sound (twinkling of an eye, etc. etc. etc.)--but it seems to have made him only fear hell.

Although he shouldn't--if D'Artagnan can't help him fight past the pearly gates, and Athos can't talk their way through, then Porthos will just lift the darn thing and they'll all walk through together, while making Peter laugh.

I really enjoyed this! It was brilliantly written and i think it truly captured the philosophies of the musketeers- i can imagine them all behaving like that. I loved the fact that d'Artagnan wanted to irritate Aramis, as the youngest in the group i can imagine them having that sort of relationship.

On a side note, i noticed you spelt 'severely' incorrectly, but apart from that the spelling and grammar was very good- thank you! It seems to be increasingly difficult to find good fic writers who actually manage to use the correct grammar!

Also that last line really packed a punch- my heart just clenched when i read it...

I hope you write more fics for this fandom- hopefully an athos-centric one!

If you do, would it be possible for you to drop me a line at Fifth(underscore) Business (at) hotmail (dot) co (dot) uk

Sorry about writing it like that, but ffnet blocks it otherwise...