After Louis was sent to live in the countryside, how do you picture his life turned out? Do you think he was kept in the mask? Do you think he was kept locked up in a room? Do you think he lived by himself or had servants still? And do you think Philippe ever went to visit him?
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^ If you actually read the rest of the OP's questions rather than just the topic, you would find that your answer just looks ridiculous and silly now.
To the OP, I don't believe Louis was kept in the mask. Philippe was kind hearted and knew how horrible the mask was, so I don't think he'd make anyone else suffer as much as he did.
I would like to think Louis lived a good life. Deep down he was a good person and I believe he should have lived a happy life in the countryside. Maybe not with servants though.
I would also like to think that Philippe visited his brother sometimes. Unlike Louis, Philippe was the type of person that would like to get to know others better, including the people who put him in that mask.
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I can't believe it. I think Louis was kept in strict confinement, although well-treated, because I don't think he would EVER have stopped scheming and being mental about getting back on the throne. He obviously really enjoyed being what he was, and all the power, so nothing less would have satisfied him. And living in the country? Driven him mad...
I would have loved a sequel where he escapes and kills his way to Paris, trying to resume control, but that'll never be made. :>
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"Even if Louis could escape, he would have to convince a whole slew of people, starting with the Musketeers and noble families, that he was actually Louis and that he had been unfairly deposed"
Which is why he wouldn't need armed guards for the rest of his life; besides, the guards WOULD recognize him. I have no doubt someone kept an eye on things, but not armed guards; Louis would go mad far more quickly or easily at being kept in confinement and not able to live productively. I think, with a lot of time to reflect and make his own way, he had a better chance than not of reaching a level of non-plotting, so to speak. Someone wrote a WONDERFUL fanfic in which Louis became sick during his confinement in the mask, had to be taken to the country and partially watched by the musketeers to heal, and reached a certain level of remorse because he found out about D'artagnan and experienced the kindness of a nursing monk.
Yellowdiamonds, that's so sweet :) I agree.
They could easily hire armed guards that weren't from Paris, if they hired people who had never seen Louis, they would never know what the king looked like.
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Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.
Now I want to read a fanfic on this.
shareGosh, what a question I've reflected over for years. I certainly don't think he was locked up or kept in the mask; that's why he was sent far away, so they wouldn't have to. It'd be nice if the brothers met again.
shareA lot of good people get corrupted by power
When stripped of the power, they miss it, but after a time return to their natural, "good" selves.
It's not uncommon.
Considering the behavior of Louis XIV in the history books, I'm guessing Louis snuck out of the countryside, murdered Philippe in his sleep, retook the crown, and pretended to be Philippe successfully enough in order to have the three musketeers nonchalantly killed off before ruling as he saw fit for the betterment of himself and France.
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That's the most plausible answer!
I assume Louis was only kept at the Bastille (and in the mask) until the Musketeers and Phillipe could fix Louis' mess. Afterwards he was taken far away to a country house...this was mentioned in the film at the end. I always kind of figured he likely had a couple guards - obvious those extremely loyal to the older Musketeers - but was mostly allowed to live freely and have a life.
The "evil" side of me hopes Louis was kept in the Bastille and the mask for six years, to match what he did to Phillipe, but I assume within a year he likely was moved out of the prison since Phillipe wouldn't have been able to do that to his brother permanently.
"It's better to be hated for who you are than be loved for who you aren't."
Louis could never be trusted, he'd never stop trying to regain what he believed was his god-given right to rule! And it'd be incredibly difficult to find people who could be trusted to guard him, so really, the safest thing to do with him was to throw him in some dark dungeon, where no visitors were allowed and nobody ever saw his face again.
The thing is, if they'd let him stay in a country house where he might be able to bribe a servant into communicating with his aristocratic allies, he's still be a huge threat to the throne... even if nobody on Earth believed his claim that he was actually Louis! Some dissatisfied power broker could easily decide to use this guy who looked just like the king to pull a quiet assassination/substitution, and accept the king's eternal gratitude, or someone might decide to make him a "Perkin Warbeck" and use him to front a coup. 600 years after the real "Perkin Warbeck" was hanged, people are still debating whether he really was the son of Edward IV and the rightful heir to the throne.