The New Adventures of The Musketeers
Steve Hyne
72 pages Autoédition - 2020 - Royaume-Uni Nouvelle
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Voici un recueil de nouvelles imaginant des
suites aux aventures des mousquetaires qui a au moins le
mérite de ne ressembler à aucun autre… L’auteur a conçu
la demi-douzaine de textes qui le compose comme « A
collection of short stories from a Historical and
Psychological Perspective » (« un ensemble de
nouvelles dans une Perspective Historique et
Psychologique »). Ces brèves histoires sont donc
censées nous faire découvrir les profondeurs de la
psychologie des quatre mousquetaires.
Leurs personnalités sont
d’ailleurs brièvement résumées ainsi au tout début du
livre (extrait reproduit littéralement, y compris la
typographie):
« Athos, Porthos and Aramis have had extensive
training on their inner conflicts and developed their
key strengths and strategies as a weapon of intrinsic
methods of Psychological clarity to help others to fight
against their internal and external conflicts.
1 ATHOS: Intelligent, courageous; precise in his sword
fighting. He is Skill full in Gestalt internal
Psychological approach.
2 PORTHOS: Humorous, vain, slave to fashion,
good-hearted; comical and self-confident He is a master
of Person-centred Psychological approach.
3 ARAMIS: Romantic, handsome, hot tempered,
studying to be a priest and very emotional. His
strategic approach in Psychological weaponry is
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT.
4 D'ARTAGNAN His personality type, he is
constantly trying to prove himself to show the world his
bravery with his impulsive, hot headed, and
inexperienced adventures. He is an apprentice still
forming his intrinsic Psychological weaponry. »
Après un début aussi prometteur, on n’est pas déçu par
la suite. Des bribes de récits montrent les quatre
mousquetaires révéler leurs faiblesses intimes,
généralement en fondant en larmes devant leurs amis en
évoquant tel ou tel traumatisme. Pendant ce temps, les
trois autres écoutent comme s’ils étaient des
conseillers dans une cellule psychologique après une
catastrophe. Du genre « bravo pour tes confidences,
cela demandait du courage de te confier ainsi. Veux-tu
en parler davantage aujourd’hui? ». Les quatre
héros ne sont d’ailleurs pas les seuls à craquer. Lors
d’une anecdote expédiée en huit lignes, Athos s’adresse
au « Prince » (on ne sait pas trop de qui il
s’agit, apparemment du fils du roi) et lui dit « je
sais pourquoi vous buvez constamment, c’est parce que
vous souffrez parce que vous croyez que vous devez être
aussi fort que votre père ». Une psychanalyse
expresse tellement percutante que le Prince
« s’enfuit en pleurant de manière
incontrôlable ».
A côté de ces plongées bouleversantes dans l’intimité
des personnages, on voit apparaître des bouts
d’intrigue. Il apparaît qu’Athos a eu en secret un fils
avec une fille cachée de Richelieu. Plus tard, on
apprend que le garçon avait une soeur jumelle, dont
d’Artagnan tombe instantanément amoureux. Tout cela est
traité en quelques paragraphes. L’ensemble de la
« Perspective Psychologique » apportée par
l’auteur est du même tonneau.
Quant à la « Perspective Historique » promise,
elle n’est pas mal non plus: on découvre par exemple que
Colbert était ministre des Finances sous Mazarin et que,
accessoirement, Alexandre Dumas est né en 1825…
Précisons enfin que l’écriture et la typographie sont à
la hauteur de l’ensemble.
Merci à
Gennady Ulman de m’avoir signalé ce texte.
Extrait du chapitre deux: Melancholy Musketeer
Aramis looked at his friend Athos and spoke
"What is on your mind, Athos?"….
There was a long pause and Athos raised his head slowly
and looked at Athos and he said in a child's voice
"it was me, I did it"
He trembled with disgust on his face.
"I couldn't take it anymore... My misery was embracing
me more and more than"
He broke down and sobbed uncontrollably with the
floodgates of heavens open with a torrential release of
emotional pain. The other Musketeers didn't say a word,
but all could see their hero of a friend in a new light.
He was always so strong and determined to fight his
hidden pain, drowning his sorrows with the liqueur of
love and alcohol. The cascade of emotion filled the room
as it touched the hearts of his friends, and they too
felt the tears and pain enveloping their bodies. The
inner voices of his closest companions wanted to say
something but new it was time for Athos to release his
tortured soul despite how difficult it would be for them
not to rescue him from his grief.
After many minutes of mourning, Athos looked at his
dearest friend D'Artagnan and spoke
"He was just like you"
Then he cried again. In, between his tears and mourning
Athos mumbled a few more words
"He is…"
The musketeers couldn't understand what Athos said
because of his sorrow and shame. He spoke the first few
words in sorrow, but the last few words so quietly as he
was trying to hide what he wanted to say. Porthos was
the most attuned Musketeer he always listened to, not
just the words, but what they said and with the
animation or lack of in the narrative. Porthos waited
until it was silent again and sensed Athos was ready to
engage.
"You said he is ... We didn't quite hear the last few
words Athos. Please, can you tell us what you wanted say
again."
Athos looked straight at Porthos and shouted at him in
anger and disgust
"He is BLOODY DEAD"
Porthos didn't react to Athos anger even though he could
feel it running through the atmosphere. He waited for a
moment and said to Athos
"Who is dead?"
Athos raised his arms to the ceiling as he was talking
to God and another tsunami of emotion rushed into the
room
"My son, he is dead"
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