Leslie Burns6d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116296142618560092

Okay, I didn't know the character was based on a real person so that's cool, but the rest of this article is suspect. For example, "D’Artagnan became their captain-lieutenant in 1667, and his command would very briefly include a young Marquis de Lafayette, who later went on to do some other stuff" (referring to the US Rev. War).

The math obviously does not work for that.

Show threadLeslie Burns
Apparently, someone told Ars that they were boobs. They have since changed the language (what I originally quoted was a direct, verbatim quote). HAHA!
Mar 26 at 8:55pmWeb
Show threadBob Jonkman6d ago

@LeslieBurns

Seems the body of the article still has the same text, but there's this endnote:

> The original version of this story reported that Marquis de Lafayette served in the King’s Musketeers under d’Artagnan; Lafayette actually joined the unit about a century later. Your faithful correspondent apologizes for the error but not for any fanfiction it may have inspired.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-grave-of-the-legendary-fourth-musketeer/

#ThreeMusketeers #FourMusketeers #ManyMusketeers

Archaeologists may have found the grave of the legendary "fourth musketeer"

This will not be turning up in the church rummage sale.

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