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I Am Not a Man to Hunger for Blood

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I am not a man to hunger for blood, but the spirit can cry
To be younger and fiercer and fly


So I've come to this. The Scarlet Pimpernel fanart.

I find The Scarlet Pimpernel, or at least the productions of it I've seen so far, rather dull as a whole. The music is mostly boring and I don't find the titular character nor the leading lady interesting in the least. But there's one aspect I really like – the character of Chauvelin here. Especially his solo Falcon in the Dive. And especially when he's played by Chris Murray, whose performance inspired this picture. The production that Murray stars, available in full on Youtube if you just search for the musical, is actually especially awful, in my opinion at least... But his performance is so much fun to watch! And then there's the song. One of the very best musical songs out there, if you ask me.

Or maybe I just have a thing for these French revolutionary types.

Listen to Chris Murray sing Falke auf der Jagd here.
Or how about Norm Lewis's fantastic rendition?

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YANARCHY's avatar

Congratulations, c'est magnifique! The choice of colors, the pose, the expression, perfectly conveys the air of this archetype of villain that is Chauvelin and that I like so much, again, congratulations!