Related to my other post about Laurence ready to fight with half of the Corps, it's so funny how in return everyone assumed the worst of this stuck-up Navy jerk only to be smacked in the face with the reality of William Fucking Laurence
Granby : I have never met the Guy before but I will hate him on principle until the end of my life.
Laurence : hello, I'm here to upheaval your entire life.
Celeritas : are you asking the day off because (like Rankin) you think being a captain means enjoying life while your dragon does the work ??
Laurence : no??? I'm just double checking with you if it's okay to go buy a mega expensive gift for Temeraire since I won't have time for it when actual training starts ?
Celeritas : oh... so you don't think we're mindless animals overcome wit rut (like Rankin does)?
Laurence : I was just asking advice about Temeraire's puberty ! I never had a dragon before! I'm learning everything as I go!!
Harcourt : that's Captain Harcourt to you. Great, another of these guys who will microagression me all day and make me fight just to be respected...
Laurence : oooookay I just had my entire worldview of gender roles turned upside down and I'm still Very Confused about it but I understand that your gender is Fellow Officier and your prefered pronouns are Captain and Harcourt, so from now on that's how I'll address you because my mother didn't raise a rude jerk.
Berkley : are you the fucker implying I'm mistreating my Maximus ??
Laurence : why, is pampering your dragon too hard for you?
Berkley : ...oh shit, he actually understood the assignment!
Jane : this upstart Navy macho thinks he can abuse his authority to keep me from my daughter and deprive her of having fun while the rest of the boys do aa they want? Don't worry Emily dear, mama is on the war path.
Laurence : oh. Oooooh I get it now, so she wanted to spend time with her mom - that is, you! I'm so deeply sorry ma'β *captain*, sorry, still getting used to itβlook, I just didn't want to let a ten years old kid wander streets alone!
Hollin : uuuuuuurgh, as if I didn't have enough work with that behemoth of an Imperial, his neat freak captain asks me to clean another dragon's harness. It's not like he minds!
Laurence : he minds very much and god help me I will make sure poor Levitas is loved as he deserves.
Hollin, two weeks later, crying : you're right and I would die for Levi
Laurence's crew : that Navy guy thinks he's better than us just because he packs neatly, has a neckcloth and an entire ship mast up his ass.
Laurence :Β No one else has seen this deadly tear in the harness mid-flight which means it's my duty to risk my life to save my entire crew.
Rankin : finally a fellow nobleborn with proper manners and isn't obsessed by these dumb beasts :) I'm sure we'll be great friends :) :)
Rankin : what is "boss battle music" and why am I hearing it right now
