#captain courageous

For @schittscreekdrabbleblog word of the week: Courage.

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David rises and falls rhythmically, but in a decidedly unsexy way. Because he’d insisted to Alexis that he was immune to seasickness, his pride sends him to the afterdeck of their parents’ cute huge yacht to expel his breakfast privately. Lightheaded, he sways unsteadily; Dizziness setting in. He faints at the worst possible time—as the vessel lurches—the aggressive tilt sending him over the railing. A monstrous wave wraps him in its embrace, dragging him down.

When David comes to, he’s lying atop a pile of half-dead fish, looking at the back of a sturdy man dressed in blue.

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Why, yes, this is the Rudyard Kipling Captain Courageous AU that nobody asked for.

Captain Courageous

Creator(s): Jim Mooney, W. Krenier

Alias(es): Unknown

1st Issue w/Uniform: Banner Comics #3

Year/Month of Publication: 1941/09

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Thinking about the books that made me fall in love with reading as a small child and I decided to reread them recently. I've already reread Charlotte Doyle and I'm on to The Changeover by Margaret mahy which I distinctly remember as the first book that made me realize I wanted to devour novels.

Captain Courageous

Miss Fisher Reading List (35)

I have mixed feelings about S3E2 Murder and the Maiden where we met Miss Fisher’s old friend, Group Captain Lyle Compton. Like many of you, I disliked him for “reminiscing” with Phryne and for “keeping up appearances” with her. However, I am very fond of the actor who played Compton, Rodger Corser, which makes it difficult to hate him. Nice casting, Every Cloud Productions.

In terms of the reading list, this post was inspired by what Jack said to Miss Fisher when he found out that Compton enlisted her help for some secretive assignment, “So Captain Courageous is entrusting Mata Hari with another secret mission.” To be honest, this was the first time I had heard of either character, so I googled them. It turned out that there were no relations between them, as far as I know.

Captain Courageous was a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling’s novel published in 1897 (“son of a wealthy railroad tycoon, and is spoiled and largely unaware of the ways of the world”, per Amazon) while Mata Hari (1876-1917) was a historical figure (“Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War and executed by firing squad in France”, per Wikipedia). I can see Jack referencing Mata Hari because of Phryne’s war experience, but why Captain Courageous? I am mystified. At any rate, I intend to read about them and maybe find the connection.

There are various editions of Captains Courageous on Amazon, and I randomly chose one (link here) even though one customer review pointed out that “the publisher (I’m assuming) managed to have a TON of typographical errors which made the story harder to read”. I guess I will have to try my best to follow. As for Mata Hari, I am more interested in reading a biography than a novel, so I chose “Mata Hari: The Controversial Life and Legacy of World War I’s Most Famous Spy” (Charles River Editors, 2016).