#conseil

like take conseil: in the english version you just think ok that’s his name but like. it’s a french word. okay cool a lot of names are words. however the book itself was originally french. they are canonically speaking french throughout the whole thing. like imagine aronnax musing to himself like “hm. i must get advice for this matter” and conseil showing up in the room out of nowhere like “master called?” and then half the time his advice is just “I dont know I don’t really have a stake in this. check out this interesting fish.” it’s like having a character named hope and having the other characters talk about needing to have hope (concept)while hope (character) is standing right next to them.

and then we have ned land. the man who wants to get the fuck out of the ocean and back on solid ground. and his last name is land.

Conseil des six redesign : Nora

Vampires, werewolves, sirens, zombies; you name it, they're all on the Nautilus.

(I’m about to yap, so be prepared. This won’t include everything. Comment below if you have more.)

I’m looking back after reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for like the millionth time… and I couldn’t help but notice how everyone just collectively seems to be into Professor Aronnax

Lets talk Conseil first. My man would do ANYTHING for Aronnax with no hesitation. Yeah maybe he’s just loyal but…let me just get some lines from the book that are kinda crazy….let me..find some lines. Here is one from “accident or incident”

“I seized Conseil's hand. Our looks expressed our feelings better than words.”

ugh how sweet! And Conseil would literally do ANYTHING for Aronnax. Like here’s some other lines.

“‘Oh, if only I didn't have to breathe, to leave more air for Master!’It brought tears to my eyes to hear him say these words.” My sweet baby, no one deserves a man like Conseil. But then again it could just be Conseil has some tough loyalty. But he did jump into cold water to save his “master” he’d probably take a bullet for Aronnax. Like I said, he could be loyal BUT, he seems quietly and hopelessly in love.

ok ok, now let’s talk about Ned Land, because the first few lines we hear about Land was, something.

“To say Canadian is to say French, and as unsociable as Ned Land was, I must admit he took a definite liking to me. No doubt it was my nationality that attracted him.”

“Took a certain liking to me” ok Ned, I see you, I see you 👀

The first words I pronounced were words of appreciation and gratitude to my two companions. Ned and Conseil had kept me alive during the final hours of our long death throes. But no expression of thanks could repay them fully for such devotion."Good lord, Professor," Ned Land answered me, "don't mention it! What did we do that's so praiseworthy? Not a thing. It was a question of simple arithmetic. Your life is worth more than ours. So we had to save it."

Goodness Ned! I-if someone said that to me?! Yeah we’d be married and that would be it!

Now the moment you have been waiting for, Captain Nemo! Buckle in! This will take a while!

first thing is that Nemo immediately seems to admire Aronnax because Aronnax wrote his favorite book, and then he separates him from Ned and Conseil by making Ned and Conseil leave to get some food, but for aronnax he lets him eat breakfast with him. Like, whaaa?? oh and he gives Aronnax the nice room, connect to his room. Hmm..ok, ok.

Then they have another breakfast date before they head to the under water forest. Let me read them lines.

“‘Professor Aronnax,’ the captain told me, ‘I beg you to share my breakfast without formality. We can chat while we eat.’”

Already Nemo is like, yeah..screw having a professional relationship! He wants to..get up and personal..wink wink

here is another thing: this happened after the Nautilus crashed in chapter “Torres strait.”

“‘No, professor Aronnax. The Nautilus isn’t consigned to the perdition. It will still carry you through the midst of the oceans wonders. Our voyage

is just beginning, and I’ve no desire to deprive myself so soon of the pleasure of your company’”

You are not clever at ALL Nemo. Like. Say you want this man in your bed. Please!

ok! The whole ass Atlantis scene. That was, insane! It also happened after the two got into an argument. Basically Aronnax learned how much money Nemo has and thought the money to be useless, but Nemo mad about it. Then the next chapter took Aronnax to fucking Atlantis. Alone mind you.

“I saw neither my companions nor any of the crewman would be coming with us on this excursion. Captain Nemo didn’t hadn’t even suggested the fetching of my Ned or Conseil.”

hmm….just them two. Okay…okay.

Fast forward a bit. Aronnax is seeing cool shit.

“‘what an experience!” I exclaimed….. ‘and why must we be reduced to preserving it as only a memory?’” ‘Would you like,’ Captain Nemo asked me, ‘to bring more than just a memory?’”

and then Nemo has his crew take a picture just for Aronnax. Oh Nemo. You are. Truly amazing to this man when you’re not being an asshole.

ok ok! This one! This was when! Basically they get trapped in ice, let me show you.

“‘I think as you do, professor Aronnax,’ Captain Nemo replied. ‘I’ll only point out that after raising so many objections against my plan, you’re now crushing me under arguments in its favor., Captain nemo was right! I was outdoing him daring! I was sweeping him to the pole! I was leading the way! I was in the front…but oh no, you silly fool! Captain Nemo already knew the pros and cons of this question , and it amused him to see you flying off into impossible fantasies”

if that’s not flirting. Than what is?!!!