#dreadpiratepond

I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD

Why I like them

goddd WHERE DO I BEGIN??????? WHERE DO I BEGIN 2 TELL THE STORY OF HOW GREAT A LOVE CAN B……

ok ok… like….to avoid writing an entire essay here, i’ll just sum up. my favourite thing about him as a character is that he’s just intrinsically good. just a pleasant, good-mannered, well-intentioned, genuinely good person. some ppl think he’s too perfect & it makes him boring, but for me he is literally the best character i’ve ever encountered in a literary work <3 I can truly and honestly say he is my all-time favorite character.

I love that he’s a bit dumb sometimes, I love that he’s all uptight and proper (although he’s loosened up a bit in the later books - the essence still remains though), I LOOOOOVE how selfless and self-sacrificial he is, I love that he’s a bit of a prude, I love that he was in all probability still a virgin at 31 I’VE SPENT WAY 2 MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS, i love that he cares about his clothes so much….. man there are so many things i love about him the list would be endless. I want to go into a deep analysis why I think he’s amazing but I’m not smart enough to put my feelings into words 3

Why I don’t

there’s literally nothing i don’t like about him r.i.p.

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

o god there are so many, but one of my favorites is when they’re all stuck on the island and Laurence just beats one of the sailors the fuck up lmao. i was like YAAAAASSSSSSSSSS LAURENCE U GO GIRL when reading that part.

another big favorite is when after saving Tharkay in BoT they’re in his tent and Tharkay is like “bruh have u noticed the top of ur head is about to come off” and Laurence is like “shhh bae that ain’t no thang” and i’m like

and then there’s the scene in the first book when Laurence just walks up to Rankin, tips him out of his chair and just d r a g s him out to Levitas. basically any time Laurence is being all angry and/or authoritative i’m like Y A S

i won’t even mention pg 290 of blood of tyrants i think we all know my feelings on that

Favorite season/movie

i’ll just do fav book for this one. For Laurence moments, definitely Victory of Eagles. All that sad n broken Laurence, hurts so good <3

Favorite line

oh gosh i’m…. i’m sure i have tons but i caN’T THINK OF ANY…. anything where he’s being dumb n cute basically

Favorite outfit

well not like he has many outfits, he’s just always in his aviator coat isn’t he. i LOVE all regency fashion tho, so he’s basically always in clothes i’m hella into haha

OTP

laurence/tharkay 4ever best ship of all ships no contest

though one-sided rankin/laurence is also my THANG huehheueuueh

Brotp

w granby, n w roland (i do like it well enough as a romantic pairing, but i think that ship has sailed & i’m happy for them to just bro it up. tbh there never seemed to be much of a romantic connection there - read more like friends w benefits 2 me). i do also enjoy laurence & tharkay as a friendship as well.

Head Canon

ummm i guess u can count the virgin till 31 thing as a headcanon BUT I’M PRETTY SURE IT’S LEGIT based on evidence in the books r.i.p. god i’m so stupid why do i care about this

also a stupid headcanon: laurence can’t cook for shit. he can’t even fry an egg. cause even though he’s used to being on short rations cause he’s a navy man, he’s never had to cook for himself, so. can he even make his own tea??? probably not

Unpopular opinion

i dislike the laurence/granby ship. not cause i don’t see it - it’s totally a legit ship, yeah, but i’m too hardcore of a granby/little n laurence/tharkay shipper for there to be any room for it in my heart 3

A wish

for the endgame to be laurence, tharkay & temeraire going off on adventures 4 ever together as a happy family

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

laurence dying in the final book, but idt novik would do that…..

i also don’t want laurence/roland to be endgame cause that would be boring as hell, but i wouldn’t really be outraged if it happened. just meh i guess.

My nickname for them

Remote and ineffectual Don

That dared attack my Chesterton,   

With that poor weapon, half-impelled,   

Unlearnt, unsteady, hardly held,   

Unworthy for a tilt with men—

Your quavering and corroded pen;   

Don poor at Bed and worse at Table,

Don pinched, Don starved, Don miserable;   

Don stuttering, Don with roving eyes,   

Don nervous, Don of crudities;   

Don clerical, Don ordinary,

Don self-absorbed and solitary;   

Don here-and-there, Don epileptic;   

Don puffed and empty, Don dyspeptic;   

Don middle-class, Don sycophantic,   

Don dull, Don brutish, Don pedantic;

Don hypocritical, Don bad,

Don furtive, Don three-quarters mad;   

Don (since a man must make an end),   

Don that shall never be my friend.

*       *       *

Don different from those regal Dons!   

With hearts of gold and lungs of bronze,   

Who shout and bang and roar and bawl   

The Absolute across the hall,   

Or sail in amply billowing gown   

Enormous through the Sacred Town,   

Bearing from College to their homes   

Deep cargoes of gigantic tomes;   

Dons admirable! Dons of Might!   

Uprising on my inward sight   

Compact of ancient tales, and port   

And sleep—and learning of a sort.   

Dons English, worthy of the land;   

Dons rooted; Dons that understand.   

Good Dons perpetual that remain   

A landmark, walling in the plain—

The horizon of my memories—   

Like large and comfortable trees.

*       *       *

Don very much apart from these,

Thou scapegoat Don, thou Don devoted,   

Don to thine own damnation quoted,   

Perplexed to find thy trivial name   

Reared in my verse to lasting shame.   

Don dreadful, rasping Don and wearing,   

Repulsive Don—Don past all bearing.

Don of the cold and doubtful breath,   

Don despicable, Don of death;   

Don nasty, skimpy, silent, level;   

Don evil; Don that serves the devil.   

Don ugly—that makes fifty lines.   

There is a Canon which confines   

A Rhymed Octosyllabic Curse   

If written in Iambic Verse

To fifty lines. I never cut;

I far prefer to end it—but

Believe me I shall soon return.

My fires are banked, but still they burn   

To write some more about the Don   

man, I do wanna go to the circus... but that is BESIDE THE POINT.

This reminds me a lot of the art style in 101 Dalmatians/The Aristocats!! Idk if that's what you were going for but it made me very happy :)

Good eye! Very close (I love the background design of those movies and keep wanting to do something with that look)--for this one I was shooting at something between that and Joseph Holt's work; a little bolder and more stylized/toony.  

I'm extremely nervous and faily at backgrounds so I've been trying to challenge myself with something new every time.  So I'm glad it made you happy :D

uirukii replied to your photoset “brand new world 2014 Summer Valjean/Javert Exchange [x]...”

OMG VEJII I'M YELLING RIGHT NOW!! POKEMON PLUS LES MIS???!!!! *dies*

Ehehe blame/thank vouksen, this was totally her prompt/brainchild!

spiderfire47 replied to your photoset “brand new world 2014 Summer Valjean/Javert Exchange [x]...”

Oh my gosh, Veji - that is adorable. I love that Javert. He is awesome. :)

Haha thank you--it's all in the eyebrows :P

drcalvin replied to your photoset “brand new world 2014 Summer Valjean/Javert Exchange [x]...”

you are the BEST <3

Spanish tortilla? (if you've got more eggs) Egg curry? Fried rice? French onion soup?

Oooh egg curry sounds REALLY GOOD

dreadpiratepond

hurl them at your enemies