L + (Ho)ratio + Hornblower

it's really quite accurate too!!

How many ship's officers does it take to make a decision? We don't know because all the ones who are willing to do so got locked in the brig.

*I sometimes call the books The Marvelous Misadventures of Jack (and Stephen)

see it's passages like these that leave me no choice but to think those two would have tremendous deranged homoerotic murder potential if left unrestrained by notions of civility and discipline

Pellew who knew him as a mid and acting lieutenant, who was presiding over the trial when it all went wrong, who has been keeping track of the wanton destruction that brilliant and promising young officer has left in his wake, who is dreading finally meeting him again after so many years

truly a wild character family tree when you think about it

But since I've only watched the Sharpe movies, I wondered what Sharpe in his younger years was like, so I've started reading Sharpe's Tiger. Apparently the bastard marched into his first real battle not having any fcking clue what he was doing but radiating enough confidence to make one of the officers feel more at ease about the upcoming fight. Sharpe and Hornblower are at the opposite ends of the "crazy bastard" spectrum.

Sean Bean had to die in so many films because he used up all his lives in Sharpe's Fortress specifically

Anyway not only do these hold up to a rewatch but they have actively improved in the decade since I last watched them. Highly recommend.

Sticker that turns whatever’s in your microwave into the HMS Surprise!!

This is kinda of like a book cover for Beat to Quarters. My favorite scene in the book (other than Bush fanboying with Barbara) is where Horatio confronts  El Supremo at the end of the book and I always wanted to draw it.