Jack Aubrey, after meeting Stephen Maturin
#i'm in the music room at the governor's house in port mahon #sweeping my fist firmly down upon my knee #and somebody whispered in my ear #'if you really must beat the measure sir let me entreat you to do so in time and not half a beat ahead' (via @proto-language)
“‘Do you not find it happens very often that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?’ ‘I do.’”
— Master and Commander, Patrick O’Brian
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Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian - just writing one of the most gently, obscurely romantic passages I have ever read
He’s at it again
Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian - just writing one of the most gently, obscurely romantic passages I have ever read
As many of you know, I love to compare a historic military rank across different works of fiction.
And post-The Terror, I can pretty confidently report that in Patrick O’Brian’s first Aubrey-Maturin novel, Master and Commander, the ship role of “Collins,” or master’s mate, is played by a pre-commissioned Tom Pullings, aka young James D’Arcy from the screen adaption, and the ship role of “Blanky,” or master, is played by a known homosexual whom Jack met and literally thought:
And what this means is that there’s just so many scenes that are like “Jack, Sloop Daddy, baby James D’Arcy, and a 15 year old in a jacket stood around and conferred together,” which is a wonderful energy.
And moreover, that when Stephen famously says to Jack on their la petite mort walking tour of the deck:
he is in fact asking this of the Sophie’s own openly gay Blanky
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Tarra! Hi omg you know I just read this and loved it made me think a lot about the first time I watched it in the early 2000s with my mom and how even if I have only watched it twice it always stayed with me. I remember how little queer and closeted me thought their relationship to be so close and beautiful. With this you really make me want to read the book(or books?) because I had no idea !
Cam darling this fills my heart with warmth! Little You feeling so touched by this captain and this doctor who love each other..
And you are in for such a treat with Patrick O'Brian’s original, wonderful books. There are *20* in full, and they have been translated into a dozen languages around the world, so I imagine you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding ready copies.
Just starting with the first novel, the titular Master and Commander (1969), would be my wholehearted recommendation, as you will get to experience the uncommon joy of the Jack/Stephen meet-cute in Minorca and subsequent high-stakes bonding on the Mediterranean.
