Vorkosigan Saga also has Hornblower influences. (And the rice ship shows up explicitly -- but in spaaaaaaaace!)
I think you have an unfinished sentence there: The (unexpected) Return what? Does or doesn't have the vibe? (And are you reccing it?)
Does Treasure Planet have the vibe for you? I did have strong Captain/Loyal-Second feelings about their Smollett and Arrow for a hot second there.
And while Firefly has more Wild West vibes than Age-of-Sail vibes, I did have Captain/Loyal-Second feelings about Mal and Zoe, too.
Neither of those, though, have the "stiff formality, pretending they're not besties" part of it, though.
Have you seen the tumblr art series for Hornblower space AUs? There are at least two artists who have done them. Chiropteracupola and... I don't remember the other, I'll have to do some digging when I have time.
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I think you have an unfinished sentence there: The (unexpected) Return what? Does or doesn't have the vibe? (And are you reccing it?)
Does Treasure Planet have the vibe for you? I did have strong Captain/Loyal-Second feelings about their Smollett and Arrow for a hot second there.
And while Firefly has more Wild West vibes than Age-of-Sail vibes, I did have Captain/Loyal-Second feelings about Mal and Zoe, too.
Neither of those, though, have the "stiff formality, pretending they're not besties" part of it, though.
Have you seen the tumblr art series for Hornblower space AUs? There are at least two artists who have done them. Chiropteracupola and... I don't remember the other, I'll have to do some digging when I have time.