but doesn't explain why the captain and first lieutenant are wearing each other's waistcoats. Or why Bush is suddenly doing his captain's laundry. (Where is the captain's steward during all this? And who is the captain's steward at this point? This is post-Doughty, yeah?)
she's quite fun when she's stirring shit up and bossing Hornblower around... Oh, good! I predict you'll like her Admiral story then. :-D
Yay, snippets!
I did know about Cornwallis, actually -- it was one of the things I was thinking about when I was writing the Tegmore 'verse. You could set up house with your best friend, if you wanted -- there was social space for that.
And ooh, the question of how Hornblower would be caricatured! If only I was a better artist, that would be fun to play with, maybe.
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Date: 2019-09-14 07:25 pm (UTC)she's quite fun when she's stirring shit up and bossing Hornblower around... Oh, good! I predict you'll like her Admiral story then. :-D
Yay, snippets!
I did know about Cornwallis, actually -- it was one of the things I was thinking about when I was writing the Tegmore 'verse. You could set up house with your best friend, if you wanted -- there was social space for that.
And ooh, the question of how Hornblower would be caricatured! If only I was a better artist, that would be fun to play with, maybe.