Yes, but would they be that daring to muck about any more than they already have? They have to be pretty careful about what they get up to -- sound does travel.
(THAT BEING SAID: I have yet to come across any examples of officers being caught together during the Napoleonic era. According to a historian at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich who gave a talk on queer history in the Royal Navy there aren't any officer/officer courts martial recorded, only officer/sailor, or sailor/sailor. Which as the historian pointed out is probably because officers had more privacy. So it's not out of the realm of possibility they could get up to all sorts of nonsense so long as they were careful.)
Ooh yeah, that's right. It sort of gets glossed over, doesn't it? Well, all the better for me.
Oh, I realise that probably came out like I was supporting the Not Like Other Girls trope. God, no, I can't stand it. My issue is that Forester plays with it while not going all the way -- if you're going to have some 19th century adventuress gallivanting about trying to start affairs with married men then take it all the way. Barbara Isn't Like Other Girls, Look She's Fighting At Waterloo, See How Superior She Is To Maria Who Only Wants A House And Babies And Is Boring.
This is true!
*looks guilty* It's very lumpy and short but it's on my DW now.
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Date: 2019-09-15 08:51 am (UTC)(THAT BEING SAID: I have yet to come across any examples of officers being caught together during the Napoleonic era. According to a historian at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich who gave a talk on queer history in the Royal Navy there aren't any officer/officer courts martial recorded, only officer/sailor, or sailor/sailor. Which as the historian pointed out is probably because officers had more privacy. So it's not out of the realm of possibility they could get up to all sorts of nonsense so long as they were careful.)
Ooh yeah, that's right. It sort of gets glossed over, doesn't it? Well, all the better for me.
Oh, I realise that probably came out like I was supporting the Not Like Other Girls trope. God, no, I can't stand it. My issue is that Forester plays with it while not going all the way -- if you're going to have some 19th century adventuress gallivanting about trying to start affairs with married men then take it all the way. Barbara Isn't Like Other Girls, Look She's Fighting At Waterloo, See How Superior She Is To Maria Who Only Wants A House And Babies And Is Boring.
This is true!
*looks guilty* It's very lumpy and short but it's on my DW now.