#Bloody Jack, he mused to himself, he always was a distraction.# Yes indeed. Now when i read this, i took it to mean that horatio was almost liking jack against his better judgment. Do you think there's something vague about him that even jealous!horry can appreciate?
#By the time it came to prepare for hand to hand combat on the deck of the Striad he was like a little boy on Christmas Eve eager to be at his presents.# Yes, he was rather blood-thirsty. This comes up in one of the HH1 chapters. I remember that. Always loved a battle. i don't know that archie would love a battle the same way. I think that he and horatio are fundamentally different that way. Archie would want to achieve the objective and be pleased that horatio and his crew weren't too badly hurt but i sense horatio almost relishes the battle, etc, not merely the objective. But i guess i have to think about that a bit more
#He leaped over the rail, in Hornblower's footsteps, brandishing his sword like a madman and having at any French sailor who got in his way.# OH and jack would be quite goodlooking doing all of that. Does he get to swing round a sword and be heroic in TW? Or perhaps he wil in the panto!!!
#And for years to come the men of both Priam and the corvette Ouiseau swore that the strange Englishman who yelled in the odd accent and swung a sword around like a madman had been run through time and again, only to rise and fight once more. Although, naturally, no-one believed them.# Oh indeed. An englishman who spent some time in scotland to be sure! Love these details you set in, though. It adds so much depth to the story and is so well written!! A joy and real pleasure to read.
Sixteenth Time - IV
Yes indeed. Now when i read this, i took it to mean that horatio was almost liking jack against his better judgment. Do you think there's something vague about him that even jealous!horry can appreciate?
#By the time it came to prepare for hand to hand combat on the deck of the Striad he was like a little boy on Christmas Eve eager to be at his presents.#
Yes, he was rather blood-thirsty. This comes up in one of the HH1 chapters. I remember that. Always loved a battle. i don't know that archie would love a battle the same way. I think that he and horatio are fundamentally different that way. Archie would want to achieve the objective and be pleased that horatio and his crew weren't too badly hurt but i sense horatio almost relishes the battle, etc, not merely the objective. But i guess i have to think about that a bit more
#He leaped over the rail, in Hornblower's footsteps, brandishing his sword like a madman and having at any French sailor who got in his way.#
OH and jack would be quite goodlooking doing all of that. Does he get to swing round a sword and be heroic in TW? Or perhaps he wil in the panto!!!
#And for years to come the men of both Priam and the corvette Ouiseau swore that the strange Englishman who yelled in the odd accent and swung a sword around like a madman had been run through time and again, only to rise and fight once more. Although, naturally, no-one believed them.#
Oh indeed. An englishman who spent some time in scotland to be sure! Love these details you set in, though. It adds so much depth to the story and is so well written!! A joy and real pleasure to read.