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mycravatundone:smallsaddad:mycravatundone:smallsaddad:mycravatundone:graduatedpillowmonster:mycravatundone:mycravatundone:same irish energySAME ENERGYI’m sure Fitzjames would genuinely laugh at Jack’s puns. together they’d form an unstoppable force of weird stories and bad jokes…. oh god….. the navy bewareHEY ALEX NOT TO FLOAT THE POSSIBILITY OR ANYTHINGjack wasn’t at trafalgar though, he was at nile, wasn’t he? also like, stepping away from the parallels in the post, i would DIE for stephen and bestsir to meetyeah, jack was a lieutenant under nelson at nile i’ve gotta admit i’m very in love with the idea rowdy old man jack (who’s a rear admiral by the end of the book series) just absolutely shit-talking franklin with sir john ross at the party the admiralty throws. because at that point jack’s probably in, what, his early seventies? because the opening title for far side of the world dates the film in april 1805 and he’s definitely at least 30 then. BUT SPEAKING OF BESTSIR, i remember reading an anecdote of fitzjames bringing goodsir a jellyfish (i think??) in a bucket to observe and dissect, and the boy being by all accounts delighted, which is not only the sweetest thing, but also reminds me ofGOD ABSOLUTELY YES YES YES BIG OLD MAN JACK WITH HIS WHITE HAIR IN A PONYTAIL AND HIS DAUGHTERS ALL GROWN UP AND BEAUTIFUL AND WELL-VERSED IN NAUTICAL TERMSand he (at last) has the full authority and enough rank and people’s admiration to shit-talk incompetent officers or just the people he doesn’t likeI WANT HIM TO BE FRIENDS WITH FITZJAMES SO BAD as an older officer who’s experienced in weird adventures but also in struggling with obtaining positions and climbing the naval hierarchy. he’d be such a good friend and adviseralso i imagine him telling fitzjames of how stephen once let the bees out in his cabin and james just goes “he did what now” and sees stephen (tiny dry old man stephen in an old fashioned waistcoat) conversing with goodsir in the background probably giving advice on how to let the bees out [kill bill sirens] -- source link
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