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saints-who-never-existed · 1 year ago

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"Seconds in command are a fascinating, if somewhat doleful, bunch: their labour is often as great, or greater, than those under whom they serve, and their character is less often blemished by egoism and hubris. After all, if it had been, they'd never have lasted very long in such a nearly commanding position. Sometimes, however, when the firsts are fallen, the story of the seconds takes on a grim and strange fascination: we yearn to see how they will perform when the mantle of responsibility is fitted to their shoulders."

Russell Potter reviewing Smith's 'Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing?'

#The Terror #The Terror AMC #Terror Script #This quote is referenced directly in the script #Of course with Crozier in mind specifically #But it's rattling around in my head now #Because I think it applies to Little just as much #And the parallels to be drawn between he and Silna are very similar in most respects to those drawn between she and Crozier #Both seconds in command #Both with the mantle of responsibility fitted unexpectedly to their shoulders #Both struggling and ultimately failing to fully grasp that responsibility #For Little I'm thinking in particular of when Crozier is 'fallen' as it were #Both when he's lost to alcoholism and when he's absent for the final and most desperately awful days of the Expedition limping south #Crozier only sees the terrible aftermath of it whereas Little had to live through the horror of it all as it happened #Mostly I'm thinking that I'm going to come back to this in the morning and add many more thoughts #Observations #Random Observations #Meta #Silna #Lady Silence #Edward Little #Francis Crozier #Coherence impending

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