#Captain Horatio Hornblower

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Wha?! So looking good, I mean good looking 🥰

The ridiculously rugged and manly side of Greg Peck… and that perfect tan, woof! [fan self]

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Hornblower's "Mutiny" and the 1797 Mutiny of the HMS Hermione

I've been reading Amy Miller's Dressed to Kill (about the evolution of uniforms in the Royal Navy, and how they reflect larger trends in British society, excellent book, highly recommended), and there was mention of the 1797 mutiny of the Hermione. Miller quotes Nicholas Rodger in Command of the Ocean, who says:

In the final incident which triggered the mutiny, he [Captain Hugh Pigot] threatened to flog the last men down from aloft. They would necessarily be the yard-arm men, the most skilful topmen, with the dangerous and critical job of passing the reef-earrings. Pigot was punishing men for being the best, and when three men fell to their deaths in their haste to get down, he called to 'throw the lubbers overboard'. It was the worst insult in the seamen's vocabulary, and this final degradation drove the men mad. They seized the ship and murdered most of the officers.

Which is clearly the historical antecedent for the almost-identical incident in "Mutiny" in the Hornblower TV show! (Although with somewhat different results!)

Always interesting to discover the historical antecedent of a bit of historical fiction...

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Oh my ☝️🥰😌

Greg your face your FAAAAAAAAAACE: Captain Horatio Hornblower edition

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Battle of the Captains

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Propaganda

No propaganda for Tetra yet

Hornblower's the most soggy wet pathetic man I've ever seen <3 He's got 56 mental illnesses and slowly goes from an albeit anxious but excited midshipman to a bitchy admiral

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They are toxic yuri. To me

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rewatched Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters on a whim (and for the first time since i went Proper Off On One about the series as a whole) and man. worst part is that watching it made me want to finally rewatch Duty, because there's definitely parallels going on in there.

if absolutely nothing else, there are direct quotes from Pellew in both you could put next to each other. What he says at the end of both, i think, when he's in peak Dad mode, and he's explicitly wording himself as advice to Hornblower.

The Frogs and the Lobsters

When we put on this uniform, Mr Hornblower, we entered into a life of adventure and adversity. But above all, a life of duty. A duty to our people, our king, our country, but also to our men. You must always be a source of inspiration to them, Mr Hornblower. And whatever may befall us, whatever, we must never forget we are officers in His Majesty's Navy.

Duty

I know it's the damnedest time to be a captain in this sorry war but you see things, sir, that other men do not. But one thing you do not question is your duty to your king. I only hope that one day, Hornblower, you fight for more than England.

the word duty is bandied around so often in f+l, with pellew lamenting that his duty to his superiors made him send charette's men to an avoidable death, that it risked the lives of promising members of his crew. comparing the two movies, as ends of eras in their own ways, and explorations of the same theme, would probably be pretty rich ground.

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Pellew: I told Mr Hornblower he had a moth crawling on the back of his neck and he just said very plainly “Identify It”

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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

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He was wonderful in this movie 🥰

Captain Hornblower: I’m glad you think so, your leadership Lady Barbara: All England will think so

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) Dir. Raoul Walsh

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WHAT KIND OF FISH IS THIS?

The place he wanted to go into for years

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HELP

What should I name my next piggie?I already have Jack (Aubrey) and Stephen (Maturin). I would like them to by named after one of my favourite real or fictional ship sailing dudes.

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I love this picture ❤️