#James Walter Fairholme

[noughticalcrossings]

Borealis

In 1845, two Royal Navy ships and two Aerial Corps dragon crews left England in an attempt to finally discover a navigable passage through the Arctic. In 1847, Captain James Fitzjames struggles to shield his dragon from the fallout of a failing Expedition. In 1849, at a meeting of the Admirals of the Air, Captain James Fitzjames of Her Majesty's Dragon Aurora recounts the events of the disastrous Franklin Expedition to determine if he will be court-martialed for the loss of HMD Ulysses with all hands aboard. The truth lies lost on the ice, somewhere in the middle.

A Temeraire Universe Fusion for my first Terror Big Bang written by the incomparable @revolutionarygold who has been a delight to work with

Go read it here and then return for the last image, as it is a spoiler and a tad distressing if you don’t like looking at corpses

[cockroachesunite]

Alright, i may be crazy, but look

they’re both wearing the same coat (Fitzjames lent Fairholme his for the picture)

There’s actually another picture of each of them

now look at the SLEEVES

using this table (which I tested out with my brother for scale: he’s about half a foot taller than me, but his forearm’s only about 2cm longer than mine)

This is by no means exact, (and please correct me if I’m wrong) but I think it’s very probable that Fairholme was something like half a foot taller than Fitzjames

[strogoff-era]

I present you the spiritual successor of my Terror lieutenants in maid dress : Erebus lieutenants in wedding dresses 💍

[aberroes]

Girl I’m on the wiki pages of Terror characters you don’t even know exist. Based on the picture he’s never had more than 45% of his face not obscured by someone else’s shoulder in frame. Yet (bridgens voice) there will be porn

[jamesfitzjamesdotcom]

In Hope of Better Things

Franklin Expedition spoon with the crest of Lieutenant James Walter Fairholme, with the initials C.H. (Cornelius Hickey) later added below it.

[Collection National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, former Greenwich Hospital Collection ID: AAA2386

I edited the first photo a bit to make the crest and initials more clearly visible.]

Fairholme's crest as seen in the Illustrated London News of 28 October 1854 p.421, when the finding of this spoon & other relics was announced by John Rae. The motto 'Spero Meliora' means 'In hope of better things'.

[leadandblood]

I GOT YOU MOTHERFUCKER

and a side view too

Walter I am actually begging you please get closer to the camera

[ltwilliammowett]

Epaulettes from the wreck of HMS Erebus, maybe owned and worn by Lieutenant James Walter Fairholme, before 1845 - Above the condition as they were found and below after cleaning and conservation.

[croziers-compass]

Erebus Poll: Who Do You Marry?

talk about your man in the tags. (Skipped marines yes. I know)

[submariini]

[image: the service record of graham gore in 1827]

ADM 107/74 and ADM 107/75, the Service Records of midshipmen who were about to taken/had just passed their Lieutenants exam. These are the entries for the Franklin Expedition officers.

Includes: Edward Couch, Charles Frederick Des Voeux, James Walter Fairholme, James Fitzjames, Graham Gore, George Henry Hodgson, Frederick Hornby, Henry T. D. Le Vesconte, Edward Little.

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[stoportotouch]

rejoice. my the terror and classical music playlist be upon you. (currently this is just commanders and lieutenants with an "overture" if you like. but i will be adding to it!)

overture / fantasia on british sea songs / sir henry wood | sir john franklin / see the conquering hero comes / handel's judas maccabbeus | francis crozier / qui me rendra ce mort / verdi's don carlos | james fitzjames / coronato il crin d'alloro / handel's ottone | graham gore / homo fugit velut umbra (passacaglia della vita) / anonymous (recording: l'arpeggiata and stefano landi) | h.t.d le vesconte / armate face et anguibus / vivaldi's juditha triumphans | james walter fairholme / is my team ploughing? / george butterworth's a shropshire lad | edward little / gran dio! ... o, de verd'anni miei / verdi's ernani | george henry hodgson / ad nos, ad salutarem undam / meyerbeer's le prophete | john irving / o beauty; o handsomeness, goodness / britten's billy budd

[marckontin-blog]

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: The Terror (TV 2018), Temeraire - Naomi Novik Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: James Fitzjames & Original Female (Dragon) Character, Francis Crozier & James Fitzjames, James Fitzjames & Henry T. D. Le Vesconte, James Fitzjames & James Walter Fairholme, James Walter Fairholme & Original Male (Dragon) Character, James Fitzjames & Stephen S. Stanley Characters: James Fitzjames, Henry T. D. Le Vesconte, George Henry Hodgson, Francis Crozier, John Bridgens, Original Female (Dragon) Character, Original Male (Dragon) Character, Cornelius Hickey, Stephen S. Stanley, Henry "Harry" Peglar, Tom Hartnell, Edward Little (1811-c.1848) Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Death, Canon-Typical Body Desecration, Draconic Death, Alternate Universe - Temeraire Fusion, dragon rider au, Aviator James Fitzjames, Character Study, James Fitzgender, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Court Martials, Unreliable Narrator, Disassociation, nonlinear storytelling, Very Small Kaiju Fights, Pre-Slash, Pining, Myth making, Canon-Typical British Imperialism, Alternate History, Gratuitous Nicknames, rip fairholme you were doomed from the beginning, james fitzjames is lying to you and he's lying to me and most importantly he's lying to himself, Background Bridglar - Freeform, The Terror Big Bang 2024, Featuring Art, no temeraire knowledge necessary but there are fun cameos, james fitzjames has mommy issues and he projects those onto the British Empire, but we knew that Summary:

If the ocean weren’t frozen over, though, they wouldn’t be out this far afield from the ships they’d been stranded on for nearing a year; they would be only a mile or so ahead, piloting Terror and Erebus through the ice labyrinth of the North and forging the last link between East and West, or towing them, should it prove necessary to do. This was what he had been sent for, he and Aurora and Walter and Ulysses, and now it was time to fulfill their orders.

In 1845, two Royal Navy ships and two Aerial Corps dragon crews left England in an attempt to finally discover a navigable passage through the Arctic. In 1847, Captain James Fitzjames struggles to shield his dragon from the fallout of a failing Expedition. In 1849, at a meeting of the Admirals of the Air, Captain James Fitzjames of Her Majesty's Dragon Aurora recounts the events of the disastrous Franklin Expedition to determine if he will be court-martialed for the loss of HMD Ulysses with all hands aboard. The truth lies lost on the ice, somewhere in the middle.

A Temeraire Universe Fusion for The Terror Big Bang 2024 (featuring stunning art by noughticalcrossings on tumblr!)

[noughticalcrossings]

Lieutenant James Fairholme

Eighteen miles, that’s all they made

[cockroachesunite]

I do have a question though, do we actually know how tall anyone on the Franklin expedition was? Like, for real?

Because I know in their biographies both Crozier and Fitzjames are described as ‘tall’, and I believe Fairholme and Irving too. But how tall? And what were their sources?

[strogoff-era]

Thinking about how des voeux is always hanging out with the erebus lieutenants and how they were with each others

[duesternis]

Touch me anywhere ‘cause I’m your baby - Dezholme

The glass was cool and heavy against his sweaty palms and Charles lifted it to his lips, inhaling the rich, spicy scent of whatever Walter had poured him. Took a sip, eyes glued to Walter. The booze was probably super expensive, but at the moment Charles could have downed a glass of hand sanitizer without thinking a second thought about it. Walter was cupping Charles’ cheek in one hand, thumb gently stroking over his cheekbone and Charles was losing his mind. Charles opened his mouth slightly and swayed where he stood. He longed to be kissed. His lips hurt, so cold seemed the air brushing over them. “Walter,” he said so quietly the sound almost got lost in his throat. Walter heard him. Leaned in. Kissed him. Shielded Charles’ lips from that imagined arctic wind.

His hand slid from Charles’ cheekbone to the back of his neck, cradling him, tilting his head back a bit, so that Walter could plunder his mouth more thoroughly. It took every ounce of willpower left in Charles’ body to not drop the glass and climb Walter like a tree. “Darling boy,” said Walter quietly against Charles’ lips. “My dear Freddie.”

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@edwardashley Happy (late) birthday, this is for you. thank you for being such a good friend and encouraging me, being a steady rock, a true bestie ♥ Here’s to many more birthdays!!!

[terror-headcanons]

Gore, as an Arctic veteran (but also just as an incredibly caring man), is very protective of Fairholme, especially when it comes to the chill. He is 100% the type of partner who is like “James, it is -40 degrees outside, come back here and put on another coat” even though Fairholme insists he’s fine. If Gore doesn’t think he’s bundled up enough, he will absolutely take the scarf off his own neck and wrap it around Fairholme’s, despite the man’s (half-hearted) protestations. He also uses the excuse of warming him up as a way of touching him and being close to him (i.e. wrapping an arm around him to “keep out the chill” or holding his hands to try and “rub some warmth back into them”). The only two people who are oblivious to how obviously flirty they are are the lieutenants themselves.