#a complete lack of autonomy. between the progressing scurvy and a miserable captain. the worst kind of first

[lieutgore]

i talk a lot abt jopson's perverse pleasure during the flogging scene but thats enough of that lets talk about james' emotional state instead . more in tags 👇

[lieutgore]

#dudes will read an article on the punishment of victorian men's bodies and itll affect them forever#anyways flagellant pornography was pretty popular as far as underground genres go. they called it the English Vice#like back in the 19th century#but that's besides the point.#im still thinking abt the point im making but james does his best to perform as an englishman. in war you need control of your body.#at sea you need control of your body and you lose it to scurvy. lead poisoning. your captain's orders#the expedition has already been out of control in freefall and then even the second in command of the expedition suffers#a complete lack of autonomy. between the progressing scurvy and a miserable captain. the worst kind of first#and the flogging (which is the english erotic) (super english) (my point is that it is a very English Vice in james' mind's eye)#is used to split the skin (break into the body) of a sailor. multiple sailors. but hickey's punishment in particular is exceptionally cruel#so. james is caught in the belly of the machine and the machine is burning to death

i talk a lot abt jopson's perverse pleasure during the flogging scene but thats enough of that lets talk about james' emotional state instead . more in tags 👇