#bildad Moby dick

[yeoldecryptid]

Moby Dick Muppet movie fancasts

Ishmael: Kermit, enough said.

Queenpeg: The human character (tm.) Queenpeg seems like a pretty reasonable dude who would work well acting next to muppets, and having him share a bed with Kermit is reason enough alone for a human character. I don’t have any actor ideas though, so if you have any, go ahead.

Bildad and Peleg: Beaker and Bunsen respectively. They already have the old married couple bickering going on, and Bildad and Beaker both have a slight temper.

Starbuck: Fozzie. I think it would be a lot of fun to see him try to be the voice of reason for Gonzo of all muppets, and based on his behavior in the show, I doubt he’d be very good at it.

The cook: The Swedish Chef. Obviously.

Ahab: Gonzo. He’s crazy enough. Granted, they are two different kinds of crazy, but that will just make things more interesting.

[postmail]

really underrated fact that stubb is seemingly, possibly a nepotism hire (being bildad’s brother-in-law) which, you know, kind of explains some things if it is the case

[saranilssonbooks]

Picture Peleg and Bildad as a pair of winged Disney fairy godmothers with wands though.

[umarthiels]

[...] Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command. From even the barely hinted imputation of usurpation, and the possible consequences of such a suppressed impression gaining ground, Ahab must of course have been most anxious to protect himself.

LAW TIME!

this is so interesting to me bc it calls back to the fact that ahab doesn't actually own the pequod! he's captaining it and he does own a share in it, but the real owners are peleg and bildad, and on shore he's accountable to them. even though on the sea he is master of the ship, he still answers to the owners, and in derailing the voyage from "hunting whales and making money" to "hunting moby-dick specifically", he is usurping authority! he doesn't (well, in the sense of ownership, which will come up later) actually have the right to do this! and if the crew were to mutiny against him (say, if a certain mate who isn't keen on the quest and prioritizes the commercial interests of the voyage over ahab's goal convinced them), legally they'd be in the right to do it, and arguably it'd be their duty to do it. (nautical law side of tumblr do correct me if i'm wrong) (the idea of whether ahab actually has ultimate authority over the pequod comes up later and it's all very interesting!)

this is extra fun since ahab knows this and is genuinely nervous that the crew might rise up against him. right now starbuck stands alone, and even he gave way to peer pressure in the end! the entire crew is enthusiastic about the quest, but if that wanes and they start to consider it, ahab will be in genuine danger! he can't actually answer to the charge of usurpation, he undeniably did it (within the framework of ownership of the whaling industry ofc) which is something that isn't really obvious in pop culture perceptions of him, he's not just some dictator, he's pragmatic about things!

[el-la-muncho-mancho]

Do you think Peleg and Bildad ever explored each other’s bodies?

[stain-glass]

CHAPTER 22 - Merry Christmas

everyone is running around getting ready to set sail. Bildad is watching over everything (but not saying much) as Peleg is ordering people to lower sails and ropes and raise anchor. he kicks Ishmael for not heaving good enough.

Ahab is not on deck. but Ishmael says this isn't uncommon and he doesn't need to be here with other experienced people here

Captains Bildad and Peleg eventually have to leave but both go to talk to Ahab and Bildad becomes a worried mother, reminding people to take care of clothes and wood and rations but not let food spoil, get god rest, don't visit brothels. it is Peleg that grabs Bildad and leads him to the little boat that will take them back to shore, with a promise that he will have a Christmas feast for when they return in 3 years.

others of note: Mr. Stubb the second mate and Charity's brother-in-law, Mr. Flask who likes Fornication.

[saranilssonbooks]

Like every parent ever sending their kid to college.

Also when the book started describing how no one would have let Ahab sail again if they knew how truly off his rocker he'd been since the whole leg thing and was doing it to go after one (1) specific whale. I just fucking flashbacked to all the other presumably normal people investing in this voyage. Like imagine Peleg and Bildad just chilling like "i wonder if they killed their first whale yet :) i sure do hope they kill lots of whales so we can get that good good sparmecetti money :) i'm so glad the ship is in the hands of such an experienced and skillful captain :)" and then just smash cut to the scene where Ahab's making everyone do shots on the deck at 10am

[yeoldecryptid]

Ah, the classic experience of realizing that your favorite characters only appear for a small portion of the book. (I’m talking about Peleg and Bildad here,

[demonrubberduck]

Moby Dick chapter 22 Ishmael racing past all the red flags

🚩 unseen captain that’s tooooootally hinged, you don’t need to see him before you sign on for 3 years, nuh-uh

🚩crazy old guy who sprung fully formed from the beginning of a horror movie trying to warn you off going on this boat, you crazy kids

🚩shipmate passed out so hard your super ripped boyfriend can sit his fine ass on him and this dude still don’t wake up til you hotbox him out

🚩the two old boomers who ask for your work experience and then cut you off while you’re answering and get your name wrong every time, who robble robble off the boat after giving you a swift kick and a ‘thoughts and prayers’

We’re in for a normal and reasonable boat trip, fam.

(PS I know the basic way this story’s going to go, but at the canon point I’m at, the AU I want is Peleg and Bildad weekend-at-Bernie’s-ing Capt Ahab, who is totes dead but they need him alive on paper for tax purposes. Queequeg clocks it immediately, Ishmael suspects nothing for at least 20 more chapters, then gaslights himself through 20 more.)

[saranilssonbooks]

...but all [Bildad's] subsequent ocean life, and the sight of many unclad, lovely island creatures, round the Horn - all that had not moved his native born Quaker one single jot, had not so much as altered one angle of his vest.

-Herman Melville

That's one way to put it, Ishmael my dude.

[twofoursixohjuan]

honourable mentions may include Steelkilt, Bildad and Peleg, or Moby Dick himself

[lifelinebooks]

Rereading moby Dick and summarizing each chapter part 2/?

Chapters 11-25

Ch 11: I won't be graphic but I definitely fucked Queequeg tonight. This man has me whipped

Ch 12: I learn Queequeg's origin story and my ingrained racist prejudices make themselves a Problem

Ch 13: Queequeg saves someone's life and I get an immediate hard-on

Ch 14: I romanticize Nantucket--you should vacation here

Ch 15: you've heard of Everything is Cake, now get ready for Everything is Fish

Ch 16: Queequeg needs privacy for religious reasons so I leave him our shared room and go for a walk, eventually finding a whaling ship for us to sign on with. The old married couple who own it bicker constantly though

Ch 17: I tried to respect my husband's religion but my racist prejudices mean I have to be annoyingly Christian about it

Ch 18: Queequeg is really good with a harpoon 😏 I would marry him twice if I could

Ch 19: this guy claims to be a prophet and what I want to know is how do I get in contact with his shroom dealer

Ch 20: Captains Bildad and Peleg continue to air out their marital disputes in public as we get the ship ready to sail

Ch 21: the shroom guy is after us again and-- QUEEQUEG GET OFF OF THAT MAN'S ASS

Ch 22: Bildad and Peleg should just get a room at this point but they see us off on our voyage instead

Ch 23: I know I'm married but my GOD Bulkington is hot

Ch 24: whaling is the noblest profession in the world and if you disagree I'll fucking kill you

Ch 25: but that's just my opinion

Part 1 |

[stain-glass]

Chapter 18 - His Mark

The captains want to see Queequeg's babtizism papers, proving he is not a pegan anymore. This pisses off Ishmael that they would be so rude and he goes off that we are all children of God and should therefore need to just hold hands and chill. Captain Peleg is impressed with his speech and after seeing Queequeg's skills with a harpoon, signs himup with a really good percentage of money for his skills.

When it comes time to sign we find out that a tattoo that Queequeg has on his arm is actually how he spells his name in his native language.

Notes: Peleg does keep getting Queequeg's name wrong and Bildad gives him pamphlets and a fire and brimstone speech.

[saranilssonbooks]

I argue that The Ramadan is a downright romcom.

Hell yeah piece of shit Bildad!!

Another, personal fave: Ahab sneaking up on the mates and introducing himself from the shadows as Old Thunder during a thunder storm. No one can convince me that the man lacked humor.

Before I embark on a second read, here are all of the things which I enjoyed (and occasionally laughed raucously at) in Moby Dick

- “… tell him I've diddled him,” - Stubb

- calling dolphins huzzah porpoises

- queequeg jumping (and essentially crushing himself) under the bed to finish putting his boots on when Ishmael asked for privacy- as well as the confounded response which birthed this line ;

“… by no law of propriety that I ever heard of, is any man required to be private when putting on his boots”

Chapter 4 in general had me in stitches

- All of Ishmael’s endearing melodrama

he speaks with utter conviction at all times, life is either horrifying or magnificently lovely with absolutely zero half measures. He seems so fantastically out of place on this deck full of hardened mariners, and yet he’s hard not listen to, even when you know that he’s wrong.

-busting through the door to see queequeg

- Ishmael being perhaps the most flagrantly gay protagonist of any classic novel I’ve read to date

- queequeg swiftly putting people who mock them in their place

- albatross monologue

- pip.

-doughboy , flask

- the woman in the yellow dress at the try pots in

- Stubb in general, including Ahab’s fierce aversion to him

- Starbuck’s contemplation of a coup d’etat style homicide

- Ahab’s restless stargazing

- Ahab and Starbuck’s conversations, their strained kinship and the self evincing fact of a strong, confiding trust between them

- the mates and their philosophies

- the de facto marriage/ honeymoon between two men essentially right after they meet

- banter aboard

- Bildad. I liked that bible beating miser

[resident-dumb-fuck]

now i know that theres no textual evidence to support this and it is incredibly likely that bildad and peleg fully switched out the mates of the pequod. BUT it would be super funny to me if starbuck was fully on the voyage where ahab lost his leg. like "hey wasn't it moby dick that took your leg" "who told you that" "i was. there????"

and again. no evidence to support this at all but it would be really funny to me

[talesofpassingtime]

Bildad said no more, but buttoning up his coat, stalked on deck, where we followed him. There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist. Now and then he stooped to pick up a patch, or save an end of tarred twine, which otherwise might have been wasted.

— Herman Melville, Moby Dick