#his name is horatio :)

[lenny-zesty]

big shout out to garchomp and volcarona. they didnt do anything i just like them a whole lot

[tothechaos]

my five year plan involves turning into a little mouse and using a sewing needle for a sword and going on an epic adventure to defeat a great evil through the power of friendship and stabbing

[willowandthesagaofgayyearning]

So i just feel like i have to post about this because y’all need to understand how much i love Leonard ”Bones” McCoy. Like he is so cringefail silly goofy, sweetest fucking guy with a grumpy exterior.

Like that is my loser pookie girlfriend right there. I wanna fuck him nasty sloppy gay style.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Horatio Hornblower on Being Named Horatio Hornblower ("What an infernal piece of bad luck for you!")

Yes, it is canon, @quatregats!

From Hornblower and the Hotspur:

Hornblower forced himself to smile down at her, concealing the newly discovered fact that he disliked being called ‘Horry’ even more than he disliked being called Horatio. .

He used that initial in all his letters to her; he did not like his first name and he could not bring himself to sign ‘Horry.’

~

From Flying Colours:

He never could contrive to feel proud of himself; there was something vaguely ridiculous about the name “Sir Horatio Hornblower,” just as he always felt there was something vaguely ridiculous about himself.

~

From Lord Hornblower:

“Horatio the First, King of the Cannibal Isles,” laughed Hornblower. The clearest proof of his present mellowness was this joke about his name—a sore subject usually with him.

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There might be something grotesque about the name of Hornblower, and yet he was fond of it, and he had no desire to lose it in the almost anonymity of Lord Smallbridge or Lord Something-else.

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“ ’Oratio,” she said—why should it stir him so frightfully to hear that ridiculous name of his pronounced in that fashion?

~

From Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies:

When it came he fingered the visiting card with its plain “Mr. Charles Ramsbottom” and found some small satisfaction in deciding that he had at last come across a name more unlovely than his own.

[so-am-smyme9540]

My sister's first impression of Lackadaisy

So I was showing my little sister Lackadaisy characters, and she came to the scientific conclusion that:

Rocky, Zib, and Wick aren't actually cats. They're wolves pretending to be cats, because they're spies.

Freckle and Viktor are tigers, but they don't have to pretend, because they're technically cats.

Serafine is apperently an artic fox, but no one cares because it's close enough, and Nico is a bear, but no one knows because they're too scared to talk to him.

Mordecai, Horatio, and Ivy are definetly normal cats. Just look at them!

• Mitzy isn't even an animal. She's just a lady wearing cat ears. But no one can say anything, because she's the Queen of Catland.

Also Horatio is the main character now, because he's her favorite.

....any of ya'll up for a new Lackadaisy AU, anyone?

[moonlarked]

ok ok hear me out. horatio with the gift of prophecy.

[rabid-dog-steve-horn]

Cereal Mascot Therapy Session

[void-botanist]

I'm curious about Declan and:

Gil

Tatya

Bo

Horatio

Asking you to write a whole essay lmao

Send me a platonic pairing and get an essay lol

genuinely thank you Kendrick I want to write you an essay lol (and honestly good excuse for more dynamic building)

Declan & Gil

Declan is happy that Tristan has someone else in her life telling her to stop blaming herself for Cady's death, because even though she introduced him to warp racing everyone knows Cady did whatever he damn well felt like and no one can hold her (the person who also got out of warp racing and told Cady to) accountable for his actions. He also likes listening to Gil's tales of school shenanigans and explanations of her craft projects. He feels like she actually listens when he talks, and that means a lot. But he's never fully gotten over the feeling of envy that Tristan gets to have a partner while he remains in permanent mourning. He tries not to let it color his relationship with Gil. But on some level Gil knows that's what he thinks and she can't really blame him. She actually knows a lot more about Declan in general than he knows about her, not because he's not interested in her life but because she's good friends with Rodney, and Rodney always ends up eventually talking about Declan. She also knows things that Declan doesn't (or at least doesn't discover until Nicea), like that Rodney has been secretly borrowing Declan's storage unit keys to check up on things. She won't say this to anyone except Tristan but she wishes there was more she could do for him beyond occasional gifts and distractions.

Declan & Tatya

I harp on how Tatya is a lover and a flirt and oupy but she is also a genuine professional, and when she's around Declan (read: the boss) she gets right to the point and is very clear about what she can and can't do. Declan loves this, and also loves the absolute smoothness of her warps. Like, professional warp witches who work out of contracting companies do good warps, but never with the same almost-imperceptible entry and exit Tatya can manage. Declan is, however, kind of over the conflict between her and Isabel. It seems to be mostly ribbing, and they keep it out of his bridge, but oh boy does he not want to have to lay down the law about them shutting up, so he hopes it doesn't become anything beyond that. For the most part Declan just doesn't think about Tatya outside of her doing her job or hanging out in the bridge - even though she's constantly in the Nicea instead of her own attached ship she hasn't been incorporated into the flow of the crew in his opinion - but he is vaguely fond of her presence, maybe because she reminds him a little of Cady. Tatya mostly just wants to impress him, because she wants to do well and get paid, but also it's obvious to her that he's in charge of this weird quasi-family dynamic and if he's cool with her, then Isabel has to actually face her requests instead of complaining to this guy about it (if anyone actually complains to this guy. she's beginning to doubt that he even accepts complaints).

Declan & Bo

To be perfectly honest Declan doesn't get Bo. No one really does except Tristan but Declan is especially ??? when it comes to them. On the plus side, Bo is usually pretty quiet and doesn't try to draw Declan into shenanigans. On the minus side, they're always saying weird shit and getting everyone around them to be loud and eating everything (that can be a plus too. depends on whether they're eating the things he wanted). Because Bo is very pro-warp racing, Declan has always been kind of suspicious of them, but Cady always came back in one piece, so… He doesn't blame Bo for Cady's death exactly, but he also very much does not not blame them for it. Without easy access to a warp witch even Cady's thrill-seeking ass would not be out there warp racing so much, but also without that witch being Bo that might have been a more dangerous prospect. Perhaps the best description of their relationship is that Declan tolerates Bo, in the most neutral way possible, and Bo thinks that Declan is a real solid guy. Nothing like Cady, and probably doesn't even like them, but still solid. And also sometimes points them to the food in his fridge he doesn't want, which they are happy to take care of. After spending a decade with Cady Bo has a lot more understanding of Declan, but I'm not sure how much that comes out in their interactions.

Declan & Horatio

Declan has an immense respect for Horatio based 50% on Horatio's meticulously-kept records. I realized because of this ask that if Nicea and AOM take place at roughly the same time (as I assumed) and Cady picked up the old dashboard corona from Horatio a little over ten years ago, this means that Horatio has been running a little side hustle in plant sales since he was in college, which honestly checks out. But I think that also means that Declan has never seen Horatio's shop before Nicea, because that definitely didn't exist a decade ago. Still, Horatio has always kept handwritten sales records in an extremely neat and readable print hand (Declan can't fathom this. how can you write that much print, with a pen, no less) and Declan is extremely enchanted by this. The other 50% of Declan's respect comes from the fact that Horatio was the one who decorated Cady's funeral (in this culture, more a party/celebration of life than a funeral, and divorced from the actual burial) and never once made a fuss to him about anything or turned his customer-service cheerfulness on him. There was simply a moment as Horatio was packing up everything where, unprompted, Horatio cut him an orchid to put on Cady's grave, and explained that it was a Summer Band symbol of grief. Horatio, for his part, has no idea what it feels like to lose someone like Declan has - multiple times! - but he figures that's a good reason to just stay out of it.

Nicea taglist: @kahvilahuhut @kk7-rbs @outpost51 @writernopal @athenswrites

[cleverclove]

23. If they were a scented candle, what would they smell like? - Hamlet, and 39. Favorite game - Horatio

Hamlet would totally be one of those bullshit Yankee Candle scents that have weird obscure names. What the fuck does “soulful guitar” SMELL LIKE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS??????

*inhales* sorry for the rant :] I think Horatio really likes strategy games like chess, checkers, or Mancala!

[dyed-indigo]

my neo agent 3

[oblivionsdream]

I’ve read six Hamlet retellings and I find it interesting that of those Horatio is the only character who NEVER gets his name changed. Everyone else will be completely renamed but not him.

Hamlet becomes Ben or Hayden. Ophelia becomes Lia or Felicia. Even Claudius gets the small change of Claude or Claudia.

But Horatio is only ever Horatio.

[isaacathom]

thinking about the hornblower/bush pleading paragraph again and being reminded of a scene earlier in that same book where hornblower is trying to tell bush about how he can navigate and demonstrating the math for him and all bush can do is nod dumbly and admire hornblower's delicate and nimble hands

[pizza-feverdream]

There is SO much charactering going on right now YOU don't even KNOW

[theraphos]

realized it's been a while since I last played city of heroes, and an even longer while since I last made blorbo tribute characters in city of heroes, so of course while I was awake for most of last night I opened up the launcher and got silly. "horatio" is a mastermind with robotics + empathy, so he can go around repairing everybody. "clarity" is a sentinel with dual pistols + willpower, and her battlecry is set to mercy is malware because of course it is. crispin, meanwhile, is a cosmetic pet that casts shield and constantly gets himself into trouble, which I find entirely appropriate.

[beneviolencia]

the way i was sure i had hallucinated m'benga's name being geoffrey instead of joseph and then fell down a rabbit hole and who would've thought,,,,,,,,,, it was in one of the novels I read as a wee child.

j. m'benga →   ❛  regarding  ❜ ˼ j. m'benga →   ❛  interactions  ❜ ˼ j. m'benga →   ❛  visage  ❜ ˼

s. kirk →   ❛  regarding  ❜ ˼ s. kirk →   ❛  interactions  ❜ ˼ s. kirk →   ❛  visage  ❜ ˼

[essaytime]

do you have any fun facts about hamlet i need motivation to keep reading this play (i like it so far but its so damn long)

— @iron--and--blood

ooops not that many

I like talking about Ophelia, she's my darling, and I enjoy the play as well as Hamlet's character, but I'm nowhere near an expert and I don't really have any kind of fun fact. I'm pretty sure my mutual @gabriel-shutterson (sorry for invoking you if it's inconvenient in any way) is more of an expert here. Here's some incoherent thoughts, not really fun facts, in the tags, though