#hornblower styles

[amalthea9]

For the character ask game, for Styles (if someone else already asked any of these about him, go ahead and pick another character you like!)

5 - What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

13 - What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

25 - What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Aaww more questions for Styles !!☺️🥰 oh my goodness I love these questions for him!!☺️💖 thank you for these dear!!

@ariel-seagull-wings @aragarna @captain-dad

5. the first song that comes to my mind when I think about him right now is "Don't Give Up On Me." By Andrew Grammar

First line: "I will fight. I will fight for you. I always do until my heart is black and blue. And I will stay. I will stay with you. We'll make it through the other side like lovers do."

🥺😭💜

13. Emojis that remind me of Styles are:

😁😏🙄😫😎

And I bet he'd use those a lot too tehe. Oh and "🍆" if he's talking to me or Mr. Bush 🤣🤣🤣🤣

25. Sooo my first impression of Styles was not a positive one which he forever finds amusing😆

I was tipsy the first time I watched the first episode for some context. and tipsy me was more upset about Styles killing poor rats with his teeth than anything else.🤣🤣🤣 it's so dumb but also SO funny to me now.🤣🤣🤣 I adore that scene now! And I do remember thinking Styles was cute because of his grin at Horatio right before the rat scene. But then I was all "Nooooo that's so meaaannn poor rats." 😭😭😭

And then I remember by the time episode 4 Mutiny came about I was crushing on him or at least decided he was my favorite. I was SO scared that Randall was going to beat Styles to death because obviously Styles didn't have plot armor 👀 and when he told Matthews he was winning I was near tears thinking "Ohmygod I love you PLEASE don't do that again weeehhh"😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

I joke with @professorlehnsherr-almashy that when Styles first saw me and I freaked out about the rats, Styles was like "no worries I'll wait."😉

Me: wha?...*watches Mutiny* oh my god I love you um.... *Episode 7 rolls around* Hu-husband?...

Styles: WIFE?!?!?😍😍😍😍

Lol sorry that was overkill 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for these asks dear! It makes me happy and I needed a pick me up💜

[chiropteracupola]

space hornblower (hornblower in space)

[quatregats]

More toxic yuri Hornblower/Barbara be upon ye, I redrew them because the last picture didn't get the vibes that I wanted

[aye-aye-captain]

Sean Gilder as Styles (Costume details) | Hornblower (Duty)

Polaroids of the cast (Credit: Nathan Agate)

[macaron-n-cheese]

Matthews when Styles gets a little too devious

[silverfoxstole]

Mr Bush in Duty.

[isaacathom]

i have genuinely so many thoughts about how the book Lieutenant Hornblower was adapted and how most of the changes work, when accounting for the fact it must necessarily leave Bush's POV in order to work as television, and how those changes end up fucking over Bush's character in the movies, and how he was further pilfered by the series' decision to maintain characters like Styles and Kennedy. There is so much going on in there. Unfortunately, I don't yet own a copy of Lieutenant Hornblower, and having to constantly borrow it from my library is a faff and prevents me using post its to mark important passages. :(

[spockvarietyhour]

Styles is about to get thrown overboard

[pi-mawrth]

When Archie steps into the courtroom in mutiny (?) very sick and on deaths door as he walks up the aisle he nearly collapses next to Matthews and Styles.

All I can think about is how long they'd know Archie, I'm pretty sure based on what Matthews had said in other episodes he's been in the service for pretty much as long as Archie's been alive and given the timings of things it must be nearly a decade of knowing him ish.

He must have at least some fondness for him, in knowing all that he's been through

I don't know if I can handle the concept of Matthews and Styles having to watch Archie grow up, finally freeing himself of the torture just to die. Like all the suffering was nearly pointless, finally got to be happy just for the cycle to start anew and be powerless and to have to watch that happen being equally powerless. Sick and twisted

[amalthea9]

Apparently I can't read. *facepalm* so let's try that again:

1, 4 and 21, for Styles

Lol you're fine dear! I have misread SO many things myself!🤭 SO SORRY for late reply though argh!

Daaaww I love how you ask for Styles eee💖💖💖 it makes me feel less dumb for adoring him so much.💖💖💖 Thank you for these questions dear!!

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

Oh my god I didn't think this question would be difficult to answer but it kind of is?! I think it's because my heart just yells "HE'S MY HUSBAND I DONT HAVE REASONS ASGHJKL"🤣🤣🤣

I like his sass, his willingness to cheer up a friend and be a friend, even if he isn't always great at it. His courage, his loyalty, his adorable stupidity (speaking loud when he shouldn't, saying he can be a steward🤭)

I like how he's willing to die for his friends and doesn't give it a thought. His willingness to learn things he doesn't know for example: he taught himself how to cook!

His laughter, his smile, his irritated expressions.🤭

added by Styles himself: his muscles and his butt.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What I would list as a dislike of the character is that Styles in episode 8 wasn't the one I knew for the rest of the series😅 I don't consider episode 8 cannon besides the marriage of Horatio because of the way Styles acts the whole episode. It heavily grates against how he's been acting in the entire series. Yeah he can be a dick sometimes, but not to the levels of slut shaming/ disrespecting women and pettiness. Maybe I'm crazy, that whole final episode felt 'off' for a lot of characters, not just Styles.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Hmm I've already put him in Sci fi media with Doctor Who, does that count?🤔 Doctor Who fanfiction is that a media? I wrote him as Eight's companion and he would be like Jamie since he doesn't understand technology and would say "Eh?!?" A lot like Jamie did.🤭

21. If you're a fanfic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's some you don't like?

So I've written a few things for Styles, my best work with him I think was angst where he got shot a lot and almost died.😅 🤣

But my favorite thing to do for Styles in writing is giving him love of any kind. Platonic or romantic, I love writing for Styles receiving acceptance and encouragement that he is important and wanted by those he loves.💜

@ariel-seagull-wings @cel-aerion @captain-dad @professorlehnsherr-almashy

[chiropteracupola]

(thehappyreturn) um hi hey long time no horry? perhaps with 3 to 5 bloodstains? the split second between going "oh shit im still alive!!" and "only a COWARD would survive this"? :3

What, will these hands never be clean?

[markrodin]

here we go again

[butler-battle-bracket]

[incorrect-hornblower]

Episode one

Styles: I’ve only had Midshipman Hornblower as my commanding Officer for a day

Styles: But if anything happened to him I’d kill everyone on this ship and then myself

[silverfoxstole]

Posting these for @amalthea9 in particular: Styles and Matthews behind the scenes in Duty. I’ve cropped them so they can be seen better; for the full pages see the source.

[aragarna]

I wonder how Horatio, Archie, Matthews and Styles feel about getting operated on by a young Henry who net yet a proper doctor?

Horatio: Stressed out of his mind, but that's just his regular baseline.

Archie: Too excited by this doctor that looks exactly like Horatio to worry about the fact he's not actually a doctor yet.

Matthews: Would rationalize that a not-yet-doctor is better than no doctor. And certainly better a chance of survival than if he let Styles lay a hand on him.

Styles: Is pretty sure he could do it himself, if only he wasn't on the verge of passing out...