#midshipman blakeney

[thekitofit]

Old Joe told me that when you die, they stitch you up in your hammock with the last stitch through your nose, just to make sure you’re not asleep. Not through the nose, you‘ll tell them?

Master and Commander, Midshipman Lord Blakeney

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[ltwilliammowett]

Midshipman Lord William Blakeney

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[harrietvane]

HMS Surprise midshipmen! grown up!

Top tier Aubreyad experience earlier this week - at the (sold out!) Animus screening of Master and Commander at the Prince Charles Cinema: 5 of the actors randomly showed up, apparently having bought tickets?? and were brought onstage and pressed for an anecdote

A foremast jack and four midshipmen!

Alex Palmer who played ‘never met a dead man who bought me a drink’ Nehemiah Slade, Jack Randall who played Boyle the midshipman, Lee Ingleby who played the unfortunate Mr Hollom, and, of course, Max Pirkis and Max Benitz, who played the tiny Mr Blakeney and Mr Calamy respectively. Delightful anecdotes of how they’re all still friends, and had arranged a dinner with the lads and figured they come and see it. They seemed genuinely amazed and delighted that the screening sold out, and told some tales of life during the shoot: music Peter Weir would play on set, and birthday parties they had during filming.

[subsequentibis]

figuring out designs for Them!! very heavily based on my vague recollections of them from the movie tbh

[astoryinred]

For the Angsty OC: what about Victoria Calamy and "Being a few seconds too late"?

tw: suicide

Victoria takes responsibility seriously, and prides herself on being the most capable woman in the room (she’s a queen be like that). 

Being a few seconds too late would devastate her, and she would blame herself. She would more likely go silent and just cry or scream in private. It’s happened a few times on her missions in the Mediterranean. Usually she will want nothing to do with her friends for a bit, and will take a few days to recover. 

There was a time when she’d been a few seconds too late. It was during the HMS Surprise’s mission to the Galapagos. A midshipman friend of hers, Hollom had been bullied by the crew to the point of suicide. Victoria had thought nothing of it when she saw him carrying a coil of rope, and only realized too late when she and William Blakeney heard something fall over. They ran to help but had been too late to cut Hollom down to save his life; Hollom injured himself mortally and was dead by morning. Victoria blamed herself for not noticing the rope, and she also blamed Peter for being among Hollom’s chief tormentors. She didn’t speak to almost anyone for several days straight, which is pretty difficult to do on a frigate in the open ocean. 

She gets nightmares about one time that she was almost a few seconds too late. That had been during the HMS Surprise’s capture of the French privateer the Acheron. Peter took a knife to the gut during the fight, and nearly bled out on the deck. Victoria arrived in time with the surgeon to help, but it was a close call since she spent many days nursing him back from infection and blood loss. This has never really left her, even after all these years. 

[verecunda]

Man, I still can’t believe Midshipman Blakeney got his mate to torture John Childermass and dump his body in a sewer. 

[lightsailing-a]

JENFJGBF COMPOSer + Deci and cutler and Pullings and bram and Philadelphia and EVERYONE I GOT TOO EXCITED

let me pick out classical pieces for writey things

decimus — viola concerto in g major, twv 51:g9: ii. largo

i don’t really have a good explanation for this one, except for the vibe alone. it reminds me of the sound of slack canvas flapping in a lazy breeze heralding evening and of the splash of the hull cutting through the waves and of simple elegance borne not of noble birth or classical training, and it reminds me of white hair beneath a midshipman’s hat (,:

cutler — six suites for cello suite no 2 in d minor bwv 1008: prelude by bach

a moody, powerful cello solo for the lonesome lord beckett. the accidentals of the recapitulations and modulations cut like a knife as the piece grows and grows to such a strength that, if you listen closely, you can hear each finger falling hard onto the fingerboard before a rough chord cuts the piece off. piano cascades of eighth - notes lead the piece down until it arpeggiates to a series of chords slowly taking steps down the destruction of a ship to the death of the prelude. 

pullings — poet and peasant overture by suppe

i’ve never seen the opera, nor do i know what it is about, but i feel like the title alone describes pullings. he is a man of rigidity and order ( as that is what is required of him ), but he is also very soft and kindhearted. the overture illustrates both sides of the coin, beginning with a noble chorale of brass before it is taken by the strings and then, solely, by the principal cello. the cello solo is sweet and folk - y in a way, almost as if it were a wish up on a star. it is violently cut off by a battle cry, a strepitoso section of chaos and dictation, each unison bow stroke of the strings exact and precise. back and forth, the piece goes from one mood to the other, detailing both sides. 

bram — five military marches, op 39, “pomp and circumstance”: no. 4 in g major

do i even need to explain this? proud, elegant ( listen to that syncopated harp part in the ‘a’ section !!! wig !!!! ), and british.

philadelphia — evening of roses played by sheku kanneh - mason, oliver james, and the cellos of the city of birmingham symphony orchestra 

if there was ever a word to describe philadelphia margaret honora edrington, it would be passionate. she has never done, never felt anything halfway. whether it be in her quest to level the economic playing field or to be able to marry her proletariat love, or to simply be taken seriously in a world that would rather not listen to her, she feels things viscerally and completely. and you ,,,,, cannot tell me that this piece does not embody exactly that. 

william blakeney — no. 13 iv danses des petites cygnes by tckaikovsky

this piece, from the famous ballet swan lake, features a quadrumvirate of petite cygnes ( little swans ) dancing across the stage, hands clasped. the piece was written and dance choreographed to reflect the way small swans group together for protection and that is one of the reasons why i chose this piece. on a ship of hundreds with watches spent hanging on a thread, i always loved, in the film, how the middies would look after each other and stick together, as they had not yet gained their sea legs in the ways of confidence. 

[ltwilliammowett]

Ssshhh , sleeping middy - do not disturb

[maritime-matchups]

welcome to ROUND 1 of the MARITIME MATCHUPS!

Round 1 Masterpost:

Nigel and Chauncey Badminton vs Peter Calamy

Henry Noble vs Hiram Nightingale

Horatio Nelson (As Portrayed by Jim Howick) vs Sir John Franklin

Midshipman Longley vs William Blakeney

Barrett Bonden vs the Dark-Spectacled Admiral

Francis Crozier vs James Barnes

Chadwick Goodfellow vs Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine

Arthur Courtney vs Midshipman Hollom

Alexander MacIntosh vs Frank Mildmay

Captain Chase vs Roger Byam

William Mowett vs Sir Edward Pellew

William Bush vs Thomas Pullings

William Laurence vs James Norrington

Archie Kennedy vs Frederick Wentworth

[fuckyeahprizemoney-blog]

Blakeney it would be very unscientific of you to ride those tortoises. Get back here and sit down.

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and it's time for ROUND TWO!

Round 2 Masterpost:

Jack Aubrey vs Peter Calamy

Hiram Nightingale vs Horatio Nelson (As Portrayed by Jim Howick)

William Blakeney vs Barrett Bonden

Francis Crozier vs Chadwick Goodfellow

Horatio Hornblower vs Midshipman Hollom

Alexander MacIntosh vs Captain Chase

Sir Edward Pellew vs Thomas Pullings

James Norrington vs Frederick Wentworth

[ltwilliammowett]

Mr. Blakeney and Captain Aubrey

[ltwilliammowett]

Sleeping Blakeney

[ltwilliammowett]

Lord Blakeney. Midshipman

[verecunda]

count-di-luna replied to your post: Man, I still can’t believe Midshipman Blakeney got...

that was Childermass? is there any show he wasn’t in? :D

It was indeed! :D