Holy God, man. I am reading the first Hornblower book? And you know the story of the Maria Galante and all that and how, in the book, they end up being betrayed in a little rowboat by the Frenchmen? In the original story, there is, again, the Maria Galante and the rice and the damage to the hull.
In the original, though, instead of the crew revolting, the Galante gets taken prisoner in turn by a French boat. And Horatio ends up as a prisoner on the boat, and when the Indy runs into to the French ship, he rather resourcefully starts a fire that cripples the French ship and keeps it from outrunning the Indy as it would otherwise would have done.
AND THEN, TO PUNISH HIMSELF FOR NOT PATCHING THE HOLE IN THE GALANTE FURTHER AND EVEN THOUGH PELLEW IS TOTALLY COOL WITH THE LOSS, HORNBLOWER LIES ABOUT HOW THE FIRE STARTED. HE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT WAS ENTIRELY HIS QUICK ACTION AND THINKING. *_*
So yeah. The books are quite a bit different. Horatio is brutally hard on himself; there is this bit at the end where Bush talks about how inhuman Horatio is in his drive to never, ever, ever show any weakness to anyone. Horatio is a much more complicated character, y'know?
And Bush is v. different from Archie, which is kind of heartbreaking, because I love the things that Archie does for Horatio. I was rewatching Frogs & Lobsters, and oh, Archie, Archie, Archie. The secret looks! The private happiness! The way that he coaxes smiles out of Horatio smile -- the way that Horatio screws his mouth up to keep from laughing at Archie, but then he actually looks at Archie, and half of his mouth slides into that wide, crazy smile, but he holds the other half up and wipes it awayand;kjgdfighdf.
You know, in a way, I can totally reconcile the Horatio of the books with the Horatio of the movies: the crazy, insane, perfectionist Horatio of the books is Horatio without Archie. Bush is a fantastic guy, but he's not the kind of influence on Horatio that Arche is, y'know?
Also, I think I am slowly falling in love with Edrington. His snottiness. <3 His poise on a horse. <3 His badassery. <3 The way he turns to Archie and tells him to take care of Horatio. <333333
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Date: 2005-12-24 04:46 am (UTC)Holy God, man. I am reading the first Hornblower book? And you know the story of the Maria Galante and all that and how, in the book, they end up being betrayed in a little rowboat by the Frenchmen? In the original story, there is, again, the Maria Galante and the rice and the damage to the hull.
In the original, though, instead of the crew revolting, the Galante gets taken prisoner in turn by a French boat. And Horatio ends up as a prisoner on the boat, and when the Indy runs into to the French ship, he rather resourcefully starts a fire that cripples the French ship and keeps it from outrunning the Indy as it would otherwise would have done.
AND THEN, TO PUNISH HIMSELF FOR NOT PATCHING THE HOLE IN THE GALANTE FURTHER AND EVEN THOUGH PELLEW IS TOTALLY COOL WITH THE LOSS, HORNBLOWER LIES ABOUT HOW THE FIRE STARTED. HE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT WAS ENTIRELY HIS QUICK ACTION AND THINKING. *_*
So yeah. The books are quite a bit different. Horatio is brutally hard on himself; there is this bit at the end where Bush talks about how inhuman Horatio is in his drive to never, ever, ever show any weakness to anyone. Horatio is a much more complicated character, y'know?
And Bush is v. different from Archie, which is kind of heartbreaking, because I love the things that Archie does for Horatio. I was rewatching Frogs & Lobsters, and oh, Archie, Archie, Archie. The secret looks! The private happiness! The way that he coaxes smiles out of Horatio smile -- the way that Horatio screws his mouth up to keep from laughing at Archie, but then he actually looks at Archie, and half of his mouth slides into that wide, crazy smile, but he holds the other half up and wipes it awayand;kjgdfighdf.
You know, in a way, I can totally reconcile the Horatio of the books with the Horatio of the movies: the crazy, insane, perfectionist Horatio of the books is Horatio without Archie. Bush is a fantastic guy, but he's not the kind of influence on Horatio that Arche is, y'know?
Also, I think I am slowly falling in love with Edrington. His snottiness. <3 His poise on a horse. <3 His badassery. <3 The way he turns to Archie and tells him to take care of Horatio. <333333