Poor Horatio. He's so competent at everything in the movies, so it's a little painful to think about how lost he'd be without a crew to order around and ships to board and Dons to kill. :/
I spent most of the afternoon thinking about how complicated Horatio/Archie actually is. Like, Horatio is the one who knocks Archie on the head and makes the decision to leave him in the boat, which means that he made it possible for Simpson to set him adrift -- sure, it was exactly what Horatio had to do to keep them all alive, the only thing he could do, and it was Simpson who set him adrift, but Simpson wouldn't have had the chance without Horatio.
So yeah. I was wondering whether it might be possible to read Horatio's WE MUST NOT LEAVE ARCHIE BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!! as some kind of overcompensation for what happened the time that he did leave Archie behind.
And, you know. He'd make himself tell Archie that's what happened. Archie would forgive him, of course,tell him that it was the only possible thing, but it'd be there anyways, y'know? And that's not even setting aside how freaked-out Archie would be about having a sexual relationship w/another guy after having been (sexually, I'm convinced) abused by Simpson. :/
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you know, i wonder where horatio slept when he was nursing archie. XD
Date: 2005-12-24 11:21 pm (UTC)I spent most of the afternoon thinking about how complicated Horatio/Archie actually is. Like, Horatio is the one who knocks Archie on the head and makes the decision to leave him in the boat, which means that he made it possible for Simpson to set him adrift -- sure, it was exactly what Horatio had to do to keep them all alive, the only thing he could do, and it was Simpson who set him adrift, but Simpson wouldn't have had the chance without Horatio.
So yeah. I was wondering whether it might be possible to read Horatio's WE MUST NOT LEAVE ARCHIE BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!! as some kind of overcompensation for what happened the time that he did leave Archie behind.
And, you know. He'd make himself tell Archie that's what happened. Archie would forgive him, of course,tell him that it was the only possible thing, but it'd be there anyways, y'know? And that's not even setting aside how freaked-out Archie would be about having a sexual relationship w/another guy after having been (sexually, I'm convinced) abused by Simpson. :/