Retribution leaves me in a little puddle of anguish. I love the cute way Horatio comes looking for Archie when Archie has gone to the trial, the bemused 'where is he?'. And the fact that Horatio doesn't have a big emo scene at the end is perfect - his pain goes so, so deeply here. His response just ;ajskj;kj. :/ I think it's a combination of the depth of his pain and the maturity he has now.
And yeah, I think we've mentioned before how much time he spends sitting on Archie's empty bed. Time enough for Archie to have been buried, for the entire ship to be re-fitted and painted, the newspaper to be printed and Horatio's new commission to come through. LOTS. And Horatio has gone back to just sit there where his friend was *_____* And Archie is the bravest man he knows? That's saying something.
Fic...I'm still new to it myself, so far. I have seen some of what Dilly might be talking about - Pellew the whipping boy. I like this one: Archie's Three Things; and this one is interesting: Baser Impulses. No good Pellew yet.
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Mademoiselle Boobies!
Date: 2005-12-26 10:35 am (UTC)And yeah, I think we've mentioned before how much time he spends sitting on Archie's empty bed. Time enough for Archie to have been buried, for the entire ship to be re-fitted and painted, the newspaper to be printed and Horatio's new commission to come through. LOTS. And Horatio has gone back to just sit there where his friend was *_____* And Archie is the bravest man he knows? That's saying something.
Fic...I'm still new to it myself, so far. I have seen some of what Dilly might be talking about - Pellew the whipping boy. I like this one: Archie's Three Things; and this one is interesting: Baser Impulses. No good Pellew yet.