And when the officers get put ashore, they only get half-pay anyway. O.o Considering Bush must come from a pretty modest background (his uncle is a blacksmith, right?), that must leave him short a LOT.
I think Horatio doesn't even really understand what it means when people look out for him. He seems to interpret it as being purely the generosity of others or because they need his skills/work, or because of some failure on his part. He accepts it from Archie because they have a particular friendship. He actually seems to think Archie is the only one who *cares* on a personal level, when really he has Pellew, Matthews, Styles, and Bush after a time. And Maria. So yeah, your idea of how he misinterprets the attention of others is really spot-on. He has these ideas about how things should work and they hinder his understanding of what people actually want from him - especially outside the little world that is his ship. And then he tries to conform to expectations of society which is just bad. *__*
"Horny-handed" - that probably doesn't mean what I think it means, right? O.O XD
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Date: 2005-12-27 11:05 pm (UTC)I think Horatio doesn't even really understand what it means when people look out for him. He seems to interpret it as being purely the generosity of others or because they need his skills/work, or because of some failure on his part. He accepts it from Archie because they have a particular friendship. He actually seems to think Archie is the only one who *cares* on a personal level, when really he has Pellew, Matthews, Styles, and Bush after a time. And Maria. So yeah, your idea of how he misinterprets the attention of others is really spot-on. He has these ideas about how things should work and they hinder his understanding of what people actually want from him - especially outside the little world that is his ship. And then he tries to conform to expectations of society which is just bad. *__*
"Horny-handed" - that probably doesn't mean what I think it means, right? O.O XD