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( Historical breakdown. Just notes for myself. )

Original LJ-cut text changed because of worries that I'm writing about "bushes" and "periods."

The C. Northcote Parkinson biog of Pellew is an absolute delight, for the record. Pellew is delightful, and Parkinson is delightful, and ( I LOVE THIS DAMN BOOK ON SO MANY LEVELS. )

( Short and dirty about Pellew's family background. )

( Parkinson's view on rising in the Navy and the influence. Interesting to think about in light of Bush and HH's views on the matter. Also analysis of Pellew by Parkinson, and cf with HH. )

Yes, this LJ could basically be called, "WM BUSH IS TEH KEWLIEZIST."

( Quick notes on the verybeginningMutinyBush v. bookLt. Bush now that I've got a better handle on book-canon. )

In summary: movie Bush is much less likeable off the bat than book Bush. He's a good bit more distant, more formal. Substantively, they're still the same person in a way that the Hornblowers aren't -- movie!Hornblower is NOT book!Hornblower -- but there're a major difference between the Bush that we see at the start of LtH and the one we see in Mutiny. Our immediate impressions of bookBush are that he's obervant, tough, and practical; our immediate impressions of movieBush are that he's observant, careful of his dignity, and since we're coming into this in the mindset of HH and AK, something of a suckup.

ETA: FUCKING LIVEJOURNAL. STOP FUCKING WITH THE STYLESHEETS AND SHOW MY LJ PROPERLY.

( In which I loudly profess my love for Book!Edrington. )

In short: WHY IS THERE NOT MORE BOOK EDRINGTON FIC? *WEEPS, GNASHES TEETH, CRUSHES INSANELY*

( Further points on Bush and Bush-Hornblower on re-reading of LtH. Sketchy and for personal reference to read while trying to write. )

In short, Bush the unconscious Kantian. XD

Thanks to black_hound's kindness, the friends-of list did some exploding this past weekend, and I think I had my foot in my mouth so many times that I've practically got toes growing out of the back of my throat, so uh.

Hello, Horatio Hornblower fandom. :D My name is Rhod, and until pretty recently, this livejournal was a really ittle Star Wars only place where I spammed a handful of very tolerant people with whatever pandrippings fell out of my stupid head and got to dance around with a lampshade on my head without anybody really noticing.

A general disclaimer that should go on this LJ: I know that I occaisionally sound like some kind of firebreathing snotface fandom ultrabitch, but I really don't mean to offend anyone, ever -- I actually have this total horror of flame wars and drama and, really, fandom as such to the point where I don't put headers on my fic because O______________O THAT MEANS I EXPECT PEOPLE TO READ IT OR ARCHIVE IT OR PAY ATTENTION TO IT; I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE ON THEM; I KNOW MY FIC IS JUST SILLY STUPID TRASH; PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT I WANT TO IMPOSE DON'T HURT ME O______O

So yeah. I really don't mean to offend or be snotty or arrogant on this LJ, particularly when I'm a complete and total newbie in a particular fandom. I'm just, uh, poorly socialized and will try to stop being so insanely and utterly neurotic. I really will, and in the meantime, when I get annoying, hit me on the nose.

( And uh, hey, in keeping with my resolution to never post anything onto here without at least some fic content. Salient, possibly useful excerpts from the first six chapters of autobiography of book!Horatio's favorite author. )

Theoretically, I should start a new LJ for this, but everyone I know who enjoys Hornblower follows this LJ. I also suspect that I'm notgoing to be able to be nearly as invested in HH as I am in SW because holy God, is the canon imposing or what? Not only are the movies so, so, so good and rich and involving, but I've started reading the books, and adlkjg;lkdjf;alsidhg;ladkjf. OMG.

( Notable things, things to remember from Book 2 of the Horatio Hornblower series. )