#captain ahab

[the-golden-vanity]

I can't be the first person to make this observation, but it's just struck me that Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick and Thomas Blanky from The Terror represent the opposite ends of a spectrum—"How well do you cope with losing your leg to a huge white beast that destroys hubristic seafaring men?"

[prokopetz]

The problem with Glitch is that you could play the actual, literary Captain Ahab as a player character with no changes whatsoever, and it would work fine by the rules-as-written, but you'd be up there trying to do a thing about the self-destructive nature of spite and everybody else would just be joking that your Affliction is "dying of whales".

[whitecutterr]

i made something

[karhun-kallo]

niche and self indulgent valentines that cater to me specifically (if they cater to you as well, i will be so happy)

[wolvzephyr]

“Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool!” (ch. 135)

[pocketsizedquasar]

what you fear you have become

[ID: An ink drawing of Ahab and Moby Dick. Ahab stands at the bows of his whaleboat with his back to the viewer, holding his harpoon. Behind him, the white whale breaches out of the water. Ahab’s head is replaced by where the whale’s eye is.

the second image is a photo of the drawing including the ink & pens used to make it. the last image is a closeup shot of the drawing.]

[reasonablyneurotic]

finally drew ahab !

[deadbeatescape]

THAR SHE BLOWS

[saranilssonbooks]

Sat staring out across the ocean when a man who looked so much like the Ahab of my imagination that it was downright uncanny waded past in the surf. He was also in the midst of smoking one of the fattest joints I've ever seen and it made me think (not for the first time) that things could have ended up quite differently.

[paig-does-it]

AHAB (Assigned Hater At Boat)

[idliketochill]

Ahab (assigned hag at birth)

-my friend enjoying gilfs

[captainsvscaptains]

Round 2 Part 7 Poll 4

Propaganda

Crozier has alcohol problems but stands up when he's needed; he and everyone he answers for are stranded in the coldest place of the Earth after he's warned the previous captain of the expedition to find the north-west passage; yet he /still/ rises up for the occasion eventually for damage control; he has a noble heart; he commands one of the most beautiful warship of the 19th century; he is a little bit cringefail; his love life is a drama; he opens up to his second in command when all is mostly lost; he tries so hard to save the crew; he fails.

what is a captain tournament without ahab tbh? moby dick (whale) bit his leg off in true dick fashion and ahab ditches all efforts of actually whaling to kill him for it. (well not ALL efforts but like. quite a few.) the pettiest bitch ever. had a new leg made out of whale bone SPECIFICALLY. has a hole in the deck where he just. pivots from. loser. has gay tension with his first mate starbuck also i don't know if that matters

(bear in mind i haven't actually finished the book yet ^^ so this may be slightly inaccurate)

[dotversion2]

re: Moby Dick & Limbus Compny

I appreciate that LC both understands that the White Whale is just the embodiment of Captain Ahab's obsession and could be literally anything AND that we can make the White Whale a terrifying cosmic horror. The villain of the story isn't the whale, it's Ahab. In that sense, the parallels between Ahab and the Whale as beings that twist and consume those around them before throwing them away shows how the monster is man. The Whale is just an animal but humans are only ever a few steps away from being animals themselves.

That said holy shit the Pallid Whale and its spawn are so fucking cool.

[unfortunately-a-fangirl]

I moby on my dick until she sights the white wale

[character-of-all-time]

ROUND 1: CAPTAIN AHAB (moby's dick) VS BUBBY (the marvelous misadventures of flapjack)

[pocketsizedquasar]

several months ago i made & teased a bit of this comic about queequeg & his tattoos, queerness, & identity. the comic’s still available on my itch io, but i also wanted to show more of it, bc i’m very proud of the whole thing. so here‘s the first 5 pgs!

the rest of it (9 pages total, plus an artists’ statement and a research list) is still on my itch.io for $5, OR, you can now get it on Patreon at my $2/month tier!

wahoo! If you wanna read the rest of this comic (and who doesn’t want more queequeg), pls consider checking me out n supporting me via one of those channels (links in the last image)