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Stephen geeks my life

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the moment the obsession set the fuck in for me

“At once the Sophie sprang to life – bosun’s calls shrilling, hands running to their places, general uproar – and in the din Stephen cried, ‘I insist upon a boat – I protest…’ Jack took him by the elbow and propelled him with affectionate violence into the cabin. ‘My dear sir,’ he said, ‘I am afraid you must not insist, or protest: it is mutiny, you know, and you would be obliged to be hanged. Was you to set foot in that felucca, even if you did not bring back the contagion, we should have to fly the yellow flag at Mahon: and you know what that means. Forty mortal bloody days on the quarantine island and shot if you stray outside the pallisado, that is what. And whether you brought it back or not, half the hands would die of fright.’ ‘You mean to sail directly away from that ship, giving it no assistance?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘Upon your own head, then.’ ‘Certainly.’ The log took little notice of this incident; it scarcely could have found any appropriate official language for saying that the Sophie’s surgeon shook his fist at the Sophie’s captain…”

— Patrick O’Brian, Master and Commander (via quotingobrian)

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‘I think may run in now,’ said Jack. ‘It will do no harm to be before our time, for I should like to stretch my legs a little. In any case, I should like to see him as early as can be; I am uneasy with him ashore. There are times when I feel he should not be allowed out alone; and then again there are times when I feel he could command a fleet, almost.’

- Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian

Jack you're down so bad you fool

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Stephen Maturin + Animals

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he's such a bitch I adore him

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My top three “Patrick!” moments in H.M.S. Surprise, a novel in which Stephen Maturin is bodily and spiritually destroyed past all endurance (mine) for over 350 pages, but at last recovered by meeting a tortoise.

Bonus:

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role reversal where Jack Aubrey is a boisterous young blond caught in a delicate web of international intrigue and Stephen Maturin is a bedraggled sea captain who’s always blitzed out of his mind, call that a Tintin AU

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my favorite thing on earth is when he gets crabby about nautical nonsense he's my SPECIALEST little creature

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Bacchante Triste Alice Pike Barney

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Princess Sabra led to the Dragon, 1866 by Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833–1898)

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Titian

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Sound of the Sea (Karl Gussow, 1843 - 1907)

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forgive me father for sometimes i just say things

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i am sorry to announce that i no longer steal wives

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"The Lady with an Ermine" (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani), 1490, by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519).

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Antonio Canova (Possagno 1757 - 1822 Venice), Theseus and the Minotaur, 1781-83. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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that's why she's my gal

daily reminder of what sera gamble said