- Slash is just... no. I know I'm hugely in the minority here, and I'm speaking about authenticity as a fanfic author who wrote intentional camp and supernatural situations but... sodomy was just one of the worst crimes you could commit and, on a ship where everyone knew everyone else's business, impossible to get away with. Check out Melville's Billy Budd for a realistic view of homoeroticism in the Age of Sail--it doesn't end well.
- Archie's lifespan is... appropriate. I used to even feel he overstayed his welcome in the movies a bit, but I think now, in retrospect, he died at just the right moment, when his character couldn't really move forward and it most affected Horatio.
- Dreadnought Foster is not evil! He's just a bit... naughty. I mean, the military couldn't run without guys like him, and he is an awful lot of fun, hehehe... Ahem.
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Oooh, Hornblower!
- Slash is just... no. I know I'm hugely in the minority here, and I'm speaking about authenticity as a fanfic author who wrote intentional camp and supernatural situations but... sodomy was just one of the worst crimes you could commit and, on a ship where everyone knew everyone else's business, impossible to get away with. Check out Melville's Billy Budd for a realistic view of homoeroticism in the Age of Sail--it doesn't end well.
- Archie's lifespan is... appropriate. I used to even feel he overstayed his welcome in the movies a bit, but I think now, in retrospect, he died at just the right moment, when his character couldn't really move forward and it most affected Horatio.
- Dreadnought Foster is not evil! He's just a bit... naughty. I mean, the military couldn't run without guys like him, and he is an awful lot of fun, hehehe... Ahem.