How 'Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World' ended up both a dad classic and a wellspring of infinite internet whump is a question destined for only the dad therapists and the tumblr tag poets of the world, but that doesn't mean it isn't a question worth asking
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Whumptober 2023 - Day 15 | "I'm fine"
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (2003)
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in the historical Royal Navy the rank of “Post Captain” was reserved for those who surpassed the previous rank of “Master and Reblogger” in the battlefields of tumblr
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CAPTAIN JACK “GOLDILOCKS” AUBREY
Jack took the wheel, and as he did so a last gust from the island staggered the sloop…plucking Jack’s hat from his head and streaming bright yellow hair away to the south-south-west. • ‘We call him Goldilocks in the service, you know, in much the same way as they call me Hellfire Davy, or Thundering Richards…’
⎈ Patrick O’Brien, Master and Commander
bonus:
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when the character who's like "i will never reveal my trauma to anyone" gets a high fever and, while weak and delirious, starts spilling every.
last.
secret.
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Vintage Sailing
© Ryan Canty
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Even this Random Guy in Calcutta thinks Stephen is gay within 5 minutes of meeting him
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‘Never look so care-worn, brother,’ said Stephen. ‘Sit comfortably on the ground and listen to the noble booming of the sea, how it thunders.’ (The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian)
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more boat media fanart
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so i know that paul bettany is really much too tall to play stephen maturin
but the movie did so well in everything else that my mental image of jack and stephen is
a normal sized russell crowe
and a shrinkray'd-to-5'6" paul bettany
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