#the way the jokes and gags are so seamlessly woven in with the period language and the mannerisms of the characters is really genuis

[spacepunksupreme]

I wish Patrick O’Brian could know how well the joke in this passage has aged

I’ve been laughing all day over Stephen being like “let’s go on deck :) the wind will do you good :) it’ll be nice :) a nice trade-wind” and trade-wind said WIG

#hannah is talking #aubrey maturin #aubreyad #the mauritius command #there have been so many good lines in this book. I ought to post more of my favs. #I think the tiny aubrey maturin fandom could benefit from us sharing out favorite stephen moments more often could it not? #of all the literary praise for O’Brian’s work I feel like I never see enough people talking about how goddamn funny he was #the way the jokes and gags are so seamlessly woven in with the period language and the mannerisms of the characters is really genuis #and like the physical humor of this joke? the slapstick quality? fantastic #im biased because physical comedy cracks me up like nothing else. I hate how much I laughed when stephen fell overboard a little later on #also I love jokes that are in it for the long haul and O’Brian did that so well too #the joke in the beginning of this book thats like entire page and a quarter of jack going on and on about he’s totally not anxious about #having to ask stephen if he can borrow some money followed by the one-line punch line of #‘money- is it? said stephen who was thinking about lemurs’