#Stephen maturin

[maturiin]

save me boccherini sonata for violin and cello in d major: ii, vivace

#art #aubreyad #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #hi i have returned #and while i was away i got into . this #currently reading the fortune of war </3

[italianlegolas]

made this in response to my friend asking me if i "ship them"

#aubreyad #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #posting art on this sideblog cos this ain't worth it

[juniperandthistle]

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels

#aubrey maturin #aubrey x maturin #aubrey/maturin #aubreyad #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #patrick o'brian #master and commander #mine

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Tournament🌊

FINALS

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#ssbmt finals #ssbmt polls #odysseus #the odyssey #stephen maturin #master and commander #aubreyad

[thekenobee]

As promised

#aubreyad #aubreyad memes #stephen maturin #ok im addicted to these nów #*now #aubrey maturin #aubrey/maturin #my memes #my edit #thekenobeeedit #master and commander #age of sail #patrick o'brian

[camestela]

Today I bring you: niche interests of mine in the form of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin from the acclaimed Master and commander book series 🚤❤️ These books have become my obsession lately :-)

#Jack aubrey #stephen maturin #my art #master and commander #aubreyad

[sawbones-showdown]

#sawbones showdown #final round #marius von raum #the mechanisms #stephen maturin #aubrey maturin #aubreyad #master and commander

[chicafinal]

stephen maturin freaky guy of all time

#idk im still figuring out how i picture his face but i love him #aubreyad #stephen maturin

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Because I saw a post about it, although that was about the Demeter: can Dr. Stephen Maturin (everybody’s favorite Irish-Catalan surgeon/naturalist/spy) from the Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian survive Castle Dracula?

Overall approach to the supernatural: Is a Catholic, although not very demonstrative about it, but that’s partly due to being attached to the British navy. He’s going to assume something is a natural phenomenon/weird cultural practice first, and be curious about both of those things, but he’s not going to reject the supernatural on principle.

Whether they would accept the crucifix from the old lady: Definitely. And he’s already a polyglot, and if he’s going to Romania he has probably been studying Romanian, so he might even get more information from the peasants than Jonathan manages to after they “forget” their German. Not sure if further information will be that useful against Dracula at this point though, if “just leave” isn’t an option. He at minimum concludes Dracula is a cruel landlord, which is going to set him on edge.

Whether they would go exploring after being told not to: Ohhhh yes. (See: Spy. Also Nosy Little Weirdo.) He’s going to go exploring on principle BECAUSE he was told not to.

Ability to manage the whims of a Rich Jerk / hold Dracula's interest: On the one hand he’s perfectly capable of being disingenuous (spy) but he’s not good at hiding it when he’s in a bad mood. I think this depends on what he’s there for. Does Dracula hold the key to the defeat of Napoleon or has he just ended up there somehow? If he thinks he’s there to do real estate business he’s going to be real snippy to Dracula very early on, which will be tough to come back from.

Facility for free climbing: Ahahahaha this man has fallen off of most of the ships in the Royal Navy. Once he tried to climb the rigging while holding onto a rope that wasn’t tied to anything. Nope. That’s not to say he won’t try. If Jack Aubrey can swing in to rescue him at the last minute (Jack canonically does this when Stephen is being tortured by the French government) then Jack can probably climb for both of them. Otherwise no.

Whether they would choose to be eaten by wolves over being eaten by vampires: There’s such a lack of vampires in his books that this is difficult to say. But he’s good at picking up and starting again after all seems lost. I think he would choose the less certain death.

Other relevant information is that he is frequently covered in blood, as he does not seem to clean up after surgery; that he is something of an insomniac except when taking laudanum, which he does in worrying amounts at various points in his canon; that he is good with both swords and pistols, although those are not very helpful against Dracula, but you never know; and that he does not know shorthand as such, but will be sending coded letters.

I think he might just manage to survive, but not without extreme trauma, which will be immediately followed by a timeskip because O’Brian loves doing that.

I did not even bother asking about Jack because he is obviously so drinkable.

@elodieunderglass likewise writes:

Do you think that Stephen Maturin has a chance of surviving Castle Dracula? Pros include being nearly-unkillable; cons include having the climbing skills of a buttered lungfish.

This guy sounds wild. And I have to say "the climbing skills of a buttered lungfish" took me out (and sounds likely to take him out as well....) One of you also mentioned a tendency to basically shed garlic bread...?

So I am hearing that he has Opinions, which yeah, might get him into trouble depending on how quickly he moves into Spy Mode. Jonathan pivots by day 3, and he's not expecting to be held prisoner by his wealthy client, so I feel like a guy who gets occasionally tortured by the French might be equally wary if not moreso.

One worry is that his attempts to get messages out might be more sophisticated and therefore more severely punished. Will Dracula recognize him as enough of a threat to necessitate killing him?

As a medical man (?) he seems well-positioned to have Views on exactly how dead Dracula is or isn't, but with his climbing acumen it sounds like no force on earth could coax him out thre window so he may not ever find the crypt - unless his powers of snooping lead him to it by another route.

Is he enough of a snacc to be worth rescuing from the Girlies I wonder? Although if he's suspicious enough going in by virtue of actually speaking the language, maybe he doesn't take the crucifix off to protect his dreams, and the Girlies have a harder time getting at him.

The insomnia I am thinking is a boon because it'll help adjust to the nocturnal schedule without entirely fraying his nerves. I think trying hard to play a role while being visibly in a foul mood might be exactly the kind of thing Dracula finds very very funny.

Ironically, if he never makes it down to the crypt, he won't get Brain Fevered by Dracula, and may well just leave out the front doors when people come in to move out all those boxes (Jonathan can't because he's all wacked out from the shovel assault and also locked in Dracula's room). I presume Dracula will have taken some measure to prevent this though? More than just saying "hey wait for the Calèche that is definitely totally coming" and then trusting him to actually do that. Hmm.

So I am inclined to say yes, Stephen Maturin can survive Castle Dracula, but is severely lacking in an exit strategy

#stephen maturin #master and commander #patrick o'brian #seafarers #spies #doctors

[gigamuffinsofie]

dad jokes >>>>

#aubreyad #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #cw blood #he is showing cleavage and has blood all over him. i didn't say his name but he popped in your head didnt he? #It has been too long since I drew a comic thing!!!!

[maturiin]

‘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)

#art #aubreyad #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #indulging in a little bit of romanticism

[doctor-maturin]

#aubreyad memes #stephen maturin #jack aubrey #master and commander

[johannestevans]

its so funny that stephen maturin lays eyes on jack aubrey and is, furiously, aware that this is one of the stupidest and stubbornest men to ever live. he hates him on sight... and almost immediately afterwards is like. well i suppose i just have to be fucking in love with him

tfw you're an emaciated caffeinated cocaine addict who is obsessed with birds and bugs and medicine and languages and everything else there is in the world to study and then some great bear comes in who's simultaneously utterly ignorant and also a master tactician

your whole libido latches onto him and worse than that its not even just his body because hes a MUSICIAN and hes KIND despite being bull-headed and he asks about your interests even though he doesn't understand any of them and you're in love with him, and you're like

there you are just going about your life and this fat hunk of muscle and mutton says "god, i wish i'd thought to kidnap you" and you go "excuse me?" and he goes "well there's be weird fish, and also, maybe money!" and you're like. well kidnap me then big boy let's go

#musings #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #aubreyad

[granfalloontje]

I want to live my hot girl summer like I’m stephen maturin in the galapagos- just a straw hat, a sexy embroidered robe, some lizards, and vibes

#and a gunshot wound #but we don’t worry about that #master and commander #stephen maturin #aubreyad

[thekenobee]

Vogue covers are now battlefields

#master and commander #in stores now! #Russell Crowe #thekenobeeedit #my edit #aubreyad #Jack Aubrey #Stephen maturin #aubrey maturin #aubrey/maturin #age of sail #funny #vogue aubreyad #any Line of duty fans out there ;> #Patrick O’Brian

[hey-scully-itsme]

and they were tie-mates (oh my god they were tie-mates)

#I FINALLY DREW THEM #only took me a year #i'm absolutely gonna keep messing around with design options for both of them #but i had to have a place to start and as far as starting points go i'm pretty happy with this! #i always forget that i can draw people and not just animals #crazy fact: if you practice drawing people you get better at it. wild. i know. #who knows what stephen's saying #jack's laughing about it whatever it is #aubreyad #aubrey-maturin #jack aubrey #stephen maturin