#that is MY beacon hill and MY cambridge and MY weird new england accents

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Not me being way too excited anything happens in Boston/New England in these books, literally I know we’re on the wrong side here but I Don’t Care

#like that is MY old ironsides that is MY charlestown navy yard #that is MY beacon hill and MY cambridge and MY weird new england accents #don't talk to me i am feeling Emotions™ #also i gotta say. i have understood the war of 1812 far better from reading these books than anything they taught us in history class #it just doesn't really click when you're in a high school classroom and they're like the british navy was pressing american sailors #i think it's just really hard for us to understand how close the us and britain were (culturally/socially/etc) at that time #and also how war worked in the age of sail but yeah i mean that's an obvious thing you learn from Boat Books #anyhow i'm just reading these and jack is like in a horrible state and i'm just like okay but mr o'brian is mentioning places i know #yeah characters are cool but charlestown is cooler :p #jkjk i don't think charlestown's even showed up yet lol #perce rambles #aubreyad #also i'm not sure how herapath will turn out but i am vibing with him on account of He's From Boston (and also likes languages) #yes stephen is my emotional support blorbo but herapath is my emotional support bostonian (/cantabridgian) #apologies for this appearing in the tag but i have to protect my followers who don't want to see aubreyad content