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hey-scully-itsme · 18 days

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#do you see?? do you understand???#in order:#hms surprise #(first two)#the surgeon's mate #the commodore #blue at the mizzen #aubreyad #aubreyad spoilers #(is that a tag anyone blocks? idk)#stephen maturin #diana villiers #brigid maturin #forgive me if i missed any stephen/diana reunion moments. i was trying to only pick the ones where she runs to meet him #also a few paragraphs after that moment with brigid stephen spots a peregrine falcon - a bird he associated with diana in the past

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calamity-calliope · 8 months

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Maybe the Admiral is a killjoy

(not to worry, friends, he will get better)

:)

#clearly he needs 'enlightenment' *wink wink*#sequencer vibes #don't worry folks the admiralty is healing :)#the commodore #the dark-spectacled admiral #the new sequence #the dawn machine #fallen london #sunless sea #memes

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dumbass-extraordinaire · 2 years

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#the adventure zone #taz spoilers #taz #taz graduation #the adventure zone graduation #taz g #podcast #podcasts #podcast memes #taz memes #sir fitzroy maplecourt #fitzroy maplecourt #the commodore #the firbolg #argonaut keene #argo keene #thundermen llc #tw john mulaney

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rqgender · 1 year

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Today's gender is cute cats and murder.

#the rusty quill #rusty quill #maybe tma #Pretty sure it's TMA #tma #the magnus archives #themagnusarchives #the commodore #mag pod #magnus pod #MagnusPod

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italianlegolas · 17 days

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jack aubrey at his home surrounded by his family, restlessly waking up in the middle of the night to play the violin, alone, creating beautifully intricate yet melancholy melodies as the only pure form of his intimate self expression, the only way in which his emotional language is articulate. and stephen maturin being woken in the middle of the night by this melody, listening from afar, wondering.

#there is something so desperately beautiful about this scene im crazy #goodnight #the commodore

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piecesofchess · 10 months

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#pirate101 #p101 #pitty101 #pitty fandom #polls #madame vadima #morgan lafitte #the commodore #ol' fish eye #mordekai #been a bit for a poll and im curious...

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the-dog-watch · 10 months

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'Sir,' cried George, intercepting him in the garden, 'Papa says would you like to take a quick glance at the squadron while there is still some light on the sea.’ 'I should like it of all things,' said Stephen. 'George, here is a three-shilling piece for thee.' ‘Oh thank you, sir. Thank you very much. We never got our fourpence, but now Amos is just going down to Hampton and I shall go with him and fairly gorge . . .' His words were lost in the distance.

- The Commodore, ch. 3, paragraph 94

lmao

#stephen maturin #george aubrey #the commodore #liveblog tag #he's good #aubreyad

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other-dastardly-deeds · 8 months

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Alright, which one of you did it

#disney guilty party #guilty party #guilty party wii #Dorian dickens #the commodore

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departmentq · 2 months

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Fans celebrate the casting of Nichelle Nichols as Uhura as a moment for actors of color, which they should be.

But I also wanted to spotlight the casting of these iconic guest starring characters, seen in episodes of TOS.

Percy Rodriguez was cast as flag officer Commodore Stone, who was Kirk's superior in the chain of command. Stone is one of the officers that presides over Kirk's court martial.

Booker Bradshaw was the original Dr. M'Benga, seen in two episodes of TOS. at the time, M'Benga was Starfleet's first and only medical specialist in Vulcan Physiology, having spent a year's residency on Vulcan.

One of the finest minds in computer technology in the 23rd century, and creator of the duotronic computer, Dr. Richard Daystrom, was played by William Marshall, whose work in Shakespeare, and his roles as Paul Robeson and Frederick Douglass, added to the gravitas of his portrayal.

A flag officer, a specialist in Vulcan medicine, and one of the finest minds in a field of technology, played by actors of color, during the turbulent 1960s.

#star trek #star trek tos #commodore stone #dr m'benga #dr richard daystrom #court martial #a private little war #that which survives #the ultimate computer

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tstimacstumblinfuntime · 1 year

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January Book Roundup

The Commodore (”Aubrey & Maturin”, book 17) by Patrick O’Brian, 1995 ★★★☆☆

I had more fun with The Commorodre than The Wine-Dark Sea, but not enough to make it all the way to four stars. Jack and Stephen are back in England with all the domestic strife that entails. While I got into the series for the navel adventure, the personal relationships that anchor the novels are what keep me coming back and boy howdy does this one have plenty of that. The book also has plenty of navel action, a good bit of espionage, and a significant digression to acknowledge the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Another perfectly acceptable book and I’m excited to read the next one.

Leviathan Falls (”The Expanse”, book 9) by James S. A. Corey (Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck), 2021 ★★★★★

For unclear reasons, it took my local library an entire year to get a copy of this one and another two months for me to get my hands on it. Thankfully, it was entirely worth the wait. The final volume of “The Expanse” has all the exciting space action and well observed human drama that made the series so beloved. Not only that, it manages to wrap up the story of the Rocinante and her crew in an extremely satisfying, narratively symmetrical way. As for the plot... gang, this book has EVERYTHING: Malevolent interdimensional dark gods, an ex-Martian space emperor trying to do an “End of Evangelion”, ancient alien history lessons, and a Good Dog who doesn’t die (technically). I obviously can’t recommend the last book to anyone who might be curious, but the series in aggregate gets a hardy endorsement.

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), 2022 ★★★★☆

I picked this one up knowing exactly two things: My wife enjoyed it and what the cover looked like. Based on this information I was expecting some seriously spooky eco-horror. I was less than a page in when I discovered it was a retelling of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and adjusted my expectation to a story trading in gothic dread. And there is a good deal of both those things, but it was all filtered through a narrator who felt like a comic relief character who wandered in from a different story. What Moves the Dead is a strange piece that I never managed to get completely into, but it has a spectacular voice to it. This one gets a recommendation, but I’d give it a coin flip if the average reader bounces off or becomes completely absorbed.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, 2022 ★★★★☆

Don’t let the time travel, the people from the moon, or the majority of the book taking place in the future trick you: This is literary fiction, not science fiction. Not even what Margaret Atwood insists on calling “speculative fiction”, this is all literary all the way. I’m not much of a literary guy most of the time. If you aren’t going to keep me interested with cool sword fights or dope spaceships, I’m going to need the writing, themes, and structure to be perfect. And the book almost was perfect, bar one slight stumble at the end when a character says the theme of the book directly to the audience. I’m probably being churlish knocking a whole star off for that, but reviews are always subjective. To give you an idea of how perfect the book is otherwise: One of the characters is an author expy on book tour to promote her pandemic novel that was recently adapted to a popular film only for the tour to be interrupted by an actual pandemic and I didn’t immediately close the book with a sigh. This one gets the strongest possible recommendation to anyone with a passing interest in literary fiction (who have probably already read it). If you’re not usually a literary fiction person, I’d recommend this to you, too. Just know that if you find it a bit dull, that’s entirely your fault.

By the Numbers:

Total Books: 4

Genre: Historical Fiction (1), Science Fiction (1), Horror (1), Literary Fiction (1)

Decades: 1990s (1), 2020s (3)

Author Stats: Women (2, 50%), POC: 0 (0%), Queer Authors: 1 (25%), Living Authors (3, 75%)

I keep saying “kinda light month” after reading four books, but after three months I’m forced to confront the possibility that I’m a “four books a month” guy. Would have been five if the library app hadn’t torn a book from my hands when I had less than 10% to go, but that’s life sometimes. I’m sure I committed some great sin to cause that reversal of fortune.

Also a much bigger percentage of books from this decade than in previous months, which is always nice. And if I can finish The World We Make before the loan expires in 7 days, next month I’ll finally have something other than a 0 for POC authors.

Have you read any of these? I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences. But please don’t tell me what to read next. I have so may books to read, gang. Please don’t stack that tower any higher, I’m begging you.

#books #reading #the commodore #aubrey maturin #patrick o'brian #leviathan falls #the expanse #james s.a. corey #daniel abraham #ty franck #what moves the dead #t kingfisher #ursula vernon #sea of tranquility #emily st. john mandel

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columboscreens · 1 year

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