funniest moment in moby dick is when they meet another captain who lost a limb to the white whale and ahab goes like “and dost thy blood not boil, aye, and the very marrow of thy bones too, to know that the wretched creature and very devil of the sea that harmed us both still draws breath??” and the ship captain is like no i’m fine, it wasn’t the whale’s fault or anything. i mean imagine actually holding a grudge against a fish lmao that’s actually the funniest thing i’ve ever heard and ahab goes you don’t know what the FUCK you’re talking about. and stamps his foot so hard he breaks his ivory leg
Love it when a tragedy introduces another character who's having basically the same terrible day and making even one (1) less Bad Decision about it. Just looking straight at the audience and saying "also don't you DARE fucking say he was a victim of circumstance. This is what circumstance could have made him if he wasn't Like That."
