dragonposting

i'll make this blog look prettier later. background is art by Anke Eissmann. this is where i post temeraire things and reblog posts that make me laugh if i imagine they're about temeraire

[chimaerakitten]

[waking up in a cold sweat] In the Temeraire universe, ABBA never won Eurovision

[crownomancer]

[chucktaylorupset]

they still win their song is just about laurence

[ltwilliammowett]

Midshipman Augustus Brine (1769–1840), by John Singleton Copley, 1782

Augustus Brine (1769–1840) was the son of Admiral James Brine of the Royal British Navy, by his first wife, Jane Knight. At the age of thirteen, in 1782, Brine enlisted in the Navy as a midshipman aboard the "Belliqueux" under the command of his father. In 1790, he was made lieutenant and, eight years later, he became a commander. During the War of 1812, he commanded the "Medway" and successfully captured the American brig "Syran." He was named rear admiral in 1822.

[ostolero]

walk into the club like what up I was commissioned as a mercenary in the napoleonic era

[tatzelwurming]

i think people w acid reflux should be able to store it up so they can unleash it all at once in a devastating corrosive spit attack

[dirtbaby2016]

[cykelops]

were I to create an original piece of media I would create bait so queer in order to create a fanfic environment I like. I find you guys do your best work under duress.

[cykelops]

I’d say “jeez can two people not be friends anymore?” and then I’d give one of them amnesia in which they only recognize the other above anyone else

[mercymornsimpathizer]

omg u guys its volly my best friend volly

[blueggrass]

[mercymornsimpathizer]

"Iskierka’s egg had commanded a hundred thousand pounds in gold coins—of course, no-one had known at the time what her personality was to be."

[sarcasticbeanie]

“…the guide was standing a little distance away, head bent, holding the small, still body of the eagle in his hands.”

[blueggrass]

[mercymornsimpathizer]

the worst girl in the world <3

[dirtbaby2016]

[ltwilliammowett]

Portrait of a young unknown Midshipman, c.1796, by Sir William Beechey (1753- 1839)

[sapropel]

Stop pussy footing around it. Are you coming to my Chinese giant salamander's bar mitzvah or not

[officialunitedstates]

what actually happened at dashcon to make it so awful? ive seen lots of stuff making fun of it and complaining, but nothing explaining why

It is one of the biggest errors in world history and here’s why:

Although starting in the middle of summer with a few small battles, it eventually dragged on for almost six more months into a brutal winter

The Russians’ scorched earth policy surprised the French and made the French’s advances much more treacherous and costly

Napoleon’s thirst for a full victory were impossible to satisfy because the Russians refused to engage in any prolonged battles, instead wisely choosing to use guerrilla tactics to decimate an already broken, famished, and sickened French Army.

Over 17,000 French troops lost their lives each month during the disastrous campaign

[dimetrodone]

The Temeraire books raise a lot of questions by implying that the dragons have external genitalia