Itâs so interesting to me how much âx readerâ stuff there is in The Pitt fandom. I think maybe itâs a result of it being such a popular show and one that, I would argue, is similar to heated rivalry in terms of being some peopleâs apparent first foray into Fandom as a whole.
Nothing makes me more feral than some good facial hair. Nothing is more slutty. Coming up from in between their partners legs, beard dripping with slick.
Well. I didnât realize the British apparently donât call it the American Revolutionary war??? They call it the American war of independence. I was not taught this. ïżŒ
Names and explanations under the cut for those interested!!!
(Feel free to use these for Whatever should you wish)
In order, left-right, top-bottom
John Franklin:
Two Chained Monkeys - Pieter Bruegel the Elder - he has Jacko.
HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - Heâs on Erebus. Heâs Captain of Erebus. I donât think I need to explain more (this goes for literally everyone, they all have either Terror or Erebus on, purely based on whoâs on which ship)
The Death of Actaeon - Titian - He gets ripped apart like Actaeon, though not by his own hunting dogs. Also you will notice the mythology theme. (Also I saw it in the National Gallery which was very cool)
A Pair of Shoes - Vincent Van Gogh - âyouâll eat your own bootsâ. Yeah
Cutting the Stone/The Cure of Folly/Extraction of the Stone of Madness - Hieronymus Bosch - Well someone needs a stone of madness removing, cause how did they think this expedition was going to go?
Icarus - Galileo Chini - Hubris again. Whatâs a better hubris story than Icarus?
Argo - Konstantinos Volanakis - âwe are the greatest Argonauts of our age!â (Or whatever he says. The argonauts is the relevant bit)
Anthony of Padua - Francisco de ZurbarĂĄn - Heâs the patron saint of lost things. And what is the Franklin expedition but a whole lot of lost things.
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - itâs of the Franklin expedition, plus Franklin actually gets semi-eaten by Tuunbaq
Francis Crozier:
Self Portrait (1973) - Francis Bacon - It looked like Crozier, heâs called Francis, heâs Irish and I love Francis Bacon
The Wrath of the Seas - Ivan Aivazovsky - have you seen this manâs seascapes??? If not look them up theyâre all so so so yummy
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - same again. Get used to seeing it
In the Wild North - Ivan Shishkin - Snowy, northern. Yeah
Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - Like Cassandra, he does not get listened to and heâs Right
Self-Portrait with Dr Arrietta - It reminded me of Jopson looking after him
Separation - Edvard Munch - Sophia Cracroft anyone?
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - looks a bit like Crozier and fit the Vibe
Water-lilies - Claude Monet - The red reminded me of the waistcoat he wears in the flashback with Sophia
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Heâs on Terror innit.
Between the Waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - I want to eat it look at it itâs yummy
James Fitzjames:
Almond Blossoms - Vincent Van Gogh - it just vibes quite frankly
HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - Heâs on Erebus. Get used to seeing this a as well
Woman with a Cat - Edouard Manet - her dress looks like The Dress
The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Position - JMW Turner - him being shot âlike Nelson at Trafalgarâ
Peacocks - Melchior DâHondecoeter - The vanity thing. Enough said
Pallas Athene - Gustave Klimt - Sheâs the goddess of war, it felt Right
The Lily Pond (maybe, why canât this man name the water-lilies better) - Claude Monet - Just vibed honestly
Ecce Homo - Guido Reni - the Jesus imagery of him, âIâm not Christâ etc
Boadicea Haranguing the the Britons - John Opie - The Britannia costume. Just look at it
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon - Adolphe Yvon - that thing he says about Caesar crossing, you guessed it, the Rubicon
Edward Little:
At Eternityâs Gate - Vincent Van Gogh - Thatâs just Ned having a breakdown look at it
The Passion of Creation - Leonid Pasternak - See above comment
Atlas holding up the celestial globe - Guercino - Neddie has the weight of the world on his shoulders
The Dog - Francisco Goya - Pathetic and dog. Ned described in three words
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Do I need to say it?
You Flatter Me! - Louis Wain - look at that sad, fluffy cat. Neddie.
Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast - Andreas Achenbach - Itâs a sea scape. Itâs stormy. If thatâs not Edwardâs life I donât know what is
A dog and her puppies - Henriette Ronner - Tired, dog. Ned!!
Male Nude - William Etty - MUTTONCHOPS (side note, if you want horny 1800s art look him up itâs great)
Hope - George Frederic Watts - Edward is the most hopeful about getting rescued
A woman does her hair in the mirror - Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg - Girlnavy Ned!!!!
Guernica - Pablo Picasso - itâs chaotic and I imagine thatâs what the inside of Edwardâs mind looks like
The Creation of Adam - Michelangelo- It just Vibes honestly
George Hodgson:
David and Saul - Julius Kronberg - the âthat Babylonian twink is King Davidâ post lives rent free in my mind and feels very Hodge. Also itâs a musical instrument and heâs very musical
Saturn Devouring his Son - Francisco Goya - He suggests cannibalism before Hickey does.
Harpy - Edvard Munch - Creepy and mythological. Felt sort of Hodge
Study after VelĂĄzquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Francis Bacon - creepy, my love of Francis Bacon persists, and the whole Catholic Guilt Speech Thing
Sailing Ship with Dinghy - Egon Schiele - Boat innit.
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Yeah.
Evening Light in Wintertime - Bror Lindh - Winter. Also the same colour as Jopsonâs eyes. The eyes are a theme.
Wheatfield with Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh - Itâs my favourite Van Gogh and also the same colour as his eyes
Lucifer - Franz Von Stuck - Itâs got really piercing eyes, you canât see it that well. Trust me
Blue Nude - Pablo Picasso - itâs blue like his eyes. Also if you imagine scars there itâs girlnavy joplogging. Iâve got jopflogging on the mind okay
Black Backed Gull - Ken Currie - The bird Jopson sees while Peglar is dying behind him. I also really like Ken Currie his art is so creepy itâs great
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci - The whole hallucinating a feast thing
Man Proposes, God Disposes -Edwin Landseer - yeah. Just. Yeah.
Waterlilies - Claude Monet - they matched Crozier.
Thomas Blanky:
Bacchus - Sergey Solomko - Itâs Blankyâs Carnivale costume (also I prefer this Bacchus to the Caravaggio one)
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Heâs on Terror too innit.
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - it matched Crozier, and also the thing of the expedition never stopping being an adventure for him
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - he literally gets eaten by Tuunbaq it couldnât not be here
Figure in Sea - Francis Bacon - My thing for Francis Bacon strikes again. Thatâs kind of it honestly
The Northern Lights - Sydney Laurence - Itâs the northern lights and him and Francis watch them from the boat and just. Yeah.
Winter - Alphonse Mucha - heâs the ice master and I Adore Mucha and if I could have fitted more of his paintings into these I would
Cassandra - Evelyne De Morgan - He also doesnât get listened to, like Francis
In a Roman Osteria - Carl Bloch - do you have any idea how hard it is to find a painting with forks in it???? Cause I do. Also I feel like heâd judge like that if given an adequate gossiping partner
Between the waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - Again, I want to eat it. Again, it matches Crozier although I admit it wasnât on purpose this time
Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs - Possibly Anthony van Dyck - Thatâs so Blanky. Drunk old man whoâs friends with Bacchus? Yeah. Blanky.
Winter Night - Bror Lindh - again. Itâs winter. And pretty colours
Silna:
Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - thereâs a line in the song Cassandra by Florence and the Machine thatâs âthey cut out my tongueâ and I thought it fit so well (itâs arguably my favourite song)
Three Walrus - Sheouak Petaulassie - I wanted to include some Inuit art for Silna and I really liked this one
Northern Light - Bror Lindh - Pretty and snowy
The Icebergs - Frederic Edwin Church - Itâs icebergs around Canada, essentially
Illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, 1865 - I really liked it, and the (unfortunately titled) book itâs from is primarily about the Franklin Expedition
While and Polar Bear (no thatâs not a typo, it doesnât come up if you search âwhaleâ. I donât know) - Kestutis Kasparavicius - Itâs just so sweet and I thought it was quite her
Diana - Auguste Renoir - I am a fiend for Greek/Roman mythology, and Diana being the goddess of the hunt felt quite fitting
Sunrise after a long winter night - David Abbey Paige - so pretty and snowy
The Sea of Ice - Caspar David Friedrich - Again, icy, of the Arctic
The Enchanted Owl - Kenojuak Ashevak - another print by an Inuit artist that I really liked (it was also on Canadian stamps in the 70s which I think is so neat)
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - yes itâs here again, there are like only two famous paintings of polar bears and the other is Nelson beating one to death and that was not a vibe. So Snarfin on them ribs it is.
If youâve read this far I love you so so so much I hope you found this at least semi-interesting
recommending black sails to heated rivalry fans because I donât give a fuck anymore. âwhat do they even have in common ?â nothing. nothing at all. i am trying to hurt you.