#bushblower

[sadboybrigade]

Ok listen. Look at this. Forester had every opportunity to frame this as just two dudes having a bro moment. Perfectly non-homosexual yet still tender platonic male behavior. But instead he specifically chose to say Bush stroked Hornblower's hand "like a woman's." It's not my fault. I didn't do that

[captain-dad]

Ships and Blowers

Bush: (glancing up from his phone) Horatio, what is "Bushblower"?

Hornblower: It's what people call our ship.

Bush: Which ship? The Hotspur??

Hornblower: No, I mean they ship us.

Bush: Ship us where?

Hornblower: No, it's when others think that two people...oh, forget it...

[sadboybrigade]

So I know Bush being "flustered" here is just supposed to be because of the taboo of the chain of command being ignored but consider: what if it wasn't 🤔🤔

[sadboybrigade]

I wonder if there were any secret Bushblower shippers in 1952 that went absolutely apeshit when they realized that not only would Bush be a character in Lieutenant Hornblower (in a retcon of the established canon at the time) but that the entire book was from Bush's perspective. What a power move by Forester honestly

[sadboybrigade]

ooooh my god Bush being all upset that Horatio didn't tell the Naval Gazette about putting out the lit shell with his own hands because he wants everyone to adore Horatio as much as he does, meanwhile Horatio's falling into a self-deprecating thought spiral thinking "NO YOU SEE I AM A COWARD, NOT LIKE YOU, A TRUE BRAVE MAN" these two morons are going to make me walk into the sea

[sadboybrigade]

Extremely normal way to react to a friend bringing you fruit that I in turn am feeling extremely normal about

[vastwinterskies]

important announcement!! based on this post by @werewolfetone

[shitty-hornblower-art]

Horatio should learn to share