Napoleon Bonafart

a writing blog filled with nonsense.

[rimonoroni]

three person poly relationship made up of two people who are already dating trying to coax someone with horrific self worth issues into a loving relationship. stray cat style

[rimonoroni]

they’re all laying together in bed and the couple are both thinking to themselves like good, he stayed the night to cuddle and talk when we offered, he should know that we genuinely care for him and want this to be more then a handful of one night stands. and the stray cat guy is like wow this sure is nice i think i’m falling in love with them. it’s really too bad that they don’t actually give a fuck and hate me and probably want to kill me with hammers for no reason

[tgarnsl]

Hornblower and Bush in Greece after the Napoleonic Wars end (and Bush lives of course. Both drinking too much wine and getting bad sunburns. Hornblower embarrasses himself by trying to speak his schoolboy Attic Greek to people. Bush loosens up and makes friends with the local fishermen because he knows boats. Hornblower talks himself round to “having gay sex with your best friend is fine actually” through the power of the classics and erotic pottery. Anyways.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

#I’d say that Bush would hate it but he’s allowed some character growth after Forester kills him off #Hornblower would probably get suckered into some scheme or the Greek independence movement (via @tgarnsl)

[boatcats]

Still thinking about this because the mental image of Bush with a sunburn is so fetching.

A friend of mine once got slightly drunk at a work conference and witnessed our other coworker become very sunburned (and also slightly drunk). And she kept poking the sunburned bit of his arm in fascination to watch it turn white and then flush red again. Now, I'm not saying Hornblower would .... but I'm also not saying he wouldn't (luckily he's just as sunburned and thus also presents a target).

[tgarnsl]

Hornblower and Bush in Greece after the Napoleonic Wars end (and Bush lives of course). Both drinking too much wine and getting bad sunburns. Hornblower embarrasses himself by trying to speak his schoolboy Attic Greek to people. Bush loosens up and makes friends with the local fishermen because he knows boats. Hornblower talks himself round to “having gay sex with your best friend is fine actually” through the power of the classics and erotic pottery. Anyways.

[boatcats]

Coffee perfect thing to give Hornblower to d/ rink. Coffee very hot and comfort Hornblower have good ideas put coffee in Hornblower. Put Coffee in Hornblower. No problems ever in coffee because good taste and awake for Hornblower big brain of calm down and come up with plan. A Hornblower yes a place for coffee put coffee in Hornblower can trust Hornblower for functioning on two hours sleep. Friend Hornblower.

[boatcats]

My favorite thing about Hornblower correcting the chart while blockading Brest because he got bored is just. So he'd have to cruise around and stop and either anchor or heave to. Probably anchor. And take a fix so he knows his position as accurately as possible. And note that on the chart. And take soundings. And note those too. And then get back underway and stop again and do that again. And THEN... ad infinitum.

Also he probably has limited copies (a single copy?) of the chart for the area. Which he and his officers are using to navigate. So I assume they are correcting the soundings on that copy/copies as they go but also. Is he. Is he re-drawing the chart for the area with all his corrected soundings as a copy for him so he can keep track? I bet he is. I think he is. Doing that probably makes the most sense. NERD.

He could also just a list of lat/long and corresponding sounding but if he's that bored...

Nerdnerdnerd

[boatcats]

Oh I think he is drawing them. Because he has to draw all the contour lines between the soundings (which I assuming they used maybe they didn't).

Nerd

[tgarnsl]

As a point of interest: contour lines aren't really used for marine charts unless they're noting the shape of a shallow underwater feature like a shoal or reef (and even then, it tended to be just a shaded area before modern depth measurement got more accurate). So it's probably a chart with a dozen little crossed out numbers and corrections. Someone give that boy a red pen.

[boatcats]

Depth contour lines are used in modern charts in the United States but I don't know what was common in Hornblower's era. It's not as extensive as topographic maps of land but the contour lines allow you to draw a line between soundings all at the same depth and clear some number clutter. Regardless, that boy needs a red pen. Too bad he spends a good bit of the book annoyed by the poor ergonomics of the pen he does have....

An example of depth contour lines (because chart cool)

Update: Oh this is interesting, I see what you're saying @tgarnsl

Definitely fewer contour lines in a harbor than I would expect but certainly lots of little spot soundings here. Thank you for mentioning that!

The Atlantic Neptune: An Unparalleled Collection of British Nautical Charts | Worlds Revealed

In the years following the epic struggle for control of North America between the French and British empires, it became apparent to the Roya

[tgarnsl]

Should've clarified I was more thinking of historic depth charts, where there are contour lines, but only basic ones. (I've spent more time using an ECDIS than actual charts, and those do have contour lines.)

Something like this:

[boatcats]

That's really interesting! At least it's less drawing for Hornblower.... though that does mean he'll have to go back to practicing the lunar distance method of calculating longitude to deal with the boredom. Poor thing.

[boatcats]

My favorite thing about Hornblower correcting the chart while blockading Brest because he got bored is just. So he'd have to cruise around and stop and either anchor or heave to. Probably anchor. And take a fix so he knows his position as accurately as possible. And note that on the chart. And take soundings. And note those too. And then get back underway and stop again and do that again. And THEN... ad infinitum.

Also he probably has limited copies (a single copy?) of the chart for the area. Which he and his officers are using to navigate. So I assume they are correcting the soundings on that copy/copies as they go but also. Is he. Is he re-drawing the chart for the area with all his corrected soundings as a copy for him so he can keep track? I bet he is. I think he is. Doing that probably makes the most sense. NERD.

He could also just a list of lat/long and corresponding sounding but if he's that bored...

Nerdnerdnerd

[boatcats]

Oh I think he is drawing them. Because he has to draw all the contour lines between the soundings (which I assuming they used maybe they didn't).

Nerd

[tgarnsl]

As a point of interest: contour lines aren't really used for marine charts unless they're noting the shape of a shallow underwater feature like a shoal or reef (and even then, it tended to be just a shaded area before modern depth measurement got more accurate). So it's probably a chart with a dozen little crossed out numbers and corrections. Someone give that boy a red pen.

[boatcats]

Depth contour lines are used in modern charts in the United States but I don't know what was common in Hornblower's era. It's not as extensive as topographic maps of land but the contour lines allow you to draw a line between soundings all at the same depth and clear some number clutter. Regardless, that boy needs a red pen. Too bad he spends a good bit of the book annoyed by the poor ergonomics of the pen he does have....

An example of depth contour lines (because chart cool)

Update: Oh this is interesting, I see what you're saying @tgarnsl

Definitely fewer contour lines in a harbor than I would expect but certainly lots of little spot soundings here. Thank you for mentioning that!

The Atlantic Neptune: An Unparalleled Collection of British Nautical Charts | Worlds Revealed

In the years following the epic struggle for control of North America between the French and British empires, it became apparent to the Roya

[tgarnsl]

Should've clarified I was more thinking of historic depth charts, where there are contour lines, but only basic ones. (I've spent more time using an ECDIS than actual charts, and those do have contour lines.)

Something like this:

[boatcats]

My favorite thing about Hornblower correcting the chart while blockading Brest because he got bored is just. So he'd have to cruise around and stop and either anchor or heave to. Probably anchor. And take a fix so he knows his position as accurately as possible. And note that on the chart. And take soundings. And note those too. And then get back underway and stop again and do that again. And THEN... ad infinitum.

Also he probably has limited copies (a single copy?) of the chart for the area. Which he and his officers are using to navigate. So I assume they are correcting the soundings on that copy/copies as they go but also. Is he. Is he re-drawing the chart for the area with all his corrected soundings as a copy for him so he can keep track? I bet he is. I think he is. Doing that probably makes the most sense. NERD.

He could also just a list of lat/long and corresponding sounding but if he's that bored...

Nerdnerdnerd

[boatcats]

Oh I think he is drawing them. Because he has to draw all the contour lines between the soundings (which I assuming they used maybe they didn't).

Nerd

[tgarnsl]

As a point of interest: contour lines aren't really used for marine charts unless they're noting the shape of a shallow underwater feature like a shoal or reef (and even then, it tended to be just a shaded area before modern depth measurement got more accurate). So it's probably a chart with a dozen little crossed out numbers and corrections. Someone give that boy a red pen.

[jhoomwrites]

what’s one type of fic you’d like to see from me that I haven’t written yet?

[hms-ratfiish]

Horny for ever!

[themanbehindthesun]

Fight me in a homoerotic context

[chiropteracupola]

happy valentines' day from bush, hornblower, and the international code of signals.

[ivipl1]

nastiest trick in the book is getting you genuinely deeply attached to a character whose name sounds fucking stupid in any other context. this WILL happen to you at some point in your life.

[icantspellthings]

Nobody is the top or the bottom they don't even have sex they just stand next to each other and occasionally try to kill each other and that's like sex for them

[fanonical]

write fanfic for that 300 year old book. write fanfic for that 70 year old movie. who even cares if it's current. if you wanna do it, do it!

[chiropteracupola]

kiss on a scar, heron husbands!

we watched the sun go down on Scotland / and I watched the moon come up over you...

[fishpondfish]

he was openly bisexual. he didn't know that but he was

[boltlightning]

like. i'll leave this alone. but HOW are historical romance books not sexualizing the fall of breeches. literally a blowjob flap. not to mention the collars that open to the diaphragm. the décolletage with a wide neckline one swift tug from being revealed. the calves on display. the intimacy of finally seeing the real hair beneath the wig. cmon it's basic storytelling

[boltlightning]

i love making a post that attracts everyone with usernames like mozartswigsweat and bonnetenthusiast and foppishrake and petticoatsonpetticoatsonpetticoats and dandyismunlimited within 48 hours. blessed webbed site. merry christmas to us all.