Hallowe'en Challenge: A Hornblower Amphigorey

[anteros_lmc]

For reasons best known to herself, eglantine_br has taken to writing Hornblower / Edward Gorey cross over fic featuring a young William Bush, Basil Hall and a very forward young lady named Amy. This led vespican to suggest that perhaps we should do a Hornblower Amphigorey which struck me as a fine challenge for Hallowe'en!

For those who haven't come across Edward

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[anteros_lmc]

I'll kick off with....

A is for Archie, cast off in a boat
B is for Bush, blown up in his coat

[azdak]

Do we have to do it in alphabetic order? I don't remmeber how most of these people died, so I can only offer (from TV canon):

S is for Simpson, shot dead by Pellew,
And also for Sawyer, whom vile Spaniards slew
(To the short-lived relief of his mutinous crew).

[anteros_lmc]

Hehe! you've got the hang of this!

Do we have to do it in alphabetic order?
See ETA above :)

[eglantine_br]

J for Jack Hammond lying dead on the strand,
And also Jack Simpson, boo, hiss, & (ampersand.)

[anteros_lmc]

Hahahahahaha! That's terrible. Bilge duty for you missy!

[donnaimmaculata]

C is for Clayton, shot in Horry's stead,
And for Charlie Hammond whose nephew dropped dead.

H is for Hunter, who nobly did die,
J for Jack Simpson, who's ghastly and vile.

M's for Mariette who was shot in the back.
And for Moncountant, head severed from neck.

[donnaimmaculata]

I've just spent two hours driving, the mind wanders and comes up with silliness. First, the Archie* hattrick:

A is for Archie, who's lost to the sea,
B is for Bush, who had only one knee.

A is for Archie, who's gone off his food,
B is for Bunting who thought food is good.

A is for Archie, stripped down to his hip,
B for Bracegirdle, who died losing his ship.

M's for Maria, her infant did this,
And for Marietta, whom no-one will miss.

W's William, killed on foreign strand,
And for young Wellard, who died pistols in hand.

*Archie actually "died" three times; when I first watched it with friends, we agreed that we didn't fall for his "death" for a third time.

[anteros_lmc]

Huzzah! An Archie hat trick no less! Extra ration of rum!

And for Marietta, whom no-one will miss.
Ouch! Cruel ;)

[donnaimmaculata]

I realised afterwards that I have used Mariette twice and managed to spell her name with an -e and an -a respectively. This is how much I care :-P

[eglantine_br]

W for Wellard, who was hit on the ass,
(But lets not kill Archie,just give him a pass!)

[anteros_lmc]

Yay! I vote for a pass :D