Cenotaph

[idler_1814]

Originally posted to aos_challenge

TITLE: Cenotaph
AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Hornblower, OCs
RATING: G
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
CHALLENGE PROMPT: Ghosts (Oct 2007)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Makes reference to characters/situations from Run Aground, but familiarity with the background is entirely unnecessary. One may, however, consider this to be the true

Comments

[jestana]

I read this and Run Aground yesterday morning and I was completely absorbed. You told the story in Run Aground so vividly and Bush so well that I hated to pause to take care of stuff around the house. More than the story itself (though that was well thought-out), I really enjoyed the journeys Bush and Fanshawe made. Bush from hating having to use the wooden leg to getting used to it (even though he did fall on his face, poor man) and Fanshawe from being almost useless as a lieutenant to defending Bush when he's unconscious

[idler_1814]

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you liked them! You're right: this story was as much about personal journeys and growth as it was about smuggling. I've always been far more fascinated by the extraordinary acts of ordinary people--and how they came to that moment--than by the deeds of larger-than-life heroes

[jestana]

Yeah,I like stories of people who manage to exceed their own expectations of themselves.

Who wouldn't? He despaired of Fanshawe ever becoming a proper officer, but he was already proving to take Bush's lessons to heart. I've had that happen, too.

Yes! I did! Too Much (Not Enough), remix of Once Burned. I knew I had!

Click on the 'fanfic: hb' tag on my writing journal to get all of my Hornblower fics.

I don't have the money to buy the books, but I can see if the local library has them.

[idler_1814]

I re-read "Too Much" and you definitely caught the flavor of what I was going for in "Once Burned"! I'll have to go back to your fic list and explore further!

Books can get awfully expensive: I've had very good luck finding things through abebooks.com: a brief perusal there showed me Hornblower titles at $1.00 apiece, so if you decide you want them as permanent additions to your library, there are options!

[jestana]

I hoped I had. That's the challenge of re-mixing.

We'll see. I'm also trying to collect the Aubreyad books.

[idler_1814]

I'm also trying to collect the Aubreyad books.

I'm working on those myself, and don't yet have the complete collection. Between the nautical fiction and aos history, I have several bookshelves full.

Thing is, our guests always assume they belong to my husband. ***sigh***

[jestana]

I have a good number of them, but I haven't read through all of them yet.

Yes, because apparently women can't find that interesting at all. *rolls eyes*