Help. Why am I writing Hornblower and Maria's wedding night? I really, decidedly do not ship them, so why did this seem like a good idea? Oh yes, because in my head, TV!Hornblower is incredibly ace and no one else sees it, and so I must write meta thinly disguised as fic to work out my never-ending asexual frustration. That's why.

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I do love how the same actors pop up in every single series I watch/listen to. So far in Hornblower, we've got: unexpected Charles from Hut 33, Anthony Blunt from Cambridge Spies, Dorothy from The Monocled Mutineer, young Tom Riddle from The Chamber of Secrets, and the Doctor (who is also Percy Topliss from The Monocled Mutineer). And that's just ( Read more... )

Addicted to Hornblower, please send help. Have only two more episodes left and am seriously considering buying all the books (and there are a lot) from Amazon. Curse my weakness for the high seas and people with stupid ideas about honour and loyalty and also really nice uniforms I want one.