William Bush Alphabet Soup

[lokei]

For those of you who are ahead of me in the timezones, I'm posting this a bit early.  Also, I have to work tomorrow (boo, hiss!) so I wanted to make sure the entry post got started before I have to go manage the museum all day.  There are also some random unclaimed letters, so if you're feeling inspired to fill them in over the course of the day, I

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W is for "What's in a Name?"

[lokei]

W is for ‘What’s in a Name?’
by Lokei His sisters tossed it about as carelessly as a child’s toy, often with the sweet endearments of childhood attached. It didn’t matter whether they sprinkled it through their wholesome conversation on his infrequent visits, or whether it peppered their chatty letters, which they would store up for weeks and apparently mail all at once so that months of no word at all would be broken by a mail packet several inches thick that was the envy of many a homesick middie. Though he was not a great reader, nor they particularly accomplished correspondents, he took great pleasure in sitting in a sunny patch of quarterdeck to read them. And though he took care never to let his attention stray too far from the activity on deck, his lips occasionally quirked as he ran across a particularly entertaining story, only to vanish when it was necessary to employ his quarterdeck bellow, and become the fearsome Mr. Bush once more

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[mylodon]

That's a great way to kick off this Bush-fest.

Last sentence is the best, of course. :)

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[lokei]

*grin* I love fics that start in my head with a last line. Then I have to work back and figure out how the hell I got there. *laugh* Glad you enjoyed it!

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[black_hound]

*seconds that last line*

I am so enjoying all the fic. Thank you so very very much for organizing all the fun.

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[lokei]

So glad people are having fun with it. I myself am extremely pleased with all the fun so far.

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[brewsternorth]

It's introduced so much fun-that-is-funny to the HH fandom, it's amazing!

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[lokei]

And extremely surprising to me, as I had not thought there was much that was all that funny about William Bush. I am glad to be proved wrong.

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[romanticalgirl]

Excellent as always, and I can just see Hornblower at the last - especially that smile.

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[lokei]

Thank you! I actually find Bush terribly difficult to write, so I'm glad you liked it. Hornblower, on the other hand, comes very naturally. I don't want to think about what that says about me. :P

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[thehappyreturn]

Such great characterisation. Just right - how he quickly works out Sawyer's politics and has no truck with them, and the GREAT BIG GROWLING LIEUTENANT who likes nothing more than curling up at the feet of his master being called William by his captain. Oh, Oh. If the ficathon is starting this well, I don't think I'm going to have any heart left by the end of it. It'll just be in little exploded pieces all over my hotel room.

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[lokei]

Thanks! I really had fun with this particular entry, and I've been absolutely loving all the entries we've gotten to this challenge.

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[princess_s]

I love this piece, the way they use their given names to signify something important, it gives me a warm glow on the inside :)

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[lokei]

Thanks!

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[idler_1814]

Delightful! I particularly liked this: ....his lips occasionally quirked as he ran across a particularly entertaining story, only to vanish when it was necessary to employ his quarterdeck bellow, and become the fearsome Mr. Bush once more.

So it's not only Hornblower who acts a part, hmmm?

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[lokei]

Thanks! Surely all officers must act a part, to one degree or another? Seems an almost inescapable part of management.