Ch 10: shipmates

[tootsiemuppet]

This is the chapter where

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[mylodon]

So sad - that whole bit I can see so clearly in my mind. In fact i think the battle is the most vivid of all POB's.

[sharpiefan]

I had the boarding of Acheron in my mind when reading the battle scene.

As you say, very vivid.

[mylodon]

Oh indeed - that film is more M and C than Far Side...

[tootsiemuppet]

Yep, you can see why Weir picked it.

[sharpiefan]

Guess what! I actually have an icon for the Marines firing their volley at Cacafuego! *uses it*

*huggles Marine*

[esteven]

They're really doing well. :D

[mmebahorel]

I just want to say: *sob*

My first time through, that line just killed me - the shock of it, because I had loved Dillon so. Every subsequent time, I know it's coming, but "the great wound in his heart" makes me cry every single time - it's a little obvious, I find, the imagery as metaphor, but it doesn't make it any the less true. And I usually manage to forget Ellis gets the number of his mess, too, because I'm so fixated on Dillon, that that hurts all over again every time as well.

[esteven]

It is a poignant scene, made all the more so because O'Brian -usually so eloquent in his sentences- is short and cutting. No embroidery, just the naked scene.

[esteven]

It seems nearly inevitable that Dillon would throw himself into any fight, he is too high strung and too desperate and has probably lost his sense of perspective there. I guess that death may have been preferable to him

[esteven]

And just when the dear is at her parents with hardly an access to the net.

[tootsiemuppet]

She'll come.

[esteven]

I have no doubt of that.
*sniggers*
*has mind like a 13-year old*

[tootsiemuppet]

Hah, you're horrible.

The master's appreciation society. :D

[esteven]

So he returns angry words with kindness. :D But then, we all know that Stephen and nauticalia do not go together.
'Why, sir, you would have to speak more hasty by half to put me out,' said the master, who was aware of Stephen's liking for him and who valued it highly.

Re: The master's appreciation society. :D

[esteven]

I love your icon. :D

They know that he will do his best for them when they are injured. He is also understanding of their quirks and little vices and does not cast any moral judgement on them.

Re: The master's appreciation society. :D

[sidlj]

It's nice that Mr. Marshall isn't jealous of Stephen's particular friendship with Jack. He was jealous of Dillon for a while there, but not Stephen, apparently.