I'm also fond of 'better than a wife,' and his watching Bush sleep.
Aww, yes :D
Yes, that's true—Bush is more of a cinnamon roll by the standards of his own time (and hence perhaps to Hornblower) than from our point of view.
You'll be happy to know, though, that this is the last of Hornblower's inexplicable heterosexual philandering.
Oh good! And it sounds like the adaptation had the right idea there.
I see what you mean about the original ending being a good opening for fic, and the US ending being kind of a fic itself! I think I needed just a bit more closure/explanation for the impact of the original ending really to work for me—as it was I was just going, 'wait, what happened? why???'—but I can also see how having that as the only ending you knew about for a long time would make the additional chapter even less satisfying.
Yes, I look forward to working my way through those recs when I have a little bit more brain space—thank you :)
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Aww, yes :D
Yes, that's true—Bush is more of a cinnamon roll by the standards of his own time (and hence perhaps to Hornblower) than from our point of view.
You'll be happy to know, though, that this is the last of Hornblower's inexplicable heterosexual philandering.
Oh good! And it sounds like the adaptation had the right idea there.
I see what you mean about the original ending being a good opening for fic, and the US ending being kind of a fic itself! I think I needed just a bit more closure/explanation for the impact of the original ending really to work for me—as it was I was just going, 'wait, what happened? why???'—but I can also see how having that as the only ending you knew about for a long time would make the additional chapter even less satisfying.
Yes, I look forward to working my way through those recs when I have a little bit more brain space—thank you :)