Rum and sea water

Calista 2022-03-16 09:01:03

binoculars, drumming ready for battle, shaking decks and shaking ass (men), hourglasses on time, warriors mending rudders, bayonets in the left hand, muskets in the right, raging storms, women who come by boat to trade, new species in the new world

About the tradition of rum, the death ceremony of the crew

See Moby Dick, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag for details

About leadership, people's suspicions in a sinister environment

Natural Selection in "Three-Body Problem" is an enlarged and upgraded version of it in the context of the universe

About the Captain

This man is so charming, no wonder he became the President of the United States 10 years later (big mistake)

About the doctor, the biologist, the cellist, the ruthless man who scraped his bones to heal his wounds

In fact, they are the same person, the captain's left and right arm

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Extended Reading
  • Sterling 2022-03-23 09:01:30

    A work worth seeing.

  • Faustino 2022-04-23 07:01:29

    It's ok, if you use action movies to classify and consider it well, the naval battles are very well shot.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World quotes

  • [Stephen asks how long the Surprise will stay moored off the Galapagos]

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: Oh a week, perhaps.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: A week?

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: There's no great hurry.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: Mustn't we make haste for...

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: I'm not even sure it was the Acheron we sighted. And if it was, she'll be well away by now. Like looking for an honest man in parliament.

  • Blakeney: Sir, I think we should be getting back.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: Naval discipline doesn't operate out here, Mr. Blakeney. I must find a cormorant. And should it indeed prove flightless, you can join me at the Royal Society dinner as codiscoverer.