kollo app for posterity
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guardyanangelCharacter name: Lieutenant Archibald "Archie" Kennedy Canon: Hornblower series (TV/movie series)Canon point: During the Mutiny, aka while he's still on board the Renown. Circa November 1801.
Powers, if any: Nothing supernatural, but he's a good swordfighter/sharpshooter, not that that's something he hopes is ever useful here.
Application letter:
[In mostly neat hand but with a handful of ink blots; the parchment smelling something like the sea:]
18 November 1801 HMS Renown, en route to Santo Domingo
To the esteemed maintainers of the island of Norrhamn,
My name is Archibald Kennedy, fourth lieutenant on HMS Renown, under the command of Captain Sawyer. I understand that you have no connection to His Majesty's Navy and that you offer respite to troubled souls while still allowing them to return back to their homes without losing time.
If this is truly the case, I believe your island is the answer to a prayer. My current Captain, esteemed though he is, has fallen ill with some unclear malady. It makes him overly wary and causes him to distrust we his officers. Of late his attention has begun to turn towards a Mr. Midshipman Henry Wellard and third Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower, men whom I carry much affection for.
I
If you were to be so kind as to permit me on your island, I would appreciate the time away from my current situation. Desertion is not an option
I look forward to learning your decision, and hope it is one of permission.
Your obedient servant,
Lieutenant
He's glad this is his life now.
He's glad he doesn't have to live his life in fear. He's glad he isn't constantly looking over his shoulder waiting for disaster to strike. He's glad that most of his days involve tending to the lighthouse and its grounds; involve walks on the beach and swimming and fishing.
Involve loving and being loved by so many very good people.
Elliot has been adjusting well, though he still seems just a bit nervous. Archie is giving him some space as the young man reads in the lighthouse; instead heading outside to see if anything interesting has washed up on the shore.
His gaze, as always, flickers on occasion out into the water and towards the horizon. He's never sure when something (or someone) might come out from the deep and surprise him.
He's glad he doesn't have to live his life in fear. He's glad he isn't constantly looking over his shoulder waiting for disaster to strike. He's glad that most of his days involve tending to the lighthouse and its grounds; involve walks on the beach and swimming and fishing.
Involve loving and being loved by so many very good people.
Elliot has been adjusting well, though he still seems just a bit nervous. Archie is giving him some space as the young man reads in the lighthouse; instead heading outside to see if anything interesting has washed up on the shore.
His gaze, as always, flickers on occasion out into the water and towards the horizon. He's never sure when something (or someone) might come out from the deep and surprise him.
He hates this ship.
He hates that he hates this ship-- Hates that yet another hope has been dashed by the Navy and its apparent tendency towards letting terrible men into power over good ones. Hates that he could've had a chance for a step up, but instead finds himself back almost at the beginning again.
Only almost, though. He's older, now; better able to handle the hurts that this kind of atmosphere settles into one's soul. Better able to look after the young men in his care.
Still, he hates most of all that it's not as easy for him and Horatio to carry this burden together.
It means he's almost grateful, when Horatio seeks him out with that pinched look on his face that means something especially is worrying him. Archie hopes it's not about Mr. Wellard-- fears that it is.
Follows after his friend with, at least, some of the same easy settling that they're used to.
The moment they're alone, though, he can't help the way his attention focuses on Horatio (and not, for better or worse, anyone else that may be in the room.)
"What is it, 'ratio?"
Or, more likely, who is it that was having the trouble?
He hates that he hates this ship-- Hates that yet another hope has been dashed by the Navy and its apparent tendency towards letting terrible men into power over good ones. Hates that he could've had a chance for a step up, but instead finds himself back almost at the beginning again.
Only almost, though. He's older, now; better able to handle the hurts that this kind of atmosphere settles into one's soul. Better able to look after the young men in his care.
Still, he hates most of all that it's not as easy for him and Horatio to carry this burden together.
It means he's almost grateful, when Horatio seeks him out with that pinched look on his face that means something especially is worrying him. Archie hopes it's not about Mr. Wellard-- fears that it is.
Follows after his friend with, at least, some of the same easy settling that they're used to.
The moment they're alone, though, he can't help the way his attention focuses on Horatio (and not, for better or worse, anyone else that may be in the room.)
"What is it, 'ratio?"
Or, more likely, who is it that was having the trouble?
more than kisses, letters mingle souls
Jan. 14th, 2017 03:24 pm He doesn't mean to pry. He really doesn't.
But the book of Horatio's old letters are right there, and he's curious if there's any of the ones to him that have been saved. He only means to glance over the book to find out. He doesn't mean to get absorbed in reading through the letters with a nostalgic fondness; doesn't mean to wander back into the index and see the overwhelming number of times he's mentioned-- Far, far more than he and Horatio had ever had the time to write one another.
From there, it's just down the rabbit hole.
He keeps coming back to the letter Horatio had written to Pellew, after. It's the one the book will be open to, when Horatio comes back.
It's the one that Archie can't help but properly work up a cry about; the tears running down his cheeks more than he'd let loose in longer than he cared to remember.
But the book of Horatio's old letters are right there, and he's curious if there's any of the ones to him that have been saved. He only means to glance over the book to find out. He doesn't mean to get absorbed in reading through the letters with a nostalgic fondness; doesn't mean to wander back into the index and see the overwhelming number of times he's mentioned-- Far, far more than he and Horatio had ever had the time to write one another.
From there, it's just down the rabbit hole.
He keeps coming back to the letter Horatio had written to Pellew, after. It's the one the book will be open to, when Horatio comes back.
It's the one that Archie can't help but properly work up a cry about; the tears running down his cheeks more than he'd let loose in longer than he cared to remember.
me? i died for him [reslife au]
Dec. 30th, 2016 09:47 pm The topic comes up as they're driving some of the kids home from a retreat. Hamilton's soundtrack is good road trip music, and something Archie's listened to and read up on enough to actually know a thing or two.
He thinks Horatio's asleep in the passenger seat when one of the kids pipes up with a question about Laurens' line in the first song. Archie's surprised when none of their other residents don't know the theoretical answer-- replies easily after a glance Horatio's direction. He's facing away from him, but his breathing's fairly steady. He's probably asleep.
It makes it easier for Archie to start to explain.
"It's actually pretty depressing, if you think about it," he begins, eyes focused on the road but gaze flickering a moment to meet with the resident that posed the query in the first place, "Apparently, there's a lot of evidence indicating that Laurens and Hamilton were in a relationship, starting about when they were aide-de-camps under Washington. But Laurens had some-- really bad self-esteem and awful internalized homophobia, thanks mostly to his dad being an ass. And when the war was drawing to an end, he didn't really-- think he'd have much of a place in the world after, but he knew Hamilton would."
There's a thoughtful flicker to his expression, for a moment. He hadn't thought much of it before, but there's the beginnings of a realization of some parallels. Unconsciously, he tucks it away for later reflection.
"So there's-- quite a bit of indication that Laurens rather recklessly threw himself into that last battle he fought. That it was a kind of-- suicide by proxy, partially because he-- didn't want to live after the war, but it was partially because he knew that Hamilton had the potential to-- really be something, in the new country they were making. But he thought, and probably rightly, that that would only happen if Hamilton married a woman and wasn't-- even the least bit rumored to be romantically or sexually involved with a man. But Hamilton was too loyal and wouldn't've given up on Laurens without a fight."
Another brief flicker of his gaze back to his kid, his smile a little sad.
"So to Laurens, it seems, the only solution was to-- die, so that Hamilton would have a-- good chance at things. Hence his 'I died for him.' Depressing, right?"
"Hella," the resident agrees, "And then Hamilton didn't even manage to-- keep things going well for himself. He had to mess it all up by cheating on Eliza and-- being a stubborn, impulsive idiot."
It's easy enough to let the change in topic happen naturally. Archie lets himself laugh in response to the words, and the conversation turns easily enough to Hamilton's foolishness.
Through it all, Archie still thinks Horatio's asleep.
He thinks Horatio's asleep in the passenger seat when one of the kids pipes up with a question about Laurens' line in the first song. Archie's surprised when none of their other residents don't know the theoretical answer-- replies easily after a glance Horatio's direction. He's facing away from him, but his breathing's fairly steady. He's probably asleep.
It makes it easier for Archie to start to explain.
"It's actually pretty depressing, if you think about it," he begins, eyes focused on the road but gaze flickering a moment to meet with the resident that posed the query in the first place, "Apparently, there's a lot of evidence indicating that Laurens and Hamilton were in a relationship, starting about when they were aide-de-camps under Washington. But Laurens had some-- really bad self-esteem and awful internalized homophobia, thanks mostly to his dad being an ass. And when the war was drawing to an end, he didn't really-- think he'd have much of a place in the world after, but he knew Hamilton would."
There's a thoughtful flicker to his expression, for a moment. He hadn't thought much of it before, but there's the beginnings of a realization of some parallels. Unconsciously, he tucks it away for later reflection.
"So there's-- quite a bit of indication that Laurens rather recklessly threw himself into that last battle he fought. That it was a kind of-- suicide by proxy, partially because he-- didn't want to live after the war, but it was partially because he knew that Hamilton had the potential to-- really be something, in the new country they were making. But he thought, and probably rightly, that that would only happen if Hamilton married a woman and wasn't-- even the least bit rumored to be romantically or sexually involved with a man. But Hamilton was too loyal and wouldn't've given up on Laurens without a fight."
Another brief flicker of his gaze back to his kid, his smile a little sad.
"So to Laurens, it seems, the only solution was to-- die, so that Hamilton would have a-- good chance at things. Hence his 'I died for him.' Depressing, right?"
"Hella," the resident agrees, "And then Hamilton didn't even manage to-- keep things going well for himself. He had to mess it all up by cheating on Eliza and-- being a stubborn, impulsive idiot."
It's easy enough to let the change in topic happen naturally. Archie lets himself laugh in response to the words, and the conversation turns easily enough to Hamilton's foolishness.
Through it all, Archie still thinks Horatio's asleep.
