Hornblower Observations

- I'd forgotten how painfully beautiful Ioan Gruffudd is, and how YOUNG he was in this show. But then, I was young when I watched it and grokked him. :D

- It's so bloody homoerotic.

- Most of the time, a complete lack of women in a show puts me off. But the homoeroticism kind of makes up for it somehow. Don't ask me how, I don't know why.

- I'm enjoying the accents, the obscure but talented British Actor cameos and all the costumes.

- The boats are gorgeous. I love boats! Boats, boats, boats, BOATS!

- Ioan Gruffudd gets wet a lot. He's hot in the uniform. He's just as hot out of it.

- There are too many opportunities in the dialogue for me to make dirty double entendres. I'm droppin' Trish D'Lish style shit here.

- This episode I'm watching, Hornblower is learning how to be a good leader with his crew, and to care about them but be a firm leader. I can see where Roddenberry was inspired by him when he created Captain Kirk.

Running Double-Entendres (Or Single Entendres as Tina would say...)

"Toss your oars!" --Hornblower
My reply -- "I'll show you how to toss an oar, baby."

"PULL AWAY! PULL FOR ALL YOU'RE WORTH!" - HB
"*snigger*" -- Me.