Clearly you must read faster so that there will no longer BE any spoilers! ;) (I read the first four books in like eight or nine days. >_> Didn't get much else done during that time. D: )
"Temeraire is brilliant at compensating for Laurence's odd behaviors, and Laurence knows just which ideas Tem will get in his head. They'd be much, much less effective if apart." Precisely. They already know each other really well.
"Excidium will accept her lieutenant as acting captain, so long as all understand that he WILL be having his proper captain back in time." Perhaps this can also be the germ of the idea of using a different term, like "Flight Officer", for a person who has slightly different responsibilities?
I really, REALLY want Jane to meet Lady Allendale, now. >_> It would be a clash of cultures, I think, but still epic.
"It pains Tem a little ("really, Laurence, this is one language that we should spend time on"), but Laurence simply has no interest in that sort of thing." It's kind of in vogue to disdain French things. During the Napoleonic wars it was considered unpatriotic in Britain to drink Champagne or French wines, so everyone drank port from Portugal and such instead. On some level it can be the same kind of attitude with Laurence. ;)
"That kid has the oddest habit of checking through her meal as if there'll be something that isn't meat or vegetables, nobody gets it." XD OMG YES. Perhaps someone pranks her at some point and actually puts something in it...?
(I also have an idea for where you can begin the timeline so they're in England, but you'll have to get to the end of book four, first. >_> )
"THEN HE'D MAKE QUESTIONABLE-LOOKING OFFICERS CLEAN OFF HIS FOOT." AS A WARNING TO THE OTHERS.
"'Of course we shan't subject Captain Laurence to a demotion for circumstances quite beyond his control." And then Jane would stare them down until they agreed. And I'm sure that because it's the family honour at stake they can perhaps bring in Lord Allendale to help with this. This is a political thing! No son of his will be demoted for something like this!
MOPEY LAURENCE IS A SMOKING LAURENCE. I'm sure he's mortified about it.
"It takes the better part of two days to heat that much water, but asking Laurence to do it would spoil the surprise." Aww... perhaps he was feeling particularly down about something and Temeraire, Granby and Jane organized it for him to cheer him up?
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Date: 2011-02-28 12:32 am (UTC)"Temeraire is brilliant at compensating for Laurence's odd behaviors, and Laurence knows just which ideas Tem will get in his head. They'd be much, much less effective if apart." Precisely. They already know each other really well.
"Excidium will accept her lieutenant as acting captain, so long as all understand that he WILL be having his proper captain back in time." Perhaps this can also be the germ of the idea of using a different term, like "Flight Officer", for a person who has slightly different responsibilities?
I really, REALLY want Jane to meet Lady Allendale, now. >_> It would be a clash of cultures, I think, but still epic.
"It pains Tem a little ("really, Laurence, this is one language that we should spend time on"), but Laurence simply has no interest in that sort of thing."
It's kind of in vogue to disdain French things. During the Napoleonic wars it was considered unpatriotic in Britain to drink Champagne or French wines, so everyone drank port from Portugal and such instead. On some level it can be the same kind of attitude with Laurence. ;)
"That kid has the oddest habit of checking through her meal as if there'll be something that isn't meat or vegetables, nobody gets it." XD OMG YES. Perhaps someone pranks her at some point and actually puts something in it...?
(I also have an idea for where you can begin the timeline so they're in England, but you'll have to get to the end of book four, first. >_> )
"THEN HE'D MAKE QUESTIONABLE-LOOKING OFFICERS CLEAN OFF HIS FOOT." AS A WARNING TO THE OTHERS.
"'Of course we shan't subject Captain Laurence to a demotion for circumstances quite beyond his control." And then Jane would stare them down until they agreed. And I'm sure that because it's the family honour at stake they can perhaps bring in Lord Allendale to help with this. This is a political thing! No son of his will be demoted for something like this!
MOPEY LAURENCE IS A SMOKING LAURENCE. I'm sure he's mortified about it.
"It takes the better part of two days to heat that much water, but asking Laurence to do it would spoil the surprise." Aww... perhaps he was feeling particularly down about something and Temeraire, Granby and Jane organized it for him to cheer him up?