This is just a note to say that while this journal will continue, I will no longer be writing the Jack Aubrey character for theatrical_muse. I haven't had the time, and my perceptions of the character have altered as I've been reading the novels, and I thought it would be more fair to give someone else a chance. You are welcome to remain on my friends list, to ( Read more... )

Indeed, this looks to be a ship I should be proud to command!

I have returned from my travels but must speak to my lawyers before I attend to any further correspondence.

This must be a brief letter because the ship carrying our mail is about to depart. I am very sorry for my long silence -- we have encountered a blow of many days' duration and now I must make haste to make repairs and reach the south. I do wish everyone at home my dearest love and I shall try to send a letter by the end of the month.

The Muse asks: What is your weapon of choice?I am a great believer in exercising the great guns, and in shooting practice for a crew while marooned on land waiting for a ship. I have dueled successfully on a few occasions, though how happy I am that Stephen and I never came to that meeting. My skill with a sword is fair, and I can knock a man on ( Read more... )

I have been at sea for several weeks and I see that I have a great deal of catching up to do.

In the meantime, I have been given the following unpleasant fortune from what I suspect to be an unscrupulous fortuneteller.

The Muse asks: How do you view commitment?If one is speaking of the commitment between a man and his wife, I suppose I am brought by the lee no matter what answer I give. I cannot find it in me to admire a whore like Molly Harte, and I despise the way Diana has used Stephen, and I cannot even think of Sophie betraying me in such a manner. Yet ( Read more... )

The Muse asks: What have you most regretted losing?There is not a single sailor lost under my command whose death I have not regretted, even those who fell due to their own incompetence or difficulty in learning the ways of the ship. I have also been distressed by every court-martial I have ever witnessed, even those where men sentenced to death ( Read more... )

The Muse asks: If you knew that the world would end tomorrow, what would you do today?I suppose that I had better read my Bible and learn what I ought to do if the world would end tomorrow! I do hope that if I received such warning, I should be close enough at home to spend time with Sophie and the children, and selfishly I would want Stephen at my ( Read more... )

The Muse asks: What's a typical day for you?That depends entirely upon whether I am on land or at sea and what sort of conditions may occur. At home, a typical day often involves trying to bring my financial interests to fruition, making an attempt to tend my garden, playing with my children, appeasing my wife's mother and perhaps visiting with ( Read more... )

jack_aubrey's bits are best described as his "lascivious lance".

Indeed! Ha, ha.

Oh dear, letters have arrived in Recife, and I see that I have a great many to write now!