“So I go upstairs and open my door, and in shoots a streak of
brown that had to have a sonic boom following it. I’m surprised it
hadn’t gone Spaceballs plaid. I was unaware that a ground squirrel
found its way in the building and was looking for a place to hide. I
grabbed my cat, who has the hunting instincts of a blind, arthritic sea
cucumber, and put her in the bedroom and shut the door, because I could
not fathom trying to chase this thing out from my cluttered closet. 2
of ?”
“I then grabbed the closest thing I had, which was a cheap some
mop from the dollar store. With said mop, and some screaming, and the
squirrel chasing me at one point, I finally got the thing from behind
my fireplace credenza, under two end tables, a coffee table, an
overturned oversized chair and ottoman, I got it out of my apartment. I
did this by lying down on the floor like a starfish and swinging the
mop on the floor like one hand of Big Ben. 3 of ?”
“I did this all with my apartment door wide open to the world,
the cat meowing bloody murder in the bedroom because she hates being
locked away, and my work clothes on. I slammed my door shut and called
the landlord to come take care of business. I then had to have my
landlord call my boss to confirm that I was back late from lunch because
I was being held hostage in my apartment by a lost ground squirrel that
did not pay rent. 4 of 5″
“So now I have “Late from lunch – excused” on my HR time record
with the note “Squirrel hostage situation” attached to it. The next
time, I’ll just let the ground squirrel have the apartment. It’ll be
easier to move. 5 of 5″
This was a ride from start to finish, and an absolute delight. Thank you for sharing!
aww, Laura, you know we love Peach verse! I could just see Thomas being so incredibly done with being stuck in one place, though – I mean, he spent ten years stuck with no traveling or seeing anything outside a small patch of land and however long farming with no option not to, so somehow I’d see him wanting to sail, or at least travel a lot. He’s got to be so restless by now.
Exactly 🙂 (also, I’m sorry for butting in, I’m not Laura, heh). I think I read in the tags somewhere that Thomas is someone who, for the first part of his life, had access to the entire world – ideas, and books, and salons, and probably travelling around the Continent, and meeting artists and scientists and poets. And then for ten years he was stuck in the same few acres, probably tortured in Bethlem, forced to do manual labor, and likely had little to no access to books or new ideas, and certainly couldn’t go anywhere. Someone with a mind as bright and keen at Thomas’, with his curiosity about the world, with his love of ideas…I think he’d want that back, honestly. That’s part of what they took from him: the ability to exercise his brilliant ind and use it to hits full potential, and what better gift to give Thomas than not only his freedom, but also the ability to fulfill that desire again?
So i also kind of like the idea of James commandeering a ship and taking Thomas to see the world. I know James is tired of the sea and wants to walk away from it and it has too many bitter memories for him at this point, but Thomas has literally been in one place for a decade. He’d want to get out and stretch his legs and James would want to give that to him. And maybe together they can make new memories on the sea, ones that aren’t bloody and awful, so that James learns to love the sea again. Maybe, after all he’s been through, Thomas would like to see Nassau, to know what it actually looks like. To travel up and down the East Coast of the united states, visiting the major colonies. In fact, they could even go to Philadelphia and meet a very young Benjamin Franklin.
okay but now imagine james and thomas turning up in nassau and james just going to thomas ‘okay watch this’ and then striding into the tavern. and the whole island hears jack rackham scream
as someone who can only tell stringed instruments from the ones with keys, I’m wondering: isn’t Miranda’s instrument a
harpsichord? at least that’s what I’ve been seeing floating around on gifsets and took as canon. is there a difference between
harpsichord
and clavichord? I know piano didn’t yet exist, but from there it’s total darkness. and what is tuning one of those -chords like? does she do it herself? does James try to help?
well, they are very similar instruments, but a clavichord is much smaller and quieter, and was historically used as a practice instrument as it wasn’t loud enough for live performances. This is a clavichord:
and this is a harpsichord:
we see a harpsichord in the flashbacks here – see how big it is?
the instrument she plays in nassau is clearly not that:
in addition, bear mccreary (the composer for the show) talks about it on his blog here
as for tuning… while i love them both and have complete faith in their combined ability to do a great many things, tuning a clavichord is not one of them. It would be pretty much impossible – it involves taking apart the instrument, and it’s almost always done by a professional. I suppose she would just need to find someone on Nassau who could do it.
thank you for the explanation (very clear!) and the link 😀
so what I have taken out of this is:
– James, at some point, apart from hunting for books and tea cups and the Urca’s treasure, has dragged in a tuner at gunpoint;
– ’James, no’;
– he has also tried stealing Davy Jones’s organ for Miranda.
Billy Bones: How does this whole “agenda” thing work? Captain Flint: I have a lot of those. Specify. Billy Bones: The gay agenda to take over the world? Captain Flint: Okay, first of all, keep your voice down. That is top secret.
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