I got tired of the books about halfway through because Horatio's internal monologue is so self-loathing. It's very tiresome, especially after having grown used to the company of Jack and Stephen (another thing where I adore the source material but don't feel the need to write fic very much. Maybe about Clarissa Oakes).
As for the fetch - at least in stories I know, when someone is very near death, their fetch can appear to someone they love. Often enough they don't speak, sometimes they carry a message of affection.
Horatio interpreted the manifestation as a ghost. It was actually Archie's fetch, because he WAS that near death... but he recovered. So VERY tempted to enlist Stephen Maturin's help in that matter. I need to go back and check the early books & see if there's a plausible time, because I know what Stephen was doing during most of the Peace of Amiens, but it's the months just before that are most critical.
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Date: 2011-12-28 11:31 pm (UTC)As for the fetch - at least in stories I know, when someone is very near death, their fetch can appear to someone they love. Often enough they don't speak, sometimes they carry a message of affection.
Horatio interpreted the manifestation as a ghost. It was actually Archie's fetch, because he WAS that near death... but he recovered. So VERY tempted to enlist Stephen Maturin's help in that matter. I need to go back and check the early books & see if there's a plausible time, because I know what Stephen was doing during most of the Peace of Amiens, but it's the months just before that are most critical.