mstdn.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Administered by:

Server stats:

9.3K
active users

#AubreyMaturin

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
ClipHead<p>If you - like me - lost yourself in the <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> books by <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/PatrickOBrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickOBrian</span></a> and search for something in the same line, please try the <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/AlexanderClay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderClay</span></a> series by <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/PhilipKAllan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilipKAllan</span></a>. </p><p>I never thought I would be interested in <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/NauticalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NauticalFiction</span></a>, but this is good stuff. </p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/257223-alexander-clay" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodreads.com/series/257223-al</span><span class="invisible">exander-clay</span></a></p>
Steve Duncan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.cologne/@ClipHead" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ClipHead</span></a></span> Every time I finish a circumnavigation, I go looking for a new book/author/series to try….and then end up reading Master &amp; Commander again. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aubreymaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aubreymaturin</span></a></p>
ClipHead<p>And now: The Reverse of the Medal.</p><p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a></p>
Prof Medium Dave<p>Just started reading Patrick O’Brian’s 1959, pre- <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AubreyMaturin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AubreyMaturin</a> novel The Unknown Shore, and the first page has such a delightful sentence from the pov of a Tory: <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23booksky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a></p>
Today On Screen<p>Today, April 18, 1800, lieutenant Jack Aubrey meets physician Stephen Maturin at a concert at the Governor’s Mansion, beginning their long friendship (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003)</p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Letterboxd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Letterboxd</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/MasterAndCommander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasterAndCommander</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a></p>
Justin Waring 🐋<p>The category was "Seafaring Brits", and the clue was:</p><p>&gt; In 1804 an officer of HMS Warrior formally charged this captain with "calling me rascal, scoundrel &amp; shaking his fist in my face"</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a></p>
Justin Waring 🐋<p>Too much <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> led me to guess Captain Byng for a Final Jeopardy! clue last week instead of Captain Bligh.</p>
Justin Waring 🐋<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.electrafish.tech/@electrafish" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>electrafish</span></a></span> Like the time O'Brian forgot Babbington's first name and had Fanny Harte call him Charles instead of William. Then he has Stephen call her out on it in a later book!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatrickOBrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickOBrian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MasterAndCommander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasterAndCommander</span></a></p>
Daniel Fisher<p>Admiral Jack Aubrey speaking of his two daughters, Charlotte and Fanny: 😂 ❗ </p><p>"‘Oh come, Stephen, Charlotte and what’s her name are not exactly crones. As I remember they only date from the Mauritius campaign."</p><p><a href="https://social.electrafish.tech/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://social.electrafish.tech/tags/PatrickOBrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickOBrian</span></a> <a href="https://social.electrafish.tech/tags/MasterAndCommander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasterAndCommander</span></a></p>
phil_run_IL<p>Neeeeeext: Number 8 <br><a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/goodreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodreads</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/lesen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lesen</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/kindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kindle</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/PatrickOBrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickOBrian</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/AubreyAndMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyAndMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://social.running.cafe/tags/MasterAndCommander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasterAndCommander</span></a></p>
Hold My Chicken 🎉<p>I am a Fairly Old Person who's been hanging around various fandoms for a few decades. Socialist, queer, kinky, neurodivergent, somewhat disabled.</p><p>My main fannish interest right now is <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/StrayKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrayKids</span></a> (<a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/skz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skz</span></a>). I've been skz-posting so much that I decided to make a side account, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blorbo.social/@skrr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skrr</span></a></span>, just for skz-posting. Older skz posts will stay on this account, and new skz posts will be on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blorbo.social/@skrr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skrr</span></a></span>.</p><p>Other fannish hyperfixations (past and present, major and minor) include:<br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/ModaoZushi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModaoZushi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/TheUntamed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheUntamed</span></a> (especially <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/WangXian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WangXian</span></a> and <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/JuniorQuartet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorQuartet</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/TianGuanCiFu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TianGuanCiFu</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/StreetDanceOfChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StreetDanceOfChina</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/YiZhan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YiZhan</span></a> RPF (Wang Yibo / Xiao Zhan)<br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/WangYibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WangYibo</span></a> himself (I'm responsible for the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blorbo.social/@YiboSemiDaily" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>YiboSemiDaily</span></a></span> image-posting bot)<br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/WordOfHonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfHonor</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/LegendOfFei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendOfFei</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/Given" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Given</span></a> manga and anime<br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/DemonSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemonSlayer</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/BokuNoHeroAcademia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BokuNoHeroAcademia</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/HunterXHunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HunterXHunter</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/TheAdventureZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAdventureZone</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/JeevesAndWooster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeevesAndWooster</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/OurFlagMeansDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OurFlagMeansDeath</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/DetroitBecomeHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetroitBecomeHuman</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/Temeraire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Temeraire</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/OxygenNotIncluded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OxygenNotIncluded</span></a><br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/TheSims4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSims4</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/TheLordOfTheRings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLordOfTheRings</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/XenaWarriorPrincess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XenaWarriorPrincess</span></a> </p><p>I don't actively post about these things much these days, but you might see them pop up occasionally.</p><p>I occasionally visit other social sites (tumblr, tiktok, reddit) and boost stuff there, but almost never post in those places.</p><p>My non-fannish interests include <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a>, <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a>, <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a>, <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/manicure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manicure</span></a> art, <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/chickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chickens</span></a>, and fibre arts, especially <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a>. </p><p>Some of my old knitting patterns are on Ravelry: <br>:ravelry: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/lisa-reeve" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ravelry.com/designers/lisa-ree</span><span class="invisible">ve</span></a></p><p>I'm one of the founders of <a href="https://blorbo.social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blorbo.social</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>My username is inspired by drunk Lan Zhan offering Wei Ying chickens as a courting gift, in The Untamed.</p><p><a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>
Felicity Shoulders<p>Back on my bullshit*</p><p>*His Majesty’s Sloop Sophie</p><p><a href="https://pie.gd/tags/amReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amReading</span></a> <a href="https://pie.gd/tags/Aubreyad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aubreyad</span></a> <a href="https://pie.gd/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a></p>
Justin Waring 🐋<p>I don’t even remember any Sleep Baseball scores! 😴 </p><p>1) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atpfm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>atpfm</span></a></span> Accidental Tech Podcast 🖥️<br>2) <a href="https://www.sleepbaseball.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">sleepbaseball.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 💤⚾️<br>3) <a href="https://lubbershole.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lubbershole.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ⚓️🕳️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <br>4) <a href="https://retronauts.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">retronauts.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 👾<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> </p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@overcastfm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>overcastfm</span></a></span></p>
Patrick Gillam<p>I’m feeling the need for some really good buddy stories on the level of the Aubrey–Maturin series. Yes, of course, I’m going to return to the Aubrey Maturin series first. But after I finish it, what do you recommend?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatrickOBrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickOBrian</span></a></p>
Andrew Benedict-Nelson<p>“Where would conversation be if we were not allowed to share our minds freely and abuse our neighbors from time to time?” -Stephen Maturin <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/aubreymaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aubreymaturin</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Andrew Benedict-Nelson<p>In book six of the Aubrey-Maturin series Dr. Maturin, a Catholic and sometimes drug addict, is offered laudanum during surgery. “No sir, I want my head to be as clear as if I had the College of Cardinals under my knife.” <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/aubreymaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aubreymaturin</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Andrew Benedict-Nelson<p>“Let them fart fire and brimstone, the Gomorrans!” -Stephen Maturin <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/aubreymaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aubreymaturin</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Andrew Benedict-Nelson<p>“There are only three women aboard but they might as well be a troop of basilisks!”<br>“Basilisks, joy?” <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/aubreymaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aubreymaturin</span></a></p>
Justin Waring 🐋<p>This will clap a stopper over those capers, damn their eyes. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/113086233904432043" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1</span><span class="invisible">13086233904432043</span></a></p>
Felicity Shoulders<p>This is one of those words that I instantly imagine into the <a href="https://pie.gd/tags/AubreyMaturin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AubreyMaturin</span></a> books. Maturin calling Aubrey an ‘opsimath’ and Jack looking back all hurt and saying some non sequitur like “I don’t know how you can say such a thing, Stephen. I do eat the occasional vegetable!” </p><p><a href="https://pie.gd/tags/Aubreyad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aubreyad</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/@KarenStrickholm/113052000784373592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.online/@KarenStrickho</span><span class="invisible">lm/113052000784373592</span></a></p>