On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > > > I just thought I'd mention that if you like this sort of thing, you >> might very well enjoy "Master and Commander". Speaking as a 21st-C. >> landlubber, I think this film went to great lengths to provide an >> excellent & reasonably realistic reproduction of a 19th-C. naval >> campaign. >> >> I also found myself trying assign Dragaeran Houses to the characters. >> Captain Aubry's tenacity, ferocity & suprising cleverness do seem to >> be definitely Orca-ish. Dr. Maturin is very much like a Hawk. >> > >Good to hear they did a good job. I'm going to be seeing the movie >in the next week sometime, I hope. I'd always figured Jack as a >Dragon, actually, I've always assumed that there must be a certain amount of overlap between House characteristics. Certainly the Orca must have a sufficiency of martial nature, given that they make up the Imperial Navy. Or did I misunderstand something? There are a couple of ruses that we see Aubrey use - if you've been reading the books, you probably know what they are - that reminded me of Kiera's thoughts about the air-pressure-alarm she finds. Although I may have been predisposed to think in that direction, given that the whole film takes place at sea. > >though certainly you're right--Stephen is a textbook Hawk. > Heh. The movie does tend to emphasize those qualities of his nature. I'm glad that I guessed *something* right.