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* Those rescued whalers have ''already'' been through a nightmare - ship captured, captain dead, most of the crew taken prisoner, their livelihood taken - and now they're on the ''Surprise'' headed straight into a pitched battle!
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* Aubrey makes a dinner-table pun about weevils, getting a good laugh - and no one remarks on, or is in the least surprised by the fact that their food is infested with insects.
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* Aubrey makes a dinner-table pun about weevils, getting a good laugh - and no one remarks on, or is in the least surprised by the fact that their food is infested with insects.
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* The ''Acheron'''s first appearance, a ship that came out of nowhere in a misty morning and attacked the ''Surprise''.
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* The ''Acheron'''s first appearance, a ship that came comes out of nowhere in a misty during an early morning fog and attacked attacks the ''Surprise''.
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* Midshipman Hollom commits suicide by jumping off the side of the ship while holding a cannonball. The sight of his upturned face slowly fading out of sight as he sank downwards is haunting.
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* Midshipman Hollom commits suicide by jumping off the side of the ship while holding a cannonball. The sight of his upturned face slowly fading out of sight as he sank sinks downwards is haunting.
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* The scene during a huge storm where the ''Surprise'' loses a mast, and the sailors have to cut it loose fast or the ship will broach -- turn sideways to the waves and be rolled over. And there's one man still clinging to the ropes, watching his shipmates cut him loose, screaming for them to just wait for him -- and his best friend is one of those taking an axe to the ropes, because he knows he has no choice.
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. Real men -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- don't cry. Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. Real men -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- don't cry. Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
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* The scene during a huge storm where the ''Surprise'' loses a mast, and the sailors have to cut it loose fast or the ship will broach -- turn broach--turn sideways to the waves and be rolled over. And there's one man still clinging to the ropes, watching his shipmates cut him loose, screaming for them to just wait for him -- and him--and his best friend is one of those taking an axe to the ropes, because he knows he has no choice.
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. Realmen -- even men--even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- don't amputated--don't cry. Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw off--saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. Real
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** Not to mention that he does it right in front of Blakeney, a thirteen year old boy. Certainly NightmareFuel for him.
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* The ''Acheron'''s first appearance, a ship [[NothingIsScarier that came out of nowhere in a misty morning]] morning and attacked the ''Surprise''.
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* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. [[RealMenDontCry Real men]] -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- [[RealMenDontCry don't cry.]] Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. [[RealMenDontCry Real men]] -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- [[RealMenDontCry don't cry.]] Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
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* The scene during a huge storm where the ''Surprise'' loses a mast, and the sailors have to cut it loose fast or the ship will broach -- turn sideways to the waves and be rolled over. And there's one man still clinging to the ropes, watching his shipmates cut him loose, screaming for them to just wait for him - -- and his best friend is one of those taking an axe to the ropes, because he knows he has no choice.
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face.[[RealMenDontCry Real men]] men -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- [[RealMenDontCry don't cry.]] cry. Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face.
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* Maturin performing self-surgery. It's telling in that Padeen and Higgins (a surgeon's assistant and an apprentice surgeon) and Aubrey (a lifelong sailor who has "been amongst and around wounds all his life) are all very visibly uncomfortable watching him do it.
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* Maturin performing self-surgery. It's telling in that Padeen and Higgins (a surgeon's assistant and an apprentice surgeon) and Aubrey (a lifelong sailor who has "been been amongst and around wounds all his life) are all very visibly uncomfortable watching him do it.
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* The looks on the faces of the ''Surprise'' crew during the final battle. Killick especially seems to go directly from his usual ServileSnarker persona to a BloodKnight.
** A notable exception is Barrett Bonden, the coxswain. He stabs the French sailors in a workman-like fashion with barely a snarl during exertions.
** A notable exception is Barrett Bonden, the coxswain. He stabs the French sailors in a workman-like fashion with barely a snarl during exertions.
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* Maturin performing self-surgery. It's telling in that Padeen and Higgins (a surgeon's assistant and an apprentice surgeon) and Aubrey (a lifelong sailor who has "been amongst and around wounds all his life) are all very visibly uncomfortable watching him do it.
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** And before that, all the seamen marking their faces as Hollom returns with his midshipmen mates. There's some tension building up.
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* The sight of Hollom's face as he sinks down into the water is ''haunting'', to say the least. DrivenToSuicide always is.
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* [[spoiler:Midshipman Hollom commits suicide by jumping off the side of the ship while holding a cannonball.]] The sight of Hollom's his upturned face slowly fading out of sight as he sinks down into sank downwards is haunting.
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* The sight of Hollom's face as he sinks down into the water is ''haunting'', to say the least. DrivenToSuicide always is.
* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. [[RealMenDontCry Real men]] -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- [[RealMenDontCry don't cry.]] Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
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* 19th century surgery on a warship. "Don't worry, it's just the laudanum talking." "It's just the laudanum talking" is Maturin's way of helping Blakeney save some face. [[RealMenDontCry Real men]] -- even thirteen-year-olds having an arm amputated -- [[RealMenDontCry don't cry.]] Luckily, Maturin is a genuine physician, not some ex-butcher or ex-barber with a chopper and a bucket of tar.[[note]]Another piece of Nightmare Fuel is ''how'' some "doctors" cut arms off - saw halfway through the bone, then snap through the rest and ''pull'' the arm free.[[/note]]
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