>>3908173Wine-Dark sea.
It's funny, there's loads of paederasty but it's all so clinical; it's very clears that he's a sympathiser, but not a fellow traveler.
>Thirteen Gun SaluteEvidently I've just read this. What did you find gayest about it? You're talking about the Not-Sultan's BF, right? That was pretty cute, though ending messily.
>my favorite Aubry and Maturin exchange.I'm guessing it's the one where Maturin pseudonomises the Sultan's Boy as 'Ganymede' which Aubrey misinterprets as referring to the celestial satellite of Jupiter? That was desperately amusing, and I similarly enjoyed it: "After the Sultan's finished with him, I'll take my turn." Great fun!
As I read forth I keep getting disappointed that Reade isn't caught being thoroughly buggered, lmao.