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* [[Unwanted Spouse]]: Horatio essentially marries Maria out of guilt because he can't bear to hurt her feelings when she throws herself at him. He spends as much time as possible avoiding her at sea and finds writing letters to her to be a chore. |
* [[Unwanted Spouse]]: Horatio essentially marries Maria out of guilt because he can't bear to hurt her feelings when she throws herself at him. He spends as much time as possible avoiding her at sea and finds writing letters to her to be a chore. |
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** [[Unwanted Harem]]: Marie (not Maria) points out that he is a very easy man for women to love but a man who finds it hard to love in return. {{spoiler|She's mostly right.}} |
** [[Unwanted Harem]]: Marie (not Maria) points out that he is a very easy man for women to love but a man who finds it hard to love in return. {{spoiler|She's mostly right.}} |
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* [[Values Dissonance]]: Racism toward...well practically everyone who is not British is taken for granted. Americans get a pass the few times they appear, because of course a lot [[Pandering to the Base|of readers are Americans.]] |
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* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Don't know a halyard from a hawse-hole, a maintop from a mizzenmast, or a sea-anchor from a sea-cucumber? Good luck! |
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Don't know a halyard from a hawse-hole, a maintop from a mizzenmast, or a sea-anchor from a sea-cucumber? Good luck! |
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* [[War Is Hell]]: Forester goes out of his way to describe what happens to men who are hit by cannonballs, then what happens to them when they visit the surgeon, and then the funeral. Not to mention the [[Squick|weevils and bad water]]. |
* [[War Is Hell]]: Forester goes out of his way to describe what happens to men who are hit by cannonballs, then what happens to them when they visit the surgeon, and then the funeral. Not to mention the [[Squick|weevils and bad water]]. |
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