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I'm up to Sharpe's Company now, and I've been thinking for a few days about a question -- which is hotter: Lt. Sharpe, 95th Rifles, as played by Mr. Sean Bean, or Lt. Bush, RN, as played by Mr. Paul McGann? My hypothesis is that as long as they both keep their mouths shut, Sharpe wins; but the minute they speak, Bush vaults or catapults into the lead. It's not that Mr. Sean Bean's voice isn't, you know, very pleasant indeed; but damn. (Bush also wins a few style points for his show's theme music not having a part for solo electric guitar.)

ellen_fremedon says she'd have to see them side by side. I say this is also entirely acceptable. But I cannot find a good picture of Lt. Bush. ALAS. Internets, can you help me?

[eta: But I'll tell you what: that Sean Bean just keeps getting hotter, doesn't he.]

i was so ... amused

neotoma said to me the other day, apropos of something or other, "You've seen Sharpe, right?" And I had to admit that I never have, although I've always meant to. (Sean Bean! Of course I'd meant to!) So she lent me some DVDs, and having now got through Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle, my question is this:

Why has nobody ever (or, see subject line) written a combined Sharpe~Hornblower story? (It doesn't really seem like a crossover, does it?) Think of the opportunities for well-bred or at least well-behaved devastating snark, when the Army and the Navy have to work together but can't stand each other! Come on, y'all, what are you waiting for? Really. :-)

i was so ... awake

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i think this is a fair question.

i am choosing for the moment to believe i just don't know where it is.

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