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Queequeg and Ishmael cuddling in bed, illustrated by Rockwell Kent
@jazzypizzaz ummmm THEY'RE MARRIED ?? cmon lol
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i may have made this exact post before but guys. god.
Queequeg’s face when he thinks that Ishmael doesn’t want to ship out with him:
Queequeg’s face when Ishmael assures him that he does indeed want to ship out with him:
seconds later:
what conclusion would YOU draw from this
Well I certainly don’t object to the notion of them as lovers. And if there are any fanfics that get them together, then I’ll happily read them.
But on screen. I think they’ve simply found themselves ‘a brother from another mother’.
Clearly Queequeg’s been whaling for some time and so he’s quite used to people like Ishmael.
But this Ishmael, rather than the merchant sea man of the book is a teacher who’s never been on board ship in his life. So people like Queequeg might as well be from another planet.
Yet as soon as he gets know this new companion he likes him and it’s mutual.
well, fair
i did make the post sort of open ended but my point was that to me this absolutely reads as romantic and imho so does every iteration of these characters i've come across
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my grand literary theory is that about 80% of what queequeg tells ishmael is pure horseshit partly for shits and giggles and partly to find out if there's a limit to what this stupid white boy will believe
oh it absolutely reads as him fucking with Ishmael quite a bit imho
ok so it’s been a while since i’ve actually read the text of the book so you’ll have to take that into account here but my read on Ishmael is basically that he’s a white man with (the inevitable and inescapable) racist biases who is at the time of the story just opening his eyes to, what was that metaphor? the invisible knapsack? and is only beginning to unpack it. he’s not there yet by any means but has the capacity to get there. like as i recall he questions himself and his preconceived ideas at least a couple times which indicates that he’s willing to learn and arguably has the intention to
like the book has many and varied problems with racism (shock! surprise!) but at least racist shit is like, kinda acknowledged by the text, which, i mean, whatever that counts for really depends on where you place the bar but it’s not something you really see often. i can think of way more examples of bigoted shit just being there, ugly and unconfronted and never mentioned/addressed again, and therefore implied to be wholly signed off on by the narrator/speaker/whatever, and like, the fact that there is any level of awareness/questioning of this shit at all in the text of moby dick is something at least
like i said tho it’s been a while since i’ve actually read it (i’ve listened to bits and pieces of audiobooks and whatnot) so
also i myself am white which is also pertinent here
but yeah
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To enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. But if, like Queequeg and me in the bed, the tip of your nose or the crown of your head be slightly chilled, why then, indeed, in the general consciousness you feel most delightfully and unmistakably warm. For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (via gregpoo)
i may have made this exact post before but guys. god.
Queequeg’s face when he thinks that Ishmael doesn’t want to ship out with him:
Queequeg’s face when Ishmael assures him that he does indeed want to ship out with him:
seconds later:
what conclusion would YOU draw from this
what if i just wanna see a compilation of all the sweet moments between Queequeg and Ishmael in those two movies (1998 and 2011) cut together instead of watching the whole films
it is a quarter to three in the morning. i am reading Queequeg/Ishmael fanfiction on ao3. i might be crying a little. let these men love each other god
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herman melville, moby-dick; highlights of ishmael and queequeg’s relationship
yes i made the 3 harpooneers, the Starbuck family, Pip and Ishmael in the sims
and yes Ishmael and Queequeg are Together and Yes they are getting married i'm a silly bitch and i like happy endings
tracklist:
- Rolling Down to Old Maui - David Coffin it’s a damn tough life full of toil and strife we whalermen undergo
- Hornpipe Instrumental (Live) - The Lost Quays
- Roll The Old Chariot Along - David Coffin oh a night on the town wouldn’t do us any harm
- Bones in the Ocean - The Longest Johns as i live all the years that they left me behind
- The bonny ship the Diamond - Ian Giles, John Spiers, John Bowden, Graham Metcalfe for the bonny ship the Diamond goes fishin’ for the whale
- Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her - Stan Rogers for the voyage is done and the winds don’t blow
- E Ipo - A Boy Named Sue no matter where you go i will follow close behind
- Are You Sleeping? - Harry Nilsson when the morning comes i’ll be there by your side
- Pack Up Your Sorrows - Mimi & Richard Fariña but if somehow your could pack up your sorrows, and give them all to me,
- Drowsy Sleepy Maggie - Treebeard
- Nantucket Sleighride (to Owen Coffin) - Mountain and i know you’re the last true love i’ll ever meet
- Catch the Wind - Donovan to feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
- Today - Jefferson Airplane i feel like pleasing you more than before
- Pokarekare Ana - Te Huhu return to me, i could die of love for you
- You’ve got a friend - Carole King and i’ll be there
- Blood Red Roses - Storm Weather Shanty Choir for it’s time for us to roll and go
- The Mermaid - VFSS Shanty Crew our gallant ship was lost, and the most of her merry men was drowned
- Old Stormalong - Paul Clayton Stormy, he is dead and gone, weigh-hey-hey Mr. Stormalong
- I’ll Go And ‘List For A Sailor - Morris On Band so now i’ll cross the ragin’ sea
- The Whaleman’s Lament - A. L. Lloyd for the pleasures are but few, my boys, on them bitter whaling grounds
- Here’s A Health To The Company - David Coffin, the Revels Chorus we’ll drink and be merry, all out of one glass
- The Weary Whaling Grounds - A. L. Lloyd oh a man must be mad or want money bad to venture catchin’ whales
- The Dark-Eyed Sailor - Steeleye Span for my dark-eyed sailor, so young and stout and bold
- Tahi Nei Taru Kino - Ngati Poneke what is this within my chest that pinches so? is it love?
- Off To Sea Once More - A. L. Lloyd get married lads and have all night in and go to sea no more
- A Salty Dog - Procol Harum a twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive
- Roll the Woodpile Down (Live) - The Lost Quays rollin’ the whole world ‘round
- A Pillow Of Winds - Pink Floyd and i lie with my love by my side
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it baffles me that every single major moby dick adaptation chooses to no homo queequeg and ishmael’s relationship when melville dedicates an entire chapter to talking about how much the newly married couple enjoys cuddling in bed like come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn do better and give us the spooning on screen
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some whalers share a bed & marry each other the next day, deal with it
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Queer Character Aesthetics: Ishmael and Queequeg (Moby Dick)