#poor jack

fanonical:

in fallen london, there is a serial killer obviously based on jack the ripper, named jack of smiles

except in the fallen london world, nobody has the ability to permanently die

so he’s eternally frustrated when people treat being murdered as a minor inconvenience

marryat92:

Salt water cures love, they say, sooner than anything else.

— Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack

As soon as we were put on board, the captain, officers, and passengers crowded round to inquire the news. Bramble, according to pilot custom, had brought off one or two late Plymouth papers (one of which, I recollect, gave the account of the cutting out of the Hermione by Captain Hamilton); but the people on board were eight months behind hand at least as regarded what had passed: they had not even heard of Sir Sidney Smith’s defence of Acre against Bonaparte, or any thing else which had subsequently occurred; so that as soon as Bramble had taken charge, and put the ship’s head the right course (for the wind was fair), there was no end to question and answer.

— Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack

Sir William Sidney Smith brandishing a scimitar at the Siege of Acre, by John Eckstein 1801-1802.