i like thinking that fitzjames is wearing a wig in the watsonian as well as the doylist sense. it's not just that tobes has short hair, jfj is wearing a wig in-universe as well. and it never comes off even when he's dying because he's superglued it on.
a very serious question for arctic hoes: how did "the handomest man in the navy" come to be associated with james fitzjames? bc historically speaking, that title belonged to james clark ross, as lady jane franklin declared him to be when they met in tasmania. is it a fandom pet name? or did some contemporary/historian start calling jfj that and it caught on? im just confused bc when you look it up, the phrase is associated with the two jameses.
... why am i not surprised that it's all dimmons's fault
but wait! after much digging, it looks like we have scott cookman (ice blink, 2000) to blame!
the "lispingly english" description convinces me greatly that this was dimmons's primary reference for the 2007 novel. so it wasn't dimmons's fault (not entirely), but a historian's, who didn't bother to check which james he was writing about. yet another reason i can't recommend ice blink. it just doesn't get its facts right!!!
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