I started looking for Hornblower references the moment I got to "Kennedy, Kennedy’s not-a-woobie sidekick Archie," and you didn't disappoint! This sounds like a really interesting (and complex--very impressive :D) project; I might give reading it a shot, certainly. Is Avery male or female or? I'm always most interested in the girls in a story, because I'm terribly predictable, lol, and with a name like Avery, I never can tell.

(And it's really neat to see things people started coming up with when they were in their teens, because they're inevitably weirdly similar-and-yet-different to the sorts of things I came up with. Alas, my efforts were never so dedicated as yours; I really am quite impressed.)

But yes, I want to guess a few! (Not all, that'd be selfish, and also, I can't remember all of 'em off the top of my head. XD) Quote one is The Duchess and the Devil, which if I have to have a favourite Horatio Hornblower film, that's probably it. :D Quote four is from Retribution? Quote five is Mutiny and Retribution both, and pity whosoever Buckland's lieutenant to. ^_- I like Buckland, but I also absolutely fucking hate him, sigh. :/