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Nicholai Rostov and Prince Andrei have just met, and I immediately get yaoi vibes:
Only when Prince Andrew was gone did Rostov think of what he ought to have said. And he was still more angry at having omitted to say it. He ordered his horse at once and, coldly taking leave of Boris, rode home. Should he go to headquarters next day and challenge that affected adjutant, or really let the matter drop, was the question that worried him all the way. He thought angrily of the pleasure he would have at seeing the fright of that small and frail but proud man when covered by his pistol, and then he felt with surprise that of all the men he knew there was none he would so much like to have for a friend as that very adjutant whom he so hated.
CH VIII:
Stopping in front of the Pavlograds, the Tsar said something in French to the Austrian Emperor and smiled. Seeing that smile, Rostov involuntarily smiled himself and felt a still stronger flow of love for his sovereign. He longed to show that love in some way and knowing that this was impossible was ready to cry. The Tsar called the colonel of the regiment and said a few words to him. "Oh God, what would happen to me if the Emperor spoke to me?" thought Rostov. "I should die of happiness!"
Uh, OK… now it looks like Rostov has yaoi feelings for the Tsar as well.*
CH IX:
Boris was excited by the thought of being so close to the higher powers
as he felt himself to be at that moment. He was conscious that here he was in contact with the springs that set in motion the enormous movements of the mass of which in his regiment he felt himself a tiny, obedient, and insignificant atom.
BORIS WANTS TO BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS
CH X
OK I’m having a hard time remembering Dolokhov, Denisov and Dolgorukov. They’ve all got pretty distinct personalities but it’s hard to match the name to the character until he says or does something.
*By Chapter X, everybody's just matter-of-factly "Oh, young Rostov's totally fallen in love with the Tsar. I mean, we don't even blame him because RUSSIA!"
