“Fletcher Christian led the Bounty back to “Otaheite” where they once again enjoyed laid back island life (and women) until fear of discovery drove them to find a new home where they’d never be discovered by the British law. “
And where they murdered each other...
Captain Bligh was known as one of the best if not the best foul weather commander in the British navy. He proved that in his 3,000 mile voyage to Timor.
Fletcher Christan was an aristocrat while Captain Bligh was a commoner. so Bligh never got his proper due and is depicted unjustly as a sadist.
A significant amount of that strife was related to the women who were, in effect, kidnapped when the Bounty suddenly put out to sea while they were visiting their boyfriends aboard. There’s still griping about that.