pirates of the caribbean: at world's end

[bedlamsbard]

Short and non-spoilery version: Will Turner, Supernatural Hunter is so totally on.



Let me get this out of the way: I really loved it. Really, really, and I've had significant problems with both Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest. I was worried because of the dichotomy that was overly present in DMC (the movie watches like it was written by two completely different people; light and dark are two different stories and two different tones), but there was none of the absurdity I was worried about. AWE has a great deal of the humor that was present in CotBP, but it doesn't over play it; it's used nicely and worked into the background nicely, rather than being the focus of the movie, as was half the problem with DMC.

I loved the soundtrack bunches. The first thing I did when I left the theater was buy a copy of the sountrack. I totally recommend it.

Something else I was worried about was how they'd play the Will/Elizabeth story, because they had to. They did it very nicely, for a Disney movie. It wasn't all better despite the time lapse between DMC and AWE; it took a fairly large portion of the movie to get all better, and even then I'm pretty sure it's not. They played the little things almost perfectly: Elizabeth's panic when the Singapore pirate threatens to mutilate Will, Will's automatic reach for Elizabeth when she sees her father and how quickly he stops himself. How Will is the one who stops Elizabeth from jumping. I am of the opinion that Barbossa's quickly performed marriage was because Will knew he was going to fulfill his destiny; I'm also of the opinion that one day every ten years isn't going to be enough for Elizabeth. Backing up a phrase, the emphasis is on "quickly" -- I think they went there maybe a little too fast, especially since that's the first time Will and Elizabeth kiss in the entire movie.

Jack's hell. *shudders* Loved it. Loved it, loved it, loved it. I loved the fade to black and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride theme -- oh my God, they actually went there -- I loved how Jack's hell is to be captain of a ship of Jacks, aboard the Black Pearl with no water in sight. I loved the rock crabs, and again -- I'm firmly of the opinion that Jack damn well went mad down there, especially since he was hallucinating multiple Jacks all movie. The Locker itself was fantastic, right down to the souls of the dead and the reversal: up is down, down is up.

The opening scene was fucking creepy, that's all I have to say.

I am madly in love with Elizabeth pulling out weapon after weapon after weapon, then finally pulling the big damn gun out of her pants -- then having to take her pants off. And Will being pulled out of the tub, gah. Also, I like Barbossa better than Sparrow.

There's so much betrayal and double-crossing in this movie that it's hard to know who's really on which side: Barbossa, Jack, Will, Elizabeth, Norrington, Sao Feng, Beckett, Davy Jones, Tia Dalma. I don't particularly like the way they chose to play this, but it was very interesting. I like that Elizabeth admitted Will couldn't trust her; I like how Will turned that back on her later. I'm rather fond of Bootstrap Bill going completely insane.

May I add how much I loved the symmetry here? Series are always excellent when they end with symmetry. I love Norrington getting his commodore's sword back; I love Will dying by the sword he made. I am vaguely amused by Murtogg and Mullroy rephrasing their argument from the first movie while Jack waltzes off with the dead man's chest.

I loved Will dying. Will is my favorite character in the series, let me get that straight, but I love that he died -- I love that they Davy Jones killed him, and that he died by his own sword. I love that he killed Davy Jones right back (although not with his father's knife, alas), even though I still think Jack is a manipulative bastard. I also have to add that he was looking very, very good in this movie, especially as the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Bandanna, red shirt, pirate boots, black curls -- fresh red scar on his chest where his own father cut his heart out. (limmenel, I think Will's Challenger is going to have to be red. Dark red. Wine red. Like the wine-dark sea!) He was looking good in the beginning when he was all trussed up. He was looking good when he was reading the map, when he was kindly telling Barbossa and Jack to both leave the ship (I have to admit I was just waiting for him to sail off, not rendezvous with Sao Feng). He looked pretty good dying, too. I don't quite understand why he needed the Black Pearl specifically to chase the Flying Dutchman, except for it being the fastest ship in the seven seas, which, you know, was probably it. He was darling while drinking tea with Beckett and telling Jones off and you know what? I think he and Barbossa may be the smartest ones in the entire movie. He knew how manipulate Calypso, he knew how to manipulate Beckett and Jones -- his weak points are Elizabeth and his father.

Jack: "Think like Will, think like Will." A nice counterpoint to Will's "think like Jack. What would Jack do?"

Tia Dalma being a chained goddess -- *shudders* Wow. That was -- pretty amazing. I like it, I think. Truly, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and she was taking Davy Jones down one way or another. I am very fond of Tia Dalma; I now extend that fondness to Calypso.

Oh, Norrington. Who probably would have made a damn good captain for the Flying Dutchman if Bootstrap Bill hadn't killed him. Norrington is my other favorite character and I can well say he died with honor. Stabbing Davy Jones with Will's sword, gah, and helping Elizabeth escape -- kissing Elizabeth goodbye and shooting the line binding Elizabeth's ship to the Dutchman -- more love. He died a hero and an honorable man.

I really have entirely no opinion on the pirate lords, since they were a means to an end -- this movie should have been at least two more, to give everything the weight it deserves. Hey, we met Jack's parents, at least!

The dead kraken -- *bows head*

Will and Elizabeth will never be happy. Will's been bound to captain the Flying Dutchman for all eternity, ten years at sea for one day on land; the only thing that can break that vow is death -- his death. And Elizabeth has his heart. Do you have any idea how happy I am that there is no happily ever after? I am extremely happy that there is no happily ever after. Elizabeth Swann will not wait -- and she's Captain Elizabeth Swann now.

And the movie ends the way it began: with one more adventure, one more mutiny, one more Jack in a small boat while Barbossa sails off with the Pearl, but the adventure will never end. There's continuity to this story, which I love; it doesn't all end at the end. It goes on forever, with Jack chasing immortality. (Although I have to add: I thought his one true love was the Black Pearl?)

Also, Elizabeth never once where's so much as a skirt in this movie. Just about the only feminine thing she wears is when she's being dressed up by Sao Feng. What's that theory about her and her clothes?

I really loved it, to shorten this down. Excuse me, I have to go write massive amounts of Will Turner, Supernatural Hunter not tied forever to the sea thank you very much fic now.

Comments

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I loved the soundtrack bunches.

The scene where they're doing the parley on that little island, and they have that rock music playing as Elizabeth, Barbosa, and Jack are walking? AWESOME.

I really disliked the rapid marriage scene, because seriously. Lame. Maybe Will knew what was going to happen, and maybe he didn't, but to have Barbosa marry them, and they're both dancing/fighting, and yeah, I'm sorry. That scene ranked right up there with Jack's little parachute thing on my list of Scenes I Didn't Like.

I'm also of the opinion that one day every ten years isn't going to be enough for Elizabeth.

I said the same thing as I walked out of the theatre. Did you stay for the credits? DID YOU OMG?

I love Will dying by the sword he made.

That was perhaps the most tragic part of the entire thing. His own work of art, his own doom.

I also have to add that he was looking very, very good in this movie,

OMG HE HAD AN EARRING AND AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO NOTICED THAT? Holy crap that was so beyond hot.

I think he and Barbossa may be the smartest ones in the entire movie.

It's so true. Elizabeth would be a close third, but Jack definitely isn't. Jack is sheer dumb luck and a lot of risk and sure he makes plans but they never work quite how he wants them to. But Will was totally on top of things in this movie. He was smart and cunning and just totally brilliant. And haha Barbossa wins at the universe.

Tia Dalma being a chained goddess -- *shudders* Wow.

I have to disagree I think. I thought that was just one thing too many in a movie this crowded, and it was honestly just so... yeah. Sorry, but no. I can't quite explain it, but I really just wasn't happy with it.

Hey, we met Jack's parents, at least!.

HELLO JACK'S MOTHER! That was too fantastically awesome.

I thought the unhappy ending was perfect and bittersweet, because Elizabeth really seemed to free-spirited to attach herself to a marriage in the conventional way, and Will did whatever he could and is happy that at least he has that one day every ten years, because he'd be dead otherwise.

Elizabeth's clothing (or lack thereof, in certain scenes) is weird. And c'mon, NO MORE FUNNY HATS, PLEASE. And the black dress thing at the end was totally slutty.

:D I kept thinking about the SPN crossover while watching this, and I was like "Oh, hey, I bet she's totally gonna use THAT in her fic"!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I've been listening to the soundtrack almost non-stop for the past twenty-four hours. Oh my God, I love it even more than I did the LotR soundtracks, and I loved those a lot. Just -- the sheer variety of styles they put in! I mean, DMC sucked, music wise, and I didn't buy it, and CotBP was basically the same theme over and over again, but AWE is amazing. I love it. I love it so much. (Plus, there's the track that's called "I See Dead People In Boats." Hans Zimmer, I love you so much.)

I think Will knew what was going to happen as soon as the words "a touch of destiny" came out of Tia Dalma's mouth. And he wanted, very briefly, to be happy. And for God's sakes, Elizabeth and Will were both technically captains, they could have married themselves. Funny, but one of the worst scenes in the movie. And yeah, the parachute thing.

NO I DID NOT OMG WHAT DID I MISS?

I like to think that when the Flying Dutchman rose again, the sword Will was wearing was the sword he'd died by. That was the most perfect part of the whole movie, beautiful dead Will with his own sword in his chest.

I noticed! I just forgot to mention it, but oh my god Will had an earring. Just a little one, but still!

I hated Jack so much in this movie, seriously. Even more than Beckett. So glad Barbossa took the Black Pearl away; not so happy Jack ruined the navigational charts permanently. Will and Barbossa were seriously sitting there thinking things through -- Barbossa had a grand plan from the start, but Will was putting things together and making them work well (uh, most of the time) -- at the tea scene on the Endeavour? You could totally see the cogs in his brain turning. Elizabeth was working off instinct a lot more of the time, not thinking stuff through and just acting, while Jack...was Jack. Yeah.

I can't figure out whether I liked it or not. It feels really unfinished -- at the end, I was waiting for something to happen between Calypso and Davy Jones and it didn't, while the movie closed up everything else. I like it because I'm using it, slightly, in the fic. In the movie it seemed like overkill -- I tend to think that most trilogies should be quartets instead, and I think to use everything to its full potential this movie should have been two, not one.

Except for them not closing up the Calypso thing, I am magnificently in love with the ending, and I never like endings. Just -- the continuity, and bittersweetness, and the maid on the shore -- Will walking off into the ocean because he doesn't need a boat -- *waves hands frantically* Who else thinks Elizabeth is going to become a real pirate now? *raises hand*

Well, she did just get laid. And it's that classic maid on the shore pose, too.

Dude, so did I. Do you mind if I sit here and tell you everything I've come up with for possible use in the fic?

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I don't actually own a CD player, other than my computer... huh. Well, I'll download it, and if I like it enough I'll probably buy it, although I don't remember noticing it much during the movie except for that one scene with the rock-and-roll.

Will and Elizabeth are... ugh. So Disney. Thankfully, though, Disney didn't do the tradition "happily ever after" thing, because I don't think I would have liked that at ALL.

NO I DID NOT OMG WHAT DID I MISS?

It's about a minute long scene. It opens on a cliff over-looking the ocean, and the words at the bottom of the screen say TEN YEARS LATER. And then you see this little boy, about 9 years old, running through the grass, and Elizabeth is behind them. And they stop at the edge of the cliff and watch the sun sink below the water, and then there's a flash of green, and the Flying Dutchman appears. And Will is there, not a day older (although Liz wasn't any older either, no surprise there, good job script writers!), looking all sexy and pirate-y.

That's all it is, but god, so perfect as an ending. The idea of Will having a son, and knowing Liz will die eventually and he won't, but he'll have his family and future generations to watch over? Yeah, that makes me way happy.

I noticed! I just forgot to mention it, but oh my god Will had an earring. Just a little one, but still!

Earings and tattoos are the two things I find hottest on guys. Not, like, biker-tattoos or emo-boy-piercings, but just a single hoop like Will had. Mmmh, yeah.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who disliked Jack. Really now. I loved him in the first movie, liked him quite a bit in the second, but in the third? He was over-shadowed by everyone else, who was far better at being pirate-y and awesome than he was. He had his moments, I'll admit (EVERYONE FREEZE! I DROPPED MY BRAIN!), but for the most part? Yeah, no.

They have already begun talks of a fourth Pirates movie. And they left it open for one, with the Aqua de Vida, but they'll really have to kick it up a notch to beat this one.

Even though Will can't come ashore except once every ten years... yeah. Elizabeth is a captain now. Why can't she go meet him on the seas once every few months. The dead souls can take a break for a few hours for them to have angsty hot sex, can't they?

Do you mind if I sit here and tell you everything I've come up with for possible use in the fic?

GO GO GO FOR IT. And I will sit here and be SO HAPPY that you are writing this fic, and I'll see if my thoughts and yours match up all the way ;)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I cannot flail enough about the soundtrack. I mean...God, this is what a movie soundtrack is. I could use a lot of technical terms, but I'll just go off on the note OH MY GOD SO GOOD.

God, I hate my life. I thought about it, I thought, okay, well, it's the last movie, well, oh hey, friends!

Clearly, the only answer is to see the movie again. *nods firmly* It'll be such a chore, but what can I say?

Of course he has children. *rolls eyes*

Will. Earring. Guh.

Seriously, I think it's pretty much almost canon that Jack went completely raving insane in the Locker and stayed that way: think about it. He hallucinated during the movie at least twice in the real world. His antics were crazier and less successful than usual. He was -- off, just so slightly. Might have been the scriptwriters being weird, but I think it was deliberate. He is off his fucking rocker.

I hope they don't. Seriously. I mean -- they closed it up. It's done with. It's over. I mean, I know they will, but I don't know if they'd be able to use Will and Elizabeth again (well, they could, but you totally know what I mean, right? Hopefully?). So it'd just be Jack, and Barbossa has the Black Pearl, and...they ended it so perfectly, man.

Clearly not. Or for that matter, Will could have just asked Elizabeth if she wanted to swear her allegiance to the Flying Dutchman forever like the rest of the crew, but no. Of course, that would also be horribly angsty.

Okay! *marshals thoughts* I'll put it in another comment.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

Of course he has children. *rolls eyes*

... I had something to say, but lost it somewhere in between bouts of giggles.

but I don't know if they'd be able to use Will and Elizabeth again

Actually, rumour has it that Keira doesn't want to return for a fourth movie. So, yeah, it'd only be Will ;D. I am SO okay with this.

I'm still gushing over the earing!Will thing, sorry. I gotta get me some caps of this movie, because MMMBOYHOT.

*waits for your comment*

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No, seriously, that is so very Disney. And cliche. OF course he has children. My God, I like my idea better. *furious sigh* Although...huh, I don't know.

Sweet, I'm down with that. I'm Elizabethed out. I'm always down with Will being awesome on the high seas, though.

He was so damn hot when he turns around at the wheel when the Dutchman rises from the ocean, oh my god, guh. Also! Another parallel to the first movie, because that's the exact same shot of the men turning back to human as it was of the pirates turning from undead to human. I'm almost certain of it.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I don't know how they'd do an Elizabeth-less movie, though. Because they'd want Jack, so they can't age it too badly, but without Elizabeth... they wouldn't break them up, I know that much, because they're DISNEY and things like divorces don't happen in Disney-land.

He was so damn hot when he turns around at the wheel when the Dutchman rises from the ocean, oh my god, guh.

Oh my god, guh. Indeed.

Is it really the same scene? I need to see this movie again. Especially now that I know when the boring parts are, so I don't have to hold my bladder for three hours straight.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I think they could do it, but I'm not sure how. I mean, I could probably figure it out if I sat down and thought long enough, but...prequel, maybe? They don't need to have Elizabeth in the movie, but they'd have to introduce another spunky heroine, because this is modern Disney we're talking about. There are ALWAYS spunky heroines.

I think it's the same shot, but I haven't seen CotBP in so long that I could be completely wrong.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I would like to see a Will-centric Pirates movie... Will coping with his new life, with ferrying the dead, with dealing with Calypso who probably doesn't like him much, and occasionally seeing Jack and Elizabeth and Will Jr (because Disney has little originality sometimes).

When the third one comes out on DVD, I have a feeling me and some friends are going to take an entire afternoon, order in some pizza, and sit around and watch ALL THREE back to back. Like, a nine hour marathon. CRAZY.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I think it'd make a gorgeous TV series. I think Calypso actually likes him a lot, but I'm still horribly disturbed by the part where Jack basically forced him to become the Dutchman's new captain.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I protest any movie-to-TV-series shift that Disney ever does. No, no, bad, and NO. They've destroyed so many good movies that way... Lilo and Stitch, The Emperor's New Groove... I'd rather they not kill the Pirates 'verse, too.

but I'm still horribly disturbed by the part where Jack basically forced him to become the Dutchman's new captain.

See, I liked that part, because it was the first sign of Jack being unselfish. He wanted the job, and we all know that, but he knew Will would live if he took it, and that he and Elizabeth would at least have a little bit of happiness, so he did it.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Will is no longer bound to the Flying Dutchman. (Well, clearly, if he's hunting.) This...I think this has something to do with the crossroads demon, who I have decided is Hecate, three-faced pagan goddess who (you got it) precided over crossroads. She's also got an eternal enmity with Calypso.

If Will touches salt water again, he's Calypso's forever -- he goes back to the Dutchman for good.

Elizabeth is long dead. She died about twenty years after AWE, hung for piracy somewhere in America -- it was their one day together, and Will got to land just in time to see her hang. This is the event that set off the chain reaction that eventually led to his leaving the Dutchman.

Will's heart is back in its proper spot. Reasons for this are vague. (They do not have anything to do with Jack Sparrow stealing the chest after Elizabeth's death and trying to kill Will and gain the captainship of the Flying Dutchman. That's different.)

Will has Barbossa's undead monkey.

Will (for some reason) played dice for Norrington's soul and now Norrington works for the ferryman, Charon; he's one of the guardians of Hell and is sent to get Will when the devil's gate opens.

Will and Charon have some kind of deal going; WIll owes Charon a debt.

Elizabeth and Jack Sparrow were both in Hell -- not the Locker, Hell, because they both died on land (I have not yet figured out how Jack died). They escaped when the devil's gate opened.

Will's got some kind of deal going with Hecate. Calypso half hates his guts and half wants him back real badly, but she has no power over land, so as long as Will never touches salt water he's safe.

There's a clear delineation between power over land and power over sea and the one can't affect the other. If you die on land, then you're Charon's business. If you die on sea, then you're the Dutchman's. (No, I have no idea who's captaining the Dutchman right now, but if Calypso ever gets Will back it all goes back to him.)

Ellen points Sam and Dean toward Will because she's heard rumor he knows how to bargain a soul back from Hell. (And the crossroads demon, as mentioned earlier, is Hecate -- as Dean says, "Man, those pagan goddesses can be a real bitch, can't they?")

I could post the opening snippet of this, which I am madly in love with, because Will and Norrington and...Will and Norrington!

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

If Will touches salt water again, he's Calypso's forever -- he goes back to the Dutchman for good.

I can see this being fucking awesome. But is it if he touches water again, or if he crosses it as well? Like, can he fly to Asia, for example, because he's not touching the water? Or is he bound to the land that he stands on, and he's not allowed to leave it.

Also, what about the lake in Utah or whatever, that's salt water? Does that count, too?

Will has Barbossa's undead monkey.

HAHAHA. Yes! Will and monkey!Jack, together, defeating demonic forces. I love that damn monkey.


I could post the opening snippet of this, which I am madly in love with, because Will and Norrington and...Will and Norrington!

I will most definitely NOT complain if you do :D

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Salt water as in the ocean. *waves hand* So, sure, he could go to Salt Lake, but it's not going to do anything to him. I'm thinking he can't fly over the ocean, because that's setting foot in Calypso's realm. It's why he mainly sticks to the Midwest. (I will however add that the conclusion of this story is going to take place in, I think, New Orleans or Massachusetts or somewhere, uh, on the ocean.)

And the monkey likes him! I'm almost certain that was in AWE, something with the monkey being helpful only to Will and Barbossa. So it's, like, semi-canon.

(What, nothing about Elizabeth's tragic end?)

Scene in new comment, I think, because I'm a feedback slut.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

(I will however add that the conclusion of this story is going to take place in, I think, New Orleans or Massachusetts or somewhere, uh, on the ocean.)

You want a place with an amazing view of the ocean, consider Newfoundland. The Newfoundland tourism board plays these commercials on Canadian TV, and I've seen this one a million times, and still love it. A two-minute long commercial. Absolutely stunning. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aRFuguc7bk) There are these monstrous cliffs, overlooking the water, and all these creepy rocks, and yeah.


Jack the monkey is made of fantastic.

Elizabeth's tragic end is going to be her own damned fault. That's what she gets for marrying a guy who she can only see for less than a week in the rest of her natural life.

Yes, saw the scene. GUH.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

But it's SPN, so it has to be in the U.S., and it has to be somewhere where Will takes one step back...into the ocean. *flails* I'm personally thinking somewhere on the Gulf Coast just because it's tropical and vaguely reminiscent of the Caribbean. And he definitely can't go back to the Caribbean. And New Orleans just has all that local legend, all the voodoo stuff...

Will and Jack are cute together. Will needs an undead monkey to keep him company.

That's what she gets for deciding to become a PIRATE. God, that scene is going to be so tragic when I write it, whether or not it's a flashback.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

The only reason SPN hasn't moved into Canada is because neither Sam nor Dean could get through the border, especially post-9/11 :D. Will could do it, though.

New Orleans is a lot of fresh water, though, I believe... deltas and the Mississippi and the like.

Does Will actually talk to the monkey? Like, conversations? And, more importantly, does Jack ANSWER :D.

Poor Liz. Meh, I'm over her. She's a bit too... obnoxious.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Plus, it's like, prototypically American. Will probably has bounced up into Canada.

Okay, fine, Florida. Like, near Orlando.

Dude. Yes. He talks to the monkey a lot. The monkey doesn't talk back, but he does everything else. Will says, looking at a map of the midwest, "What do you think?" and the monkey chirps and points to Wyoming.

But it's a very tragic scene.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

I've lived in Canada too long, clearly. But man, for a show that FILMS in Canada, they could totally do something up there.

Apparently, on the map, the Aqua de Vida was in Orlando! GOOD JOB, DISNEY, ON THE SELF-PROMO.

Jack the Monkey wins at the universe.

Oh, I don't doubt that it's tragic for Will. But I welcome the chance to see her die. Which sounds cruel, but I don't mean it to be. I just like the angst.

potc/spn snippet

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Will was in Minnesota when the wave hit, crouched down and frowning at the heavy tracks in the stony ground. One minute he was feeling out the marks, shotgun resting across his knees; the next he’d fallen forward, gasping blindly for breath and clawing at the earth, trying not to retch from the explosion in the back of his skull. The medallion swung wildly beneath his shirt, burning his skin every time it touched. Familiar laughter rode the wind and Will moaned, grasping for the knife in his boot with his eyes shut tight against the pain. Cold iron, old iron, maybe enough with the cursed gold of the medallion to keep him safe until he got back to the protection spells on his car. He’d put too many souls in Hell to be sure of his own safety when a devil’s gate opened, not until he could clear his head.

Will dug his fingers into the ground, gritting his teeth. Dirt and pebbles pressed into his forehead. He couldn’t force himself up, not quite, so he dragged himself along the ground, shaking so badly he was barely able to hold on. He hadn’t parked far away, at least, but it seemed like miles, ghostly fingers dragging at his sleeves, claws scratching at his face. Will lashed out with the knife, cutting through heavier than usual air as spirits scattered and fled, swarming the edges of the clearing like the water in a maelstrom.

He fumbled the door of the Challenger open, Jack chattering madly from the front seat, but for one terrifying moment the wards wouldn’t let him in. Will’s hands splayed out helplessly against empty air, sparks bursting against the edges of his fingers, then they broke, sending him tumbling inside onto the wide backseat. The door slammed shut before he could touch it.

The car shuddered against the sudden avalanche of spirits. Will turned his head back and moaned, still clutching at the knife. Hands scratched at the windows and voices whispered his name, sighing, weeping, moaning, pleading, cursing, begging for help and threatening his life. Jack pressed his paws over his eyes, skin and flesh flickering in and out of existence, leaving him mangy and skeletal.

“No,” Will grated out through clenched teeth. “Not – bloody – yet. Not yet, you bitch!” He pressed his fist to his chest, over his frantically beating heart. He could feel the thick ridges of double scar tissue through his shirt, burning as hotly as the Aztec medallion. If he looked down he might have seen the fabric blacken and char, but he didn’t look down.

“The door is open, Mr. Turner.” A tanned palm pressed against the window nearest his head. Will scrambled to his knees, knife out with one hand and going for his gun with the other.

“Captain,” Will said. “It’s Captain Turner to you, Commodore.”

Norrington smiled thinly. He was a steady figure in the murk, spirits flickering around him in an endless whirlwind, tugging lightly at his sleeves. “The ferryman sends his regards, Captain,” he said. “He’s calling in his debt.”

A slow shiver went down Will’s spine. “His debt,” he repeated, mouth dry.

“Or the deal’s off and you go straight to the Locker,” Norrington said seriously. “And there’s no one to fetch you back this time.” He smiled briefly. “Or gamble for your soul.”

“I doubt it would work again anyway,” Will said. “Who is it?”

Norrington held up one hand, let the compass fall to dangle by its chain. “An old mutual acquaintance.”

Will let the gun fall. “He’s out,” he sad breathlessly.

“The door is open, Captain Turner,” the commodore said. “And you’ve got a debt to pay.”

Re: potc/spn snippet

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, I'm gaping at this.

“The door is open, Captain Turner,” the commodore said. “And you’ve got a debt to pay.”


Excuse me, I can't form a coherent thought right now, I'm still reading and re-reading this, trying to take it all in. Will, and Jack, and Norrington, and the compass, and everything, just coming together, and the language is perfect. And the hint of the debt, of what it is, even though I still have no idea exactly what it is, but I can only imagine...

I am going to love this fic to tiny little pieces.

Re: potc/spn snippet

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I have mad crazy love for Norrington, seriously, and I have no idea how Will got him out of the Locker, but he did. I mean -- they gave us so much in AWE, just enough to work it pretty well into the SPN 'verse, that it's easy, more or less. *waves hands* The hard part is writing the Winchester part. I'm so glad it works, because it's taking all these elements and pulling them together and it's lots of fun. And just the little hints, of the fun things, of the plot...but enough room for plot twists.

Re: potc/spn snippet

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

Well, if Will is now in control of the Locker, because he IS Davy Jones, then I imagine he could bend a rule or two, get Norrington out. I imagine Elizabeth tells him about how Norrington saved her life, so Will does it as a thanks of sorts.

Will and Dean in one room is going to make a lot of women die of the SEXINESS overload.

Re: potc/spn snippet

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

...the idea of Will playing dice for Norrington's soul is so much cooler. And I think he did it with Calypso, because that guy will not give in to anything, not even a goddess.

Will and Sparrow and Norrington and both Winchesters, man. *nods firmly*

Re: potc/spn snippet

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

Will and Sparrow and Norrington and both Winchesters, man. *nods firmly*

YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO A GIRL AND EXPECT HER TO LIVE.