Concerning the pairing Jack/Will in PotC fanfiction:
I thought this would be a good time for me to voice my opinions on this rather sensitive topic, since my next PPC story has to do with J/W bad slash. Really bad slash. Now, I do not think that all slash is bad slash, but I find this particular pairing, Jack/Will, which so many authors find endearing, to be a bit ridiculous. This is my rather
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I think those fanwriters are called, "People who will imagine gay sex between any two attractive men who happen to wander into their line of vision."
Yes, I'm quoting again, this time from Gabrielle from the PPC message board. Hopefully, I'll be able to work the line into the PPC story somehow--I already have her permission.
Also, I found the screenwriters' commentary on the DVD amazing. It gave so much insight into the characters--and a basis for refuting many of the Suvian occurrences in fanfiction. In all honesty, I would rather meet Messrs. Rossio and Elliott in real life than Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom. In the presence of the latter two, I'd probably just stammer and make some inane comment about how much I enjoy their work. But the screenwriters could really help me improve as an author, even if it were only a brief interview about how they came up with the characters. Additionally, I don't think I would be as scared to ask them questions since I have an interest in writing as a career and do, occasionally, know what I'm talking about.
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Although I nearly threw something at the screen when they said (of Jack's "It never would have worked between us" line) "It makes you wonder just how far Elizabeth would have gone to save Will... what did happen on that island?!" (paraphrase obviously as I have not yet memorised the commentaries :p). Because fics that pretend something did happen between Jack and Elizabeth at that point in time really squick me, and I was so mad at the screenwriters for giving them validation. :p
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Oh, I know. That was really frustrating. It's like when Orlando Bloom calls Legolas "Leggy". It makes for thousands of fangirls who think that it's okay to write stories where the characters call him that.
I think that comment about Jack and Elizabeth was not meant to be taken seriously, especially as a main plot point. When the screenwriters comment on it, they say, "I love Elizabeth's expression here," or something to that effect--it wasn't something in the script, just their spur-of-the-moment, off-color interpretation of her glance at Jack.
I'm too tired to do a long Jack/Elizabeth rant right now. I will say this, though: I get really tired of people who portray Elizabeth "giving in" to her instincts on that island. She didn't have any romantic instincts towards Jack--were they not watching 99% of the time when she found him just simply annoying? Also, so many fanwriters talk about a Jack/Elizabeth relationship as if they'll be long time partners once that annoying Will is out of the way. Yeah, right. Any romantic liaisons with Jack Sparrow are just that--one night flings--something that Suethors would do well to remember. Miss Swann, I think, deserves better than what Jack can give her.
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I know, they went on to say something a lot more sensible (although now I'm getting the commentaries confused and have forgotten what it was).
Interesting fact: Until I actually started reading POTC fanfic, I didn't mind the idea of a Jack/Elizabeth pairing. I hadn't thought about it too deeply, or anything. Then I came across my first "Elizabeth and Will are married, but their first child is looking more and more like Jack each day..." fic, yelled "No he isn't!" at the computer and nearly destroyed the mouse clicking the 'Back' button so hard. :p It just doesn't make any sense. And I also need to go to sleep, or I would try to list the reasons why.
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