Does anyone else here feel the same way about Tia Dalma?
One of the big reasons why I became a Tia Dalma fan is because of something maybe not a lot of people would think is very important...but to me, it was. Very rarely do you see a beautiful woman of color as the love object ( I don't just mean lust, I mean romantic love as well) of a white man from that generation way back when. Most women of color back then, if not all, were slaves or seen as objects to rape and degrade. Very rarely did true love blossom between the races. It was one of the ultimate taboos. Even in the USA here, interracial marriages were banned in many states up until the late 1960's.
The fact that Tia was black, beautiful, and very unique/exotic lended to her appeal, at least for me. Jones did not select a stereotypical blonde or someone with Barbie doll features, or not even a woman from the 'upper crust'. He fell in love with a woman who was a highly intelligent, unusual, magic-practioner. That said a lot to me about his choice in women. On the site beforethebeard, a great Davy Jones fansite, a member there named Kleeng ( who posts all kinds of neat POTC images and screencaps_ posted a link to one of the parchment paper letters Jones wrote to Calypso, asking for her hand in marriage and saying she was the beauty of his choice with her 'carefree hair and dove eyes.' ( although admittingly that doesn't really fit Tia Dalma's description so at first I thought, maybe she took on another human form?).
When the big chest was opened in DMC, I was all emotional when I saw the dried roses, pieces of lace, and all the handwritten, wax-sealed letters that Jones had written to Tia. He was a serious romantic, and poetic...not exactly qualities you'd hope or think to find in a pirate captain. She must have really rocked his world.
That's my take on part of the reason why I really liked the idea of Tia Dalma being Calypso and being Jones' great romantic love. She wasn't your average everyday female and certainly not one who was shy or submissive and she didn't fit the mold of typical 'beauty'.
The fact that Tia was black, beautiful, and very unique/exotic lended to her appeal, at least for me. Jones did not select a stereotypical blonde or someone with Barbie doll features, or not even a woman from the 'upper crust'. He fell in love with a woman who was a highly intelligent, unusual, magic-practioner. That said a lot to me about his choice in women. On the site beforethebeard, a great Davy Jones fansite, a member there named Kleeng ( who posts all kinds of neat POTC images and screencaps_ posted a link to one of the parchment paper letters Jones wrote to Calypso, asking for her hand in marriage and saying she was the beauty of his choice with her 'carefree hair and dove eyes.' ( although admittingly that doesn't really fit Tia Dalma's description so at first I thought, maybe she took on another human form?).
When the big chest was opened in DMC, I was all emotional when I saw the dried roses, pieces of lace, and all the handwritten, wax-sealed letters that Jones had written to Tia. He was a serious romantic, and poetic...not exactly qualities you'd hope or think to find in a pirate captain. She must have really rocked his world.
That's my take on part of the reason why I really liked the idea of Tia Dalma being Calypso and being Jones' great romantic love. She wasn't your average everyday female and certainly not one who was shy or submissive and she didn't fit the mold of typical 'beauty'.