Largely POTC centric
Seeing that Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End trailer reminded me of how much I adore Will/Elizabeth.
They are such a huge ship of mine.
I am a complete sucker for the guys who are extremely capable and good at adventuring but have no interest in it. Will is really really good at doing derring-do, piratical things, but all he wants is to live with Elizabeth and have a normal life. And I am a super-sucker when they are paired with clever, strong-willed girls who are a lot more morally flexible about things. Will is a Boy Scout. Elizabeth is a real pirate at heart. And she loves him because he is like this. And he loves her because she is like this. And they are (as meganbmoore put it) utterly single0mindedly obsessed about each other.
Mutual monomania is sexy.
I will be most annoyed if the third movie ends up Jack/Elizabeth. I get Jack's pull for Elizabeth, I do: he is a lot closer to her, character-wise, so free-wheeling, congenially amoral, like she is. Will defines straight arrow. But that is the thing. There is pull there for her, but that is all there is.
As crumpeteer put it, Jack is someone you have a brief fling with, and Will is the one you marry.
And I always go for the straight-arrow guys. Cyclops over Wolverine, Will over Jack.
My fave:
And this is not connected, but must rewatch Lord of the Rings trilogy (though I am an Aragorn, not Legolas girl).
And I am through episode 6 of Blood + and it's amazing. Amazing. It just might be the most beautifully animated thing I've seen. There is one scene where Haji and Saya are confronted by a 'mouse' and the way they move, the way he fights, clearing way for Saya to charge with her sword, utter fluid grace of her movements, and their shadows, her collapsed on the ground, and the light from the windows. It's to die for.
I love it. This is going on my Top 10.
Best Friend is now hooked on anime as we watched these together. Now she is going to watch Ceres and Full Metal Panic (I showed her some of both and she loved them). And she wants to check out Otogi Zoshi.
They are such a huge ship of mine.
I am a complete sucker for the guys who are extremely capable and good at adventuring but have no interest in it. Will is really really good at doing derring-do, piratical things, but all he wants is to live with Elizabeth and have a normal life. And I am a super-sucker when they are paired with clever, strong-willed girls who are a lot more morally flexible about things. Will is a Boy Scout. Elizabeth is a real pirate at heart. And she loves him because he is like this. And he loves her because she is like this. And they are (as meganbmoore put it) utterly single0mindedly obsessed about each other.
Mutual monomania is sexy.
I will be most annoyed if the third movie ends up Jack/Elizabeth. I get Jack's pull for Elizabeth, I do: he is a lot closer to her, character-wise, so free-wheeling, congenially amoral, like she is. Will defines straight arrow. But that is the thing. There is pull there for her, but that is all there is.
As crumpeteer put it, Jack is someone you have a brief fling with, and Will is the one you marry.
And I always go for the straight-arrow guys. Cyclops over Wolverine, Will over Jack.
My fave:
Click to viewAnd this is not connected, but must rewatch Lord of the Rings trilogy (though I am an Aragorn, not Legolas girl).
And I am through episode 6 of Blood + and it's amazing. Amazing. It just might be the most beautifully animated thing I've seen. There is one scene where Haji and Saya are confronted by a 'mouse' and the way they move, the way he fights, clearing way for Saya to charge with her sword, utter fluid grace of her movements, and their shadows, her collapsed on the ground, and the light from the windows. It's to die for.
I love it. This is going on my Top 10.
Best Friend is now hooked on anime as we watched these together. Now she is going to watch Ceres and Full Metal Panic (I showed her some of both and she loved them). And she wants to check out Otogi Zoshi.