Title: As the Sea
Fandom: PotC
Disclaimer: Not my sandbox. I just play here.
Rating: PG
Summary: The Turners have an unexpected visitor. Written for
shadphenix who long ago gave me the prompt "Will, daughter." More gen than anything else; all pairings come pre-wrecked. OFC.
Note: Heartfelt thanks to
woolymonkey at
rough_magic for much valuable feedback.
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But very sad, yes. Sad for Will, and a teensy bit sad for Elizabeth, seeing as Jack is as big a scoundrel in it as Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio are desperately trying to remind us.
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And that's why I didn't take issue with the story itself. After DMC, I can see her being this way, and while I know some people love her for it, I don't like it. I don't like the fact Will still loves her, even though I know a person can't just banish their emotions because they'd like to. As I said, it's a very painful read.
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Forgot to say...thanks so much for reading! I can't seem to stop writing these sad stories, though. The last three have been terribly angsty...
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And even as he obviously fears his daughter will leave him the same way her mother did, he doesn't try to forbid her. It's notable. She senses his worry and seeks to assuage it - but she's only 16, and there's no assurance she won't eventually change her mind.
(Does this presume that Weatherby dies during AWE, or I wonder what happens to him as a result of his daughter becoming a pirate?)
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When she says "I only wanted to live," she's trying to explain or perhaps justify herself, not mock Will. But you're right; she's very selfish in this story, and she made the wrong choice, and she knows it (or at least partially.) But if she came back to them now, she couldn't fix it.
(I actually started this one a long time ago, but am still rolling the other one around in my head to see if anything sticks. If I can do it without feeling like I'm doing a redux on this one, I might. I'm not sure I can actually write Will/Jack, though, and the bunny requires it.)
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No, I didn't get any of that. It's just that I know how you feel about Elizabeth, and so it was odd to see her so ... stripped, of explanation or strong emotion. Then again, if she left Will and Jenny in the first place, she can't have felt too strongly for them. Though, I do wonder why she shows up again at this point in time. Nostalgia, perhaps? Misplaced loneliness?
I'm not sure she made the wrong choice after all, except maybe in giving birth in the first place. This Elizabeth would never have been happy being a wife and mother, so I can't see what she could regret about having gone to sea.
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