Request Ficlet for Ballincolliq

[geekmama]

A little of my version of Sparrow!History here, as requested by ballincolliq. You might like to check out the wonderful site on the port cities of England I found while researching this.

Comments

[azziria]

A lovely snippet of Sparrow!history - well done :-)

[geekmama]

Thanks! So happy you liked it. :)

[ballincollig]

Oh! Oh! GM2, you have really outdone yourself on my account! And you made me cry, thinking of the sea...thoughts of the ocean really unhinge me these days, waiting for my escape...

But, oh!

They were at a height a little above the Thames, and Hardison had to smile himself at the view, as though it were new again.

I alwaysfeel this way, flying home to Boston, coming in over the habour to land...and the sunlight and the ships, and everything new each and every time! So perfect!

The boy, swallowed hard, and then seemed to grope for words. Finally he found two. “I forgot.”

Oh, the universality of the feeling that we shouldn't, couldn't take pleasure in life after the death of a loved one...poor little Jack, so conflicted. We've all been there.

When my dear friend droa were on our third or fourth viewing of PotC in the cinema, she turned to me and said, "Jack--he's the most polite of anyone! Always says "please" and "thank you" and "sir" and "m'lady!" She was right, of course. One gets the sense those manners were ingrained in

[geekmama]

I'm thrilled you like it, and I'm so very gratified that you understood exactly what I was trying to say.

I guess we all have our own ideas about Jack's history, but, like you and droa I was always struck by his good manners. He's a pirate, but not just a pirate, which is what makes him so fascinating a character.

[hereswith]

*sniffles and sighs* Beautiful!

[geekmama]

Poor little Jack.

Glad you liked it.

[hereswith]

Yes, poor little thing. I agree with you regarding Jack's manners and all that, and this kind of history for him makes sense, I think, and that's part of the reason why I'm so wary of the possibility of Keith Richards as Jack's father. If they make him into a debauched nobleman of some sort, it might perhaps be interesting, but I worry they'll have him be Captain Jack Sparrow Sr., a pirate captain who is like Jack in every way, except he's older. And that just doesn't work for me...

[geekmama]

I worry they'll have him be Captain Jack Sparrow Sr., a pirate captain who is like Jack in every way, except he's older. And that just doesn't work for me...

Me neither. And the stories where he's the son of a prostitute and grew up on the streets don't ring true for me either. His manners are too good (and I don't see them as being his way of manipulating people, as some have suggested, at least not usually), and there is a consideration and empathy for others, a desire to be a good captain, a good man that he had to have learned somewhere. People have to be taught that stuff, whether from decent parents, or from other fortunate and favorable interaction and experience.

I hadn't heard whether they'd worked out the financial arrangement with Keith. Last I heard he wanted some outrageous sum for doing what would be just a cameo, really. Personally, I was a bit leery of the idea, in the first place.

[geekmama]

Voyeurism is not only accepted but appreciated. I am quite chuffed to think that you liked this little fic enough to archive it. Very cute little site you have there--I liked the part about "embracing one's inner sloth" on your main page--that's me all over. So archive away! And thanks so much for the feedback.

Love the icon, btw--simple, yet gorgeous.

[geekmama]

Thank you. I'd like to write more Sparrow History eventually. It's always fun seeing other writers' take on the subject, too.