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[likeahurricane7]

Title: Immortal Interplay

Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean; Sparrington

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I have no claim on POTC or the lovely characters who populate it, even if it seems that James Norrington has, somewhat disconcertingly, made himself quite at home in my head with no apparent plans to leave. Jack Sparrow has been dropping by at

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[likeahurricane7]

I am blushing, by the by: in a good way. Thank you ever so much, darling.

I did struggle with that sentence, so I'm glad to hear that you like it so much. And she is, in her way, the Pearl, I think, albeit probably something like the Pearl XIII or some such.

The James-as-Engineer idea has definitely been one of my more pleasing epiphanies. It does so suit him--at least, it does given the way that I imagine his mind to work, and the idea of him sweaty, a bit wild-looking yet still perfectly composed, and running the complicated workings of a fiery engine room... well, who could resist, ay? (Not Jack, at any rate, and not me, either.) And I already had interesting ideas concerning engineers and ship-captains, from my previous, lengthy contemplations of steampunkery, so the introduction of Sparrington just made everything sort of profoundly clear as a great answer to the question "how, exactly, could one survive with two captains in one ship?"

On steampunk dabbling: to hear someone say I have a penchant for it makes me kind of cackle evilly. My steampunk novel-in-the-works (title pending, because original titles are a pain, generally; also, thank you for well-wishing it) will likely be my first real finished original work of any merit, and if I have my way, it will be my first published work once I do finish it. As for any other steampunk bits appearing in my fic writing, I cannot say. This one was accidental, and occurred only because I glanced at demntedferret's prompt and thought to myself, "Oho! A challenge!" I live on the whims of my plot bunnies.

[smithkingsley]

Well. My intent was merely to record my responses to your story, so having made you blush (in a good way) is a delightful bonus. :-)

she is, in her way, the Pearl, I think, albeit probably something like the Pearl XIII or some such.

You are a rationalist, aren't you? *grin*

Indeed, you've more than satisfactorily answered the question of two captains on one ship. I've rarely come across stories in which James joins the Pearl's crew and doesn't become the 'Captain's man' (whatever that means), and that just doesn't ring true to me. Jack and I much prefer your James-as-Engineer. :-)

Yay for novels-in-the-works, and I do understand about the whims of bunnies. They work in mysterious ways.