BPS Drabble Challenge: "Requiem"

[luvvycat]

Title: "Requiem"
Author:luvvycat   
Characters: Elizabeth Swann
Rating: PG
Prompt(s): Tear, Marine and Mercy
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: PotC is Disney's, not mine. *sniff*

Comments

[sharklady35]

'Can't really blame her for feeling that way.

I'll bet Jack wasn't shedding any tears either.

[luvvycat]

'Can't really blame her for feeling that way.

Yes, Beckett gave her more than ample reason to want him dead and damned for all time. Having Weatherby killed would have been more than sufficient cause, but add to that the way he so coldly screwed around with her life, and the lives of everyone she cared for, for his own selfish ends. Indeed, she had to be regretting that she hadn't killed him when she'd had the chance, back when she had "persuaded" him to sign over the Letters of Marque.

I'll bet Jack wasn't shedding any tears either.

Dancing a jig, more likely! ;-)

Thank you so much for reading, and commenting! :-)

-- Cat

Praise from Willofthewisp

[anonymous]

I thought I was the only one who wondered about all the marines and sailors! It makes a startling amount of sense Elizabeth would grieve, probably sick already from how much she's lost. That and James couldn't have been the only uniformed man she was on good terms with. For the other pirates they're faceless enemies. I love how you make it add to Beckett's evilness. Elizabeth was due for a good cry. Fantastic and original.

Re: Praise from Willofthewisp

[luvvycat]

I thought I was the only one who wondered about all the marines and sailors! It makes a startling amount of sense Elizabeth would grieve, probably sick already from how much she's lost.

It had to have bothered Elizabeth, that in order for them to win the fight and stop Beckett once and for all, so many of those around him had to be swept up in his destruction as well. Beckett could (and did) send people to their deaths without a blink of an eye, but Elizabeth (having a conscience) would almost definitely have grieved the loss of all those good and honourable men who'd thought they were only serving King and country by respecting Beckett's authority and following his orders. They were certainly much better men than Beckett, who was out to serve only himself, increase his own wealth and power base, and feed his overblown sense of omnipotence.

I love how you make it add to Beckett's evilness.I assume Elizabeth came to regret the fact that she hadn't shot Beckett when she'd had the opportunity, back in Port Royal when she'd forced him

[pearlseed]

Have I told you how you absolutely gobsmack me sometimes? This story is something, so simple, so straightforward and utterly elegant. Full of feeling, Elisabeth's life just spilling out in response to the horror she had lived through. What a helluva deal! Lovely to hear from you, sweet girl--been a while, but you came right on strong about this--good story.

[luvvycat]

Have I told you how you absolutely gobsmack me sometimes?

I believe you have, in many different ways (and I appreciate them all so very much)! ;-)

This story is something, so simple, so straightforward and utterly elegant. Full of feeling, Elisabeth's life just spilling out in response to the horror she had lived through.

Thank you! I think, while had a set goal in mind, Elizabeth could push those feelings of grief to the background, not dwell on them. But once the victory was won, and they were all safe and in the clear, what she'd kept bottled up would finally spill out, and she'd let herself grieve her recent losses, and give tribute not only to her father and James, but also to those brave and dutiful (but hapless) men who were sucked into and fell victim to Beckett's evil machinations.

Lovely to hear from you, sweet girl--been a while, but you came right on strong about this--good story. I'm so happy to be able to return my PotC writing, and it's great to be back (no matter how briefly). I've missed it, and my LJ friends,

[phoenix_9664]

Well done, Cat! Good to hear your words again.

[luvvycat]

Well done, Cat!

Thank you!!! :-)

Good to hear your words again.

Believe me, it's good to be able to write again (even this meagre amount). It's more than I've been able to achieve for the past two months! ;-) To paraphrase Jack: "Real Life complications arose, ensued, and have not quite been overcome (yet)..."

Thank you for taking the time to read, and Comment! I appreciate it so much! :-)

-- Cat

[geekmama]

Strangely I hadn't thought of this scenario, but it makes perfect sense. Beautifully rendered, too, as always.

[luvvycat]

Strangely I hadn't thought of this scenario, but it makes perfect sense.

Thanks! I really couldn't see Elizabeth watching the destruction of the Endeavour, and not being filled with regret and grief over the loss of its crew. Beckett certainly deserved to die for what he'd done, but she had no particular grievance against the rest of those men, and had to lament the loss of all those lives.

Beautifully rendered, too, as always.

And thank you, as always, for your reading, and for your very kind and supportive comments! :-)

-- Cat