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

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 to sign over the letters of marque. Had she understood then exactly how evil he was, and what the consequences of letting him live would be to those she cared for, she might have taken matters into her own hands then, if she thought it would save her father and Will, and countless other lives.

Elizabeth was due for a good cry.

She certainly had good cause for a cry, after all she'd lost. But she was able to channel that grief into strength of purpose, by focusing on leading the pirates to victory, bringing Beckett's personal reign of terror to an end, and avenging Weatherby's murder.

Fantastic and original.

I'm so glad you think so! Thank you for saying so, and for the rest of your kind comments! :-)

-- Cat