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I have been asked, and therefore shall dully report, on a subject that seems to be of some interest to you out there. Apparently everyone knows how Jack Sparrow feels about the illfamed Captain Barbossa, but many of you have asked how I myself see the formerly of this world pirate.
So I grant to you - Norrington Says ...Barbossa the Bloody Bastard.
Pardon me for my strong language, but there it is. The man is a ... well, he's a bloody bastard, that is what he is.
Let us start with how he bothers me, personally. Starting with the fact that He Blew Up My Ship. Yes, Sparrow took it. Yes, his pirate friends commendeered it. However they had every intention of sailing it. We will not step into the fact that they were sailing it to rob and pilliage ... that is for another entry. They were sailors. They were going to use it.
Barbossa Blew Up My Ship. For no better reason than he liked causing destruction. There is a word for that - it's called Psychotic.
Of course, perhaps it is better that he didn't. Look what he did to the Black Pearl. I may not have much respect for Sparrow, but the man understands the fact that a ship is more than just a deck and a mast. It is, by in large, a reflection of how much one loves his lifetime passion - the sea. The more a ship is cared for, the more the impression is made that a GOOD Captain sails her.
What Barbossa did to the Pearl makes me personally ILL. Sails torn, holes in the side, leaks everywhere ... I really don't care if you are cursed for all eternity because of your own damned greed. You take care of your ship.
However ... beyond all that ....and I cannot believe I have to step this far for a man already so evil ... Mutiny and Desertation. These are, perhaps to a sailor, two of the greatest sins you can commit, especially without justification. There have been cases where the captain has to be subdued, but there are that many more where the crime has been no larger than greed.
Barbossa's greed nearly killed Sparrow ... who, despite my personal issues with, is a good man, and a good Captain. If Barbossa went through Hell with his curse, he didn't suffer enough. Never can, never will.
...And he blew up my ship.
Bloody bastard.
Right, perhaps next week we can speak of something that doesn't make me want to wring the neck of the dead boney corpse of an evil old man.
Sincerly yours in captivity,
Commodore J. Norrington
So I grant to you - Norrington Says ...Barbossa the Bloody Bastard.
Pardon me for my strong language, but there it is. The man is a ... well, he's a bloody bastard, that is what he is.
Let us start with how he bothers me, personally. Starting with the fact that He Blew Up My Ship. Yes, Sparrow took it. Yes, his pirate friends commendeered it. However they had every intention of sailing it. We will not step into the fact that they were sailing it to rob and pilliage ... that is for another entry. They were sailors. They were going to use it.
Barbossa Blew Up My Ship. For no better reason than he liked causing destruction. There is a word for that - it's called Psychotic.
Of course, perhaps it is better that he didn't. Look what he did to the Black Pearl. I may not have much respect for Sparrow, but the man understands the fact that a ship is more than just a deck and a mast. It is, by in large, a reflection of how much one loves his lifetime passion - the sea. The more a ship is cared for, the more the impression is made that a GOOD Captain sails her.
What Barbossa did to the Pearl makes me personally ILL. Sails torn, holes in the side, leaks everywhere ... I really don't care if you are cursed for all eternity because of your own damned greed. You take care of your ship.
However ... beyond all that ....and I cannot believe I have to step this far for a man already so evil ... Mutiny and Desertation. These are, perhaps to a sailor, two of the greatest sins you can commit, especially without justification. There have been cases where the captain has to be subdued, but there are that many more where the crime has been no larger than greed.
Barbossa's greed nearly killed Sparrow ... who, despite my personal issues with, is a good man, and a good Captain. If Barbossa went through Hell with his curse, he didn't suffer enough. Never can, never will.
...And he blew up my ship.
Bloody bastard.
Right, perhaps next week we can speak of something that doesn't make me want to wring the neck of the dead boney corpse of an evil old man.
Sincerly yours in captivity,
Commodore J. Norrington