back to our regularly scheduled pirates
Help me puzzle this one out, friends.
I'm feeling some guilt over being so neglectful of Norrington after DMC came out. So I was thinking of writing something with the working title of "Five People James Didn't Hook Up With in the Sequels."
First would be Groves, following the disastrous attempt to sail through the hurricane. James would be wracked with guilt and shame over the loss of the Dauntless; Groves would try to comfort him. In the morning he would wake to find James gone and a note asking Groves to take his letter of resignation to the Governor. And Groves would vow to never get too attached to a commander again.
Jack taunts snarky drunken pirate James aboard the Pearl, saying he didn't so much want to catch Jack to bring him to justice but because he wanted him. James denies it and Jack knows he's lying, and a scuffle turns into something else, and James hates himself that much more for his weakness. Jack is bitterly amused.
He'd run into Will sometime between DMC and AWE, when Will is off brooding somewhere by himself. He's still all torn up over thinking Elizabeth is in love with Jack, and pissed at James for stealing the heart/his leverage over Jones. James, meanwhile, is back in righteous pirate hunter mode but also beginning to realize he's gotten himself in way over his head with Beckett (who's begun hanging people at this point, I think). Hatesex with a side of drowning their sorrows together.
Elizabeth does go to his cabin before going to the brig of the Dutchman, and she lays into him about the consequences of his actions. James is a little defiant because he thought he had no choice at the time, but also regretful. Everything is bitter and angsty and on borrowed time. I think she leaves some marks.
And after everything, Calypso is grumpy that her new boatman's heart belongs entirely to the pirate king. Imagine her delight when she discovers James among the dead souls - handsome, noble, having made peace with his mistakes and his choices in the end. He doesn't love her but he does love the sea, and that's enough.
I'm feeling some guilt over being so neglectful of Norrington after DMC came out. So I was thinking of writing something with the working title of "Five People James Didn't Hook Up With in the Sequels."
First would be Groves, following the disastrous attempt to sail through the hurricane. James would be wracked with guilt and shame over the loss of the Dauntless; Groves would try to comfort him. In the morning he would wake to find James gone and a note asking Groves to take his letter of resignation to the Governor. And Groves would vow to never get too attached to a commander again.
Jack taunts snarky drunken pirate James aboard the Pearl, saying he didn't so much want to catch Jack to bring him to justice but because he wanted him. James denies it and Jack knows he's lying, and a scuffle turns into something else, and James hates himself that much more for his weakness. Jack is bitterly amused.
He'd run into Will sometime between DMC and AWE, when Will is off brooding somewhere by himself. He's still all torn up over thinking Elizabeth is in love with Jack, and pissed at James for stealing the heart/his leverage over Jones. James, meanwhile, is back in righteous pirate hunter mode but also beginning to realize he's gotten himself in way over his head with Beckett (who's begun hanging people at this point, I think). Hatesex with a side of drowning their sorrows together.
Elizabeth does go to his cabin before going to the brig of the Dutchman, and she lays into him about the consequences of his actions. James is a little defiant because he thought he had no choice at the time, but also regretful. Everything is bitter and angsty and on borrowed time. I think she leaves some marks.
And after everything, Calypso is grumpy that her new boatman's heart belongs entirely to the pirate king. Imagine her delight when she discovers James among the dead souls - handsome, noble, having made peace with his mistakes and his choices in the end. He doesn't love her but he does love the sea, and that's enough.