Blues Skies, Prompt #1: Weather (PotC)

[just_a_dram]

 

Comments

[mrstater]

Oh, this is a really fascinating snippet of future!Elizabeth. I really like the idea you've conveyed here of her being weathered by the difficult arrangement with Will, so that the sea doesn't seem so imposing by comparison, and that there's an allure about it (and Jack?) after all these years. So atmospheric, too!

[just_a_dram]

and that there's an allure about it (and Jack?) after all these years

I left it fairly open ended, but I'm such a shipper of these two that for me the allure is both the sea and Jack. I just have to set them up in the future to make myself happy. ;)

[anonymous_plume]

Ooh, I do like this line too of "future!Lizzie." I liked glimpse of things she might have forgotten. Very nice.

"Have you got your sea legs back?" snerk. perfect Jack intro.

[just_a_dram]

Oh, Jack. How I love thee. Let me count the ways.

To write something from Elizabeth's POV is usually very unsatisfying for me, since I'm focused so much on Jack. So, I'm glad this still sounded properly like him.

[bookdragon01]

Nicely done. Elizabeth has weathered a lot.

[just_a_dram]

She really has. It's a really dark arc for her character, even though it's supposed to be happy at the end.

[just_a_dram]

I'm never fully sure of myself when writing Elizabeth, much less so than with Jack. So, I'm glad to hear this worked for you.

[just_a_dram]

That twinge of something sharp & bitter yet very subtle about Elizabeth's words & manner

Of course you would catch that. I wanted to insinuate something under the surface that something has happened...beyond what we know.

Thanks for reading, my dear!