Fic: Birds of Prey

[djarum99]

Title: Birds of Prey
Author: djarum99
Rating: N17
Pairing: J/E, J/W/E implied
Disclaimer: Disney owns the world of pirates, and I make no profit
A/N: Future ficlet (in part by virtue of the need for post-18th century plumbing) written for challenge prompt five at hseas_challenge - J/E four hundred years after finding the Fountain of Youth. Love in the time of global

Comments

[whensheflies]

Fascinating. You constantly up the ante concerning our favorite pair. This was simply breathtaking. Elizabeth in Nevada was particularly striking. Makes ya think about immortality a little bit more carefully. Thank you, as always, for sharing your talents with us.

[djarum99]

They seem to up the ante on me! I'm never quite sure where they'll take me, but the ride is always interesting.

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment ♥

[geekmama]

Isn't it weird how stories take on a life of their own. They be what they want to be, in spite of our initial thoughts sometimes. Beautifully written, and very them, in spite of the futuristic setting. The strands of gray in Will's hair were a poignant touch. I love how you pack so much, so many adventures and hints of adventures in such a small space, a line or a paragraph. They are beautiful and touched with tragedy, and full of hope, all at once.

[djarum99]

"They be what they want to be," yes. I still want to write them in New Orleans, with the mud wrestlers *g*

It's so terribly difficult to imagine what it would be like, to live beyond a lifetime. Even for them, even in that world of mysteries and goddesses and magic.

Thank you so much for a lovely comment ♥

[pearlseed]

"It took a left turn the moment I typed the first sentence, and became something entirely different. That seems to happen quite a lot, at least to me :-) This is one of the sweetest statement of how your work becomes a life. Pretty darn cool

[djarum99]

The girls are up late tonight :-)

Sometimes a story is fully formed in my head and I just need to knit the words to the pattern. Sometimes I think it's all there, and the words take me someplace that's else. I watched "Girl on the Bridge" a while back, a strange, sweet movie that stars Vanessa Paradis, who of course is JD's love. I highly recommend it, and I think that somehow it had something to do with this tale going sideways. Not sure exactly why.

Quicksilver pirate? Really? Wow. Heaven help the sailors and all us poor souls lost at sea. I love it when that happens:-)

Thank you so much, sis - I appreciate the kind words and the OneBrain magic. Sleep well, and dream of pirates ♥

[greenisbeauty]

This is so fascinating! The world you've painted here is so dark, barren, and yet somehow Will (leave it to good old Will) finds the smallest bit of optimism in it all. To me, the idea of the three of them surviving it all is so romantic in a strange and bittersweet way.

Elizabeth ventures ashore to walk the salt flats beneath the city’s towering levee. The sun has dried their surface like some monstrous beast’s stretched hide, chiselled a labyrinth of cobweb cracks

For some reason, I had the picture of the locker in my mind when I read this. Stark, pale and blinding. Very cool.

they can offer its blessing, and its curse, to no one else. Aztec gold or eternity’s wine, and sometimes Jack isn’t sure of the difference.

This section and the part when Elizabeth speaks of wanting to see the shores of the dead is so poignant to me. The idea that everything is a gift and a curse. I'm glad you pointed that out, because I cannot imagine living forever would come without a price.

There’s blood, just a little, and she tastes his copper,

[djarum99]

the idea of the three of them surviving it all is so romantic in a strange and bittersweet way

I like the idea of J/W/E, and I can't imagine how lonely it would be for Will as CotFD, or for all of them as the last relics of an age. I'm not sure how much they could be a part of the world, after the first few decades. There would be a disconnection, I think, a distance they could never cross. And glorious possibilities, in seeing what comes next. A blessing and a curse.

I confess. The shower scene started it all :-)

A wedding song? Is something in the offing, or are you just planning ahead? :-) I love "Hysteric" - perfect.

Thank you so much for such a lovely and thoughtful comment ♥

[greenisbeauty]

Haha, oh no. Just planning ahead. I tend to think about 5-10 years in advance at all times. I even have all my baby names picked out. Daughter #1 is Reverie. Haha!

I love all these challenges! I will have to write one when all of my finals are over next Thursday. Now back to "writing my paper."

[djarum99]

Planning ahead is fun :-)

Please, write something POTC! I look forward to seeing a challenge response from you - all the prompts are open ♥

[penknife]

This is lovely!

[djarum99]

Thank you so much!