Pirate fic is SO much better than RL...

[hendercats]

Was a good do-bee (as Miss Ann used to say) (OMG, Romper Room? 4am may have been just too early today), over Labor Day weekend - lots and lots of yard work: planting, mulching, watering, weeding. Was feeling very pouty that I managed to get poison ivy and had to go to the doctor for pills and ointment. Was gonna explain that this out of control

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[honorat]

Oh, definitely Pirate Fic is better that RL. I do hope that your life soon arrives back at the point where poison ivy is a great bad thing again. *Sends good wishes and prayers your way*

As to this lovely drabble (of a sort--I just had one hit 1000 words--cheeky little beggers aren't they?), excellent work. I have noticed before how little satisfaction Norrington is getting out of that hanging. That is not the face of a man who "would hate for him to miss" that "dawn appointment with the gallows."

So often in this movie, Norrinton seems bound by duty and responsibility and law. You've captured the way that would embattle a good man faced with a task he'd rather not complete. I like your idea that Norrington has been putting off that hanging, that he recognizes what they owe Jack.

And the idea of that final silent salute--wonderful!

[hendercats]

Thank you for your lovely words about this piece!
So often in this movie, Norrinton seems bound by duty and responsibility and law.
Very right! And when I looked at it the other day, it seemed to be crushing him at this point. As if he wants to openly agree with Elizabeth about it's being wrong, but he must be the Commodore, the Navy, and he's the one who has been telling her there's no way Jack can be released.

(the good wishes and prayers are greatly appreciated!)

[geekmama]

Lord, you have been up to your ears! I am all sympathy, believe me. I hope the poison ivy is better, at least.

But you found time to write a drabble, and a fantastic one, too! You're right: I don't think Norrington is experiencing much satisfaction from that particular hanging. He is an intelligent man, and cannot have failed to learn that Jack is "a pirate...and a good man".

Very, very well done.

[hendercats]

Poison ivy much better, thanks - prednisone works wonders!

I'm so glad you liked it - this one really is your fault! But I want to apologize if I preempted something you would have used in expanding your fic. This just insisted on being written (and immediately - I was almost late for work that day because I just had to get it sketched out).

Do you think "... as Turner rightly insisted, ..." would read better than current wording at the end of the next to last para? Had trouble deciding whether to emphasize Will's repetitiveness or the truth of his assertation.

[geekmama]

I am almost inclined to choose "...as Turner rightly insisted..." simply because I'm not sure how much contact Will would have had with Norrington before the hanging. I have a feeling that, with Elizabeth betrothed to Norrington, Jack locked up (and maybe Will too, on the Dauntless -- he wasn't "granted clemency" until their "return to Port Royal"), Will would be something of an outcast.

[hendercats]

Thank you - have changed it. Am sure Will would be insisting to anyone who would listen, but you're right that Norrington would probably have heard very little of the repetition. It also seems that Norrington would remember it quite clearly without the repetition.

[shyaway]

Great! (Oh gosh, so out of practice at giving reviews) Love the poignancy of the 'silent salute'. It's quite ironic, as well, because in the end it is the other way around - it's Jack who can only offer sympathy when Norrington loses Elizabeth. Well done!

[shyaway]

And... I hope things get better for you very soon. *hug*

[thekestrel]

Poison Ivy! You poor thing! And you managed to write this fantastic, drabble, well good for you. Never had poison Ivy, but did have an adult case of chicken pox - yikes! If lotion isn't doing the trick, try a warm bath, and sprinkle quaker oats - like you would make oatmeal from - into the water and sit in it. Swear to god, it takes the itch out. And keep up the good POTC story work, I'll be on the look out for more.

[hendercats]

Glad you liked this - thanks for taking the time to comment!

And thanks for the heads up re oatmeal bath - always wondered if that worked and never could convince myself to try it. Meds from doctor cleared up all poison ivy rash/blisters, leaving only residual itch on neck (or maybe it's my imagination). Adult chicken pox - that must have been awful!