Fic: Crossing the Bar (21/?)

[honorat]

Author: Honorat
Rating: R for blood and language
Characters: Norrington, Groves, the crew of the DauntlessPairing: Jack/Anamaria somewhat; Jack/Pearl definitely but not in this one

Comments

[wickedwitchy]

Wow! I have to say even as a fan of medical mysteries with gory details of autopsy this chapter was still pretty cringe worthy. In the best way possible, of course.

Another fabulous chapter, can't wait for more as usual.

[honorat]

I imagine that at least the victim of an autopsy is no longer experiencing any of the gory details. The virtue of an amputation is that everyone is fully conscious. It does increase the cringe factor. I'm glad you enjoyed the cringes as much as is possible! LOL.

Thank you so much for commenting. It makes me happy (and motivated) to know you look forward to more.

[rennie1265]

Oh, good one! Love the detail and the interaction between the four. Groves is the right officer for Jip and Samuels is bang on the money to get the job done and satisfy the little varmint's curiosity. Liked the last three lines especially. Can't wait to find out what Jip does to the Dauntless and its crew. Somehow I believe Norrington's dubious statement at the end shows he's likely right to be suspicious of what mayhem Jack Sparrow's littlest pirate can wreak. Looking forward as always to the next part.

[honorat]

Thank you so much for dropping by to comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed this rather specific look at a rather grusome fact of the era and the four characters who make their way through it with as much grace as they can muster. Groves is definitely sympathetic to Jip and has a fine sense of how to handle his rather prickly charge. And Samuels is rapidly becoming another of my favourite OCs. I can't wait to get to Jip's shenanigans on the Dauntless myself. It's those blank spaces in between that keep taking the time. Norrington is definitely having a true premonition :D I'm so glad you look forward to this.

[cassiopaya]

This was awesome. ::GRIN::

[honorat]

Thank you so much. It's a good sign that you're grinning after such a gory chapter!

[caedesdeo]

Love. Love love love love love.

Even the icky bits.

yep, I'm as much a gore-hound as Jip, although I doubt I'd manage to go through that and then ask to see the stump.

[honorat]

*bounce* Thank you, thank you. It's always good to find a reader with a strong stomach when one writes "icky bits". As for Jip wanting to examine his erstwhile foot, I was remembering how we used to collect and exhibit our removed tonsils back in elementary school. Kids have a high tolerence for disgustingness and are very curious about detached body parts!

[caedesdeo]

Oozing fleshwounds were always a treat, everyone could gather round and go 'ooooo!' at them, and someone always tried to poke them.

I think I still have a disinterred hamster skull on one of my bookselves. Most of the teeth were preserved quite neatly.

[torn_eledhwen]

I can feel a certain kinship with Jip. They wouldn't let me look at my leg when I broke it (open compound fracture, it was a mess and a half). Took me two weeks to persuade them to let me sit up and watch it being dressed! Luckily I didn't lose mine.

Anyway, another excellent chapter, well researched and beautifully (if graphically!) written.

[honorat]

You have all my sympathy for having any fellow experiences with Jip at all! That leg sounds horribly painful. At least modern medicine can usually dodge the gangrene/amputation route for shattered bones now. I wonder why there is a sense that people shouldn't see their own mutilations? It is one's own body after all.

I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter in spite of its subject matter! I thought if Jip was going to lose his leg, he deserved the honour of a chapter. Thank you for your comments.