Fic: "Final Farewells"

[luvvycat]

Title: "Final Farewells"
Author:luvvycat  
Characters: Elizabeth Swann/Jack Sparrow, Weatherby Swann, Will Turner
Rating: PG
Word count: Approx. 5,000
Disclaimer: PotC is Disney's, not mine. *sniff*
A/N: Today is the fifth anniversary of my dear father's passing and, as has been my practise for the past three years, I am posting this fic, with love,  to

Comments

[sharklady35]

What a very sweet thing for 'scandalous' Jack to do!

I think your own father would be proud of this tribute.

[luvvycat]

What a very sweet thing for 'scandalous' Jack to do!

Yep. Deep down, he's just an old softie (especially when it comes to Elizabeth). Love will do that to a man... ;-)

I think your own father would be proud of this tribute.

Oh, I certainly hope so! Thank you so much for saying so! That's very kind of you! :-)

-- Cat

[luvvycat]

That was such a beautiful, touching, heartwarming story.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it so! Love is something that transcends time, space, even death itself, and Elizabeth was, and is, so lucky to have had these men to love, and to be loved by them in return, isn't she? :-)

I'm sure your father is watching over you & rejoicing in your talent, in how wonderful a person & a writer you are ♥

What an exceptionally kind thing to say! Thank you so much! :-)

Thank you so much for sharing this.

And thank you again for taking the time to read, and for posting such lovely comments! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story! :-)

-- Cat

[keechakatt]

What a tribute. Your father would be very proud of you. This story touched me deeply. I lost my dad 30 years ago when I was 15 years old. So here I am in Taco Bell on lunch trying not to cry. What a silly goose I am.

Thank you for sharing such a touching tribute to your father.

[luvvycat]

What a tribute. Your father would be very proud of you.

I certainly would like to think so. Dad was the type who was supportive of all his kids, and though he wasn't the type to come right out and say so, we always knew we had his love and support.

This story touched me deeply. I lost my dad 30 years ago when I was 15 years old. So here I am in Taco Bell on lunch trying not to cry. What a silly goose I am.

Oh, dear! Never intended anyone to cry into their lunch over this fic! That said, I'm sorry for your loss, and that my story might have stirred up old griefs. Losing a beloved parent is always difficult, regardless of age, but it must be especially hard for the young, when there's the sense that you've been robbed of all the years you might have had with him. I know I'll always miss my Dad, no matter how many years pass, but am grateful for the 46 years I had on this earth with him.

Thank you for sharing such a touching tribute to your father.And thank you so much for your kindness in letting me know how moved you were by it. A

[keechakatt]

I'm your sweet reply didn't show up in my alerts for me to answer promptly.

I think what touched me was the gift from Will and Jack of one last day with her father. Plus your vivid descriptions of the fatherly gestures as they spoke.

Personally, in sleep I've had a few reunions with my father over the years. Your story is just so powerful, and rang so true to my heart. The tears weren't bad, you just struck a cord with the love I still carry for my dad.i He was a really great dad, who had the best hugs and humor. Thirty years is a long time apart, but I know I'll see him again. :-)

Thank you again for such a wonderful story. Your dad would be very proud of you.

[pearlseed]

Been missing mine, Mama and Daddy both this past month or so. Good story all round and thank you for the sweetness of it.

[luvvycat]

Been missing mine, Mama and Daddy both this past month or so.

So sorry to hear you've been missing your loved ones. I hope you have plenty of happy memories of them to offset the grief. For the most part, the memories of my Dad are good ones, but I know whenever the anniversary of his death is approaching, I start feeling increasingly blue, and relive the memories and feelings of those final months. I'm always grateful when that date passes, and the grief can move back into the background again, and these fics are the best way I've found to cope with those feelings of loss.

Good story all round and thank you for the sweetness of it. You're very welcome, and thank you as well for your kind words. I know we always wish we had more time with loved ones who have passed on, and it was particularly wrenching for me, watching those scenes in AWE when we (and Elizabeth) realise what's happened to her father. Anyone who's lost a parent can't help but be affected by that scene, and it was nice to have the opportunity to give Elizabeth and

[pearlseed]

"the anniversary of his death is approaching" and I get so angry at myself becos I did what I thought was enough and left it to him to save himself. I wanted him to love me and Mama enough to get over his hospital/doctor fear and it didn't happen that way. So it's an anniversary of my failure and I miss him, not a perfect daughter/daddy relationship...but he was mine and he taught me things and I loved him for all the pain we made for each other.

Love you in his absence becos well, I got this habit now of loving folks and I'm loathe to give it up...so you got a place anytime, open door policy, secret key is on the back porch. And thanks for letting me rant and blather, sometimes it's the glue that keeps the rotten from ripping the wonderful away.

[luvvycat]

I wanted him to love me and Mama enough to get over his hospital/doctor fear and it didn't happen that way. Sweetie, my Dad was exactly the same way. When he was twelve, his father died of cancer. Dad's parents had been divorced for several years by then, and he hadn't seen his father for a while. The last time he saw him was in hospital, right before he died: this wasted skeleton of a man, eaten away by cancer, who looked nothing like the father he once remembered. It was such a terrifying experience for him (my Mom tells me), that he came away in hysterics, and with a strong, lifelong conviction that hospitals weren't for healing, they were where people went to die. So when he was diagnosed with his own terminal cancer at the age of 72, he chose to spend his final six months at home, among his own family, and to die in his own house rather than in hospital

[geekmama]

You've drawn all the relationships of these characters in such a wonderful way here, and the universe as a kinder, gentler place. I adored the idea of Jack sending the dying boy on that mission to the Captain of the Flying Dutchman.

It's a beautiful story, and I can't help but think your father would be very proud of the tribute and of your talent in writing it.

*Hugs*

[luvvycat]

You've drawn all the relationships of these characters in such a wonderful way here, and the universe as a kinder, gentler place.

Oh, thank you! I know I've shared with you before my view of the relationship between (among?) Jack, Elizabeth, and Will and how an OT3 like that can conceivably work, in my mind. This story plays on that concept: that Jack and Will both love Elizabeth, and would team up to help her. And, of course, it's a given that Elizabeth dearly loved her father, and the loss of him was perhaps the single most traumatic event in her life.

I adored the idea of Jack sending the dying boy on that mission to the Captain of the Flying Dutchman.It seemed to me the sort of thing Jack would do: to seize the "opportune moment" to turn what otherwise would have been a senseless, accidental death to something that would serve a higher purpose, and help save Elizabeth from herself. Leave it to Jack and his twisty mind to be able to "connect the dots" fast enough between these unrelated issues to take advantage of the boy's