Lament for a King...

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It must have been fate's ironic humor that picked the movie for my three hour flight to Houston today--At World's End was the feature presentation. I've seen the film twice and haven't given much thought to seeing it again since the last time, feeling as though the flaws were too glaring for me to ever enjoy the film for a third sitting. That being

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[compassrose7577]

Oh, my dear lovey!! You do know how to muddy the waters, don't you

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AHA

[awickedwench]

Wow, that was some food for thought! I agree with you on so many points, esp. this one: "Elizabeth is the only character in the series who wanted to be a pirate."

...but isn't her being bound to Will, in a marriage in which she can only see the man she loves every ten years, while she raises his son without a father when she is in fact, a born leader the same type of imprisonment?

Yes, but I will go a step further to suggest that the ending of AWE is Lizzie's version of the Locker. I know that's a provocative thought, but I would argue that she has lost a main component of freedom and that is choice. She won't go on many reckless adventures now that she is raising a child. And all of her choices will be filtered through that prism. (Although I could have bought into the theory that she could have been off adventuring in those 10 years, the added *bonus* at the end, i.e. baby, pretty much negated that for me!) Instead of a kick-ass ending, we got a tragic one,IMHO, for Lizzie.

Brilliant analysis! Get started on that AU fic! :-)

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"Yes, but I will go a step further to suggest that the ending of AWE is Lizzie's version of the Locker. I know that's a provocative thought, but I would argue that she has lost a main component of freedom and that is choice. She won't go on many reckless adventures now that she is raising a child. And all of her choices will be filtered through that prism