Comments | thalia_seawood: A closer look at Sparrington after DMC

thalia_seawood

A closer look at Sparrington after DMC

Jul 29, 2006 00:30

While I'm not a fanfiction writer, I'm an avid fanfiction reader and occasional beta reader. Particulary, in the POTC I've read a lot of stories over time, had many delightful discussions with webcrowmancer when she was writing "Mercy" and did some betawork ( Read more... )

movie, dmc, potc, sparrington

Comments 37

cupiscent July 28 2006, 23:37:28 UTC

IMO, Jack and James are much more of an equal pair. -- YUP!

I don't really have anything else to add, other than a lot of pointing and nodding. DMC really does bring out the equality that was under the surface in CotBP.

I've had a dabble at fic, and intend to dabble some more, but really, I'm saving the great wallowing glee of Sparrington fic for the third movie, when Jack will, of course, come back, and then it will all be grand. *G*

thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 03:39:37 UTC

The one thing I regret about DMC is that it takes so long until Norrington makes an appearance. But then his first scene is more powerful than Jack's first scene in DMC, at least in my totally objective opinion. :-)
Yes, more Norrington would have been lovely, but at least all his scenes are *good*.

Yay for more fiction by you!
I expect that after the third part comes out we will get a lot of nice Sparrington novels. Because I for one do not believe the rumours regarding Norrington's fate.

crossroadsangel July 28 2006, 23:51:48 UTC

They share at least one moment of perfect silent understanding when Elizabeth kisses Will and they just look at one another.
There's Sparrow looking at Norrington across Davy Jones' box

I totally missed that! *face palms* I just saw Norrington's hurt look...and I can only imagine Sparrow trying to get his attention. ;-) I do wonder if Jack was initially afraid of DMC Norrington due to the fact that Norrington was relentless in hunting him in the Dauntless.

Bravo on all your points! It's refreshing to hear some great possibilities for DMC/post-DMC Sparrington.

thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 03:49:34 UTC

I totally missed that!

And now I hope I didn't imagine that look. ;-) I have tickets again for Sunday evening so I will double check. But I'm pretty sure we see both Jack's and James' reaction to Elizabeth kissing Will. James is definitely wincing and Jack doesn't look too pleased either. And then, if I'm correct, they do briefly check the others reaction and it's a "I *was* rooting for you." moment or a "See, she isn't meant for either of us." moment.

I do wonder if Jack was initially afraid of DMC Norrington due to the fact that Norrington was relentless in hunting him in the Dauntless.
Yes, of course, that's it!! Before CotBP, Jack may have *heard* from Norrington, but he never was hunted by him before. And for several months now he must have been followed by him. - There are marvelous story possibilities here as well.

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thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 03:58:05 UTC

I was a little saddened that the loosening up mr. uptight dynamic is now gone

That was how I felt briefly. By now, I love that Norrington goes way beyond Mr Uptight especially since we got glimpses of that in CotBP already. E.g. did you notice that in CotBP when he holds the compass, his hands don't look as if he never did any rough work? His hands are beautiful, but his nails are very short and not ultra squeaky clean. His shirt my be frilly, but he himself is not. :-)

We now get a reversed dynamic with Jack saying 'You can't do that.' and James saying 'Watch me do it anyway!' :-)

Pass on the plot bunny to whoever wants it! I'd love to read this story, too...

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thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 14:48:11 UTC

If you scroll through this delightful LJ entry by mimesere, you'll find a closeup of the handshake between Sparrow and Norrington in CotBP.

http://mimesere.livejournal.com/342950.html

And you can find even more screenshots of Norrington here:

http://mimesere.livejournal.com/345407.html

As for writing fanfiction, I've never managed to write any yet. I get writer's block when I try to do so. It's analysing things that I'm good at and where I can't stop writing. :-)

coldryuuza July 29 2006, 04:29:03 UTC

this clears up many things for me, so thanks! u summed it up pretty good. :D

thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 11:12:06 UTC

Thanks! :-)

aurora_knight July 29 2006, 04:33:18 UTC

Very good analysis! I like the points you've brought up.

The only problem I spotted was with the "rescuing Jack from the Kraken" thing; the only reason Beckett wanted the compass was so he could find the heart. Now that Beckett has had the heart delivered straight to him, there's no reason he would need the compass, so I don't think he'd care if he ever saw Jack again.

One thing that really interested me: do you know for sure that the compass was pointing to Jack when Norrington held it in CotBP? I mean, did one of the writers say so? Because that could mean all sorts of juicy things...XD

aurora_knight July 29 2006, 06:44:45 UTC

It´s being discussed over here - including a screencap:

http://community.livejournal.com/sparrington/286004.html#cutid1

thalia_seawood July 29 2006, 11:18:36 UTC

I really need to watch the movie a second time around: I wasn't sure if Beckett only wanted to get the compass in order to track the heart or whether he would also love to have it because it might be useful beyond finding the heart.

Regarding your other question: Yup, I'm certain. I've seen somebody already pointed you to a screenshot.