[POTC holiday fic] - KINGDOMS OF THE SWAN companion vignette - "Gold for the King" - 1/3 - PG-13

[writing_samsara]

A/N: Ok guys, first off, this little beast is not beta’d, as it’s Christmas Eve and God knows no one would want to spent their evening editing. Please forgive typos and a certain lack of my usual syntactic flare, as I plunked this baby out, literally, in four hours at the office. It is also important to note that this story exists within my post-

Comments

[piratemistress]

Lovely lovely lovely! You describe them so well, and their voices are funny and real. Liked Jack's POV very much. And I love stories where they role-play... they're so good at it, y'know?

Merry Christmas, and thanks for dashing this off to post it! Beautiful to see fic from you again!

[writing_samsara]

Oh, thanks so much! I'm thrilled that you were able to sort through all the typos and whatnot to still enough this. I was so half-mad by the time I sat down to beta this, I wasn't sure if it was written in English, let alone funny and real. :)

Merry Christmas to you too! *g*

[erinya]

Oh, this is wonderful. I've missed your writing. I love them play-acting, but not really, and Jack's mingled impatience, irritation, and helplessness against his feelings for her. And the bit about the buttered rum made me laugh--along with a lot of other bits. More please... and Merry Christmas! (If a bit late..)

[writing_samsara]

Thanks so much! So glad that you enjoyed this, and that it made you laugh with - and not at - all the typos. *wink*

More is on the way, Hopefully part two AND three will be up before the New Year ( I say this now....).

Oh, and sidenote: I love your icon. It's fabulous.

[lady_di75]

Ahhh... better than rum, spiced or buttered, was your always-perfectly-flippant-to-hide-the-heartache Jack! So happy to see you posted -- this was a lovely holiday gift, indeed!

[writing_samsara]

Oh, I'm so glad that you liked it - especially the bit about the rum! God knows, I can't have a holiday without a cooking fiasco myself...

I was a little freaked out that it lacked a certain amount of polish, so I'm double-excited that it worked for you.

I hope you had a lovely holiday, and best wishes for the New Year!

*hugs*

[fried_flamingo]

This was beautiful. Adored the ambiguity of their declarations of love. Looking forward to more :)

[writing_samsara]

Thanks so much! More is on the way - may be as slap-dash as this, but Iat least it'll be complete (I hope).

*hugs* I hope your holiday season's been glorious. :)

[dharma_slut]

Thank you for the MUSIC! I'm listening to "dead Man" right now, and it's simply amazing. What a fantastic collage of sound. I never thought I'd ever hear clasical Indian music forms mixed with hip hop...

Jahangir Ranjit Pakshi is his name, huh? Does it have a particular meaning?

My AU has him the son of an Amerindian mother-- Indian works very well or Portuguese or anything-- he's certainly no WASP.

Oh, I want him to be happy!

[writing_samsara]

Oh, I'm so glad that you're enjoying the music. Nitin Sawhney is a favorite of mine, and I had "The Boatman" on my brain after watching "The Namesake" this weekend (fabulous film, and in it Tabu sings this song several times

[sharklady35]

> My AU has him the son of an Amerindian mother-- Indian works very well or Portuguese or anything-- he's certainly no WASP. <

Another possibility- one I've alluded to in my own fics- is that his Mom was a gypsy. There's supporting evidence for this in Johnny's convincing portrayal of gypsy boatman Roux, in the 2000 movie 'Chocolat' (my second-favorite Depp role.)

[dharma_slut]

And yet another theory that I love-- is that his mother was a mermaid...

I've said that to non-fans, and they say; "That explains so much!

..don't ask me to choose my second-favorite Depp role... It would be whatever i'd most recently seen, I'm so fickle ;)