entwined.

Welcome to Norribeth, a source blog dedicated to the ship between James Norrington and Elizabeth Swann of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Tracking #norribeth and #potcedit.

[maggzblair]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26619601/chapters/162293227

Yes, you are not hallucinating, this is a new chapter! This has been a labor of love and a *long* time coming, so I hope there is still someone out there who will enjoy!

Goodbye Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Part One)

Elizabeth laid on her bedroll below the decks of the Black Pearl later that night, the sounds of sleeping pirates not all that kept her awake but only added to the moonlight shining from above and the feeling of…ending in her heart. Once she had made her decision to leave the pirate life for good, everything felt finite, each second precious. In the morning she would leave, break the last true friendship she had for a more stable life.

[ilikeimpossible]

The marriage license of Commodore James Norrington and Elizabeth Swann. 15 May, 1727.

[tomundsen-deactivated20250731]

Jack Davenport as James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[maggzblair]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“If I loved you less, I may have been able to talk about it more.” - Jane Austen, Emma

Hello again, lovely readers! We are back!

Well, this has been a very long time coming and as always I apologize again for the delay in updates. As usual, life has happened and I’m not always up to writing. In fact, this chapter has been mostly complete for a few months until last night when a spark of inspiration (i.e. procrastinating my current WIP) allowed me to finally finish it.

So, please enjoy this little interlude and I hope to have another update soon!

[maggzblair]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Presenting to all of you, dear friends, the newest chapter of A Chance at Redemption! This has been a very long time coming, so I hope all of you enjoy reading just as much as I did writing!

So, presenting to all of you, Chapter Ten: An Affair of Honor, aka The Rise and Fall of Norribeth.

First, if Elizabeth had not received her letter, and never would unless Mary acted quickly or by some divine miracle she made her way home to Jamaica, she would never know the truth of that terrible night, that James was alive.

Second, despite all of his words to the contrary, her brother still loved Elizabeth. No amount of obvious deceit would change that.

And finally, Mary would stop at nothing to right her wrong and assure everyone’s happiness, or at the very least, peace.

[maggzblair]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Coming home had always meant something different to James Norrington.

Surprise!

So it has been a long while since I’ve updated this incredible fic, but here we are! This has been a long time coming and I’m so grateful to be able to find the words to finish and share this little interlude with all of you!

Please enjoy this new update, chapter eight and a half of A Chance at Redemption!

[ilikeimpossible]

Trust Fall

A Norribeth one-shot. Rated G.

The only light in the prison cell comes from a small square window near the ceiling. The air is wet and chill, stained with the desperation of the cell’s previous occupants, whose final days were marked by the progress of that bleak patch of sunlight, which each succumbed to following across the floor before the end, starving for one last taste of the sky.

The current occupant’s prospects are no better, the charges against her irrefutable, but she doesn’t bother herself with that now. She wishes mostly to be clean again, and wonders if she might be allowed such a luxury before her trial, the delay of which she cannot account for. She wishes they would just get on with it, but apparently English cordiality does not extend as far as pirates, not even for a woman.

At the sound of footsteps, Elizabeth Swann raises her head. There’s a jingle of keys, and the door swings open. A familiar guard enters first. Today he averts his eyes from her, as if for fear of corruption. On his heels comes the imposing figure of a man she’s never seen here before. He ducks through the door, doffing his hat as he comes, his crisp commodore’s uniform in stark contrast to his surroundings. Sharp eyes perform a cursory sweep of the room before his disapproving gaze comes to rest on her.

“Miss Swann, I take it.”

It’s not a question. Elizabeth says nothing, wary. She glances between the visitor and the guard, waiting to understand.

“My name is James Norrington,” says the visitor. “I am the commanding officer of His Majesty’s forces in Port Royal. Your father sent me.”

Keep reading

[periodedits]

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 

[frodo-sam]

Very well, what say you Captain Swann, king of the Brethren Court? (requested by anonymous)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: At World’s End (2007) dir. Gore Verbinski 

[franfinesheffield]

Make Me Choose: @littlelattewanders asked, James Norrington/Elizabeth Swann or Derek Wills/Ivy Lynn?

“I would not give my word lightly.” “Yes, I understand. But is it so wrong that I should want it given unconditionally?”

[ilikeimpossible]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A mermaid’s song will tear open your heart and you will beg for more. It will tease you with your greatest desire until you grow mad. What will it do to you, James Norrington?

Somewhere off the coast of Tripoli, fate and ill-winds find James Norrington stranded at sea. His ship, his crew, and his pursuit of Jack Sparrow all lost, there is nothing to do but wait to die…That is until he meets a strange and beautiful creature who takes the form of the one person he can’t stop thinking about, the only woman he’s ever loved…

Are her promises everything he’s ever dreamed of? Or could her obsession be something darker? After all, James would never deliberately sail into a hurricane…

[anklesalltheway]

norribeth for number 2 👀

Send me some characters and a number in the askbox and we’ll see what happens ! 😆

"Just Married"

Norribeth Wedding !! :D Because James absolutely would sweep his bride off her feet and run off to happiness together <3 Just look at their happiness!!! Look at how in love they are!! ( And yes, those are little anchors Elizabeth had embroidered into her wedding gown. )

[lady-arryn]

James Norrington + profile

[ilikeimpossible]

Mermaid!Elizabeth

Inspired by my norribeth mermaid au

[r-osehips]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

chapter two of my """"oneshot""" is up! featuring more flirting from Elizabeth, villainy from Beckett, and plotting and scheming all around.

[christine-sullivan]

I am concerned that your answer was… perhaps… less than sincere. 

[r-osehips]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

what's that? rosehips wrote a fic for the first time in almost a year?? it's true!!

comments deeply extremely appreciated especially as this is my first work in the potc fandom (shocking to me since i've been a fan and on-and-off stanning james norrington since 2003)

this was v fun to write and includes lots of flirting and befuddlement and a vicarious plot twist!

anyway hope y'all enjoy etc, please clap