❦ she is freedom

the black pearl. pirates of the caribbean franchise. built by allison. guidelines.

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i wrote [counts] a whole two things but i’m tired lads so i’m going to bed.

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@immobiliter sent:   "you take what you can get, and you make the most of it."  for anamaria!

          the oil in the lamp draws low and pearl’s eyelids have become heavy in her contentment.     usually, she doesn’t sleep particularly well on land, but the company of her fellow pirate  -  her lover  -  she finds she does not need the sway of the waves to lull her into a restful slumber.  they’ve been talking for some time, albeit sleepily, as pearl holds anamaria from behind, skin against skin, her face nuzzled in the other woman’s thick, dark hair.  initially, it had seemed   impossible   to accept the humanity thrust upon her by unseen forces, but the longer she remains this way, the more she  experiences,  the less eager she feels to return to her true form.  the thought of never sharing this with anamaria again  -  never sharing this with   anyone   again  -  becomes more and more difficult to imagine as the days, weeks, months continue.

          ❛   ‘s that what ye’re doin’, m’ sweet?   ❜   she asks sleepily, the smile clear even in her voice.  her fingers trace from anamaria’s shoulder down the length of her arm before she presses her hand to her abdomen to pull her lover   ever closer.   ❛   ‘s certainly what I’m doin’.  never really know how much time I have, in truth.   ❜   perhaps, if she were a little more awake, it would be a sadder statement, but she’s so near to sleep that it’s simply  matter-of-fact  ;  something that is true, something that cannot be argued or changed.  it could said to be true of anyone who sails the sea, but she stands on a   peculiar precipice,   one that nobody else can truly understand.   (  as she’s learned, nothing is certain and everything can change in an instant  -  even one’s own form.  )   the safest way to cope is to behave as though each day could be her last.   ❛   good thing it is so easy to make the best of  you,  luv.   ❜

hadestown sentence starters.

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sb : just trying to watch potc 3 in peace with me me, trying to explain why the locker scene is so emotionally complex and not just comic relief :

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apparently people can come and go on the dutchman at their leisure without ramifications if these movies are to be believed  ( will, beckett and the other eitc sailors, elizabeth and the entire empress crew )  so i would just like to know why and how there is specifically a No Fucking rule aboard the dutchman and why it somehow also applied to calypso when she was, you know, the sea goddess who literally created the job and assumedly the ship, and how it could possibly apply to anyone else, considering it seems to be nbd for people to come and go from the ship as long as they’re not conscripted to the crew.

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pearl like, ‘hector, we need to talk about how to speak to your lovers.’

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@glimoon sent:   “what i wanted was to fall asleep. close my eyes and disappear, like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air.”

          ❛   very poetic, that.  cannot say I hate the idea meself, either.   ❜     after all, a good night’s sleep can be hard to come by for anyone anymore, and for her part, pearl can’t remember the last time she had one.  it’s hardly a priority  -  but either way, she knows it’s necessary, even if it’s hard to take the time to   rest properly,   all things considered.  with the pressures foisted upon the small yet mighty queen, pearl can only imagine that sleep comes even less easily to her, with so many responsibilities doubtlessly making it difficult to  breathe  sometimes.  the mere thought of it makes the seafarer uncomfortable in her own skin, as though she wishes to   flee   from problems that are not even her own.  it has never been easy, having been responsible for herself and only herself as the years progress, but she can only imagine that being responsible for  others  is far more challenging.  her gaze softens some and she sighs lightly, her voice going a little quieter.   ❛   I understand why it is difficult, but majesty, without rest  ...   ❜   she pauses, briefly.   ❛   you should   try   to sleep.   ❜

hadestown sentence starters.

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dmc & awe : hey so jones and his crew would look human if he didn’t fuck off and not do the job he accepted from calypso.  ergo, if the mantle passed and that captain actually did the job dutifully, they would assumedly just look normal and not like fish people for eternity. dmtnt : no continuity we die like stupid fucking men.

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starters  /  prompts taken from hieu minh nguyen’s work ,  not here .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

  ❛  it seems important to mention all the things that went wrong  ❜

  ❛  don’t ask if i’m a ghost  ❜

  ❛  i fled and did not return  ❜

  ❛  i cannot love you  ,  if i love you  ,  i will die  ❜

  ❛  for years i chose death  ❜

  ❛  i belong to my mother’s fear  ❜

  ❛  what do you do with tenderness when all you expect is fury ?  ❜

  ❛  he looks like he will keep you safe  ❜

  ❛  any love i find will be treason  ❜

  ❛  why did you bring me here ?  ❜

  ❛  i count the hornets that escape their mouths  ❜

  ❛  i only ask for your laughter  ❜

  ❛  look at me in the old way in this new light  ❜

  ❛  sometimes i wake up and my body does not follow  ❜

  ❛  it wasn’t the same without you  ❜

  ❛  i’m still trying to figure out what it means to stay  ❜

  ❛  it’s all very predictable  ❜

  ❛  how can i love something that isn’t ruined ?  ❜

  ❛  like all agony  ,  there are pleasant moments  ❜

  ❛  i want to be better at lying  ❜

  ❛  i’m afraid if i say it out loud i will cast a curse  ❜

  ❛  some men don’t know they’re hungry until they eat  ❜

  ❛  some spells take years to cast  ❜

  ❛  there are rules you have to follow if you want to survive  ❜

  ❛  i know you’re not supposed to smile back  ❜

  ❛  madness  ,  too  ,  can be cumulative  ❜

  ❛  trying to forget is not the same as leaving  ❜

  ❛  i really should get a sense of humor  ❜

  ❛  i understand no one  ❜

  ❛  i cannot stop him from disappearing  ❜

  ❛  her body was a dress i hung for motivation  ❜

  ❛  you were once and perhaps continue to be the myth you tell to scare yourself  ❜

  ❛  there are countless ways to justify company  ❜

  ❛  you are predictable in your longing  ❜

  ❛  i don’t want to explain a thing  ❜

  ❛  i knew if i just asked him to leave he would have  ❜

  ❛  there are countless ways to open a carcass  ❜

  ❛  all i’ve ever wanted to be was useful  ❜

  ❛  there’s still time to be saved  ❜

  ❛  shut up  ;  i know the story  ,  or at least the lesson  ❜

  ❛  you wont find it  ;  you won’t find whatever you’re looking for  ❜

  ❛  i could get away with being clumsy with knives  ❜

  ❛  i want to study the mechanics of leaving  ❜

  ❛  any adjective can be true if you cry hard enough  ❜

  ❛  i see little futures in the distance but none belong  ❜

  ❛  i am beginning to forget what i expect from the world i always knew  ❜

  ❛  you can’t think of regret as a town you move too when grief snores too loud  ❜

  ❛  in death we belong to everyone  ❜

  ❛  i want to return to my old body  ❜

  ❛  i think the life i want is the life i have  ,  but how can i be sure ?  ❜

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i care entirely too much about potc lore like five people in this world care about it and i’m one of them, i’m so invested, and that’s like 90% of the reason that potc 5 is dead to me.

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maybe pearl will protect either of her captains with an absolutely feral energy whether or not they need it or whether or not she’s capable of it.  mind your business.

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look......... Look.  nobody cares about the pearl more than jack, but the pain in hector’s eyes when he talks about losing the pearl hurts me.

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okay but i absolutely Do have a soft spot for philip.

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god remember how the first scene of this film in the courtroom, palace, etc., was so good (except jack’s wig) and we had some hope and then it was all downhill from there for not one but two whole movies.

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there’s a better than decent chance i just straight up hate-watch potc 4 today.

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i’m also gonna go to my grave with this one:  pearl has a LOT of bones to pick with hector and it’s unclear if she’ll ever get over what she felt like was a betrayal of not only jack but of her as well, BUT she will stand with him against  anyone  but jack even if she doesn’t agree with what he’s doing or saying.  and that’s simply because he was also her captain for so long, and for as much of her that hates what he did, she still loves him.

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some disorganized pearl thoughts:

she is a much better shot than she is with a blade, but she also doesn’t like to use pistols if she can avoid it because a single shot can very easily cripple or kill and it doesn’t seem just.  so she really only uses one if it’s an emergency.

frankly, she’s just not a naturally talented swordsman so she leans more on her speed and agility than her actual technique with a blade and tends to dodge and parry more than actually fight.  this tactic can actually be super effective against mediocre to somewhat skilled swordsmen but not usually against quite experienced fighters.

she heals far more quickly than a regular human.  even wounds that would probably be lethal to someone who’s mortal and not, you know, made of magic, will actually heal in a relatively short amount of time.  while minor injuries will probably not scar, major injuries, such as deep stab wounds, gunshot wounds, serious burns (ha...), etc., will.  she’s not actually aware that this rapid healing is a thing and won’t be aware of it until somebody else points it out ;  she just kind of assumes that this is what humans do because she really has no basis of comparison otherwise  -  and to be fair, she did spend like ten years with a cursed, immortal crew aboard and then she and jack were brought back from the locker so........

when she finds this out, it’s probably going to freak her out a bit.

on that note, it’s unknown if she can actually be killed by mortal means or whether only some form of magic can kill her.

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what a wonderful time to remember that pearl has the capacity to love basically an infinite number of people but  nobody nobody nobody  comes before jack and nobody ever is, has been, or will be more important to her than he is.  never ever  ever  put her in a position to choose between you and him, romantically, platonically, or otherwise, because  you will lose.  she would carve out her own heart before she ever walked away from him and that’s that!!!