Pride month soon so of course I am thinking about Silverbuckle again… Since Battle at Procyon implies that Turnbuckle somehow survived the film I’m now thinking about post-film Silverbuckle where the two don’t actually talk to each other anymore or interact at all really with their relationship now practically being one sided.
Silver doesn’t really want to remember his time with Turnbuckle because he grieves it, per usual at fault of how impulsive he is. Turnbuckle would collect newspaper articles about Silver’s relevance (Silver contributing to saving the missing cadets [Jim and Kate] during the events of TP2, Silver then replacing Ironbeard as a big bad pirate, and then post-war literally becoming a knight in BaP and being assumed dead) and does attempt to visit him to be with him again come the start of BaP (the dark matter thing and how he gave it to Jim) but with the way Silver once again prioritized Jim over him and his (Silver’s) freedom, he just can’t muster up the strength to visit him again. He really misses Silver but he feels like Silver has moved on without him.
Turnbuckle also hates that he’s currently stuck in a loop of joining random pirate crews for quick money. He’s in shambles and basically doesn’t have anyone to rely on anymore… he constantly thinks about how much he wants Silver back in his life
I really want to explore his grief upon learning about Silver supposed death too… imagining him and Jim connecting over that shared grief hmmm…. I think Turnbuckle would initially be mad at Jim since Silver did sacrifice his life for him, but they get on good terms as they both share their feelings
Also gives me an excuse to make Turnbuckle a chud stepdad for Jim 🤫 jokes aside though I think they link up especially since they’re like the only ones that knew Silver like that and can keep his legacy