#yitw

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wait when the fuck did yitw hit 50 bookmarks hello???

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hi everyone remember when jack loved shuǐ so much he told davy jones to make her a part of his deal to keep her safe from her father and now shuǐ isn't sure he loves her enough to stay and fight for her like that again

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Hi Kat! For the fanfic writer asks! For yitw/iitw 💝🫠🍪 (also including the one shots in the same universe).

💝 Fic + What is your favourite part of this story?

someone asked me this for iitw sooooo I’ll do it for yitw and the lighthouse!!

yitw - so so many things I love about this fic (I’m rereading it for myself currently lol) but The Albatross is still my favorite chapter, 100%. the buildup to it, shuǐ finally taking no fucks from her father (@clearpurpleskies drew a BEAUTIFUL rendition of it it gets me so hype every time I look at it), and the shuǐ/jack moments are on pointtttt they make me insane in this chapter

the lighthouse - the discussion of grief and how differently it’s handled between the grey lady, davy jones, and shuǐ. and also nerida and maccus’s feud they’re so #funny to me

🫠 Fic + What was the hardest about writing this?

for yitw, probably coming up with a fulfilling story that fit the tone of the movies bc I didn’t have a ton of framework to go off of and I knew it eventually needed to tie in with everything. for iitw…making sure it lived up to its predecessor (part of me is still not happy with the fact that it’s 14 chapters shorter but im learning to live with it lol)

🍪 Fic + What was the most fun while writing this?

the major emotional beats in both fics are so so so SO much fun to write bc once I’ve fine-tuned them, they’re just…mwah. perfection. and very fulfilling to reread!!

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Wind/Water (Oneshots) Timeline

for your reading reference, since I posted a few oneshots out of order—mostly likely to be added to

pre-yitw:

Carry Me Through These Walls

Far Too Scared

yitw:

‘Cause outwardly he says

Nettles

Jealous Girl

timeskip:

Dial Drunk (three months)

Nettles “epilogue” (six months)

A&W (2 years)

The Lighthouse (5 years)

Man of the Year (6 years)

Silver Spoon (8 years)

Little Miss Why So (9 years)

she (approx. four months before iitw/awe)

iitw

If I Was Easy To Kill, You Would’ve Done It Already

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Kat!! yitw au where Jack and Shuǐ meet as young children of the pirate lords and Seven by TS plays on the background 🙊🥺

THIS…

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actually…funny to consider that in the early chapters of yitw barbossa might’ve been watching shuǐ just seethe as she followed jack around the ship and was like “oh sweet. she’s gonna take care of killing him for me. this is awesome”

cut to like three chapters later when all of a sudden jack starts making an effort (???) and shuǐ starts looking less and less like she wants him dead (??????) and now hector has murdering responsibility again

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Ohh I started reading You're in the wind not long ago, and I'm learning now that you are writing a second part?? That so cool, I normally dont comment much on ao3 (i need to fix that, sorry), but I wanted to let you know here that it's such a nice story, and the female ocs are so cool! Shuǐ rocks and I absolutely adore Jia and Nerida. ♡♡♡♡

AHHHHHHH TYSM!!! and don’t worry about the comments thing, it means a lot to me that you slid into my inbox to tell me that you enjoyed it!!

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6 and 21!

thank you mel!!

Do they have healthy coping mechanisms? If so, what are they?

did anyone have healthy coping mechanisms back then?

in all seriousness, I think that anytime Shuǐ feels herself slipping back into bad memories, even after she gets comfortable handling a gun, she just goes to Jack. and they don’t talk about it or anything, they just hang out quietly together until she rallies. well, that used to be the case, at least. she’s not doing a whole lot of hanging out with Jack anymore…

Does what happened affect how they deal with the people around them?

it definitely exacerbated the overall lack of trust. it’s one of the reasons Shuǐ no longer trusts anyone with her feelings and won’t let anyone see past the version of herself she wants them to see. case in point, Jia is her best friend, but even Jia doesn’t know what happened on the Empress that day.