thoughts (somewhat) aloud on Pirates, next edition

[themeletor]

"Gillette. Mr. Sparrow has a dawn appointment with the gallows. I would hate for him to miss it," could creatively also mean "don't let the redcoats go off and shoot him." except whatever, the redcoats wouldn't shoot him, but there gets to be a point where, even with Sparrington, you're scraping the barrel for subtext.

also -- apparently when writing the mutiny sequence in Psalms I forgot that um, if it's windy enough for them to have to take in sail that severely, the deck's not gonna just stay nice and level. in fact, it's going to not-stay-level enough that I might want to toss in a phrase to that effect, or something, while writing. oops. ...live and learn.

back to the movie; let's see how far I get tonight :)

Comments

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

I love Sparrington subtext. :D

And I know the feeling of little nautical mistakes. I think I made a lot of those when I was still a newbie here and nobody told me how it actually works. I guess I still make a lot of them now. *sympathies*

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

yes :) theirloveissosubtextual.

chyeah... well this barely even counts as a nautical mistake; it's just a plain old misplacement of common sense D:
oops.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Mwahahah, that makes perfect sense. "I still want to shag him tonight, so don't shoot him into the arse."

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

or, um, also, "don't kill him", possibly, but anyway yeah either one seems a bit unlikely. whatever.

[wormmonabc.livejournal.com]

So in threatening Jack with a hanging, Norrington is, in fact, trying to keep the pirate from getting shot up?

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

sure. except no. well... it would take a lot of mental contortionism.

[wormmonabc.livejournal.com]

Or just a good dosage of Sparrington cracked logic.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

ooh, that I've got in spades 8D

[wormmonabc.livejournal.com]

Spades? Is that a unit of measurement now?

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

I didn't think there *was a bottom to the barrel of Sparrington subtext. Except maybe Jack...

and yes. tilty boats. 's why we love them.

Ell: Look - it's windy, muahahahaha!
Boat...er Ship: tilts over obligingly
Jack: Slides across deck and falls conveniently at James's feet.
James: See? I *knew you wanted to bottom.
Marines: don't shoot Jack as he is only going to be hung tomorrow.
Jack: Well hung!
James: Would the more proper terminology be hanged?
Everyone: STFU James and get with the shagging already!

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

teeheehee. :D