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James, Elizabeth, Madame Jack Sparrow. There was some fic once upon a time of him as a brothel madame. Oh but then there's the other one where Barbossa forces him to dress in the 'Scarlett' red dress and hnng... so hot. All you need to get from this is Sparrow is a sexy lady.

i can’t talk shit about the pirates of the caribbean films as if elizabeth swann becoming pirate king didn’t hand my entire ass to me and make me the gay i am today

*inhales*

THIS THIS THIS

When we think of Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow is the character who immediately comes to mind. Endearing, ridiculous, brazen, memorable - he is the character who captured the attention of many. He is the one that most people consider to be the main character of the PotC franchise.

But he's not the protagonist. As OP rightly says, he is a supporting character. And it bothers me to no end that both the fans and the franchise itself forgot this!

On the surface level, PotC (and i’m talking about the original trilogy) is a lively pirate action movie, thick with lore and mythology and awesome fight scenes. That is what it's remembered as, and Jack Sparrow embodies these elements of it. But peel back the layers, and what you really have is Elizabeth Swann’s coming-of-age story and her love story with one William Turner.

The films are Elizabeth’s journey from spirited young bourgeoise girl wishing for something more, to formidable Pirate King of the Brethren Court. They are an ode to learning how to mould and survive a world that insists on wants to take.

She and Will (and the lengths they are willing to go for each other) are the core of the movies. They allow PotC to be more than just a swashbuckling action, which is arguably what the last two instalments are without them.

Think about it. Who is the first character we meet? Elizabeth! Who is the character with the most defined arc? Elizabeth! The actions that she carries out (eg stealing Will’s medallion) and those that happen to her (eg being kidnapped by Barbossa) almost always directly impact the entire narrative essence of the storyline!

If we look at her kidnapping as an example, this becomes evident. Elizabeth is kidnapped by Barbossa's crew in movie 1, but because she isn't the archetypal damsel in distress (nothing wrong with that ofc), Elizabeth learns. She learns a form of piracy from Barbossa that is unforgiving and ruthless ( with this being paralleled by Will who is meanwhile learning Jack’s more spontaneous approach to piracy). Elizabeth becomes cutthroat and pragmatic and these are the qualities which eventually lead her to become a character well-rounded and strong enough for the Brethren Court to choose her as their leader.

What I'm trying to say here is that the events that happened to her in movie 1 were already setting up her are for movie 3. Why? BECAUSE SHE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND HER ACTIONS, HER DECISIONS, HER JOURNEY.

Sure, Jack is memorable. but it's Elizabeth who has the biggest arc, it's Elizabeth who by the end personifies the idea of piracy, it's Elizabeth who craved nothing more but sea and adventure and love and who got it in the end in the form of Will who is all those things in one person. Moreover, it's Will who discovers more about himself as the saga progresses, who makes constant sacrifices, who starts off as a nameless orphan and ends having uncovered the truth of his past and having arguably made the biggest sacrifice for the greater good (becoming the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman). Elizabeth and Will have obligations to the plot that Jack doesn't have. They are there to deepen the story, to bring forward questions of morality and humanity and love. Jack is there for comedy, and his personality doesn't really allow for him to be a romantic lead in the same way that Will is which is why the last two movies dont really work,

Arguably, On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales arent as iconic as the first three movies. Why? Because Will and Elizabeth aren't in them. The focal human element of the story and the romance plot that they brought is gone and replaced by Jack being ridiculous and failing to be a good romantic lead because he is chronically afraid of commitment. All the lore that was so well thought out is just never really mentioned again in favour of expanding Jack's backstory, and Will and Liz's characters are reduced to nothingness. There is no other mention of the fact that Elizabeth is literally the Pirate King, there is no further exploration into the Brethern Court. All we get is a small scene at the end of Dead Men Tell No Tales in which we see an Elizabeth who has ??? reverted back to wearing 18th century dresses and mooning after Will who she can only see every ten years. It is heavily implied that that Elizabeth is no longer pirate king by this point.

And this enrages me because Elizabeth Swann contains multitudes. She always has.

She is an unparalleled heroine. She is a King, a wife, a mother, a fighter, a negotiator, and so many aspects of her character are explored.The movies depict all of the sides of Elizabeth Swann without apologizing - giving us a rounded and nuanced character who becomes cutthroat and calculating by the end whilst still reserving her softer side (e.g when she says to Jack"I am so ready to be married" in Dead Man's Chest). They give us a main character and aren’t afraid to delve into multiple aspects of her life - her sexuality, her emotions, her motivations.

Throughout the course of PotC, Elizabeth learns more about herself and comes to terms with her flaws. She becomes a force to be reckoned with; someone who can inspire hundreds of pirates to fight alongside her, someone who successfully tricks people into thinking she is the literal goddess of the sea. Elizabeth Swann grows, matures, and develops in a way that Jack never really does.

AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO FORGET ABOUT HER! IN FAVOUR OF JACK SPARROW????? This might be controversial of me to say, but the original PotC trilogy doesn't exist without Elizabeth Swann. Its core messages and its themes cease to be if we forget the pivotal role that Elizabeth has.

Without Elizabeth and Will, you just have a scrappy action movie, spearheaded by a character whose personality doesn't allow for much emotional depth (not because I don't think Jack Sparrow has the potential for emotional depth, but because I don't think the writers will allow for it). Without Elizabeth and Will, PoTC could not be what it is. They are the center. Their pasts, their journeys, their love.

In conclusion, Elizabeth Swann is the MC of the PotC movies, and Jack Sparrow is a side character who became far too important because, spurred on by fan reactions, the writers decided to give him a bigger part than what was initially intended. This in turn lead to Elizabeth and Will being forgotten, despite the fact that they are the beating heart of the movies

Elizabeth Swann was the protagonist of the Pirates films Will was her love interest and Jack was a supporting character and I think it’s time everyone starts admitting it

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann

Pitates of the Caribbean movies

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the funniest thing in the entire pirates of the caribbean series is definitely that one scene in At World’s End where they have parlay but davy jones is part of it, and rather than have him stand in the shallows or something they get a big bucket of water and have in stand on it on shore

who thought of that idea? who thought “put davy jones in a bucket of water” and had the guts to suggest it aloud? and then who went “hey that sounds like a great idea!”

at some point someone told davy jones their idea was for him to stand in a bucket of water and he agreed to it

The millennial litmus test for sexuality was 100% Pirates of the Caribbean. I was 13 when the first movie came out. Literally everyone walked into that movie having been lured there by the attractiveness of Orlando Bloom in LOTR. The truly straight girls had been drawn in by his entry-level attractiveness and walked out lusting over the significantly older and manlier Jack Sparrow. The others had been unconsciously drawn in by Legolas's femininity and walked out with their eyes opened and lusting over Keira Knightley.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) dir. Gore Verbinski

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END (2010) —dir. Gore Verbinski

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Hector Barbossa & Elizabeth Swann | Parallels & Developments

and they both really love hats!

(keep out gif not mine: source)

the curse of the black pearl vs at world’s end

I had a dream about you last night. About me? About the day we met. Do you remember?

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) dir. Gore Verbinski

That’s it. That’s all you need to see of the movie.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Intelligent arguments while out to sea

Vampire Orphan

Chapter 1

She sat there once again leaned on the large window looking how the kids were picked up by their parents from school. A single tear escaped Lilith's hazel eye but she quickly wiped it away. She was six when her mother was tortured to death from her own father right in front of her eyes as she hid under the table in their once cute little living room afraid of what he would do to her if he knew that Lilith was there too and everything because her mother didn't want to be on Voldemort's side. After he murdered Aurora, Lilith's mother, he ran away but that didn't had much use he was caught only a few days later. Her father was sent to Azkaban for lifetime. She didn't really miss him because he never really was nice to her and even used to hit her but Aurora and Lilith were very close in fact Aurora was the only person who got Lilith's full trust. The girl still got nightmares of her mother dying. Every night she saw her mother falling to the ground, her father on top of her, beating and torturing her and hearing her screams. Since Lilith didn't got any other relatives, she had to live in an orphanage and she was sick of it but she didn't want to someone adopting her either, she just wanted her old life back, where she was happy and weren't always alone but that was long ago five years to be exact. Now Lilith is eleven years old and got still no friends. But the reason wasn't that nobody wanted to be friends with her or hang out with her. The reason was that she couldn't trust anyone no matter what they tried Lilith just couldn't be nice. "Lilith!" a voice called out, which startled her out of her thoughts but she didn't respond. "Lilith, here you are! The family, that is interested in you is nearly here." ,'Interested in me, as if I' m some sort of pet ' Lilith thought, "Please be ready in 20 min. and come to my office." Mrs. Jones continued. Lilith rolled her eyes at her and head to her dorm but not without bumping in Mrs. Jones shoulder. When she arrived the girl changed her clothes, drew eyeliner, used red eye shadow and matching red lipstick. After that she brushed her dark blonde hair.

(Lilith’s Outfit)

(her eye make up)

Lastly she put her three piercings in. She got two at the top from her right ear and on at the middle of her left ear. She knew especially Mrs. Jones hates them. The girl took one last look in the mirror in her dorm and head to the office from Mrs. Jones. Lilith didn't bother to knock and just stormed in. Inside was a woman in a cute red dress and a man with blue jeans and a grey shirt. Both of them smiled warmly at her but Lilith didn't smile back. " you must be Lilith, its so great to finally meet you.", the woman said," I'm Nadia and this is my husband Marcus" The girl nodded one time to show she heard them. "Don't you want to introduce yourself?" Mrs. Jones asked hoping for a better conversation than all the last times when somebody was interested in her. " What should I tell them? They should already have known everything they need to know, haven't they?" Lilith said turning to Mrs. Jones. " Um, actually we don't know that much. We only got a picture from you and know what your name and age is." Nadia stated. "I would say that's enough to know." She said coldly. "Oh uh, well-", Marcus started. "why don't you tell them, which languages you can speak?" , Mrs. Jones asked, giving her hopes for a nice conversation up. "English, German, Latin, Spanish, Russian, Italian, french and sign language.", she answered uninterested. "Wow, that are a lot of languages." Marcus said impressed. "Lilith can speak by far the most languages from all of the children." Mrs. Jones said kinda proud. "When did you got all the time to learn so many?", Nadia asked interested. Lilith shrugged "Guess I was just bored. Its not the nicest place to be, you know.", she answered slightly annoyed. "Then you would like to have a new home?", Nadia asked with hope in her voice. "Actually no, I wouldn't like that!" Lilith replied with more anger than she originally planned to use as the faces of the couple fell. "Watch your tone!" Mrs. Jones warned Lilith. "Whatever" Lilith said rolled her eyes, now clearly annoyed. "Could you please go outside for a minute?" Mrs. Jones tried to sound as kind as possible, but Lilith knew, that she is really angry and disappointed in her, like every time when a family had wanted to adopt her. However Lilith walked past them and out of the room. She found herself sitting on a chair next to the door where she often sits after she talked with a family. The girl could hear that Nadia said "I don't know, but it seems like she doesn't like us much." "Don't take it personal she's always like that", Mrs. Jones said hopelessly and Lilith couldn't help but smile at her answer. After that she didn't hear anything for a while. The next thing she could hear was Mrs. Jones as she said "I'm afraid but I have to inform you that Lilith isn't the easiest child. She ran away multiple times and last time she was found like so many times before from the Royal Navy, but she had three piercings in her ears. Nobody knows where she was or what exactly happened, well except of course Lilith but she won't speak about it. Aside from that Lilith isn't good at following rules. She almost breaks everyday at least one and if you couldn't already tell she isn't the politest." Lilith isn't really annoyed that she brought that up but isn't really pleased with it either. "-but Lilith is a really smart girl and she learns fast. She gets in every test 100% and as you heard she can speak many languages.-" Lilith couldn't hear anymore of their conversation as suddenly the door flung open and Mrs. Jones stands in the doorway. "Would you come back in again?" "Do I even have a choice?" Lilith responded but got up anyways she didn't want to mess with her any further. Back in the office Nadia and Marcus were waiting for her once again they smiled again but Lilith saw that they were clearly more nervous, although the girl couldn't tell why exactly. "I'm going to let you talk alone for a bit I'll be in the last room on the right if you need anything." Mrs. Jones explained and walked out of the room letting the three alone.