Elizabeth and Will are all 'It's wrong Jack should have to hang,' but I don't think *Jack* thinks that. I mean, Jack doesn't want to die, but unlike Elizabeth and Will, Jack understands that *that was the risk he took* when he decided to be a pirate so he wouldn't have to abide by anyone's rules but his own...Jack is smart enough about how the world works to understand that."
One of the things I love about the scene where they're reading Jack's sentence is the look of absolute *boredom* on his face. Which is done for the funny, I think; but it also is a part of what you're saying here. Jack's not outraged, or afraid, repentant, or even scared--he accepted that this was one of the consequences if he ever got caught a long time ago, and typically, you can imagine him pleading whatever dieties he acknowledges that they'd just *get the pomp over with* so that the party can start.
That's all I have to say--wish it could have been deep. After work I'm going to have to come back and reread what everyone else has said. All your commenters are so smart has such interesting things to say. Thank you so much for doing these, again.
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Date: 2004-05-08 05:25 am (UTC)Elizabeth and Will are all 'It's wrong Jack should have to hang,' but I don't think *Jack* thinks that. I mean, Jack doesn't want to die, but unlike Elizabeth and Will, Jack understands that *that was the risk he took* when he decided to be a pirate so he wouldn't have to abide by anyone's rules but his own...Jack is smart enough about how the world works to understand that."
One of the things I love about the scene where they're reading Jack's sentence is the look of absolute *boredom* on his face. Which is done for the funny, I think; but it also is a part of what you're saying here. Jack's not outraged, or afraid, repentant, or even scared--he accepted that this was one of the consequences if he ever got caught a long time ago, and typically, you can imagine him pleading whatever dieties he acknowledges that they'd just *get the pomp over with* so that the party can start.
That's all I have to say--wish it could have been deep. After work I'm going to have to come back and reread what everyone else has said. All your commenters are so smart has such interesting things to say. Thank you so much for doing these, again.