AWE DVD

[veronica_rich]

The DVD is out in some parts of the world already, and I was reading a scan of part of the box in someone's journal. (I won't say who they are just in case they don't want anyone to know, or get swamped - unless they give me explicit permission for a link.) Since this person has posted a link to their entry in a discussion community, I feel safe in now providing the direct link if you haven't yet seen it.

Two interesting things:

First question: What does the future hold for Will and Elizabeth? Now that he's captain of the Flying Dutchman, is she going to wait for him? Answer: True love never dies, but their story is yet to be told.

Second: Since Will honored his destiny on the Flying Dutchman, in 10 years does he get to return to land for good, thereby freeing his father and crew? Answer: Every 10 years, Will may step on land for one day. He is bound to the Flying Dutchman forever.

There are a few others, too. I don't know if these are on the U.S. DVD, but I'm betting they are. Be interesting to see what fandom reaction is to these (especially that second one, given the writers' insistence on the "only 10 years' service" thing) ...

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

If you want to bring something up ... *motions you toward the community* ... feel free to do it. I don't think it's out of line to bring up what's on the liner notes behind a cut, since you can always refer back to having read it in this entry rather than link to anyone's LJ in particular.

It just seems to me that Will fandom has a stuck feeling.

I think it's difficult to get past the "stuck" because it *has* been put across as a fate worse than death. Not all fans see it that way, and I myself go back and forth about it. (Hey - why aren't YOU writing fic, then? LOL)

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

I think your positive bent is in the original q&a. Yes, at this point Will is CotFD "forever." But, his story is half of Will and Elizabeth's and "their story is yet to be told." IOW: that "forever" could change. (Didn't the writers suggest that Liz might find a way to visit Will? And if that's a possibility, I'd say it's also possible that she (or she and Jack, or Jack and Barbossa, or even Moog - by accident :-p) might find a way to break the curse.

Seriously, there are too many "permanent" or "possibly permanent" positions in PotC that prove a bit bendy. Curses and Death itself have been lifted before. Goddesses have been imprisoned and released. This new bit of highly questionable canon provides obstacles, but doesn't really shut any doors. :-p

[a-silver-rose.livejournal.com]

I'm basically of the same opinion as you. What if someone finds a way to break the curse?

[stabbycutlass.livejournal.com]

I like your thinking.

[roguedemon.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to reply to this -- I really wish that I was a fic writer, but to make a long story short, my talents simply do not lie in that direction. I usually sit here and boggle at the stuff writers come up with. Probably the ideal thing would be for me to partner up with someone and toss off ideas and thoughts about characters -- I'm good at analysis, but I simply haven't the gift of the muse.

I have been planning to sit down and post something long and complicated about Will and the Dutchman for a while now -- I keep tripping over my life, or my energy goes down. I have sworn that I will sit down and produce something, sometime over the next week.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Being tired and sick sucks. Just post it when you can; I'm sure whatever you come up with will be greatly insightful and trust me, the Will fandom's not going anywhere for at least a few weeks. ;-)