Drabble: "Birdwatcher"

[veronica_rich]

"Birdwatcher"
Rating: G
Pairing: W/E ... others, if you squint
Disclaimer: Belongs to Buena Vista and Bruckheimer. I derive no profit from this.
Summary: Post-AWE, Will's POV - response to "Fly" prompt at blackpearlsails, inspired by the screenwriters' allusion to a William Turner in history who studied avians.


Turner’s eyes opened as salt water swirled over them; oddly, he could see clear as a well-cast bell. Against the gray sky was an askew square of sail, ropes gathered to two figures.

He’d heard Swann’s protests to Sparrow’s insistence they leave, even as he was being anchored to the sea, over the rush of waves replacing the tympani of his own heartbeat.

He could stay Below, relinquishing all he’d loved, become the ghost of Calypso’s Will. Or he could remember Beckett and the awful ships, and defy the downward current.

Turner knew which would keep his two birds flying.

Comments

[mistress-pirate.livejournal.com]

WOW. I love your use of imagery here.

Ahh, Will! Always so willing to be grounded to give others wings...but that's one of the reasons I love him.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Gotta love the boy ... I dislike martyrs as a rule, but he doesn't act like your typical sufferer, so maybe that's what I like about him.

(I saw your "Chicago" post at your journal. I may have to friend you. *G*)

[mistress-pirate.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked. Did you see the movie, musical, or both?

Friending you back. :)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I've seen a couple of stage productions of the musical, both off-Broadway, and even before that I had the soundtrack from the Broadway production with Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking. "Cell Block Tango" remains one of my favorite songs ever.

"You pop that gum ONE MORE TIME ... and he did. So I took the gun off the wall and fired two warning shots - INTO HIS HEAD."

[mistress-pirate.livejournal.com]

I've only seen the stage show once. This was the first time it came around the area (I live in Erie, PA). I saw the movie first.

"You pop that gum ONE MORE TIME ... and he did. So I took the gun off the wall and fired two warning shots - INTO HIS HEAD."
Have to say that's one of my favorite lines. :)