Drabble: "Abandoned"

[veronica_rich]

Title: Abandoned
Rating: G
Character: Davy Jones
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters; I make no profit. Just exercise.
Summary: The captain of the Flying Dutchman goes to his Maker. For the prompt "Fool" at blackpearlsails.


A fool for love.

If only that was how history would paint me. He knew better than to expect reprieve from the surviving progeny of terrified seamen and damned ocean travelers, left behind scribbling on parchment and whispering fiercely into grimy ears on dark wharves the terrifying monstrosity of Davy Jones’s reign.

It wasn’t the sucking inward spiral of collapse in his breast making him shrink in pain. It was the lad, not unlike the once-young sailor David, also breathing his last. Turner had two who sacrificed for him.

Jones had been unable to rely upon only one.

“Calypso …”

Comments

[tiamary.livejournal.com]

Cool story!

As to your comment, this is a bit different because Elizabeth never made any bargains with Will about the ferryman issue as Calypso did. "Give up your life, ferry the dead, and in exchange I'll meet you in ten years. Oops. I was busy. Sorry." In Will's case it was a split second decision in which Jack was more instrumental. So even if Elizabeth did blow him off, which I don't think she would, there wouldn't be such a reason to feel betrayed. Really, if anyone is honor-bound to meet him every 10 years it's Jack, the one who stuck his hand into the heart. And Jack ain't chopped liver, so...

I think Davy provides a cautionary tale about putting all of your eggs in the love basket. You have to be enough unto yourself. I think Will is, so he won't end up like Jones, no matter what happens with Elizabeth. Also, he's got his dad with him, and his father issues seemed to drive him more in the second two films than his romantic issues did.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

No, there was certainly never any deal struck as far as the ferrying duties went for Will, between him and Elizabeth, except that she promised to keep the chest with his heart safe. They did, however, exchange marriage vows, and I personally believe at the very least, that binds her to make one day for him every ten years (I happen to believe in the promise of the marriage vow, which is why I'm looking at my late thirties and am still single - I don't want to take them). She said yes to a marriage proposal twice from the same man, even after she had the opportunity to be let out of the first one. To me, that implies some level of faithfulness. That can be interpreted sexually - in fanfic, I don't think that has to be the case - or it can simply be interpreted as "I'll be there for you when we can be together and I won't forget you."

Really, if anyone is honor-bound to meet him every 10 years it's Jack, the one who stuck his hand into the heart. And Jack ain't chopped liver, so...

He really isn't, LOL. But from a strict canon POV, he's also not who Will wants. (See how I can say that and still be a J/W 'shipper?)

You have to be enough unto yourself.

While this is true, I think it's also a shit excuse for betraying someone if you haven't first had a talk with them about it - I have nothing against divorce, but I do resent people who have affairs without telling the person to whom they made a promise that they want out of a permanent or semi-permanent partnership. That's just my Code and the only other person I would expect to honor it would be a man I lived with or married. Nobody else has to.*

*(That said, we are talking real life - not fiction or fanfic. In fanfic, I have no problem reading a well-written J/E or writing - as I am - a W/E-J/W, so long as somewhere in either is some sort of respectful explanation as to how they got to that point.)