*Grin* just so long as it wasn't TOO long! I really go into too much detail; one reason I haven't enough time to comment properly on most stories I read. But I'm a dinosaur from printzine days and write posts like old- fashioned letters of comment.
I'm fairly easy if the writer is convincing enough so I can read threesomes, J/E W/E, if the writer is Powdermonkey I can just about stand Barbossa/Sparrow, don't believe Norrington/Sparrow for a minute but can enjoy a story if there's more plot than just the sex...in fact Pirates is the only fandom in 30 years where I can suspend disbelief plausibly enough to READ slash!
I understand your viewpoint re Jack and Elizabeth having a sexual relationship; you're right, love comes in many forms and I didn't mean to imply in their case it was necessarily physical. I've not read the other chapters yet to know if it could be a threesome.
Personally, I think she's Will's girl all the way as far as that's concerned but I've enjoyed too many well-written stories that postulate a lot of different configurations to be too didactic.
Actually, I'm very glad to see you including the issue of social caste because it's clearly present even in the first film among many characters, including Elizabeth.
She's an indulged, sheltered only child of a wealthy, possibly titled, widower; of course she's spoiled, but not really moreso than the rest of her class. I liked your "take" on her personality.
Heh, those aspects of her character happen to be ones which kind of push my buttons, but I do think you've nailed her pretty well. Rather like Arthur Conan Doyle had to invent Watson to make Holmes palatable! Elizabeth may need Will and perhaps even Jack to make her accessible to the audience. I'll be interested to go back to the earlier chapters and see how she relates to her son as a mother.
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Date: 2008-07-08 01:53 am (UTC)I'm fairly easy if the writer is convincing enough so I can read threesomes, J/E W/E, if the writer is Powdermonkey I can just about stand Barbossa/Sparrow, don't believe Norrington/Sparrow for a minute but can enjoy a story if there's more plot than just the sex...in fact Pirates is the only fandom in 30 years where I can suspend disbelief plausibly enough to READ slash!
I understand your viewpoint re Jack and Elizabeth having a sexual relationship; you're right, love comes in many forms and I didn't mean to imply in their case it was necessarily physical. I've not read the other chapters yet to know if it could be a threesome.
Personally, I think she's Will's girl all the way as far as that's concerned but I've enjoyed too many well-written stories that postulate a lot of different configurations to be too didactic.
Actually, I'm very glad to see you including the issue of social caste because it's clearly present even in the first film among many characters, including Elizabeth.
She's an indulged, sheltered only child of a wealthy, possibly titled, widower; of course she's spoiled, but not really moreso than the rest of her class. I liked your "take" on her personality.
Heh, those aspects of her character happen to be ones which kind of push my buttons, but I do think you've nailed her pretty well. Rather like Arthur Conan Doyle had to invent Watson to make Holmes palatable! Elizabeth may need Will and perhaps even Jack to make her accessible to the audience. I'll be interested to go back to the earlier chapters and see how she relates to her son as a mother.