Well, actually, he has two daughters. (That he knows of, anyway.) At the time, I'm sure I probably knew exactly why I did it and how I came up with them. I know I wanted opposites.
First, a little reality: It's unlikely Jack wouldn't have fathered at least one child in his life. Maybe he practices safe sex, but it's unlikely. I made him at least somewhat part of these kids' lives because I want to think Jack wouldn't just completely abandon his own progeny (especially considering one of them is a "legitimate" child with his former wife). I also wanted them to be daughters because it seemed at the time - to me, anyway - that so many writers enjoyed giving popular male characters sons to carry on their appearance and name. I thought girls would be a nice change.
Partly, I made Ivy up because I wanted an opportunity for Will to see Jack with his child, to catch sight of a different side of him. (I made David up to cast Will in a father-like role, for the sake of doing just that. The only reservation I have about J/W slash is that it is likely going to leave Will with no children, and I believe he would make an excellent father.) Ivy is in such a regulated social setting, I came up with Liana to be the "fun" tomboy who got to do some of the things Ivy likely wishes she could (basically, I mentally made Elizabeth younger and split her in half - sort of). I don't know if it would interest you, but I also figured that years down the road, Ivy and David would end up together, likely captaining the Black Pearl in Jack's old age, while Jack and Will had a smaller vessel for just them to make short excursions out from a beachfront home on land, while Will made himself occasionally invaluable as the local metalcrafter and teacher of same.
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Date: 2008-08-16 08:09 pm (UTC)First, a little reality: It's unlikely Jack wouldn't have fathered at least one child in his life. Maybe he practices safe sex, but it's unlikely. I made him at least somewhat part of these kids' lives because I want to think Jack wouldn't just completely abandon his own progeny (especially considering one of them is a "legitimate" child with his former wife). I also wanted them to be daughters because it seemed at the time - to me, anyway - that so many writers enjoyed giving popular male characters sons to carry on their appearance and name. I thought girls would be a nice change.
Partly, I made Ivy up because I wanted an opportunity for Will to see Jack with his child, to catch sight of a different side of him. (I made David up to cast Will in a father-like role, for the sake of doing just that. The only reservation I have about J/W slash is that it is likely going to leave Will with no children, and I believe he would make an excellent father.) Ivy is in such a regulated social setting, I came up with Liana to be the "fun" tomboy who got to do some of the things Ivy likely wishes she could (basically, I mentally made Elizabeth younger and split her in half - sort of). I don't know if it would interest you, but I also figured that years down the road, Ivy and David would end up together, likely captaining the Black Pearl in Jack's old age, while Jack and Will had a smaller vessel for just them to make short excursions out from a beachfront home on land, while Will made himself occasionally invaluable as the local metalcrafter and teacher of same.