I want to take this opportunity to clarify something else, as well - no, you didn't say it; nobody has, yet. But it NEEDS to be said, especially for all the squeeing J/E fangurls who would accuse me of merely being a poor sport.
It's NOT about the Jack/Will. It's really not. I know - and 99.9 percent of Turrow (and Sparrington, and Willington) fans are sane and realistic about commerce and public taste, and were prepared and perfectly glad to accept Will and Elizabeth ending up together, Jack and James not ending up together. It's just what was supposed to happen by the dynamic of the first story setup, even despite all the slashy subtext. Hell, that was just subversive fun. *G*
This whole kink with Jack/Elizabeth, though ... it smacks to me of a need for SOME sort of hetero sexual pairing, no matter how ill-conceived, to create tension. Whereas I think a much BETTER tension-ratcheter, something that COULD be done within canon, would be Elizabeth versus Jack over Will - in the sense that Jack is trying to lure Will to a (non-slash) life at sea, freedom, and the like, and Elizabeth is trying to hang on to him to stay in her world, either on land or at least with her at sea. Jack could offer Will a wider range of travel, excitement, experience, connection with his long-lost father, etc.; Elizabeth could offer him companionship, sex, possibly children, financing for their travels, etc.
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Date: 2006-05-02 12:10 am (UTC)It's NOT about the Jack/Will. It's really not. I know - and 99.9 percent of Turrow (and Sparrington, and Willington) fans are sane and realistic about commerce and public taste, and were prepared and perfectly glad to accept Will and Elizabeth ending up together, Jack and James not ending up together. It's just what was supposed to happen by the dynamic of the first story setup, even despite all the slashy subtext. Hell, that was just subversive fun. *G*
This whole kink with Jack/Elizabeth, though ... it smacks to me of a need for SOME sort of hetero sexual pairing, no matter how ill-conceived, to create tension. Whereas I think a much BETTER tension-ratcheter, something that COULD be done within canon, would be Elizabeth versus Jack over Will - in the sense that Jack is trying to lure Will to a (non-slash) life at sea, freedom, and the like, and Elizabeth is trying to hang on to him to stay in her world, either on land or at least with her at sea. Jack could offer Will a wider range of travel, excitement, experience, connection with his long-lost father, etc.; Elizabeth could offer him companionship, sex, possibly children, financing for their travels, etc.
I mean, jeez.