Hypothesis about Jack's fate - more fiction fun

[veronica_rich]

There's no real way to bring up this discussion without a cut.


If someone else already brought this up, feel free to point me to the thread; I don't always catch everything on LJ, as I am usually just surfing it while doing work online. This is just something I came up with while driving home.

A lot of people have talked about Will possibly replacing Davy Jones in his "office" in the third movie. But it seems more logical to me that Jack would do this - not strictly as Davy Jones as he now is, but Jack's OWN version of being the immortal King of the Seas (meaning, he doesn't have to be all fishy and miserable). And of course, he'd have the Pearl instead of the Dutchman.

Of course, Jack being lazy as all-get-out, he'd have real issues with having to actually *work* as Death of the Ocean, having to harvest big disasters like the Titanic ("Jesus Christ! WHO PUT THAT ICEBERG THERE?!").

Thoughts?

Comments

[theblooddoll.livejournal.com]

I also like the idea of Will becoming the next king of the seas, but I had a thought while watching DMC the second time; with Disney's penchant for wrapping things up nice and neat, Elizabeth will probably end up marrying Will (though she doesn't deserve him - Will/Jack forever!), Jack will get his beloved Pearl back, and where will that leave their new captain?

After "redeeming" himself by helping to save Jack, I can't see Barbossa and Jack settling down to share the Pearl again, so they might let Barbossa become the next Davy Jones. His only seeming allegiance is to Jack the Monkey, who is still cursed, thereby enabling him able to survive going under water with the Flying Dutchman. Barbossa would get a ship that rivals the Pearl in legendary ship status and everyone goes away happy. Except presumably Beckett, Jones, Will/Jack shippers, and possibly Admiral Scruffington. :)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I've heard other things about Barbossa, but I'm not going to say unless you want to know (I have no idea how "official" they are, though).

[theblooddoll.livejournal.com]

I'd love to hear anything, rumors or not. I've heard some spoilers for the basic plot, but nothing specifically about Barbossa besides that he does help Will and Elizabeth to find Jack.

And if Will or Jack do become the next captain of the Flying Dutchman, they had better make some mystical provision for them not turning into a sea creature. I like the two of them looking just the way they do. :)

Although, I hope it wouldn't be Will OR jack, so much as Will AND Jack. Jack can captain the Flying Dutchman and Will can be his cabin boy. Or at the very least, Jack can captain the Dutchman and Will can captain the Pearl and they can meet every so often for trysts. I can dream, right?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

What I've *read*, and I don't know how good the source is, is that Barbossa will sacrifice his life to save Jack's - I don't know how they'll make it plausible except that maybe it's an atonement?