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?

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[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

Your "examples" of Jack-as-Jones make me picture him being the driving force behind The Bermuda Triangle. Sort of a "this is as far as I'm bothering to go" sort of thing (though The Bermuda Triangle is kinda huge - I still see Jack trying to cut corners :p).

But seriously, Jack seems to already have a unique niche in (the PotC Universe's) Sea Lore. Everyone already knows his name (even those of a more supernatural bent) and they seem to have good reason to love or hate him. Jack Sparrow already holds the position of, well, Jack Sparrow.

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And I'm still attached to the idea of Will becoming Davey Jones. :p I've read the freaky "rough draft script" now, and I think I can use it to support my feeling. The whole possibility of Elizabeth-as-Calypso (which, admittedly, is the freakiest part of the freaky "rough draft script") would perfectly set up Will as her star-crossed lover. Or it could set him up as her perfect mate, which, with the marriage of Calypso and her lover, might perhaps be another way to end "the reign of Piracy" begun by The Brethren? (I'm just playing devil's advocate for that last bit. I do hope that nothing to do with Calypso comes to pass. O_o )

Then there's Tia Dalma's hint of Big Things To Come for Will, with her "touch of destiny" line - I like to think it wasn't just thrown out to make Jack look jealous.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I understand Jack's niche; my thought is simply that King of the Seas is rather a logical evolution of Jack Sparrow - he wouldn't be "Davy Jones" per se, he'd be "Jack Sparrow" - excuse me, Captain Jack. *G*

I wouldn't necessarily mind Will as Davy if he was a different kind of Davy - not a vengeful, wretched, bitter entity, but empathetic to those who suffer, and acting accordingly. I like Will a lot and I just want to see his character well-served.

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

Actually, I just watched an interview snippet of Orlando in which he says that Will gets "dark," but not "Darth Vader dark." (Eek! Even Orlando is making Star Wars comparisons. :p) To me, this means Will probably won't become "the new Jones" - unless that "office" does change drasticlly.

I'm suddenly leaning towards Davy Jones getting some other kind of closure, probably death, probably at Jack's hands. I say that because Bill Nighy said in an interview that his Davy doesn't get married at the end of #3. I don't know what else would "neutralize" Davy Jones (since I'm guessing his end is necessary for The Age of Piracy to end).

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Or, Davy is simply left to be what he is - sort of a Death of the ocean, harvesting souls at sea. I know Grandma used to talk about "Davy Jones's Locker" in the sense of people and things going there if they're lost at sea - not just pirates or sailors, but anyone.