The Depressive Episode I Went Through Last Month Truly Had Me Living Under A Rock , Like What Do You

the depressive episode i went through last month truly had me living under a rock , like what do you mean i was supposed to re enroll into university weeks ago?? what do you mean our timetables already came out?? what do you mean uni has been trying to contact me and i have been awol since basically the start of summer 🥲🥲

was looking for the harmonica and accidentally found my parents letters to eachother from when they first started dating and now i can’t stop crying

Really curious to know more about what you think about Jen’s Katniss because the most popular opinion from the vast majority is: “I don’t care that she didn’t fit Katniss’s physical characteristics mentioned in the book because her performance was so amazing that nobody could’ve been better in the role”.

You can also ignore this ask as I know this is a somewhat controversial topic and I wouldn’t want you to be attacked because of this 😔

Thank you and good day to you 💕

hehe, i literally started cackling when i got this ask. very juicy and very controversial.

full stop, jen was not fit for the role. aside from the obvious whitewash casting, her take on katniss was reductive.

while watching, it felt as though jen's katniss was only a girl boss revolutionary and not a teenage girl at all.

as part of this stoic girl boss shtick, movie! katniss rarely showed emotion. unless she was screaming at the capitol or screaming at the atrocities around her or being kind to defenseless people.

all of her lines with peeta had no real emotion. i did not understand why movie! katniss would risk her life for peeta. at its worst, it seemed like she didn't like him. at its best, it seemed like they were kind of friends (?).

the only time it looked like jen had any real emotion for peeta was in mockingjay part 1, when peeta wasn't even in there. their chemistry was horrible. i am an everlark stan, and i was questioning why when watching the movie...

jen played the role of the 'the mockingjay' perfectly. plutarch would probably shed tears of joy at her performance.

but she completely, utterly failed at being just 'katniss.'

psa that i am going to make this fit into the mermaid AU if it’s the last thing i do

literally no one asked, but here's The Returning Song from the Ficnick to music! i wrote it as a song and it's meant to be heard as that, but i couldn't exactly put an mp3 file in the middle of the fic so this will do! <3

Have you ever thought about uploading your songs on yt, Spotify or smth like that?

hi anon! i dont upload original stuff anywhere but i post full covers and snippets on youtube and tiktok! i don’t share the videos here because that would mean showing my face :’)

i’d like to upload on spotify but you need to pay for that and it’s quite complicated so i don’t really mind not doing it haha!

*inhales*

THIS THIS THIS

When we think of Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow is the character who immediately comes to mind. Endearing, ridiculous, brazen, memorable - he is the character who captured the attention of many. He is the one that most people consider to be the main character of the PotC franchise.

But he's not the protagonist. As OP rightly says, he is a supporting character. And it bothers me to no end that both the fans and the franchise itself forgot this!

On the surface level, PotC (and i’m talking about the original trilogy) is a lively pirate action movie, thick with lore and mythology and awesome fight scenes. That is what it's remembered as, and Jack Sparrow embodies these elements of it. But peel back the layers, and what you really have is Elizabeth Swann’s coming-of-age story and her love story with one William Turner.

The films are Elizabeth’s journey from spirited young bourgeoise girl wishing for something more, to formidable Pirate King of the Brethren Court. They are an ode to learning how to mould and survive a world that insists on wants to take.

She and Will (and the lengths they are willing to go for each other) are the core of the movies. They allow PotC to be more than just a swashbuckling action, which is arguably what the last two instalments are without them.

Think about it. Who is the first character we meet? Elizabeth! Who is the character with the most defined arc? Elizabeth! The actions that she carries out (eg stealing Will’s medallion) and those that happen to her (eg being kidnapped by Barbossa) almost always directly impact the entire narrative essence of the storyline!

If we look at her kidnapping as an example, this becomes evident. Elizabeth is kidnapped by Barbossa's crew in movie 1, but because she isn't the archetypal damsel in distress (nothing wrong with that ofc), Elizabeth learns. She learns a form of piracy from Barbossa that is unforgiving and ruthless ( with this being paralleled by Will who is meanwhile learning Jack’s more spontaneous approach to piracy). Elizabeth becomes cutthroat and pragmatic and these are the qualities which eventually lead her to become a character well-rounded and strong enough for the Brethren Court to choose her as their leader.

What I'm trying to say here is that the events that happened to her in movie 1 were already setting up her are for movie 3. Why? BECAUSE SHE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND HER ACTIONS, HER DECISIONS, HER JOURNEY.

Sure, Jack is memorable. but it's Elizabeth who has the biggest arc, it's Elizabeth who by the end personifies the idea of piracy, it's Elizabeth who craved nothing more but sea and adventure and love and who got it in the end in the form of Will who is all those things in one person. Moreover, it's Will who discovers more about himself as the saga progresses, who makes constant sacrifices, who starts off as a nameless orphan and ends having uncovered the truth of his past and having arguably made the biggest sacrifice for the greater good (becoming the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman). Elizabeth and Will have obligations to the plot that Jack doesn't have. They are there to deepen the story, to bring forward questions of morality and humanity and love. Jack is there for comedy, and his personality doesn't really allow for him to be a romantic lead in the same way that Will is which is why the last two movies dont really work,

Arguably, On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales arent as iconic as the first three movies. Why? Because Will and Elizabeth aren't in them. The focal human element of the story and the romance plot that they brought is gone and replaced by Jack being ridiculous and failing to be a good romantic lead because he is chronically afraid of commitment. All the lore that was so well thought out is just never really mentioned again in favour of expanding Jack's backstory, and Will and Liz's characters are reduced to nothingness. There is no other mention of the fact that Elizabeth is literally the Pirate King, there is no further exploration into the Brethern Court. All we get is a small scene at the end of Dead Men Tell No Tales in which we see an Elizabeth who has ??? reverted back to wearing 18th century dresses and mooning after Will who she can only see every ten years. It is heavily implied that that Elizabeth is no longer pirate king by this point.

And this enrages me because Elizabeth Swann contains multitudes. She always has.

She is an unparalleled heroine. She is a King, a wife, a mother, a fighter, a negotiator, and so many aspects of her character are explored.The movies depict all of the sides of Elizabeth Swann without apologizing - giving us a rounded and nuanced character who becomes cutthroat and calculating by the end whilst still reserving her softer side (e.g when she says to Jack"I am so ready to be married" in Dead Man's Chest). They give us a main character and aren’t afraid to delve into multiple aspects of her life - her sexuality, her emotions, her motivations.

Throughout the course of PotC, Elizabeth learns more about herself and comes to terms with her flaws. She becomes a force to be reckoned with; someone who can inspire hundreds of pirates to fight alongside her, someone who successfully tricks people into thinking she is the literal goddess of the sea. Elizabeth Swann grows, matures, and develops in a way that Jack never really does.

AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO FORGET ABOUT HER! IN FAVOUR OF JACK SPARROW????? This might be controversial of me to say, but the original PotC trilogy doesn't exist without Elizabeth Swann. Its core messages and its themes cease to be if we forget the pivotal role that Elizabeth has.

Without Elizabeth and Will, you just have a scrappy action movie, spearheaded by a character whose personality doesn't allow for much emotional depth (not because I don't think Jack Sparrow has the potential for emotional depth, but because I don't think the writers will allow for it). Without Elizabeth and Will, PoTC could not be what it is. They are the center. Their pasts, their journeys, their love.

In conclusion, Elizabeth Swann is the MC of the PotC movies, and Jack Sparrow is a side character who became far too important because, spurred on by fan reactions, the writers decided to give him a bigger part than what was initially intended. This in turn lead to Elizabeth and Will being forgotten, despite the fact that they are the beating heart of the movies

Elizabeth Swann was the protagonist of the Pirates films Will was her love interest and Jack was a supporting character and I think it’s time everyone starts admitting it