I love this because you have Elizabeth who couldn’t even defend herself in the first one to becoming this master sword fighter and leader of ALL pirates. You watch Will who was just this angsty little brat head over heels for Elizabeth become this grown man who faced all his demons.
and then there’s Jack
“Elizabeth who couldn’t even defend herself”
Do you mean…
Elizabeth who improvised a weapon when pirates invaded her bedroom
Elizabeth who could have run for the exits but instead went straight for the swords
Elizabeth who demanded to speak with a pirate captain and then used the leverage she had to get him to agree to her demands
Elizabeth who CAME AT BARBOSSA WITH A GODDAMN KNIFE and then fucking STABBED HIM when she couldn’t get away
Elizabeth who was trapped on a tiny island with nothing but crates of rum and a man she couldn’t stand and who used those supplies to summon a rescue party for herself
Elizabeth who made a rope out of sheets and climbed down the back of a ship to save the day herself when no one would listen to her about how dangerous the pirates were
Elizabeth who snuck onto the Black Pearl, knocked two cursed pirates straight off their ship, and rescued Jack’s entire crew
Elizabeth who rowed straight back into danger without any backup instead of running away with everyone else
Elizabeth who came to Will’s rescue with a blunt object and a one-liner
Elizabeth who proceeded to team up with Will to take down all the remaining pirates in the cave
Elizabeth who – without being asked or told what was going on – faked unconsciousness to create a distraction for Will’s rescue of Jack
Elizabeth who stepped in front of a ring of muskets, successfully protecting Jack and Will from being shot or captured
Elizabeth may have learned some impressive sword tricks in the later movies, but she was a Badass from day one.
preach
Elizabeth Swann is a queen.
LET’S ALSO HOLD UP ON CALLING WILL AN ‘ANGSTY LITTLE BRAT’
1. He was abandoned by his father, then orphaned, and grew up without his parents from a very young age. WOW CAN YOU BLAME HIM FOR BEING A LITTLE ANGSTY?
2. His father was a pirate…which was criminal…which was punishable by DEATH. any association to Will being a pirate would have threatened him being arrested and put in jail OR WORSE and at the very least ostracized by society–WHICH WAS WHY ELIZABETH TOOK HIS MEDALLION TO PROTECT HIM. BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A PIRATE AND DIDN’T WANT ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO HIM (sidenote: True Love since day one ya’ll)
3. He was angsty because he was in love with Elizabeth and because of the vast difference in status…he was probably never going to be able to marry her on the merits of being a blacksmith alone. She was the governor’s daughter…basically a princess. Even though they grew up together and her father took in Will–it was the 1700s or whatever–a match like that being made was pretty much impossible
BUT
EVEN IF WILL COULDN’T MARRY OR BE WITH ELIZABETH HE STILL RISKED HIS LIFE AND CROSSED THE CARIBBEAN TO GO SAVE ELIZABETH. BECAUSE HE LOVED HER. HE LOVED HER SO MUCH HE SET ASIDE HIS PRIDE AND HIS HATRED TO GET A PIRATE’S HELP TO SAVE HER. HE STOLE A BOAT! HE COULD BE SENT TO PRISON FOR BREAKING JACK OUT OF PRISON AND FOR STEALING A BOAT AND HE DID IT ALL TO SAVE ELIZABETH.
WITHOUT EVEN THE PROMISE OF GETTING TO BE WITH HER AFTER ALL THIS. HE JUST WANTED TO SAVE HER. HE WOULD HAVE DIED FOR HER.
4. WILL KNEW HOW TO PUT UP A DAMN FIGHT SINCE DAY ONE. HE PRACTICED SWORDFIGHTING 3 HOURS A DAY. JACK ONLY ‘WON’ THE FIGHT BECAUSE HE CHEATED.
WHEN THE PIRATES INVADED PORT ROYAL, HE LOCKED UP SHOP, TOOK HIS SMALL WEAPONS AND STRAIGHT UP AXED SOME PIRATES. IF THEY WEREN’T CURSED HE WOULD HAVE MURDERED THEM. LIKE. HE WASN’T PLAYING AROUND. HE WAS PROTECTING HIS HOME AND COMMUNITY.
SO… ‘ANGSTY LITTLE BRAT’???? BECAUSE HE WANTED TO FIGHT FAIR AND NOT BE ASSOCIATED TO THE DISGRACEFUL OCCUPATION THAT HIS FATHER LEFT HIM AND HIS MOTHER FOR (WHICH LEFT LONG-TERM EMOTIONAL SCARS AND SELF DEPRECATION), MEANWHILE PUTTING ASIDE HIS PRIDE AND HIS ISSUES TO TEAM UP WITH A PIRATE WHO HAD QUESTIONABLE ULTERIOR MOTIVES FOR HELPING HIM JUST TO GO SAVE THE GIRL HE LOVED EVEN IF HE COULD NEVER BE WITH HER ROMANTICALLY???
ANGSTY LITTLE BRAT MY ASS.
WILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN BEST BOY.
ANYWAY WILL AND ELIZABETH WERE THE BEST CHARACTERS IN POTC AND JACK SPARROW AIN’T SHIT.
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