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The Matter of Rules Arc by L. M. Griffin (PG-13/NC-17)
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melannen, and I shall be your purveyor of rum and sodomy for the month of February! No, honestly (and you can always trust me to be honest) there's a lot more to Pirates of the Caribbean fanfiction than rum and sodomy. Well, a *little* more, at least. Even a small amount of really good het. I'm going to go for a good variety of het, slash, and other, of all pairings and configurations, this month, and I like my 'ships with ships in.
Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: Captain Sparrow/Commodore Norrington
Author on LJ:commodoresexual
Author Website: http://wrenguin.vip.warped.com/writing (Not exactly a website, but the best I can find.)
Why this must be read:
"Ms. Swann asked the Commodore herself if he would attend. Out of respect, and to stem the ugly rumors about her, young Turner, and the Commodore himself. I well suspected it would do no more but bring to life new rumors, but I am a man of my word... and my word to Elizabeth ...Miss Swann, is inviolate.
So obviously, I am either a bloodthirsty fanatic, a vicious gold digger, or an honorable idiot. I am not quite sure which one is worse. Clearly, I am dealing with people who are completely unfamiliar with my character."
I could not believe my eyes when I realized that nobody had yet rec'd any Commodore Norrington slash here. Norrington/Jack is a very popular pairing these days, and almost universally high quality. And hot. Did I mention hot? Yum, British Naval Officers . . ah, where was I?
Oh, yes. L. M. Griffin's Matter of Rules arc is a wonderful introduction to the world where sexy but sweet pirate captains and sweet but sexy Navy commodores are meant for each other. It hits the same perfect balance of endearing, heartbreakingly cruel, and just plain madcap hilarious as the movie did. The first part, Men of Our Word, is set, like many post-movie stories, around the build-up to Will and Elizabeth's wedding, which leaves both of our heroes emotionally vulnerable, and one of them a fugitive, too. Only this time, the one in hiding isn't Jack. A wonderfully done first-person Norrington, Jack being Jack, and some extremely scary Will and Elizabeth teaming up against them. It will leave you laughing out loud and wishing for more, which is good, since there's a series of sequels: Acts of Piracy, in which we get to see Commodore Norrington the Great Pirate Hunter, renowned across the Caribbean as both indomitable and honorable. Oh, we also get to see him, completely sober, in a tavern, singing "The Stupid Pirate Song". And undercover in Tortuga, wearing *eyeliner*. (There's plenty of Captain Sparrow, too, but believe me, you won't miss him when he's off-camera.) Acts of Piracy leads into Rooting for You, where the Captain courts the Commodore all over the Black Pearl, we find out about some of Jack's tragic past, and oh yes, there's smut. At last.
I'm probaby going to be reccing Jack/Norrington more than anything else, so a few possibly helpful bits of fanon: Commodore Norrington's first name is never mentioned in the movie, but Jack Davenport, his actor, has declared it to be James (because that's the closest he'll ever get to playing Bond), and most but not all authors follow that, so you'll also see the pairing called Jack/James or just Jj. Also, much Jack/James comes with a side order of Lieutenantslash of some sort. The Lieutenants are the two dashing junior officers who play minor but fun roles in the movie. Lieutenant Gillette is the officer who was in command of the Dauntless when Jack commandeered it, and who made the snarky crack about mermaids while locking Elizabeth in the captain's cabin later. He has no consistent first name. The other lieutenant is known primarily for being the one who said that Jack 'had to be the best pirate he'd ever seen!'; he has no canonical name at all, but is often called Theodore Groves, the name actor Greg Ellis gave in interviews. In L.M. Griffin's work, he's called Jonathan Bush, after a certain other lieutenant. Swept Away is a lieutenantslash prequel to The Matter of Rules.
Men of Our Word (PG-13), Acts of Piracy (PG-13), and Rooting for You (NC-17)
melannen, and I shall be your purveyor of rum and sodomy for the month of February! No, honestly (and you can always trust me to be honest) there's a lot more to Pirates of the Caribbean fanfiction than rum and sodomy. Well, a *little* more, at least. Even a small amount of really good het. I'm going to go for a good variety of het, slash, and other, of all pairings and configurations, this month, and I like my 'ships with ships in.Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: Captain Sparrow/Commodore Norrington
Author on LJ:
commodoresexualAuthor Website: http://wrenguin.vip.warped.com/writing (Not exactly a website, but the best I can find.)
Why this must be read:
"Ms. Swann asked the Commodore herself if he would attend. Out of respect, and to stem the ugly rumors about her, young Turner, and the Commodore himself. I well suspected it would do no more but bring to life new rumors, but I am a man of my word... and my word to Elizabeth ...Miss Swann, is inviolate.
So obviously, I am either a bloodthirsty fanatic, a vicious gold digger, or an honorable idiot. I am not quite sure which one is worse. Clearly, I am dealing with people who are completely unfamiliar with my character."
I could not believe my eyes when I realized that nobody had yet rec'd any Commodore Norrington slash here. Norrington/Jack is a very popular pairing these days, and almost universally high quality. And hot. Did I mention hot? Yum, British Naval Officers . . ah, where was I?
Oh, yes. L. M. Griffin's Matter of Rules arc is a wonderful introduction to the world where sexy but sweet pirate captains and sweet but sexy Navy commodores are meant for each other. It hits the same perfect balance of endearing, heartbreakingly cruel, and just plain madcap hilarious as the movie did. The first part, Men of Our Word, is set, like many post-movie stories, around the build-up to Will and Elizabeth's wedding, which leaves both of our heroes emotionally vulnerable, and one of them a fugitive, too. Only this time, the one in hiding isn't Jack. A wonderfully done first-person Norrington, Jack being Jack, and some extremely scary Will and Elizabeth teaming up against them. It will leave you laughing out loud and wishing for more, which is good, since there's a series of sequels: Acts of Piracy, in which we get to see Commodore Norrington the Great Pirate Hunter, renowned across the Caribbean as both indomitable and honorable. Oh, we also get to see him, completely sober, in a tavern, singing "The Stupid Pirate Song". And undercover in Tortuga, wearing *eyeliner*. (There's plenty of Captain Sparrow, too, but believe me, you won't miss him when he's off-camera.) Acts of Piracy leads into Rooting for You, where the Captain courts the Commodore all over the Black Pearl, we find out about some of Jack's tragic past, and oh yes, there's smut. At last.
I'm probaby going to be reccing Jack/Norrington more than anything else, so a few possibly helpful bits of fanon: Commodore Norrington's first name is never mentioned in the movie, but Jack Davenport, his actor, has declared it to be James (because that's the closest he'll ever get to playing Bond), and most but not all authors follow that, so you'll also see the pairing called Jack/James or just Jj. Also, much Jack/James comes with a side order of Lieutenantslash of some sort. The Lieutenants are the two dashing junior officers who play minor but fun roles in the movie. Lieutenant Gillette is the officer who was in command of the Dauntless when Jack commandeered it, and who made the snarky crack about mermaids while locking Elizabeth in the captain's cabin later. He has no consistent first name. The other lieutenant is known primarily for being the one who said that Jack 'had to be the best pirate he'd ever seen!'; he has no canonical name at all, but is often called Theodore Groves, the name actor Greg Ellis gave in interviews. In L.M. Griffin's work, he's called Jonathan Bush, after a certain other lieutenant. Swept Away is a lieutenantslash prequel to The Matter of Rules.
Men of Our Word (PG-13), Acts of Piracy (PG-13), and Rooting for You (NC-17)
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