Provenance by Daft (PG-13)

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Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: none, really
Author on LJ: daft
Author Website: d a f t
Why this must be read: PotC writers constantly face the problem of historical accuracy. The movie has just enough bits of real history in it to tempt-- but they're never logical in context. For example, why does the Black Pearl fly the skull-and-crossed-cutlasses Jolly Roger when that flag belonged to another, very real, pirate? daft's Provenance series answers that question in eight powerful, all-dialogue shorts that carry us from before Jack's birth until after Barbossa's mutiny.

"Oh. Names. Aye. I was thinking Mary if t'were a girl."
"Ah Anne, that's sweet. Thank you."
"Pish. Me mum's name."
"You've no heart!"
"Ease off dear, I were only joking. It were me mum's name, true, but all the better if it be my best mate's as well, aye?"

Good crossovers are surprisingly rare in PotC fic, but I suppose this one counts as an historical real person crossover. You don't need to know the history, but you'll *want* to, once you've finished it.

Provenance