ext_7047 (![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
blacksquirrel.livejournal.com) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
crack_van2008-04-30 10:59 pm
blacksquirrel.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2008-04-30 10:59 pm
Entry tags:
Men Must Work snippet and series by Commodorified and Diane (PG through Mature)
Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: James Norrington/Jack Sparrow, Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann, Theo Groves/Andrew Gillette
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
commodorified and gryphons_lair
Author Website: The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:
Men Must Work is the title of a short snippet and a series of longer stories, all of which revolve around the economic and vocational underpinnings of several PotC characters.
The snippet bycommodorified provides a stark, heartrending glimpse of Jack and James stealing bits of time together despite the danger of their respective positions. The maturity and pathos of their devotion displays a beautiful depth, poised on the knife edge of tragedy.
The Men Must Work series bygryphons_lair begins with several vignettes showcasing key moments in each character's career. In "Leverage" Jack works a bit of piratical mastery, demonstrating the knack for negotiation and twisty deal-making that made him famous and kept him safe. "Mastery" follows Will's apprenticeship to Lucas Brown and explains poignantly how the man who taught Will to fold metal with such skill could have become the drunkard in CotBP. Captain Norrington plays a delicate game with duty, morality, and naval regulations in "Chain of Command" as he strives to do the right thing within an institution that does not always adhere to his ethical standards.
The last five stories of the series chart a Jack/James arc, beginning with the very short "Of Rough Seas and Solid Earth" and "Opportunity," which both create a bridge bringing together all the characters previously referenced, then developing through two longer pieces and an epilogue. "Dreams and Desire" begins with both James and Jack haunted by desires they deem inappropriate for their station in life in the wake of CotBP. A chance meeting makes them viscerally reconsider the possibilities. "Dance With Me" deals with the possible social repercussions of introducing newly legitimized Privateer Captain Sparrow into Port Royal high society, as Jack and James destroy a wig and a husband-hunter's evening in their dance of subterfuge to find a balance between their desires and society's demands.
Men Must Work Snippet
Men Must Work Series: Leverage, Mastery, Chain of Command, Of Rough Seas and Solid Earth, Opportunity, Dreams and Desire, Dance With Me, Legacy
Pairing: James Norrington/Jack Sparrow, Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann, Theo Groves/Andrew Gillette
Author on LJ:
commodorified and gryphons_lairAuthor Website: The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:
Men Must Work is the title of a short snippet and a series of longer stories, all of which revolve around the economic and vocational underpinnings of several PotC characters.
The snippet by
commodorified provides a stark, heartrending glimpse of Jack and James stealing bits of time together despite the danger of their respective positions. The maturity and pathos of their devotion displays a beautiful depth, poised on the knife edge of tragedy.The Men Must Work series by
gryphons_lair begins with several vignettes showcasing key moments in each character's career. In "Leverage" Jack works a bit of piratical mastery, demonstrating the knack for negotiation and twisty deal-making that made him famous and kept him safe. "Mastery" follows Will's apprenticeship to Lucas Brown and explains poignantly how the man who taught Will to fold metal with such skill could have become the drunkard in CotBP. Captain Norrington plays a delicate game with duty, morality, and naval regulations in "Chain of Command" as he strives to do the right thing within an institution that does not always adhere to his ethical standards.The last five stories of the series chart a Jack/James arc, beginning with the very short "Of Rough Seas and Solid Earth" and "Opportunity," which both create a bridge bringing together all the characters previously referenced, then developing through two longer pieces and an epilogue. "Dreams and Desire" begins with both James and Jack haunted by desires they deem inappropriate for their station in life in the wake of CotBP. A chance meeting makes them viscerally reconsider the possibilities. "Dance With Me" deals with the possible social repercussions of introducing newly legitimized Privateer Captain Sparrow into Port Royal high society, as Jack and James destroy a wig and a husband-hunter's evening in their dance of subterfuge to find a balance between their desires and society's demands.
Men Must Work Snippet
Men Must Work Series: Leverage, Mastery, Chain of Command, Of Rough Seas and Solid Earth, Opportunity, Dreams and Desire, Dance With Me, Legacy
no subject
no subject
no subject
But Scriptorium stopped getting updated regularly several years ago, so it doesn't have any of the later stories. You can find all of them at the Horizon (http://www.squidge.org/horizon/library/multi/mmw/index.html) archive.
no subject
no subject