Drabble: 'Rope's End'

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100 words of unbetaed, end-of-CotBP drabble for the current prompt at blackpearlsails...



~ Rope's End ~

Choking, wide-eyed, scrabbling for purchase, for balance, for breath, he's only half aware of the surrounding tumult, the seconds stretching slow and harsh as the rough hemp tearing at his neck.

Then a thunk! and he's falling, standing, on solid ground. The sword's stuck fast, thanks to Will's trick, but Jack frees his wrists, frees the only other weapon to hand, and runs.

Should be some needle-witted saying about nooses turning to lifelines, he muses, but his friend's there, catching the tossed end, and as they begin to bowl over lobsterbacks only one maxim occurs: Time is of the essence.

~.~

Comments

[krystallazuli.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

[mamazano.livejournal.com]

Love it. Perfect capture of that moment.

Time is of the essence, indeed!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Lovely capture of the struggle and speed of events in that scene. *dribbles honey over CotBP drabble and devours it* *burp*

It's funny how fast one's mind works in a panic.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You're so quick, too!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, I always enjoy that scene, nonsensical as it is. They're awfully cute, working together like that.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Oooh, honeyed drabble! Mmmm!

Yes, I could see Jack's mind taking some crazy directions, particularly. *g*

So happy you liked it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

'Executed'! Bwahahaha! Thank you -- glad you liked it. Glad I managed to write something. o.0

[mary684.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I love them in this scene -- for me, it's the essence of what I love about POTC and no matter what happened in the sequels, this is the moment of commraderie that I cling to -- and, I'm not forgetting Lizzie over there on the sidelines pretending to faint either!

Should be some needle-witted saying about nooses turning to lifelines
And I know if he had just a few seconds more, he'd have thought of one! *g*

I love this and am so glad you found such a perfect way to use the prompt. *mems*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, this was the culmination of all that suspicion and bickering, the three of them working together as one, just like they did in the end at the Isla de Muerta. Would have been nice if we could have seen more of that in the sequels. I think that's what we all wanted, considering the fanfic that came out after CotBP.

I'm so glad you liked this! Thank you for your thoughtful comments.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

It moves pretty fast -- a great scene! I'm glad you thought this worked!

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

Awesome drabble! So perfectly written. The pace, the tension... Reading this FELT like being there. Great work! :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad it worked the way I'd hoped. :)

[lady-di75.livejournal.com]

LOVE!! Lovelovelove it. That scene is good old fashioned Hollywood fluff :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

It sure is. Maybe they'll get back to that, more, in PotC4. :D

Thank you so much for commenting -- I'm glad you liked this.

[krystallazuli.livejournal.com]

LOL

I'm sitting at the airport waiting on my now 3 hour delayed flight... happened to be on checking emails and whatnot. :-)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Ack! That's not good. :(

[krystallazuli.livejournal.com]

Well... I am catching up on stuff!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

There's something to be said for that. :)

Have a good flight back, when you do get on a plane.

[sharklady35.livejournal.com]

You've done a fine job catching the essential essence of that scene.

Maybe you could do that with some other scenes, too?

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Maybe so. I do love CotBP (which happens to be on the dvd player as we speak!). I'm very glad you enjoyed this. Thank you for commenting!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Nice look at back when Will was still Jack's friend, before he sold him out in the sequel. WTF did that ever happen? I still haven't figured it out ...

/nostalgic

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

Yes! I love that scene--"his friend's there..." man that's sweet, they are friends. Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Yes indeedydo--tasty--you've lead me to believe that Jack is a Turkish Vann of a feline spirit, 9 lines and a love of water, even if he's a bit on the seamy side.

I rediscovered the drabble you wrote that just set me back on my heels. It was the one about Jack dueling with Norrington, knocking his pud in the mud and the kick on it was a reference to Norrington's "I half expected it to be wooden". Do you ever just read some something or the other and go--man that is totally (think old John Denver) FarOut!?

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

WTF did that ever happen?

Not sure why the filmmakers thought that would be a good idea. Maybe they just wanted to go in an opposite direction from any of the fanfic out there. Idiots. Not the brightest idea ever.

Thank you for commenting here -- I'm so glad you liked the drabble.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I remember that one with Norrington! Wrote that a long time ago. I'm so happy you feel my stuff's held up over the long haul.

And yes, they are friends at this point, and I truly wish that had never changed. Thank you for commenting so kindly here. I really appreciate it!

[aravah.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! You've captured the moment so well. :)