Two Written For Me ( ! ), Recs, and One Of My Own

[dwgm]

I'm off for a two week break. And loving every second, I might add. We have no plans to go anywhere, but the weather is perfect, the pool beckons, and I have four chapters of Harry & the Pirate IV to finish, and a stack of books I want to read. Assorted movies and museums, and a day trip to visit friends down south may be thrown into the mix, but for the most part I'm content to be staying home.

Speaking of reading, two friends have favored me with Pirate!fic, per my requests to them: scribbling_elf wrote me 'More Rum' (J/E, with laughter) in her writing journal, pandaimonia; and the_dala wrote me 'Negotiations' (J/E with a beautiful sword). Both stories are fabulous!

hereswith was complaining of writer's block, or some such nonsense, and then comes up with this superb bit of J/E on the island, 'Truth Be Told'. She is amazing.

jenthegypsy, who is such an encouraging, supportive fanfic reader, has obviously been hiding her light under a bushel. She has the most marvelous way with words, and has taken to writing wonderful drabbles for the challenges at Black Pearl Sails. But one of her best, and longest, efforts to date is a ficlet she wrote with jackfan2 in mind (which should tell you what pairing this is): Games of Chance. Don't miss it.

For the BP Sails drabble challenges, crewmember felaine has been favoring us with entries from The Personal Log of Lieutenent Andrew Gillette, and they have made us see him in a whole new, and much more favorable, light. They are posted in her new journal here at LJ.

kahva, who has a deep and abiding love for a certain handsome blacksmith, has finished a piece of thoughtful backstory, written from said blacksmith's POV, Restoration.

And speaking of the Turner POV, here's my answer to the current drabble challenge at Black Pearl Sails:

 

 

~ Scherzo ~
The third movement in a symphony; from the Italian, meaning “joke”.

 

He’d become accustomed to being alone, insulated amid close heat, smells, strenuous but calming exertion, and the deep satisfaction of making useful things, and, sometimes, of creating beauty. For a long time, his brief forays outside had seemed like dreams: enjoyable, for the most part, but alien.

 

Now, his perception had altered. Considerably.

 

Odd that a pirate should be the one to drag him from the quiet dream of the forge into wildly shifting light, into the arms of the sea, and now to this place of riotous, raucous, cacophonous reality.  

 

Jack was babbling something about the ‘sweet, proliferous bouquet’ of the place, and demanding to know what he thought.

 

What he thought! What could he think?

 

“It’ll linger,” he finally managed, and knew it for the truth as the words left his lips.

 

For good or ill, it would linger.

 

 

~.~ 

Comments

[sinister-beauty.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Nice tie into the film! And you really explain Will's relationship with the forge so beautifully. It's like the sweet protection of the womb. Hotm overbearing, but safe and beautiful in its own way. Very very nicely done. Cookies for you!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Cookies for you!

Oooh, I love cookies!

I never thought about the forge/womb connection when I was writing it, but you're right.

Thanks for the rapid feedback -- I'm so happy you liked it!

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Excellent drabble. Your use of the "two-bit words" here strikes just the right tone.... riotous, raucous, cacophonous reality is a lovely phrase, and yet doesn't sound too flowery for Will.

Well done.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I thought that phrase pretty much summed up the impression one gets of Tortuga in the film.

So glad you liked this.

Hope you are feeling better, have the ants under control, etc. etc.

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Yep, feeling better and ants seem to have shuffled off for the nonce! July is going to be a good month. *is determined*

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Nicely done. I like into wildly shifting light, into the arms of the sea. This is such a good Will characterization, how he takes such comfort in his craft.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I don't write Will that often, but he's a very interesting character in his own right.

[hereswith.livejournal.com]

Wonderful insight into Will's thoughts and how he must have felt at that moment! I like into wildly shifting light, into the arms of the sea as well, and: For a long time, his brief forays outside had seemed like dreams: enjoyable, for the most part, but alien.

Thanks for the mention :-)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome for the mention. How could I resist?

I'm glad you liked the drabble. :)

[torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com]

I liked this bit of thought gapfilling. I think the tone suits Will very well.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So happy you liked it. :)

[jenthegypsy.livejournal.com]

There you go again - giving me insight into a significant point of the back-story which I had never considered before; the tone of Will's life prior to the advent of Jack Sparrow. Quiet, safe, "insulated". (Dull, boring, repressed!) He is a better man for the adventure begun in that "place of riotous, raucous, cacophonous reality". (just love that descriptive)

Nicely done, m'lady!

(Peeking out from under the bushel) You rec'd me and mine! I am flattered beyond belief - thank you so very much!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Jen -- so happy you liked this.

And how could I resist reccing your stuff. It's great! You're very welcome, and I hope you will soon write more for me to rec. :)

[kahva.livejournal.com]

To quote Wheezie from "Dragon Tales"... LOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!! :)

Very nicely done, and a great insight on Will as he's moving from one world to another. The phrase, "a stranger in a strange land" comes to mind upon seeing Will in this particular light. Excellent drabble! :)

And thank you so very much for reccing me! I don't think I've been recced before here on LJ. {blushes} And I got actual concrit today from FF.N! Blessed and happy, camper I am. :)

Signing off now, need to take another caffiene hit to ward off the Yoda channelling...

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Concrit? Really? How very unusual. I always find that thought provoking myself. :)

Thank YOU for the favorable comments! Actually, I was thinking of you, that you might like this, as I wrote it. Glad I was right.

I'm doing caffeine hits tonight myself -- trying to finish up the last of Chapter 10. Almost done.

*scurries back to work*

[kahva.livejournal.com]

Concrit? Really? How very unusual. I always find that thought provoking myself. :)

Yep yep, from a friend of mine who only had one quibble with what I had written, and gives me good food for thought for the next time I write. {chuckles} It's a good thing nobody was in the room with me at work when I was reading the review, I was nodding, smiling, saying to myself, "That's legit, that's very legit," and then a few seconds later, I was bouncing in my chair, going, "I just got concrit, I just got concrit!! On Fanfiction.net!! Concrit!!" :) And then after seeing your post earlier tonight, I've just been bouncy. :)

I'm doing caffeine hits tonight myself -- trying to finish up the last of Chapter 10. Almost done.

{Crawls through the Internet to look over your shoulder to see what you've written.} :) Nope, not over eager in the least, nope I'm not. :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

{Crawls through the Internet to look over your shoulder to see what you've written.} :) Nope, not over eager in the least, nope I'm not. :)

I'm trying to post the first half now. I decided to break it into "Part 1" and "Part 2" as both together would be something over 6,000 words, which is a little long for a chapter, I think. The first half is all ready and edited, so I'm trying to post, but am having my usual difficulty with Rich Text Mode. Boo.

Have you been reading Harry & the Pirate IV?

[kahva.livejournal.com]

Have you been reading Harry & the Pirate IV?

Have I been reading it?! Does the Pope wear tall hats? Does Will Turner look dang sexy when he's all nicely sweaty and defiant? OF COURSE I've been reading it!! :)

{Goes back to reading over you shoulder.} Nope, not over eager at all, nope nope. :)

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent Will gen.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

You are such a clever bunny! Title connection to challenge is wonderful. Your titles always fit so well - carefully crafted just like your fic.

Odd that a pirate should be the one to drag him from the quiet dream of the forge into wildly shifting light
I love this line. (how's that for intelligent feedback? mmmrphm) How like Will to blame Jack for dragging him from his safe, warm cocoon, when Will was the one (well, yes, with a fair bit of manipulation on Jack's part) who insisted that Jack get out of that cell.

[trinityday.livejournal.com]

Nicely done. Strikes a chord (to continue your music theme), the bit about it lingering.