Wondrous Apparitions, Provided by Magicians.

Had to dig this up, so I thought I'd post it again. That's triadruid as Calico Jack and iron_clad as Shipwreck, Halloween 2004, I think. I'm filled with unholy glee. :D

On Saturday, in an act of film-based masochism, we watched both older Pirates of the Caribbean movies and then went out to see the new one (my ass is still numb). At World's End is wildly stupid, and also wildly enjoyable. Which is, I suppose, what people expect. It also contains ships in more landscapes than seems reasonable (Pirates Based in the Caribbean but also Sailing Elsewhere?), which is fun.
kittenpants thinks of the potential abuses in the slash fiction community -- will we see Jack/Jack now? Some discussion followed in which we decided that Jack/Jack is an improbable pairing, because 1) two Jacks probably couldn't shut up long enough to get to any sort of meaningful business, 2) Jack has to be the top, so all you get with Jack/Jack is a oneupmanship contest, and most importantly 3) no self-respecting Jack Sparrow would ever turn his back on another Jack Sparrow.

Thing I most wanted to know after the film: What happened to Davy Jones? Did he reconcile with Calypso after he died? Did she forgive him? Did she suck him down to the depths to torment his soul for all eternity? What? That was the resolution that I wanted in the final scene -- I'm pretty sure that Elizabeth wanted to have Will's kid and that Will was the sort of guy who generally does what he's responsible to do, so the actual last scene was pretty unnecessary, IMHO.

Second best part: Captain Teague, keeping the Code. When he walks onto the screen, half the theater starts busting up laughing, except for the guys next to me, who are all going "Who's that guy? Why is that funny?". Oh well.

Also: They shot the fucking monkey out of a fucking cannon. Who can ask for anything better than that from a film like this? I ask you.

This came to me in a dream while I was watching the ninja myths episode of Mythbusters at capriciouslass's place on Saturday. I thought to myself, "Self, why don't we have a pirate/ninja tournament of some sort? Why not laser tag?"

So, are you in?

[Poll #980499]

Because 1) it's been a while since there was empty content not created by me, and 2) er, yes. pirates. Also, 3) I appreciate the epithet "you tricky beast".

Christopher Condent You are 48 %Treasurer, have 55% Seafairability, crave 29% Bloodlusting, and lust 52% in Wenchwanting!

Captain Condent, you tricky beast! You only sail for the sake of sailing. And for the women. Most of your plunder you generously gave to your crew, and you rarely engaged in killing, preferring to let your mates or your ships guns have all the fun. However your lack of skill in these two departments may have been your salvation... You were pardoned by the King of France and married off to a beautiful French Governors daughter; the stuff pirate dreams are made of!

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 9% on Treasurer You scored higher than 16% on Seafairability You scored higher than 4% on Bloodlusting You scored higher than 77% on Wenchwanting

Link: The What Kind of PIRATE Are You Test written by JosephineGreen on Ok Cupid