#barbossa being barbossa

[oken-art]

I've been blessed to draw this little comic from this quote post the amazing @nothoughtsjustmhaandotherthings wrote! just loved it so much haha!

[shit-sorry-fuck-mybad]

Yes he’s a weirdo and a criminal and a little gross and he’s also insane but have you considered how much I love him?

[lieutenantselnia]

F/o list meme because I miss posting about them but don't have all to much energy for other stuff currently, so memes it is😂 I lowkey wanna do more of these alignment chart memes now (both self ship and others), they're just fun :D

Template by @strawberry-selfships!

[gonnaeatyourgirlfriend]

rewatched pirates of the caribbean for the 6387951th time and god i feel so alive again

[redfish-blu]

Terry Rosario and Ted Elliot were playing in our faces.

[ellena-asg]

Yesterday I read on potc wiki that Teague, Barbossa and Sao Feng were close in age and you know what happened at night? I had a dream where they were (together) in something like piratey school and they were mini Very Badasses. Help.

[everythingispirates]

aww he's in love :') surely this can only end well for him <3

[awtysm-cryptid]

Do you think in the scene where they bring out the Code Elizabeth took one look at Captain Teague, did a double take, and just went to Barbossa "Hold on is that Jack's dad" "Yeah that's Jack's dad...they look alike dont they, you can really tell" "Your right, they do"

and then later mentioned it to Will

"Hey Will you see that captain over there with the red coat, black hair and trinkets in his hair" "Yeah??" "Who does he remind you of?" "Jack, why?" "That's Jack's dad" "Really wow...didn't we just trade his son to the British Navy??" "....oh god"

[mildmayfoxe]

just read the word “inclined” > thought about the word “disinclined” > thought i should write a post about geoffrey rush’s incredible delivery of “i am disinclined to acquiesce to your request” (from seminal 2003 masterpiece film pirates of the caribbean) > why did geoffrey rush’s name jump so readily to mind. why can’t i remember a single piece of useful information. why, instead of helpfully chirping “wheatley is the name of the robot in portal two,” can my brain not instead provide me, for instance, the entire set of times tables i learned in elementary school. why can’t i remember a single thing i ever learned in an art history class. geoffrey rush??? GEOFFREY RUSH??? THATS what’s in there??

[kstarlitchaotics]

Yeah they should have stopped with PotC #3 I was soo disappointed with Barbossa

[lordchickooon]

pre-cotbp Sparbossa moment (Yes this is self-indulgent <3)

[oken-art]

when I said I'd draw silly sparbossa fanart, this is what I meant

[swannposting]

imagine how lethal and headache inducing it would be for jack to sail [hitchhike, he did lose his ship again] to shipwreck cove and see that Barbossa and Teague are Elizabeth's new best friends/mentors.

Bonus: Elizabeth doesn't know Teague is Jack's father

FR LMAOOOO !! dude you’ve read my mind i have a fic that is sort of about this. it’s like 90% completed.

[skymagpie]

Ignore tag venting about 20 year old pirate films </3

[emcads]

cooking up new ways for esme to die in canon

[queer-crusader]

okay separate post about Will Turner because i love him actually

my man throws his sword twice in this film. Once to block off Jack's exit during their fight in the workshop, and once to save his life at the gallows. This man is a SPECTACULAR swordsman (and during that fight in the 'shop? When Jack tests his skill? it feels less out of curiosity and more sort of mentor-y. I think that's the most truly captain-like we've seen Jack, but that's about Jack, not Will. Still, love that moment). But MORE than that, he is a good man and a good pirate.

His whole arc gets put into a few simple words by Jack:

"The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do, and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man, or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday."

Throughout the film we go from Will seeing absolute red at the mere mention of pirates, furiously trying to kill Jack and dispute the fact that his father was anything else than a merchant sailor, to who he is by the end of it. We see him in the brig of the Pearl with the other crew members as he asks them about his father, and when Pintel and Ragetti tell him Bill never felt comfortable with the mutiny and sent off the treasure because he believed they all deserved to be and remain cursed, and Mr Gibbs called him a good man... His face lights up. Because now he knows for a fact Bill Turner was a pirate and a good man. He had principles that he stood by. And it helps Will to accept the same duality within him

There's also the whole class difference between him and Elizabeth and Norrington that i think is so fascinatingly written. Will knows he is of lesser standing and cannot afford to step outside of it ("How many more times must i tell you to call me Elizabeth, Will?" "At least once more, miss Swan. As always." "...Good day then, Mr Turner") while Elizabeth is more brash and outspoken towards him, especially after her dream that transported her back to her ten-year-old self. He behaves like a gentleman (because he is a good man, but also because he has to), but as the film is set in motion, his frustrations at being overlooked and ignored due to his standing despite his heart and skill start to shine through. When Elizabeth is taken, he bursts into Norrington's tactical meeting to retrieve her, telling them all his plans aren't good enough when Norrington responds drily and with this unwavering reason in his voice, and slams a hatchet into the map. Norrington takes him aside and, now with strain shining through in his voice, reminds Will to please remember he is not the only man present who cares for Elizabeth (referring to both himself and the governor, her father, who is also present).

Norrington later calls him rash for acting when the Navy was working on a plan, which does track - Will is rash. But it does make me think if that rashness and the outbursts are supposedly a sign of the fire of piracy in his blood, or also a representation of his class and the effect that it has on him for being treated constantly as lesser than when he in truth measures up so well. He has to fight for everything dear to him. But that fire and passion of course do remain even when he finally gets to be with Elizabeth and no longer has to fight for her. Anyway, all that to say that my man has heart. And i love him very dearly