#me in the caribbean

[andthenlightningstrikes]

it must be established soon that this is where i’ll share my experience as an individual that is based on the caribbean whose search bar terms when looking for images always included “tumblr aesthetic” at the end and that just loves the term “slice of life” and the imagery it evokes

the beauty in the mundane, the grunge and the 2014 collages and skins and the halsey music videos, the movies tangerine and the florida project that forever changed my perception of reality and made me think i was able to shoot a short film with an iphone 4s to document the caribbean aesthetics i'm surrounded with

that and that i already feel unhinged here considering my usual social media silence in other apps (i barely post anything anywhere) i’m supposed to be mysterious on instagram i can’t share my thoughts too much

what helps the most here is i don’t see anyone’s face and that’s so>>> thank u tumblr your email marketing campaign is actually working i’ve been reading some of them and also thank u slayyyter you’re also motivating me to let my thoughts out and to finally just talk shit online and share anything i vibe with

also i'm kind of a writer don't let my unpunctuated style fool you please understand that i'm going for a bret easton ellis less than zero kind of narration style that's the picture i'm trying to paint with a slight tint of dirty havana trilogy by pedro juan gutierrez, i'll dive deeper into my influences and how i'm a sucker for the hedonistic cloudy aesthetic caribbean kind of vibe i've been living and chasing my whole life

[andthenlightningstrikes]

that’s actually been me these last few weekends after my routine started consisting in hitting the pen in the morning after a quick breakfast then taking a 20 minute walk to the gym, working out and then going to buy groceries all while enjoying the warmth of the sun on my skin during the way, the breeze gently hitting my face and clothes while also making the trees and leaves dance its green around

and also enjoying the satisfaction that only getting exhausted after lifting weights and struggling with machines brings and feeling a little awkward yet confident with my playlist blasting through my ears even though the playlist on the gym doesn’t sound bad at all

and then enjoying going to the supermarket with the playlist still going strong while looking around finding the things on my list and romanticizing my life quite a bit as if i were on a studio ghibli film or one of those influencers that document their so aesthetic it hurts daily routines

but in reality where i am is in a breat easton ellis less than zero kind of haze i believe the weeknd also lives on as well, but in my haze i don’t think things get as dark, i just take the imagery and borrow the stream of consciousness barely punctuated perhaps drug influenced style of narration of bret easton ellis that honestly works for me so well in terms of allowing me to just let out my thoughts

[owenhcrper]

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) IMDb Trivia

[baltharino]

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[11oh1]

A mi fi tell yu! 🗣️

[chroniclesofnadia111]

[oken-art]

I love their complex relationship

[beemovieerotica]

Do you think if Davy Jones had tits, his tentacles would frame them and hold them up like a little showgirl costume piece or would he be a shy boy about them and hide em?

this is the most incredible question i've ever been asked in all my time on tumblr

[formulanni]

Parley!

Tag list: @st-leclerc @rubywingsracing @saviour-of-lord @three-days-time @the-wall-is-my-goal @albonoooo

(Please lmk if u don’t want to be tagged in my non f1 art!)

[andthenlightningstrikes]

today’s been rainy

i’ll be a cliche and say i feel just like weather

change by churchill came on shuffle and honestly what a good song i discovered through one of those music channels that came in our tricom cable plan and those channels were so random i loved them i also discovered sinead o’connor’s excellent cover of sacrifice by elton john

but going back to change!! i loved it back then and love it now, around the time i discovered it i was having my cool kids by echosmith moment and also counting stars by onerepublic was on rotation so discovering change it kind of made sense in that soundscape i was vibing with so of course it went to my playlist and ever since i’ve enjoyed it in all of its indie sleaze glory once twice or thrice a year when it comes on shuffle and i remember its existence

[outtagum]

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL dir. Gore Verbinski (2001) BRIDGERTON 3.02 "How Bright The Moon" (2024)

[elventhespian]

So like... it's a Thing in all fandoms where fans sort of latch onto fanon versions of characters and their dynamics with each other that are actually completely off-base, right? I don't know if this phenomenon has an official name, but I've seen it so many times and it's fascinated me every time. Especially when a character's popular fanon selves don't end up just diluted from their source material, but straight up OPPOSITE their canon portrayal.

So one of my "favorite" variations on this was how the early PotC fandom used to get Will EXTREMELY wrong, especially in comparison to Jack, and it made finding in-character fics SO. DAMN. DIFFICULT.

I've talked about this MULTIPLE times before, as have several other fans. It's a dead horse being beaten. But basically certain prevalent takes on fanon!Will have in the past leaned towards a personality that was very patient and grounded and even demure to contrast against Jack's off-beat personality and Elizabeth's fiery rebelliousness. Because Elizabeth has the drive to push back against social norms, Will became the foil who fell back to his pre-pirate version, reluctant to break rules unless she pulled him into it, even in post-CotBP timelines. Likewise, Jack was the one with the WTF decision making, while Will was more rooted in reasonable decisions.

And by their appearances, archetypes, and certain elements of their world views, you'd THINK that's how it works. When we meet Will in the governor's foyer, Will is so lovestruck and doe-eyed and subservient to the governor, I think that people thought that's just Who He Is. Especially because he often acts as Jack's straight-man foil in the comedic elements. Straight-laced. Rigid. Even boring or timid.

But if you actually pay attention to the movies, it's very much the opposite. In canon, Jack's USUALLY the level-headed one who just happens to have chaos follow him, because of the way he can wield it. He thinks in long run, tries to solve problems with words and as little fighting as possible as often as he can. Ideal situations for Jack are more like a thief--he wants to be in and out of the job as silently and slick as possible. The scenarios he's in are insane, because the way he throws other people around with those scenarios is kind of insane, but he himself remains largely cool and collected.

That's Jack.

THIS is Will:

Canon!Will starts out literally so impulsive and rash, Jack has to physically manhandle him at certain points to keep him from blowing up his plans--and then still gets taken out because he underestimates his listening skills and impatience. Will corners Jack into what is functionally a cage match to the death by sanely locking the door with his sword and very nearly wins. He is constantly at 11, constantly demanding things be done faster, more directly, and at the same time quietly scheming behind Jack's back almost from the get-go. He does flashy jumps and flips off of things because using the stairs is too slow or whatever. He shows up in DMC yelling at Jack to give him his compass at the point of the sword, and insisting he'll get Davy Jones' key by just "cutting down everyone in his path."

Even when Will mellows out significantly in AWE, there are remnants of this contrast still there. Jack's plan for leading Beckett to Shipwreck Cove seems to have been a very reasonable and underhanded effort to deliberately make sure Elizabeth is inside the Cove while Will is on Beckett's ship, in command of the Compass. Meanwhile Will's plan was to leave a breadcrumb trail of vulture-sea gulls feasting on dead soldiers' corpses.

What I'm getting at is, yeah, Jack's a charismatic "rogue" and Will's a "romantic hero" TECHNICALLY. Jack makes quippy jokes, and Will glares and scowls and WTFs back. But not only are they are both more alike than people give them credit for, they are also totally opposite their roles' traditional personalities in ways that the fandom tends to overlook.

TLDR; Jack's crazy, Will's a sweetheart. But Will is also a manic gremlin, and Jack doesn't always know what to do with him about it, so they often end up something like this:

And more fans need to play with this fact, the end.

[aevyk-ing]

Yep.

[archervale]

Finally found one quiz that included all of America so I am doing the poll myself

Take the quiz

[everythingispirates]

watching pirates of the caribbean at a young impressionable age will do crazy things to the brain I'm watching the adventures of brisco county jr (<- peak fiction) rn and whenever they talk about destiny I scream like a frightened animal and punch my monitor like that's LITERALLY what killed my friend will turner

[chroniclesofnadia111]

alive✨