Fic: Marooned Ch. 8: Not Like the Stories

By Honorat Selonnet
Rating: PG-13 with brief gusts of violence.
Disclaimer: If Disney wants to become fabulously wealthy on POTC it’ll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.

Summary: Just when Elizabeth and Jack are starting to get along I’ve decided to mess things up again. Tension increases. Words don’t convey the truth. Philosophy happens. I’m beginning to sense a theme here: The real Jack Sparrow vs. the Legend. Elizabeth has figured out that he is a human being rather than a hero and that he hasn’t forgotten how to play. In this chapter she is reminded that in spite of all his admirable qualities, the man is still a pirate, which is rarely a noble occupation. Not a romance pirate in sight here. Sorry Miss Swann. Jack tells some stories most of which deserve their own fics. Eighth in my Island Fic plus deleted scenes. The deleted scenes are done. Here be dragons. One more dragon scene and we’ll be back to the movie.

Thanks and a chest of uncursed Aztec gold go to geek_mama_2 for beta work on this. Any errors and inconsistencies remain mine.

I’ve received some major inspiration from cupiscent’s magnificent story Beads. Check it out for some truly beautiful writing. I e-mailed her a request to directly quote her story, but never heard back. So consider my version an allusion to hers.

I'm also using Johnny Depp's statement that all of the stuff in Jack's hair represents important memories. I've called these mementos *souvenirs* using the French meaning of the word rather than the English.

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( Not Like the Stories )