FanArt: Murtogg and Mulroy

[honorat]

by Honorat
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own POTC. Didn't take the photograph used for reference. Not making any money.

Summary: More Art! Murtogg and Mulroy decide that Jack Sparrow is telling the truth. Or maybe he's not. Or maybe he is. There's not enough of these guys in fandom. For all they play comic relief in this movie, they're the only ones who figure out, right from the start, that Sparrow may not be lying. And that's because they're willing to treat him not as a pirate, but as a person. They're willing to listen and pay attention. And then their little handshake and heroic "going over the top" just makes me love them. So here's my tribute to the Marines. They have such wonderful faces. Thank you so much to dauntless_2005 for the screencaps.



Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.
8 1/2 x 11 inches, mechanical graphite pencil on printer paper.

Comments

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, they're one of the lovely things about the first movie--the character actors whose stories one cared about.
I'm glad you liked this. As for the ropes, once I'd figured out a system, it was just a matter of a lot of repetition.

The expressions these two actors could put on their faces! I must admit the crazy expressions on the actors were the first thing that drew me to PotC--since I came to it through still photos years after it was in theatres.

M & M are hard to write, I think, because you have to capture the humour without making them idiotic. They're not un-intelligent; they just come at the world from an unconventional angle and react to things with those hilariously expressive faces. I'm going to be making the attempt in "Crossing" because I do love them.

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

M+M are great fun to write. I've only done it once and unfortunately I got their names the wrong way round, but they're wonderful in a sort of 'waiting for Godot' way. Mullroy's obviously the smart one of the pair, but Murtogg has this wonderful innocence, and is allowed to ask all the questions you would ask yourself but you never dared for fear of looking stupid :) I don't think they are stupid at all - I agree with you there - they're just in a world of their own most of the time.

I must get myself an M+M icon! :)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I think that willingness to ask questions, that complete obliviousness to how they look to others, that kind of unself-conscious innocence, is why they come nearer to the truth than most of the people in this movie. In a sense they are uncorrupted by the murk of emotions and rivalries and selfishness that cloud the sight of the rest of the characters.