Nitpick

[soleilpirate]

At this moment I want chocolate so badly I might kill for it. 

I'm in the mood to nitpick, and rant. Nitpick first. I love the PotC movies. I love the layers and depth and lotsaplots. I love discussing. But! I get really really pissed off when people take a certain aspect and rip it to death trying to analyze what it really all meant. 

"Why was Elizabeth sitting in the rain crying in her pretty dress when Will doesn't show up for the wedding/gets arrested by the EITC?"

This can be applied to all kinds of "mis"characterizations.  "Why did Mulder break down Scully's door instead of calling her cell phone?" "Why did Obi Wan tell Luke to go to his teacher Yoda when he was trained by Qui Gon?" "Why did Jack send Will to the Flying Dutchman to pay his debt?" "Why did Elizabeth think the compass was pointing at Jack when it wasn't?"

You get the picture. 

Beloved, Hollywood has wiggle room for these kind of screw ups. It's four little words called It's For Dramatic Emphasis. Either that or it's just TPTB not bothering to follow up with actual character motivation! *gasp* Not that! 

Rant is next. 

I write Pirates fanfic. I created my own character, a match for Jack Sparrow. They have about a jazillion adventures together. And sports, torture, giants, true love...errr, wait. Sorry. That's for another movie. *crazy smile* But you get the idea. And I am protective of my fic, and my original character. Someone mentioned the other day that they usually don't read stories with new characters, only the ones from the movies. OK, wait, hold on right there.

Did you not notice that new people were introduced in each movie?? Tia Dalma and Davy Jones, both new characters in DMC. Captain Teague and Pirate Lord Sao Feng, new characters. How come mine doesn't count because *I* created her? *insert sound of whining here* 

As I said to someone else earlier tonight, I'm gonna sail the ship I like!