Welcome to the Caribbean, love.*

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Essays on and for PotC

PotC General

The Newbie's Guide to PotC by fabu
Writing PotC Fanfic by thebrettguy
Discerning Ages by eruwen310780

PotC: DMC

Seeing and Unseeing on DMC by piratemistress
Dead Man’s Chest as an Existential Crisis: Freedom, Piracy and the Authentic by bravenewcentury
Threes and Fives in DMC by bravenewcentury
References of CotBP in DMC by artic_fox
DMC Commentary by the_dala

PotC: AWE

PotC: AWE Spoilers by ventoux15 - read at own risk
PotC3 Script from 1126457 - legit?

Character Analysis: Jack

On Captain Jack Sparrow and the Nature of Good and Evil by djarum99
Jack Sparrow in DMC, essay by ladyofthesilent WARNING: AWE spoilers. (No points for the screwy logic of "though his looks (mainly due to Johnny’s Cherokee origins) might also suggest Spanish or Portuguese ancestors").

Character Analysis: Elizabeth

Musings on Elizabeth Swann's Morality by fabu
Elizabeth Theory by naughtyvix
In Defense of Elizabeth by bravenewcentury

Character Analysis: Secondary Characters

Pintel and Ragetti's Names by sparky_darky

Character Ships

Jack/Will: Either Madness or Brilliance by xdeadpan in the fantastic comm, ship_manifesto - provides fanfic links
Alternative Elizabeth Pairings by greedyslayer
PotC Love Triangle by piratemistress
Why to Ship Jack and Elizabeth by bravenewcentury

Discussions
Will&Jack: Will and Jack by wapiti_baris
DMC: Jack and the Compass by amandamerrill

Humour

PotC Tarot Arcana by viva_gloria
DMC Parody by [Bad username or site: vicariousfacade</a @ livejournal.com]
DMC Abridged Script by Rod Hilton, posted by saber_apricot

Other:
Jack Mood Theme by ninnui
Netiquette for Newbies by erinya
Thoughts on Fanmixes by nyrehtak

Fics
Look Up by bravenewcentury

Pirates: Information for the Fandom

Dead Men Tell No Tales, a research paper on pirates, by st_minority
DMC and the Empire Strikes Back by artic_fox
Historical Sexual Slang compiled by Clarity Scifiroots
Royal Navy Resource List by dauntless_2005

General Essays

Fandom as a Materialist Aesthetic by Ted Friedman
Bad Boys by artaxastra

On Writing: From this post on metafandom

Romance Cliches in Fanfic by thelana
Reading is Fundamental: A Manifesto for Fanfic Readers by chicklet_girl
On Screenplay Writing, Sexual Tension, and Slash Fandom (and a Dash of Postmodernism) by notpoetry
On Realism in Writing by penknife
WRiting Sex: Conjunctions by paceus
Fanfic and Books by neery


* Jack, PotC: CotBP