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One of the things I love about the og POTC trilogy is how you can catch so many details you never noticed before on every subsequent rewatch. Any time I think I've picked up on everything I'm proven wrong, and I think it's especially true for the 2nd and 3rd movies. So here's a collection of more things I noticed on my most recent rewatch of AWE:

-AWE has always been my favorite of the first 3 films, and I think a strong case can be made for it actually being the best one, although most people usually give that designation to COTB. There's several reasons for this, but I think the most important one is that it takes the story beyond its adventure roots and does something truly profound with it. This is a pirate movie that is not actually about pirates. It's instead about the human drive to fight for and defend our freedom, filtered through the lens of a fantasy adventure involving pirates. The entire film is packed with references to this theme right from the opening scene. This alone I think makes it timeless as opposed to a product of its time, because there is no day and age where that theme will not be relevant.

-There is a fascinating parallel between Beckett and Elizabeth that especially sticks out in this movie. We know Beckett has read up on pirate lore just as much as Elizabeth has, and they both have decent working knowledge of it despite initially being outsiders to that world. The difference between them, though, is how they use that knowledge. Beckett seeks to use it so that he can control and obliterate the pirates, while Elizabeth, despite her repeated insistence that she's "had it with pirates," ultimately uses it to understand them and integrate into their way of life. Beckett becomes their number one adversary, while Elizabeth literally becomes their king and leader.

-I consider the deleted scene where Weatherby Swann tries to stab Davy's heart canon; I don't think it should have been cut out of the film. It adds so much context to why Beckett had him killed, and it fleshes out Norrington's character more in a way that I think was needed before his death. It's very obvious by the end of that scene that Norrington, despite having lived his life following orders (as Beckett himself points out), harbors great disdain for Beckett and his methods. Norrington's flaw in this film is at first assuming that the system he has dedicated his life to serving still upholds the honorable ideals and and values he believes in. This is the scene where we see doubt start to creep in about what he's really serving. There is a part of him that is beginning to realize that his ideals and the people/institution he works for no longer align, which then sets up his eventual turn later on in the film.

-Which leads me to his death. Yes, I hate it because I love him and he's my favorite character. But I also kind of love it because of what it implies. Norrington has spent his life doing what Beckett says he always does: obey. But prior to his death and following the revelation about Weatherby's murder, his "obey without question" mentality finally breaks. When he sets Elizabeth and the pirates free, he is disobeying direct orders for the first time. This is because he's realized that following orders does not always equal doing the right thing, especially when those giving the orders are doing so out of selfishness, pride, and cruelty meant to control the lives of others and take away their freedom. He finally recognizes that doing the right thing sometimes requires rebelling against the established order rather than adhering to it, and when he stabs Davy rather than accept his offer to serve on the Dutchman, that's his final act of rebellion. While I do think there may have been a way to let him live while still giving him this character development (lord knows there's plenty of fanfics to prove this, including my own lol) I love the fact that when he dies, he dies a free man. He is neither a slave to Beckett's greed nor a slave to Davy's cruelty. He's arguably not even a slave to death, because he greets it with humble acceptance rather than fear.

-When Barbossa is giving his speech to the Brethren Court, the camera focuses on Elizabeth during the bit about taming the seas with "the sweat of our brows and the strength of our backs." She later borrows this phrase for her "Hoist the Colors" speech prior to the final battle, and the camera then focuses on Barbossa while she's saying it.

-Jack choosing to sacrifice his shot at immortality to save Will's life has always been one of my favorite parts of the movie. One of the things I realized about it this time is that it connects back to yet another deleted bit where he tells Beckett "people aren't cargo, mate" during their first confrontation. If you know the lore, this is, of course, referencing how Jack freed a slave ship in the past, which Beckett punished him for by branding him a pirate. Jack has always valued his own freedom, but beyond that I think he just values freedom in general. His backstory is proof of that. I think that thanks to his past experiences, in that moment before he has Will stab Davy's heart, he's reminded that while immortality would technically buy him the freedom he wants for himself, personal freedom isn't worth it if it comes at the expense of innocent people's lives.

-I've noticed this before, but I have to point out again how much I love the foreshadowing of Will becoming Captain of the Dutchman, and the parallel between him and Elizabeth and Davy and Calypso. The camera almost always focuses on him when the heart is being mentioned, and Tia Dalma is usually hovering in the background like she knows what his fate is going going to be. The camera also focuses often on Will and Elizabeth together when Davy and Calypso are mentioned, further establishing the parallel. Although they go through a rough patch where they doubt their trust in one another, they're eventually able to rebuild it in a way their predecessors never could. They come together as one while Davy and Calypso tore each other apart. They embody loyalty while Davy and Calypso embody betrayal.

Anyway I'm running out of space but I've said it before and I'll say it again: the writing in the first 3 films was more brilliant than we give it credit for and I think that brilliance really shines in the 3rd one.

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Okay, I might be really stupid for only realising this now but:

Hoist the Colours is about Calipso

"The king and his men stole the queen from her bed"

Davy Jones (the king) and the pirates stole Calipso from the sea (her bed)

"And bound her in her bones"

They made her human, binding her to one form.

"The seas be ours and by the powers, where we will we'll roam."

They took the sea for themselves (making it 'theirs') and now, with no other power to stop them, they can go wherever they like

Am I, like, stupid for not realising this earlier?

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I was suddenly blessed with an idea of the art, except I can't draw.

So, if someone here wants to draw a picture of Jason standing in front of the mirror after the Batarang incident (either stitching himself up or just pressing his hand to the open wound) as the mirror reflects Jaybin, who Bruce teaches to shave and fuses over the small and accident cut on his neck, then I will be very, very glad to see it—

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Slutshaming women is not ok Slutshaming Alexander Hamilton is totally ok Tumblr logic

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small talk? it was quite big to me. i love you

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Exploration of the now-offline Far Cry 5 official websites - Masterpost

Introduction

Game Announcement

Game Info 1 (America)

Game Info 2 (America)

Game Info (Europe)

The Cult

The Resistance

Toys - Weapons (America)

Toys - Vehicles (America)

Toys (Europe)

Joseph Seed

Faith Seed

Jacob Seed

John Seed

Jerome Jeffries

Mary May Fairgrave

Nick Rye

Grace Armstrong

Sharky Boshaw

Adelaide Drubman

Hurk Drubman Jr.

Jess Black

Boomer

Peaches

Cheeseburger

Bonus GIFs

Bonus pictures

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Just watched Hannibal put on Will’s jacket in Mizumono and sobbed so hard I gagged! What kills me about it is that Hannibal is so clearly heartbroken over Will’s betrayal. It must have been so difficult and terrifying for him to reveal more and more of what was underneath his carefully construed mask to Will throughout the episodes, something he hasn’t done for anyone but his victims since he lost his sister. Throughout S2b we see him warm up to the idea of a companion. He tests Will and Will passes the tests, until Hannibal smells Freddie on him and knows she’s not actually dead. He could have left, then, with Abigail and they couldn’t have proven anything, he could have had a comfortable life somewhere else, but instead he chose to give Will the benefit of the doubt, presumably against his better judgement. Will did what I imagine must have been the very worst thing anyone could have done to Hannibal. He didn’t not understand him, he pretended to understand him to serve his own agenda. He sensed Hannibal craved understanding and gave him just enough to be able to turn on him. I think that’s why Hannibal gutted Will and killed Abigail, Will is the only one with the ability to truly hurt Hannibal and he does, so Hannibal hurts him in the way only he can — and by doing so imagines he will be able to leave Will behind, start a new life, just as alone as he has always been, as the promise of companionship was a hoax — but again, he’s doing it half-heartedly. He could have watched the life drain out of Will, but he leaves instead of really killing him, so Will isn’t truly gone from him. He leaves, yes, but he takes Will’s jacket and wears it — so Will isn’t truly gone from him. And that begs the question — would he have done that for anyone before meeting Will? I do not think so and neither did Will. When Hannibal asks him “Do you believe you could change me, the way I’ve changed you?” it seems like he wants Will to say no, but Will doesn’t, he say’s he has already altered him, that he is just as much a part of Hannibal as Hannibal is a part of him. They are both so so torn - Will, who betrays Hannibal, but says he did want the gift Hannibal gave him, Hannibal, who guts him but in a way that won’t allow him to die. Will, who wants to catch Hannibal, but seems so accusatory and hurt when he says “you were supposed to leave”. He’s a good fisherman, but begs the fish to swim away, and Hannibal swims towards him although he can see the fishing rod. Everyone talks about Will running towards his own destruction for him, but so does Hannibal. They’re crashing into each other. I cannot get over it, ever

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would that mean Alana is Meg Giry??

had an awful idea. nbc hannibal phantom of the opera au. will is christine. hannibal is the phantom. raoul? frederick chilton.

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Hannibal 1.01 Apéritif | 3.13 The Wrath of the Lamb

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while beverly katz didn't deserve that in any way shape or form, i'd be lying if i said it wasn't one of the coolest things i've seen on this show

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It's me. I'm girls.

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Inuyasha character's reactions if you ask for their pronouns

"What the fuck are pronouns?"

"She/her."

"I dunno. Yellow?"

"How many can I get?"

"Nor/mal."

"Meow."

"Huh?"

"Let me ask my dad."

*stares at you in silence*

*stares at you in silence*

*stares at you in silence*

"I'm not paid enough for this shit."

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

"They/them." (still calls you a slur, somehow)

*calls you a slur*

"Beep-boop-beep."

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

*calls you a slur*

*dad joke*

"I'm afraid you lost me."

"How dare you speak to me?"

"She/her. Thank you for asking."

"He/him. Duh."

"Old."

"You see, 50 years ago..."

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without context #2

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Who's going to start a countdown for March 15?

tumblr polls have amplified the human need to vote on things. this place just became the roman senate

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The bourgeoisie (those with polls) and the proletariat (those without polls)