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"I woke up & you were gone." (from Margaret)

meme call : accepting : @evemuscYou were gone, she says, and he wonders if she truly expected otherwise. She’s no fragile hothouse flower, nor any shrinking violet. She knows the way of things well enough. She should, at any rate; she knows who and what he is, and those things do not lead to the belief in the idea that he won’t simply go where his boots take him. Gone, like something as simple as staying put is in his nature or realm of understanding. His intention has been to be long gone by now, but this or that has held him in place and…Honestly, he’s a little surprised at himself, because he’s surprised to find himself something like glad? No, that isn’t quite the feeling. But it’s something akin to it, and it’s in regard, at least to her, before he does shake the dust of this place from his boots and trade it for the damp salt of the sea again. That thought disturbs him.“Aye,” is what he offers in answer. Such a simple word, for such a loaded question, he thinks, but again, he’s not entirely sure what it is she expected from that. This isn’t the first conversation of this nature he’s been confronted with, no. But it’s the first that’s found him as offput and wrongfooted, and he believes, perhaps, it’s because he does feel she should have simply known. Known and understood that he’ll do as he pleases and go where he wants, and won’t be questioned for any of it. “Were set to leave this place two days ago. Got a bit delayed.”It’s still not an explanation, he’s well aware of that. But he’s still not sure she needs one, or that it’s his debt to offer it.

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written by Jayne (evemusc)

both Nolanverse and DCEU

Mun & Muse: both 18+

open to NSFW and adult themes

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♡ + Teague

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Oh, my dudes, I hope you’re strapped in for a ride, because I have feelings about Hector Barbossa, the third Brethren Court, and Captain Edward Teague.  So many feelings.

PLEASE NOTE!  If you haven’t read Price of Freedom, this is going to contain some spoilers for it.  I’m tagging it ( pof spoilers ) if you want to avoid that.  This is also probably going to get really long, so I’ll shove most of it behind a cut.  Now, lemme settle in so we can get started.

Firstly, let me say that I don’t think Hector has nearly the respect for the Court you might think he does.  And there’s good canon reasons to support this.  A long, long time ago, in a land far away, Hector Barbossa’s ship, the Cobra, was sunk by rogue pirates, and while it took him a while, he made it to the Cove with what remained of his crew to get assistance from the Court, because attacking other pirates like that is Against The Code.  He meets Jack for the first time here and they have initial impressions of each other which boil down to, “Wow, this guy is a badass and I’m not sure where his accent comes from exactly and he really doesn’t tell the truth much does he?” and “Hey, this kid isn’t that stupid, I’ll talk to him.”

And fast forward several months later, Hector’s still in the Cove, the Court’s done nothing, and the case, as it were, has gone cold.  Hector’s on a downward slide, until one day Jack Sparrow, the one and only, spots a ship just like the one Hector described (down to the brass bow chaser) in the harbor.  And so he does what anyone else would do:  He goes looking for Hector.  Once he finally finds him, and Hector gets dressed, they head out as a dynamic duo to look at this ship and yep.  Hector’s pretty sure it’s The One.  Teague shows up, the ship gets inspected by Hector, Teague, and others (the bow chaser’s missing) and nothing can be determined.  It also turns out that said ship belongs to the Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea (you catching on yet?), a Russian named Borya, and there’s a big todo about the whole business. After all, a Pirate Lord has been Accused Of Breaking The Code.  There’s a trial, Davy Jones is summoned to determine his guilt because he sees everything that happens on the sea, Borya passes on his Piece of Eight to Hector (though no one tells Hector what it actually is for a while) and the rogue pirates are locked up and scheduled to be executed, and Hector is set to play the actual hangman.  Doesn’t happen, because Jack is convinced his friend Christophe didn’t do anything wrong and lets him go.  And is promptly kidnapped for his troubles.

And it should be noted that during this, members of Hector’s crew are turning up dead, there’s other horrible things happening in the Cove, and it turns out the rogue pirates are behind all of it.

This isn’t the only time Hector and Teague will speak, it happens a few times of the course of Hector being Jack’s First Mate. He even gets hit on my Jack’s grandmother at one point, and it is hilarious.

Okay, so there we have the backstory.  

But Amanda, you’re asking, what does that have to do with anything?  My dudes, Hector Barbossa got fucked when it comes to getting his case resolved by the Court.  Because the Court is, if you look at it, kind of useless bloat in the pirate system.  They only meet once in a million years, they can’t get along, and they have a differing “status” to other pirates, which in a lot of ways directly contradicts the entire social structure of piracy, where every man is equal and every man’s voice should be counted.  Now, you had something similar in rl pirate history with the Admirals of the Black/Brethren of the Coast, but it didn’t function even remotely similar.

But this isn’t Amanda gives you a history lecture on her specialized time period, and it’s not Amanda puts on her historian hat time.  When Hector was a nobody in the scheme of things and sought help from the council that was supposed to be there for that purpose, especially since it was one of their own doing the harm against them, he found out quickly that there really is no justice for the little guy in the Lord system.  And when he became a Pirate Lord, it was cheap, handed to him over dinner with the man who’s sunk his ship, whose last request was to speak with him.  He was promised a ship that was stolen and he was never compensated.  Jack ended up taking care of the rogue pirates and fleeing, joining the EITC.  It was a fucking mess.

Five years Hector spends sliding further and further down that slope, damn near drinking himself to death.  The Pirate Lords did nothing.  They’ll do nothing later when it comes to Blackbeard and his reign of terror.  And in short, to wrap up what has become very long, through all of this Hector had to help himself when there was supposed to be a system in place for that, and at the time, he was a lot more trusting when it came to his fellow pirates.  It’s why he’s not now.  The reason there’s no familiarity between Teague and Hector, and why their interactions after this is stunted and formal, is because Hector Barbossa put his trust in the Pirate Lords to at least get him justice, and they failed.  Miserably.  And if you don’t think he holds Teague partially responsible for the shambles his life became after Jack was kidnapped, you’d be absolutely wrong.

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Who was the one to propose: Beatrice. She’s defied 19th century traditions before. Why not this one?

Who stressed more over wedding planning: Neither. They had it all under control.

Who decorated the house: They both did. Half of the house has Beatrice’s decorations ( it’s a mix of Gothic and ‘modern’ ), and the other half has Sherlock’s ( organized chaos ).

Who is more organized: Beatrice. The only thing Sherlock bothers to organize is the information in his mind palace.

Who initiates bedroom fun: Beatrice. Whether Sherlock responds to it or not is another issue entirely.

Who suggested kids first: Neither. They aren’t too focused on starting a family yet. Much to Violet Holmes’ chagrin, she might have to wait a few more years before she can become a grandmother.

Who’s more dominant: It’s a tie. Both their personalities are dominant, and they hardly concede. Most of the time, any debate or conflict between them ends in a stalemate.

Who’s the cuddler: Beatrice likes cuddling her husband sometimes, but only when they’re alone.

What’s their favorite non-sexual activity: Debating. Solving mysteries. Coming up with ways to murder each other, friends, or family. Reading. Being patrons of the arts.

Who kills the spiders: Beatrice. The only spiders that she doesn’t touch are those that are used in Sherlock’s experiments.

Who falls asleep first: Beatrice. She tries to stay up as late as her husband, but she ends up falling asleep with her head on his lap.

Who is louder? Beatrice. Sherlock is a close second.

Who is more experimental? Sherlock. It became ‘worse’ when he received a copy of the Kama Sutra. 

Do they fuck or make love? They can do either. Lately it’s been more of fucking. 

Who is more likely to be caught masturbating? Neither of them would. When they’re horny, they do it.

Who comes first? Sherlock. 

Who is better at oral and who prefers it? Beatrice is better at oral, but Sherlock prefers giving it.

Who usually initiates things? Beatrice. Besides cases, Sherlock likes his routine. 

Who is more sensitive? Neither. They aren’t very sentimental people.

Who has the most patience? Sherlock.