Pirates of the Caribbean
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| Name: | Pirates of the Caribbean | |
| Abbreviation(s): | PotC | |
| Creator: | Disney | |
| Date(s): | 2003 - present | |
| Medium: | films | |
| Country of Origin: | United States | |
| External Links: | The Curse of the Black Pearl at IMDB Pirates of the Caribbean at Wikipedia | |
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The first Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, was released in July 2003. It was based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and was directed by Gore Verbinski. The movie mixed realistic drama, comedy, cliché pirate movie tropes, and supernatural elements to tell the story of a pirate (Captain Jack Sparrow--Johnny Depp), a blacksmith (Will Turner--Orlando Bloom), the Governor's daughter (Elizabeth Swann--Keira Knightley), a British Navy officer (Commodore James Norrington--Jack Davenport) and the man at the helm of the cursed Black Pearl (Hector Barbossa--Geoffrey Rush).
After commercial success,[1] Disney expanded the franchise to two more movies, Dead Man's Chest, (released 2006) and At World's End (released 2007). The fourth film, On Stranger Tides, was released in May, 2011 and featured Jack Sparrow but not Will Turner or Elizabeth Swan. [2]
Fandom
The fandom began before the release of the first movie; the LiveJournal community pirategasm was founded 1 April 2003 by leggyslove, and leggyslove posted an NC-17 fic the same day.
The fandom has both slash and het pairings (including the canon Elizabeth/Will pairing) which are very popular, as well as polyamorous threesomes and foursomes, which have been quite popular. (See also Pairing Names for more information on popular pairings and pairing-specific communities.) The fandom has also produced considerable amounts of gen works.
POTC is part of the Age of Sail umbrella fandom. The newsletter despatches includes POTC stories, and many crossovers with other Age of Sail fandoms have been written.
Archives
- POTC at Archive of Our Own
- Bella Donna (adult POTC archive; part of the Noire Sensus index)
- Black Pearl Tales (POTC fanfiction archive)
- BP Archive (slash archive for the fansite The Blacksmith's Pirate)
- Bring Me That Horizon (a fanworks site offering slash fiction, art and "other distractions")
- POTC at fanfiction.net - where there are over 17,000 stories
- Jack x Will (Jack Sparrow/William Turner slash-oriented archive)
- Pirates of the Caribbean Fan Fiction Archive (archive for the now defunct POTCfic list)
- Pirates of the Caribbean Slash Fiction (indexed by author)
- Savvy? The POTC Sparrington Archive (Jack Sparrow/James Norrington slash/RPS)
Communities
- potc 100 - for drabbles
- potc_fic - for all types of fic (no RPF)
- potc - for discussion and low-rated fanworks
- potcicons - icons
- potc_stamping - a Stamping Community
- potc_art - for fanart
- age_of_sail - multifandom
- Pirate Hunters - a fic finding community
Notable Works
- First Night in Tortuga by Kapunua -- Jack character study
- First Warning by Rave -- Will/Jack
- Hurricane Jack by Shrift -- Will/Jack
- A Pirate's Life by Elspethdixon -- an early and influential Jack/Elizabeth/Will OT3 story in the fandom
- A Sea Change by Ladybee -- fantastic Jack backstory
Recs
- Carmarthen's Recommendations: Pirates of the Caribbean -- by Carmarthen
- Espresso Recommendations: Pirates of the Caribbean -- by Espresso Addict
Fanzines
Gen
Het
- Why England Lost the Colonies - P.S. Nim
- L-ee-verage - P.S. Nim
- An Opportune Moment - P.S. Nim
- Tales from the Black Pearl
Slash
Doujinshi
Yaoi:
- Burning Blue
- Destiny
- Each Avarice
- Excellent Discover
- F
- Hush-Hush
- Jentleman of Fortune
- King of Paradise
- The Legendary Man
- Merge
- Narouze Pirates
- On the Road to Freedom
- P
- Sweet Son Wasn't Savvy
- Turner Jack
Non-Yaoi:
References
- ↑ IMDb summary of box office. Accessed 3 October 2008.
- ↑ IMDB page for On Stranger Tides (contains spoilers), accessed April 4, 2010
