Pirate (trope)

Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	Pirate au
Related tropes/genres	Age of Sail, Regency AU
See also	Black Sails, One Piece, Pirates of the Caribbean, Treasure Island
Related articles on Fanlore.

Some fandoms, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, One Piece, or Black Sails, are pirate-y in canon.

Other fandoms feature characters as pirates in Alternate Universes.

Space pirates is a particularly popular subgenre. The genre is loosely linked with the Age of Sail fandom.

Examples of Pirate Fandoms

• Pirates of the Caribbean
• One Piece
• Black Sails
• Our Flag Means Death
• Once Upon a Time - specifically Killian Jones/Captain Hook
• Treasure Island
• Treasure Planet
• Peter Pan - specifically Captain Hook and the crew of the Jolly Roger
• Descendants - specifically Hook's son, Harry Hook
• Mouretsu Pirates
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock
• Black Fire - Star Trek: TOS pro novel in which Spock becomes a space pirate
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Common Tropes

• Found family
• Enemies to lovers

Fandom

• International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Zines

• No Quarter Given - Newsletter and resource zine

Pirates in Fanfiction

• Works tagged Pirates at Archive of Our Own.
• Works tagged Space Pirates at AO3.
• The Pirate Big Bang (2012)
• Swashbuckle-a-thon (2006)

Archives/Webrings

• The Pirate Ring

Example Fanworks

Sea Pirates

BTS

• The Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia. Historical pirate and Magic AU. The most popular work in the Pirates AU tag on AO3.

Disney

• The Legend of The Wisp by DisneyDame88 - a Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons Pirate AU (2014)

Dragonball Z

• Some Sunny Day, by memlu. A Bulma/Vegeta fic set in Cross Epoch, the canon AU crossover between DBZ and One Piece.

Game of Thrones

• The Northern Pirate by TheAsexualScorpio (Jon Snow/Sansa Stark) (2016)

Harry Potter

• The Prize, by magpie_fngrl. A Drarry historical pirate AU.
• "Hey, It's Can(n)on" by Tom Smith - song about Hermione Granger the Pirate Queen, arising from Hermione's birthday occurring on International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

The Magicians

• Saltwater by mtothedestiel

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Sail Away With Me, ^{Archived version}, a frostiron fic by STARSdidathing (2019)

The Professionals

• A Madrigal by Jane of Australia (1987)
• Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash by Rachael Sabatini (1997)

Sentinel

• Susan's Sentinel Stories CrossOver Edition 5 by Susan Foster. Sentinel/Pirates of the Caribbean anthology. (2000s)

Stargate Atlantis

• The Pirate's Prisoner and sequel The Price of a Pardon by Eildon Rhymer. multimedia historical pirate AU, gen.

Star Trek TOS

• And a Bottle of Rum by Cynthia Drake - K/S pirate roleplay on the Shore Leave planet. Slash. (1984)

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

• Into the Light by Master Elayna. Historical pirate AU. Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan (2000)

Supernatural RPF

• Account of the Progress of the Reformation of Manners on a Caribbean Voyage or The Boy in the Cherry Strip’d Dress by tryfanstone. Historical AU where Jared is a pirate, Jensen is loot, tempting and tempted. (Written for Blindfold SPN.)

The X-Files

• Pirate Dream by Necessary Angel (2000-ish)

Space Pirates

Bandom

• Might I Have a Bit of Earth by shiningartifact (podfic).
• Call Shotgun on my Rocket by sophia_sol

Battlestar Galactica

• Last of the Pirate Queens by Sharon Monroe - anthology zine

Doctor Who

• Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet by David Bishop. Gen novel (2006)

Merlin

• Shadowlord and Pirate King by Footloose (2013)

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Catch a Falling Star by tsukinofaerii (2012)

Stargate Atlantis

• Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves by auburn. (2009-2011)

Star Trek AOS

• Looking for a Place to Happen by wakestosleep.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

• The Gift of a Hundred Days by Mac. Obi-Wan falls prey to a raiding pirate vessel and is sold to a brothel, while Qui-Gon searches and Xanatos plots. Slash, non-con (2001)

Pirates in Fanart

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  cover of S and H #23, artist Connie Faddis. A fan in the issue says, "Starsky can pirate me anytime!" (1981)

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  cover of the slash Simon and Simon zine The Pirate & the Gentleman by Kathy Lachenauer (1987)

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  cover of Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean by Christine Lampe, No Quarter Given (2003)

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  cover of the Sentinel and Pirates of the Caribbean crossover Brothers of the Bond (2005)

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  From Swashbuckle-a-thon, a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-themed fanart by Runcible (2006)

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  cover of the Sentinel zine Warriors #6, artist Lorraine Brevig (2007)

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  cover of the Pirates of the Caribbean doujinshi Narouze! Pirates (2007)