Pirate (trope)

Tropes and genres
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.
	Contents 1 Examples of Pirate Fandoms; 2 Common Tropes; 3 Fandom 3.1 Zines; 3.2 Pirates in Fanfiction; 3.3 Archives/Webrings; ; 4 Example Fanworks 4.1 Sea Pirates 4.1.1 Disney; 4.1.2 Game of Thrones; 4.1.3 The Professionals; 4.1.4 Sentinel; 4.1.5 Star Trek TOS; 4.1.6 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; 4.1.7 The X-Files; ; 4.2 Space Pirates 4.2.1 Battlestar Galactica; 4.2.2 Doctor Who; 4.2.3 Merlin; 4.2.4 Marvel Cinematic Universe; 4.2.5 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; ; ; 5 Pirates in Fanart;

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

Fandom

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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)