Feb-20-2011, 12:59 PM (UTC)
[spoiler=Yet more arguing about Pirates of the Caribbean]I can see your point. Sure, pirates have valued freedom. That doesn't mean that they used it for good things. What we get in the movie is freedom loving pirates fighting against tyranny. It's a far cry from a more nuanced depiction like in Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders.
Sure, it makes sense for pirates to organise themselves and for some to have a big reputation among other pirates. But an organisation like we see in the movies? We saw English, French, Chinese and Singaporsese pirates and wherever those black pirates came from. It goes back centuries, it has magical communication coins, it can bind and free a goddess. And nobody but the pirates knows of its existence. I could have stomached all this if we had had some hints beforehand. The idea is kinda cool, I have to admit. Instead, it comes out of nowhwere.[/spoiler]
Sure, it makes sense for pirates to organise themselves and for some to have a big reputation among other pirates. But an organisation like we see in the movies? We saw English, French, Chinese and Singaporsese pirates and wherever those black pirates came from. It goes back centuries, it has magical communication coins, it can bind and free a goddess. And nobody but the pirates knows of its existence. I could have stomached all this if we had had some hints beforehand. The idea is kinda cool, I have to admit. Instead, it comes out of nowhwere.[/spoiler]
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