Maddeningly Unhelpful : the question thread

More than possible; it's pretty much canon. Since we never see her give up her title as Pirate King or her Lordship of Singapore, there is no reason to assume that Elizabeth has ditched either title.

good point....

so, they all have their ships... Jack's is unavailable though.. 😬

Love, once Jack gets the the water from the fountain of youth, he can have all eternity to get his lovely ship back. 😄 So no, it's not available, but he can still get it back. 😄

Besides, at least his dinghy appears to be more water-tight than the one he sailed into Port Royal on. 😄

Jack has his boat

but I have flag question: Whose is Skull and Crossbones flag? Jack's or Barbossa's

I know.. but maybe he'd get it en route to the fountain of youth... 😉

lol.. so true about the dinghy.

skull and crossbones is a standard for pirates i think... but some choose another...

but when Jack is left in Tortuga, he finds different flag
but when is the final battle, Pearl has Skulls and Crossbones flag, so she is Barbossa's in the moment

he makes his own... you're talking about the dingy right?

right

i think he made his own... it has skull and crossbones, and two birds.. which i think symbolizes sparrow.. 🙂

and prolly freedom too.. 😉

and he made it because he wouldn't sail under his flag, which was stolen by Barbossa

probably... hmm interesting...

very interesting

yes, it is.

I like Jack's flag. 😄

Hey, the head of Jack's mum...he's walking around wearing it now, and I've been pondering...do you think it's possible his mother was a Pelegastos? It would explain how he knew so much of their language, and how he knew what was going to happen to him.

Well, Gibbs knew what was going to happen to them as well - I had a feeling that it was just "general piratey knowledge." Also, most of what Jack was saying to the Pelagastos seemed to be nonsense... "Maboogie snickle snickle?" I think Jack could've picked up on a few of the words like "kill," especially if he was around whilst the other crew members were being... um... made into the bone balls.

I do have a question: are we ever told around what year Pirates takes place? I need that fact for a fanfic, that takes place thirty or so years after, so I need to know what time period I'm playing around with.

about the eyeliner...it's not grease it's a UV stick from India (said so in the special features of the DVD)

wow. very interesting tpg.

I'm not sure about Jack's mum... I'd guess siriuswriter is right.

siriuswriter, i have no idea, 'fraid i can't help you there... why don't you just look around wikipedia for when the golden age of pirates is still there and look around and get a feel on when it might be.. shrug

The thing about "Pirates" is that there is no real 'correct' date. The costumes, weapons and sometimes language used are not proper for the times at all, and they contradict each other. For example, Port Royal was destroyed numerous times in the early 1700s (earthquake, hurricane, fire), but the Royal Navy didn't start using uniforms until nearly 1760 or later.

Since it's a fantasy world and all that, I usually choose a middle ground, usually right before the American Revolution begins. I usually choose to go with 1745 up to 1760 when I think about the Pirates world. 😄

So d'you think that 1800 would be an time for it? That'd be interesting, I could bring elements of the Revolutionary War into it - Will would have to ferry the men who died at sea across still... wouldn't he? oooh. Now there's an interesting idea. 🙂 Then I could have all that going on in the background... Yes, I like that idea more and more.

Well, thanks for having that there for me to bounce off of. 🙂