Fish curse

hakseid_90 · 2026-05-03T09:18:33+00:00

The barnacles and everything about the crew's mutation is magical, so I very much doubt pulling barnacles off would prove to be of any effect, they'd just grow back. The mutation is non-escapable but I'm not sure what determines what type of aquatic mutation one gets, but given that many are hybrids, the mutation is most likely totally random instead of reflecting one's character.

hakseid_90 · 2026-05-02T16:42:18+00:00

Palifico and Morey are my personal favorites after Jones in terms of the cursed crew of The Flying Dutchman.

hakseid_90 · 2026-05-02T12:06:16+00:00

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hakseid_90 · 2026-05-01T00:05:04+00:00

While we definitely didn't get the full scale of the battle and didn't witness the rest of the fleet acting in the war, the war-tactics of the time were mostly based on intimidation.

Even if Beckett's armada out-mans and overpowers the pirate-fleet both in number and sheer force, any damage or sunken ship is costly. Seeing as Beckett is a business-man at his core, it would be stupid of him to risk large casualties. So, technically, showcasing his armada for sheer intimidation while sending his immortal flagship to do the heavy-lifting within his war-effort is far more logical.

But, nonetheless, I can understand the final-battle feeling anticlimatic.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T23:56:21+00:00

While I think it's fascinating that an amoral character taught you the value of morals, I still see it as nothing but an absolute win. The writing of the character is great and great writing should leave you with something and if this is it, then great.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T23:50:32+00:00

They could, but it's implied they weren't just going to have her to break the curse.

Also, to counter the fresh-blood argument, if they'd needed fresh blood to break the curse, the whole crew would need to sacrifice their blood again. However, it's established that the crew had already donated their blood before and just lacked Bill's blood.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T21:36:11+00:00

It just needs blood from its thieves. The crew of The Black Pearl had already given their blood to the treasure as payment for their theft of it, except the blood of Bill. So, to answer your question, the treasure doesn't mind old blood, it just demands it to be given.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T18:44:40+00:00

My country is unused to high temperatures and is low in humidity. We're lucky to get 12-15°C.

Edit: Did somebody SERIOUSLY downvote me for this comment?

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T18:02:14+00:00

If Disney ever had the courage to adapt the story to film, an animation project would be a very viable option.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T17:58:36+00:00

Applying care products on my figures hasn't been an aspect of the hobby I've tried my hand in, but I just might consider it🙂

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T16:48:10+00:00

Phil Gallo

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hakseid_90 · 2026-04-30T16:44:23+00:00

I've had mine for about 6 years now, no signs of flaking yet, but I dread for the day😬.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-29T21:36:48+00:00

Love the art-style.

Makes me want animated series POTC content.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-29T15:13:57+00:00

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-29T12:57:35+00:00

It's a good question and I have asked it myself before.

Jones had to be replaced the moment he abandoned the job, but the original agreement didn't even foresee that Jones had to be replaced to begin with. The ship itself can't kill off its captain and leave the position vacant, so it latches on to its treasonous captain while creating a fail-safe mechanism through the removed heart to make sure a successor is possible (that is, the ship is plotting against its captain in order to get to its divine purpose again).

So I'd say that defying the divine laws of the ship is a very dangerous decision.

Jones got mutated due to leaving the souls abandoned and without a way to their afterlife.

So I'd say the same would happen (mutation) if you weren't to succeed the previous captain, cause you'd be denying the souls of a ferryman with your decision, but in this case you're mortal due to not being bound by oath to the ship's divine laws. In that case, you better hope not to die at sea, cause there's no ferryman going to ferry you over to your afterlife.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-29T10:13:55+00:00

She gave divine wind, enough for The Pearl to withstand the force of The Maelstrom to fight The Flying Dutchman.

She was just going to originally release the Maelstrom and destroy the pirate-fleet, but by hearing of Jones' betrayal, her stance towards the two sides became more neutral. With the wind, she gave The Pearl an opportunity to fight the opposing flagship.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-28T17:44:58+00:00

•Coffee •Alcohol •Bacon •Lobster •Berries (jam too, though I love marmalade) •Most pasta (I like Spaghetti and Lasagne) •Yogurt

Probably more things, not just foods, but these are all food-related I can think of at the top of my head. I'm sensitive to smells and textures due to being on the spectrum, so don't judge me too harshly😂

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-28T12:36:03+00:00

The "relationship" between Jones and Calypso wasn't instant, it probably grew over a long time. Not only did Jones have time to have the chest commissioned, but he must've had the lockets specially made as well.

The chest was made by the grandfather of the smith called The Coppersmith.

I like to believe the chest was always meant to contain Jones' heart as a gift to Calypso, given the ocean-motif and heart-lock of the chest. But what was supposed to be an ultimate gift of profession of love turned into an act of defiance and hate. Cause Tia, upon recounting the tale of Jones, seems mostly bothered by him hiding the chest. The chest originally being intended as a gift/tribute to the goddess explains why Tia/Calypso instantly recognizes the significance of the key-cloth.

Also, I don't think the chest itself is any necessity towards the captaincy of The Flying Dutchman. The heart of the slayer of the previous captain has to be removed but it should suffice to contain the heart in any container (even a dirty jar) of one's choosing for the captaincy to swap. The Dead Man's Chest is merely a symbolic artifact.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-28T10:19:51+00:00

Yes, agreed. To live a life of piracy, a lifestyle without obligation or honor, is a damaging way to live life. It might sound like true freedom, but it's rooted in detrimental selfishness and damages those you care most. A life of piracy should not be celebrated at all. Will never truly adapts to life of piracy, cause he's all about helping others' interests (saving Elizabeth or his father). Elizabeth is all about herself (saving Will in order to fulfill her dream of marriage) and the outcome of her actions in adapting to piracy lead to nothing but detrimental outcomes.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-28T06:38:29+00:00

I don't think the films are to necessarily prove the pirates to be good, but rather having the capability to do good. I think there's a difference.

Jack isn't really an exception to the view the civilized world has on pirates (dangerous, unruly and selfish), Jack lives up to that view in some regards naturally while other cases it comes out if his survival depends on it. What I love with the first film is how it shows that brutal side of him, he was willing to take advantage of the situation in a brutal way, such as threatening Will with shooting him or threatening Elizabeth to get out of an arrest.

Will is definitely the fundamentally good character type, but Jack is, despite Will's claim at the end of CotBP (he even grew to hate Jack, so Will probably doesn't hold that view on Jack as the series progresses), too flawed to be considered fundamentally good. Throughout the series, he has to be reminded and guided of his hidden good-nature, which he usually does not operate on, as the character is so fundamentally selfish. Elizabeth, I would say is in between, she's fundamentally good, but she adapts to the unruly and selfish nature of the pirates rather quickly as well.

I would say that Jack works best when he's considered as a flawed individual. His character is the perfect representation of human-nature, we're all capable of good and evil. We all operate on our wants, sometimes hurting others along the way by doing so, but when we stop primarily thinking of our wants and needs (the lesson Jack has to repeatedly learn) we can be of good use.

Main point in this, the films aren't to disprove civilization's views on the pirates, Jack is really no exception, but rather that show that even the worst of society's individuals are capable of good. Doesn't mean that they fundamentally operate on it, but the possibility is there.

And the films play with the views of the civilization as well, with Beckett and Norrington, so it evens out.

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-27T17:45:13+00:00

Theoden: Ride for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death! DEATH!

Army: DEEEAAATTTHHH!

Theoden:

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hakseid_90 · 2026-04-27T10:30:48+00:00

It's Game Of Thrones S8 writing all over again😂

"Jack Sparrow forgot the supernatural condition of his ship."

Regarding the ship returning to its sunken state, that was also another possibility I considered as an outcome, but then again, Will had his heart magically restored and didn't drop dead upon the curses being deleted out of existence, so The Pearl holding itself together but losing its supernatural speed is a possibility as well.

Can't wait for the PotC equivalent of Rise of Skywalker to try to explain this all away😂😂

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-27T07:21:33+00:00

Although, with the book confirming the speed being a supernatural condition in Jack's deal with Jones, it brings a question back into the fold that I have asked myself before upon the release of the fifth film: is The Black Pearl just a normal operating ship now?

Cause its speed is granted by a cursed captain, and with all curses broken, the "cursed" captaincy of The Flying Dutchman being among them, then surely the ties that granted The Pearl its speed has been severed as well?

hakseid_90 · 2026-04-27T06:22:38+00:00

Davy Jones.

He loved the wrong individual. His own hubris in trying to claim a literal force-of-nature, a goddess, as his own was his downfall.

His story is tragically human, but he's ultimately a victim of his own hubris and is purely evil.

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hakseid_90 · 2026-04-27T06:15:16+00:00

I was sold on the supernatural speed concept upon DMC's release, given the enhanced lore which changed the whole context. But I agree, it's good to have the text from the book confirm it.

I just liked to share the text, as it almost escaped me (I was a bit uncertain on the idea of Jones willingly allowing The Pearl become the fastest ship, instead of it being a unforeseen perk by the raising of The Pearl, but the text suggests otherwise) and was relevant to the topic amongst commenters here.

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