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order_of_chaos ([personal profile] order_of_chaos) wrote2007-08-09 11:13 pm

PotC Drabble - Blue Eyes and Dirt

Title: Blue Eyes and Dirt
Author: [livejournal.com profile] order_of_chaos
Rating: PG
Pairing: Implied Sparrington
Summary: The pub scene in Dead Man's Chest, from the perspective of Sophie (the blue-eyed wig).
AN: For [livejournal.com profile] elessil (who wouldn't really maim me for withholding Sparrington).

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Sophie was a frizz of blue eyes and dirt and white fluff that stuck out in every direction to tangle in James’ own mess of hair. And she was drunk.
Which was delightful, in a fuzzy kind of way; she stopped worrying about her Commodore for long minutes to watch the dirty-gold reflections of light in glass bottles. They sparkled.
Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle. Shatter.
The room lurched dizzily, or – no, that was James again, intent on killing the Sparrow-bird. Because he loved him. Or hated him, or – of course it was both, Sophie decided. It always had been with those two, and the weather certainly hadn’t helped. Silly hurricane.
James snarled, Sparrow turned into a plant, and the tavern turned into a brawl. A male version of James’ ex-fiancée knocked them over the head with a bottle of rum, then they were thrown out.
Quiet. Wonderful, wonderful quiet. At least comparatively. Every strand of hair aching, Sophie relaxed into the mud of the pigsty. Right now, sleep sounded good.

Later, tucked safely away in what had once been a uniform, Sophie began the long task of grooming herself to her customary perfection. Acknowledged in his rank or not, her Commodore deserved no less; and as for herself, she never wanted to see another speck of dirt in her life.
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[identity profile] porridgebird.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, how wonderful! This is perfection.

[identity profile] tiggothy.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
*squee*

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
EEEE! ^_^ I've missed Sophie! Very, very cute. I love it! Adorable little drunken blue-eyed wig. heee. What would I do without you and the crack?

[identity profile] shrieking-ell.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Sooooppphhhhiiiiieeeee!

Excellent!

[identity profile] pearly-dreams.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I just COULDN'T resist the wig fic. I adore the wig fic. It makes me happy.

And so did this. Sophie is awesome.

[identity profile] elessil.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Sophie was a frizz of blue eyes and dirt and white fluff that stuck out in every direction to tangle in James’ own mess of hair. And she was drunk.

SQUEEEEEEEE! And ooh, I wasn't cruel! I just made Jamie growl at you. A bit.

Thank you!

[identity profile] pirate4evrnavy2.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
*Screams really loud* Wig!Fic! YAY!!

We haven't seen it in ever! Thank you for bringing it back!

[identity profile] lostwiginity.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the image of a drunken wig. It makes me happy. ^_^

P.S.: Let me provide the *third* icon here that picks out James' wig as its central theme. Who knew there were so many?

[identity profile] hippediva.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
SQUEEEEE! I LOVE this so much! Sophie is DA BOMB! BRAVA! *bounce bounce* And she's a very wise wig---errr...woman. *G*

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_niphredil_/ 2007-08-09 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG <3 SOPHIE!!!

Wonderful and quirky, the style in which you wrote reflected the limited perspective of a wig really well. I loved it!

[identity profile] 1snippygecko.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Wig love lives *snickers* Poor Sophie!
Though at least in AWE she got to get cleaned up, I'm sure she wasen't so sure about that added curl. *sniff* Though I wonder what happened to her after Bootstrap killed James...

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_varda/ 2007-08-09 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, that's wonderful. Sophie is brilliant, and so is this fic. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face!

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
heee! omg, I love your icon! XD

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
ROFLMAO! XD You so have to write that!

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
...The pit of despair. And don't even think-- *clears throat* And don't even thing about trying to escape. Only the Count, the Prince, and I know the way in and out.

[identity profile] astro599.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Too cute! Sophie is quite a character. :)

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
*wibbles* I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

*languishes terribly*

[identity profile] jedipirate.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
*sigh* Yes you do. But I suppose you will have to be forgiven for that for writing brilliantly mad crack and brightening my day yesterday.

But as soon as you've managed to watch that, I'll come around poking. *nods*

[identity profile] sparrbecuecook.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, wigfic! I so missed Sophie. Great how you describe her perception. Though I do wonder how a wig gets drunk.
And then the poor thing gets hit over herself and James' head.
Wasn't James forced to mop the deck with her later on the Pearl?

Speaking of mops, I wonder what Sophie might think of Sparrow's hair? I could imagine that thicket to be sentient also. Would she regard it as a savage, since it is natural hair and not a wig?

[identity profile] astro599.livejournal.com 2007-08-11 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm always a sucker for unusual points of view. :)

[identity profile] pearly-dreams.livejournal.com 2007-08-11 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes. Very.
Hard not too. ;D
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[identity profile] fairlyironic.livejournal.com 2007-08-11 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
This is very clever, I adore Sophie :)

[identity profile] jenlan.livejournal.com 2007-09-03 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
oh sweet little Sophie! How we've all missed you! I think it's so adorable how she's grooming herself; I agree, James really does deserve no less. I just hope she won't mind when Jack accidently tosses her aside with the clothes when he gets to...er...grooming his ex-Commodore...

[identity profile] aussiemozzie.livejournal.com 2007-09-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You have a wonderful voice for Sophie. I adore your writing and her thinking. ;) Sparrow-bird turned into a plant, etc. Brilliant!

Most enjoyable.