Steve Rogers Gollum au where instead of being frozen in the ice he’s trapped in a cave eating raw fish out of an underground lake while being slowly driven mad by an infinity stone.
last night i dreamt from the perspective of a demon or some kind of damned soul that was created when a man, upon dying a horrifying and painful death, also witnessed the love of his life suffer a similarly gruesome demise as their kids watched and screamed in terror. as his spirit was ripped from his broken body he blessedly forgot about the life he had just left, but became a haunted entity in the shape of a man—shiny, dripping, and black like an oil spill on hot asphalt. he traveled the world, slipping from one shadow to another, his forgetful soul forever corrupted and yearning. he was angry and pessimistic but mostly harmless. he liked to prank people but for the most part kept to the darkness, all alone. in his lonely travels he found a beautiful woman. she was walking in a meadow clearing, brown braided hair bouncing against her neck, tied with a white ribbon. she wore either a pink dress and white cardigan or a white dress and pink cardigan, and picked wild flowers. i never saw her face. but she reminded him of his late wife and he fell in love. this made his half life more torturous but he could not pull away. i could hear his internal monologue throughout the dream (he had no mouth to speak aloud but had many interesting thoughts.)
So, this scene always amuses me. Let me tell you things!
Barbossa eating slices of apples with a danty fork and his pinky all extended. His general attitude and body language. Iggy Azalea probably following behind in a row boat scaring away mermaids lest their heads explode (might explain why the they didn’t bother the ship until it was anchored).
I like that they made a point for us to see Barbossa fill his teacup with alcohol. We view this as humor or even shocking, “I don’t think he’s allowed to do that, how unprofessional”. However, beer/grog (heavily diluted) was standard for sailors, helped prevent scurvy and was easier to keep than fruit.
Fun fact aside, look how desperate he pours that shit, like “oh God,” as he sees Gillette making his way on over. Barbossa already knows the whole crew just standing there, waiting. “Quickly. Shove this apple in my mouth, before I gotta acknowledge this shit”.
“Aye. Mermaids. (Ya dumb fucks).”
He has a separate cup of precious fresh clean water. So extra.
Mostly though, Gillette. Poor Gillette. Survived Barbossa in Curse of the Black Pearl, only to serve him in Stranger Tides. His distaste. His irritation. Forced formalities and etiquette. Look at his face. He is so done.
