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pistolproof: makes all the hearts go doki doki (the jack sparrow trademark smile)

Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean | Reserved

[personal profile] pistolproof 2016-10-02 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Information

Name: Silas
Age: 25
Contact Info: [plurk.com profile] worldwanderer
Other Characters: N/A

Character Information

Name: Captain Jack Sparrow, the one and only
Canon: Pirates of the Caribbean
Age: Late 40s
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Post At World's End
Background Link:
Jack Sparrow on the potc wikia. It should be noted that the information on the wikia is not solely limited to the events of the movies. They include all of the Pirates of the Caribbean books. This is not headcanon. All of the books are published under Disney, as were the movies and as such, they are all part of the same canon. They include:
• The 13 Jack Sparrow books, which detail Jack's life as a teenager.
• The Price of Freedom, which details how Jack obtained the Black Pearl.
• The 5 Legend of the Brethren Court books, which details Jack's two years as Captain with Barbossa as his First Mate.
Inventory:
→ His compass
→ His black leather tricorn hat
→ Sailing garb of the 1740's. Specifically: long brown boots, brown linen pants, a red and white striped sash, a torn white undershirt, a faded blue waistcoat, a long brown coat, three belts (two worn across his waist, the other across his front).
→ A red bandana
→ 4 different rings
→ Various beads, ribbons and trinkets of which tie into his hair and belt. This includes: the shrunken head of his mother, the shinbone of a reindeer, a chickens paw, the pelts of animals, etc., etc..
pistolproof: jack put that apple don't that's rude (what a smug little bastard)

[personal profile] pistolproof 2016-10-02 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Personality:
Jack Sparrow is a pirate.

This is the kind of thing that needs to be said in point 42 font, bolded and underlined. Twice. Just because it's so important, I'm going to say it again: Jack Sparrow is a pirate. There is, after all, a reason why piracy is outlawed. Do you remember a few years back, when those pirates in Somalia were a big thing? You know, when they took civilians hostage and killed people and sunk warships demanded ransoms and all kinds of, you know, very bad illegal things?

This is not a new form of piracy. This is the kind of thing Jack Sparrow was doing in the 1700s. We don't see much of it in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies because they're more focused on, you know, the fun adventures and wacky supernatural aspects and the romance between Will and Elizabeth. But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

(In fact, there’s a part in Dead Man's Chest where Jack's crew is complaining that they don't do enough actual piratey things and can we get back to doing that, please and thank.)

How do you think Jack gets money for all the rum he drinks? How do you think he pays for company of Scarlett and Giselle who are actually prostitutes? How does he make coin for all the supplies that go into running a ship -- gunpowder and food and ship repairs? It's not by magic. It's not by the power of reputation. It's not because he's Jack Sparrow and he gets whatever he wants for free. No, he extorts and pillages and plunders and rifles and loots (drink up me hearties, yo ho).

Jack Sparrow is not Robin Hood. He does not take from the rich and give to the poor. He takes from everyone and gives to himself. And that is, in essence, the very core of Jack's personality. He's almost apathetically selfish. He doesn't do anything if there's no benefit to himself. In fact, I think it could be argued that there are no actions Jack takes in all four movies that are solely beneficial to anyone that is not him.

What's that, Elizabeth's been captured and you need Jack to help? "You'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me." Elizabeth has been imprisoned and you need me to help? Forget about it, I need you to find me the key to Davy Jones's Chest. Cutler Beckett has taken over the sea and you need me to help you fight against The Man? Only so far as I can find the heart of Davy Jones, stab it and become immortal.

He almost always has an agenda, and it only serves his purposes. If you want to come out of any situation alive, in tact, and with more than the clothes on your back, it's really in your best interests to align yourself with Jack or, at the very least, make sure you are an ally with a common goal. Because Jack is a force of nature and he leaves a destructive and chaotic trail in his wake.

That is, of course, if you can get him to admit his goals and agendas. Jack is secretive. He doesn't tell anyone what his ambitions are, not even his crew, not even those that are closest to him. Even if (especially if) the things he's doing are dangerous or fatal to him or the people around him. He doesn't trust easily, and he's more willing to throw you under the proverbial bus than become friends with you.

But trust is a two way street and, on the off chance you can get Jack to admit what his plan is -- that doesn't mean you should trust him. Because Jack is a compulsive liar at the best of times, and calculating and manipulative at the worst. Words are the biggest weapon he has, and they are more finely sharped than any blade he owns. Blackbeard puts it very simply, "Your words surround you like fog – they make you hard to see." Jack is very charming and convincing, it's very easy to forgo logic and rationality and get caught up in the words he's saying.

And Jack has an inordinate amount of charisma. Cutler Beckett himself had admitted that Jack is more charming than anyone else he knows -- which is impressive, since Beckett is a Lord and keeps company with various other Lords. Jack just gives off such a presence and aura of confidence and self-assurance that is captivating. But, worst of all, Jack's aware of it. He knows he's a charming piece of shit, and he’ll play it up whenever possible.

Jack knows how to work crowds and he knows how to work people. If he wants you to do something for him, it won't take long before he makes you think that what you're doing -- whether that's sacrificing yourself or finding an object you previously had no idea even existed -- is really the best course of action for you to possibly take.

Not only that, but Jack has an uncanny ability to bend reality to his will. Not literally, of course, Jack doesn't have any type of cosmic powers except for all that he might as well. He has a way of getting into people's minds like a parasite, burrowing into your thoughts until he has you exactly where he wants to.

The best example of this is in Curse of the Black Pearl. When Jack makes a simple offhanded comment to two solders, Murtogg and Mullroy, about the Black Pearl. The solders must have kept that comment in the back of their minds because they make their own offhanded comment to young impressionable Will Turner. Who then takes that offhanded comment of an offhanded comment, and makes his way to the brig, where he releases Jack Sparrow from his death sentence, allowing Jack back out into the world with a perfect pawn piece to get his revenge.

On top of that, he is remorseless. He doesn't feel guilt or sorrow or regret over any of the actions he's taken, and he's never once apologized for something he did. Do you want examples? Because I have examples. His willingness to throw Will into almost certain death, despite the fact that Will is the son of his best friend. He didn't think twice before planning on trading Will to Barbossa in order to get his ship back in the first movie. Nor did he feel bad for sacrificing Will to Davy Jones in order to settle his debt in the Dead Man's Chest, despite the fact that, last Jack had seen of Will, Will had saved his life.

But what does it matter to him? Will is accomplishing a need Jack has to have met. That's life, plain and simple.

Will is not the only one to be subject to this kind of behavior. His First Mate, Gibbs, gets it as well. During On Stranger Tides, Jack goes to London in order to save Gibbs from the being hanged but, when things get bad, he runs off to have adventures without giving Gibbs a second thought. He even admits later, "Left [Gibbs] to rot in jail, I did. Didn't care. Still don't."

And though he may not seem it, he is vindictive and he is petty. He holds grudges far harder and longer than any high school girl I've ever met, the most obvious of which is his ten year grudge against Barbossa for mutinying him. If, for any reason at all, he wants to ruin your life, you better head for the hills because he will stop at nothing to see it through until the end. If the best revenge to be had is murder, the decision to go through with it isn't going to keep him up at night.

And Jack's body count might be bigger than you think -- he's killed Barbossa, for mutinying him and taking his ship. He's killed Davy Jones, because in the end, it was Jones or Jack and it wasn't going to be Jack. He's killed Cutler Beckett, who branded him a pirate. He ensured the prophecy of Blackbeard would come true because it was Blackbeard who sunk the Pearl and placed her in a bottle.

And those are just the Big Names that he's killed along the way. Who knows how many he's killed here and there as he goes about his business? How many people he shot while he was learning how to work a gun? How many times he thrust his blade into someone's heart in the middle of battle? How may people he sent to Davy Jones's Locker by tossing them overboard without knowing if they can swim? How many people insulted him a little too much and were silenced before they could spread gossip? Jack Sparrow might not like killing unnecessarily, but that doesn't mean he's opposed to the idea, not when it's a means to an end.

To say nothing of Jack's patience. Jack is like a snake, he will lay in hiding, laying in wait, biting his time until the opportune moment strikes. He waited ten years to get his revenge on Hector proper; how long do you think he'll be wiling to wait if you piss him off?

But sometimes Jack decides to be merciful, and his acts of vindictiveness are more cruel than fatal. After Norrington spent the entirety of the first movie being antagonistic to Jack, he winds up on Jack's ship. And what is the first thing Jack has him do? He makes Norrington swab the deck with his wig, which is degrading for the former Commodore.

Angelica also gets a special mention here, because after everything they'd been through in the fourth movie, Jack mutinies her on a deserted island. Which becomes especially noteworthy because, in the process of stranding her on the island, Jack admits that he loves her.

He also has a very big sense of entitlement. He gained the status of captain of a very young age and it's given him a very large ego. As a result, he doesn't exactly treat those in a lower position of power in a very nice way. His treatment of Barbossa as First Mate is perhaps the very best example of this. He put Barbossa through all kinds of humiliating acts. He kicked soup in his face. He used his coat as a raincoat. He mocked Barbossa's title as Pirate Lord to his face. He treated Hector worse than the ground beneath his feet and expected Barbossa to put up with it.

He hasn't even learned his lesson, because when Norrington has joined the Black Pearl, Jack refers to him as "the help", making him do all the grunt work -- swabbing the deck with his wig, making him carry two shovels while they make their trek to finding the heart of Davy Jones, and then having Norrington be the only one to dig up the sand to find the chest.

His reactions to Will and Elizabeth upon them being made Captain also go here, because he reacts negatively both times. When Will gives himself the title of Captain in order to accomplish his own personal goals, Jack reacts mockingly. "Captain Turner? Captain Turner!" And, when Elizabeth shows up to the Brethren Court having gained the title of Pirate Lord and Captain, Jack reacts in disgruntled disbelief. "And he made you Captain? They're just giving the bloody title away!"

And now, pay attention because I'm going to swing this back into piracy making his essay nice and circular, he doesn't abide by any laws. None that the East India Trading Company enforce, none that the King of England put forth and, in fact, barely any rules of the Pirate Code (unless Teague is nearby, but that's self-preservation, plain and simple).

The only rules he follows are his own moral code. And, if you're going to go head to head with Jack Sparrow, it's really in your best interest to figure out what, exactly, are the rules he lives by and how they apply to you. Because Jack is merciless and dangerous wrapped in a pretty face and a very convincing underestimation strategy. You may kill him, you may insult him, but one thing you should never, never do is think less of him than he really is.

Because Jack was born raised in an environment of sociopaths, so it was only a matter of time before he gained his own sociopathic tendencies. And he owns being sociopathic like some people own bread. Jack Sparrow is a pirate, and if you think he's anything else besides, you're going to get a rude awakening when he throws you under the bus without a backward glance.
pistolproof: he'll never get his land legs tbh (yes he has balance issues)

[personal profile] pistolproof 2016-10-02 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Flavor Abilities:
N/A.
Suitability:
There are a lot of things to play with, in this type of setting. The biggest, I think, would be the loss of control. Jack is very much the type of person who is able to read a situation and make plans accordingly and everything about Norfinbury would throw him off his game -- from the weather (about as far as you can get from the hot Caribbean sun) to the technology (they didn't have tablets in the 1740s) to the isolation. You see, ships like the Black Pearl require upwards of a dozen people in order to sail, and once you set sail, you are stuck in close proximity with the entire crew for weeks at a time until you reach your destination. Being virtually alone with no way to improvise a solution or a way home will be a big change from what Jack considers "normal".

On the other hand, mystery and death and survival of the fittest? Those are things Jack deals with on a regular basis. In piracy, it's kill or be killed. After dealing with mermaids and a kraken and Greek Gods and skeleton men, there's not a lot in Norfinbury that will truly scare or surprise him.

Except for his own thoughts.
RP Samples:
Network:
on the test drive meme
texting on the network

Action:
Jack on the picture prompt meme with Hector Barbossa! wow!
Edited 2016-10-02 22:24 (UTC)
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ACCEPTED

[personal profile] snowblindmods 2016-10-06 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, you've been accepted into [community profile] snowblindrpg! Your character's tag will be jack sparrow (potc). Your character will wake up at six AM on day 165 in a building on square J2. The description for this building is as follows:

A standard single-story house with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and bedroom. The windows were once boarded up, but the boards have been removed. The light flickers and twists strangely through the glass, tricks of the light making it look as if something is just outside even when there isn't. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, DAY ONE, TRAVELLING WEST" is written on the hallway wall in pen. Finger-sized slits have been cut into the couch cushions.

Please reply to this comment with the journal you will be using for the game. After that, join [community profile] snowblindrpg, [community profile] snowblindooc, and optionally [community profile] snowblindmemes with your character journal. After that, reply to the taken character list and player contact list and make a top level thread for your character on the search page. If you have not replied to these lists within three days you will be removed from the game and will have to apply again.

Thank you for your interest in our game!

Note: Jack's compass will not function in Norfinbury. It will only spin unhelpfully. Additionally, please reply to this comment with elaboration on what "etc." entails with his trinkets, as Jack Sparrow could be carrying anything and we would like to be aware of everything he is bringing in.
pistolproof: you know, for reasons and purposes (beard close up)

I KIND OF WENT OVERBOARD BUT, TBF. YOU ASKED.

[personal profile] pistolproof 2016-10-07 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the journal!

As for all of Jack's trinkets:
→ Gunpowder packets, for his lack-of-a-gun.
→ An actual chicken's foot. It's a talisman of protection. Or to curse someone with.
→ Two different pieces of animal pelt. Best guess is that it's a fox and a mink.
→ A netsuke mermaid figure. It's used to store very small personal items.
→ The vertebrae of a snake. It also could be used to curse someone.
→ The shrunken head of his mother.
→ He has a leather guard on his right hand -- it's to protect his hand from ship work and fighting.
→ Four different rings
→ A shredded black wristband on his right wrist.
→ Lace on his left wrist.
→ He has a red-and-white sash on his belt. It was made by a princess and supposedly has the ability to protect him from injuries, sickness, or harm.
→ And many of the beads tied into Jack's hair, including:
               → Kuchi beads.
               → African trade beads.
               → a Tsunami sea coin.
               → the shinbone of a reindeer.
               → two Pya coins.
               → these Chinese zodiac coins.
               → Chinese coins for good luck.
               → A balboa coin. It's used as currency in Panama.

Add this with his baldric, two additional belts, his bandanna, compass, clothes and hat, and that is everything Jack Sparrow is bringing along with him. Not included are his sword and gun, due to the No Weapons rule.
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[personal profile] snowblindmods 2016-10-08 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack would not be allowed to keep the gunpowder packets, but the rest is fine. None of it will retain any of its supposed abilities, though. Sorry Jack.
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