just want to say, I LOVE Killian’s reaction when David asks him for help with his dad. Like “yeah okay but are you sure you don’t want to ask my girlfriend, she’s the sheriff and the Savior and magical and awesome, she’s definitely better at this than I am” without a hint of embarrassment or swallowing of male ego or pride. If anything, he’s a bit hesitant to do the thing himself, because he knows Emma’s better suited to this than he is, and that’s just the truth. And he has no qualms admitting it or pointing it out.
Do you ever wonder if at any point in his past – as a slave, as a soldier, as a hard-bitten pirate – Killian dreamed of a home on land? And he loves the sea, loves the freedom of it, but in some ways true freedom would’ve been the choice to leave it if he wanted to. But he had known no other life, was trained for no other trade, and wouldn’t even know where to begin. And so he just kept going.
How you can tell Killian was in emotional turmoil after the post-proposal hug even if you watch on mute: Homeboy didn’t tuck his whole fucking face into the crook of her neck like he usually does because the angst needed to breathe.
Alright, @mossandmushroom, call off the p0.rn bots! Thing the third. Just under a year old, this one – started after 5.15, as will become obvious. This still needs some (read: a fucking lot of) work, if I’m honest, but the point of this exercise is to stop sitting on things while looking up literacy rates in the early 18th century, so…
Jones Brothers backstory meta that kind of morphed into fic because that’s how I roll. As you can imagine, this is not a happy time. Mentions of minor character death, corporal punishment, and oblique references to spec (spawned by this post yep, surprise surprise @nothingimpossibleonlyimprobable is involved!) as to the reason why Killian started drinking in the first place.
It isn’t completely terrible at first.
Mama had always let them read over her shoulder at night, and it wasn’t long before she was guiding them through sounding out the words themselves – a kiss on the head for every particularly difficult one; her having to break up squabbles because Liam would snigger when Killian stumbled over a word he’d worked out years ago – first Liam, then Killian in turn. They learned quickly.
And whenever Father would return home, Liam would accompany him to the merchant’s office listening intently to the numbers being volleyed back and forth while negotiations for prices were being made. The first time he tried to barter his way out of eating sprouts because he’d calculated that he’d eaten more than enough this year already, Father almost inhaled his ale he was laughing so hard at the look of astonishment on Mama’s face.
And Captain Barrow is terrifying with his wiry white hair and deeply lined face, but he sees value where value lies, if nothing else, and another sure hand and a head for numbers is something he puts straight to good use. And if Killian peers over the edge of the desk at Liam’s graceful letters that look like Mama’s did, and runs his fingers reverently along the complicated instruments keeping the maps from snapping shut, the captain doesn’t shoo him away to help in the mess all the time.
That’s not to say it isn’t terrible at times. Food is scarce, days are long and hard, and sometimes Killian looks over the wrong person’s shoulder (he doesn’t mean to get in the way, but everything is so new) and he might get a cuff tossed his way, but the nights of inconsolable crying had ended when he realised that Father wasn’t coming to collect them at the next port, or the one after that, and any outbursts borne of general frustration or exhaustion are easily silenced with a look from Liam, or an arm around the shoulder.
But the Captain is already past his prime, and it was only a matter of time before the harsh sea air settled into his lungs. A few short years after Brennan disappears, Liam transcribes the Captain’s last will and testament and Killian hauls away buckets of bloody rags that remind him too much of half-dreamlike memories of the bare glimpses he caught of Mama’s bedroom before he was shooed away out of sight.
Captain Barrow’s death leaves too many accounts to settle, and two boys who can’t haul full weight (a boy and a young man, really – but Liam had begged…) were luxuries that could not be spared; the new captain – the old first mate who often acted annoyed, but would slip them extra bread after supper eyes them dolefully as their title is sold to balance the books.
Captain
Hook has become a fan favorite — fans on Twitter go nuts over anything
having to do with him. Did you envision that he’d become such a key
figure? Kitsis: You always
hope, but you never really plan for it. We knew when we first sat down
with Colin, we thought he was someone special. He brought such amazing
ideas to the role and it was such a great collaboration.
Horowitz:
For us, Colin did that rare thing, which is he came on the show and I
think people have forgotten he wasn’t in the pilot. He’s such a fabric
of the show and so tied into the DNA, that you forget that he didn’t
show up until Season 2. But the reaction, we hoped for it, we were
really excited to do Captain Hook and we were excited about Colin, but
the reaction to it is even bigger than we ever, ever thought. (x)
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