Elizabeth Swann: the king of sass#MUCH LIKE THE MUMMY PEOPLE TEND TO THINK POTC’S MAIN CHARACTER IS A DUDE #BUT AT ITS CORE POTC IS ABOUT ELIZABETH SELF-ACTUALISING FROM BEING A PIRATE NERD TO FALLING IN LOVE WITH A PIRATE TO BECOMING A PIRATE TO FINALLY BEING ELECTED KING OF ALL PIRATES #IT STARTS WITH HER AND IT ENDS WITH HER #EVERYTHING ELSE IS SUBPLOT
And she still ends up stuck on an island making babies. Or can I just pretend she spends most of her time raising her and Will’s little ones while being pirate king and all her other visitors on that secluded beach are the pirates she rules, and she teaches her kids everything there is to know about being a pirate and a ruler?
“Now, what did we learn from that man who just came by?”
“Just saying ‘parlay’ doesn’t make you not need a smack in the mouth.”
“And?”
“If you’re going to lie about dumping the cargo to get away from the royal fleet, make sure you don’t wear something shiny-new that you only bought last week because that proves you had money.”
“Very good.”
I never understood the “stuck on an island” interpretation of the ending. Her being there at a specific point of time doesn’t mean she didn’t move from there all this time. I expect she spent most of those ten years Pirate Kinging. Because she’s Elizabeth fucking Swann.