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1. will and elizabeth’s love story

2. elizabeth becoming pirate king

3. avoiding sexualizing elizabeth or the other female pirate characters in the first 3 films by allowing them to wear period-accurate pirate outfits that aren’t tailored to be revealing and impractical for ‘sex appeal’ just because they’re women

6. I run a corseting panel at cons and literally use Elizabeth’s lace-up scene as a video clip of what historical corseting was actually like, because the only thing they got wrong in this scene is that tightlacing wouldn’t be a thing for about another 200 years (and you couldn’t tightlace with the corset style Elizabeth is wearing anyway). It’s one of the most accurate corseting scenes I’ve ever seen.

7. Will’s hat.

8. That scene with all the pirates on the gallows where that little boy starts singing Hoist the Colours? Yeah, that’s fucking legendary. The rest of AWE was kind of a trash fire, but that scene gave me goosebumps.

9. There’s this great shot in the first one where they really drive home the class differences inherent in this time period by having the governor talking about progress and civilization to Elizabeth in their carriage, and then they cut to a shot outside the carriage where a beggar gets splashed by mud from the wheel. It’s a perfect way to underline that everything is not, in fact, a nice little upper-class fairytale, and to give some weight to Will’s storyline, because he has a lot more in common with that beggar than with the governor.

10. For its time, the CGI was fucking amazing.

11. And let’s not forget the work of the makeup department, which had to actually invent new ways of putting on makeup for this movie.

12. The governor’s death scene. Holy shit.

13. They could have gone with a Jack/Will/Elizabeth love triangle, but they didn’t. There are some hints Jack is in love (or at least in lust) with Elizabeth, but he recognizes that she loves Will, and that’s that.

2. They had a woman pirate right in the first film, when the tradition is to only show male ones (hell, the PotC ride at Disney had a wench auction scene until recently). And it was a female pirate of colour at that!

3. Elizabeth may not have known how to fight in the first film, but she wasn’t helpless either. Her first instinct was to fight, but she also had the brains to recognize when it was best to hide instead. Plus when given the chance she stabbed Barbosa that one time.

4. Elizabeth’s lack of fighting ability was not simply because she was a woman, it was clear it was due to her societal circumstances, since we saw other women of different socioeconomic backgrounds being able to fight (and when given the opportunity to learn Elizabeth took to fighting like a duck on water).

5. The Hoist the Colours scene where we see pirates of multiple ethnicities and their varying flags, reminding us that pirates came in all shapes and sizes and weren’t just white men.

6. One of the Pirate Lords being yet ANOTHER woman of colour. She may not have had much of a speaking role if memory serves, but even her presence is already a big deal.

Davy Jones CGI is legendary and a ton better than some of the stuff done today 😄

i am not a pipe dream. i’m not going anywhere.  a playlist for andrew and neil. [listen]

tracklist + i have some things to say!!

desperado - rihanna if you want, we could be runaways running from any sight of love + like.. literally the rest of the song (also i discovered this song from this fic which is an amazing band au and andreil sing this tg so!! check it out!!)

i found (acoustic) - amber run i found love where it wasn’t supposed to be right in front of me (is a gay playlist even a gay playlist if this song isn’t on it lol)

shine - years & years  i’ll recover if you keep me alive don’t leave me behind, can you see me, i’m shining and it’s you that i’ve been waiting to find  (..??? how much more neil can this get)

cruel world - active child  keep your head up, hold your head up even though it’s a cruel world  (when neil said it’s not the world that cruel it’s the people in it.. rb if u agree)

running with the wolves - aurora there’s blood on your lies disguise opened wide there is nowhere for you to hide  (unrelated but i’ve been listening to a remix of this song for so long w/out knowing it was a remix and when i googled the lyrics i was like wtf.. where are they.. she doesn’t say that dfgkjgfdkf)

who are you, really? - mikky ekko who, who are you really? and where, where are you going? i’ve got nothing left to prove cause i’ve got nothing left to lose see me bare my teeth for you  (andrew @ neil and then neil @ andrew yes?)

scary love - the neighbourhood no one has ever cared for me as much as you do your love is scaring me (I’M SAD!!!!!)

free animal - foreign air you’re the only one that can calm me down  my heart beats in patterns to the broken sound (reminds me of how everyone is like neil how do u convince him!! and he’s like.. boy.. i just ask lol)

bedroom door - broods there’s no need to disappear i’ve got room for you in here

pluto - sleeping at last show me where my armour ends, show me where my skin begins (tbh this entire song just screams andreil to me and also i cry every time i listen to it)

too good - troye sivan too good to be good for me too bad that that’s all i need  (also in the fic i mentioned abt desperado.. it’s a good fic y’all)

drive - glades i close my eyes i don’t wanna escape (neil….) (i can’t remember if it’s canon that they go for drives or if it just happens in a lot of fics but it’s definitely something they do!!! stab me)

woke the fuck up (acoustic) - jon bellion i realised i need you here as desperate as that sounds

stay - zedd ft. alessia cara all you have to do is stay (this is literally them!!!! “stay” he said!!! STAB ME!!!!)

hostage - billie eilish i don’t know what to do to do with your kiss on my neck i don’t know what feels true but this feels right so stay a sec  (i just wanted to put billie on my playlist lol i love her!! she’s 15!!!bitch!!!!)

•Put laundry up

•clean room

•clean dishes

•pick out tomorrow's outfit

•maybe decorate

•plan some fun activities

•draw

•do school

•shower

•brush teeth

•go outside

•vaccuum

•do makeup

•post on insta

•scroll threw Tumblr, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, or Twitter

•watch YouTube

•jam out

•talk to Davey

•RolePlay

•watch Spider-Verse

•nap

•plan dinner

•clean up kitchen

•write

These are just some that I do

New music may be released in a few months that you’ll fall in love with

There might be perfect weather tomorrow

You might pick up some rubbish from the beach one day that would have killed a creature

Solar eclipses are pretty cool, you could see one

If you stick around long enough you might adopt an animal in the future and that animal needs you to be there for that

You might stumble across a talent or interest you don’t even know about yet

The plants like it when you water them

You never know, this could be your worst night ever so you just have to pull through this one

Is there life on other planets? You wanna know? Stick around to increase your chance of finding out

Ever seen your favourite painting? Maybe you will one day, accidentally even, like street art you never expected to love

You might eat really nice food next week and have that comfortable full feeling

That perfect outfit feeling could be coming up soon

You could have clear skin in like 3 months time it happens

Has a cute bird ever landed on you? No? Stick around for that blessed moment

You know what even simple things like you could reblog a suicide helpline next year that saves a follower and you need to be here to play your part in that

Stay around long enough and your painful present will become your personal past that prepares you for that future you’re struggling to remember right now

I like staying to prove the petty little voice in my head wrong,, like bitch you thought you could make me take us both out??? If I gotta put up with you, you’re stuck with me I ain’t going anywhere

Literally be stubborn with that voice, outlast it cause you deserve to have space in your mind more than that negative little shit that hasn’t done anything good for you

Also ever swam in a lake and felt like a woodland creature? Try it try it try it (but be careful not every lake is safe to swim in)

New memes

You might miss the perfect moment to quote a vine

That new haircut that gets you feeling yourself when you see it in the mirror for a few days after

Drink a cup of hot tea

Wear soft, comfortable clothes

Take a bubble bath

Take a long shower

Get a massage

Get a manicure

Read a magazine

Wash your hair

Wrap up in a blanket

Give yourself a facial

Colour a colouring book

Play with Lego

Blow bubbles

Light candles

Read your favourite children’s book

Make a snack

Have a nap

Watch a funny video

Watch a good movie

Read a joke book

Watch the clouds go by

Play with a pet

Drive with the windows down

Braid your hair

Do a crossword puzzle

Research a topic

Complete a maze

Play a word game

Organise something

Listen to a podcast

Visit your local library

Plan something

Write in a journal

Talk a walk

Wash the dishes

Stretch

Dance around your room

Iron your clothes

Water your plants

Go to the park

Cook a nice meal

Hoover the house

Drive to a new part of town

Hula hoop

Practise your yoga

Play tennis

Rearrange your bedroom

Go for a swim

Run through the sprinkler

Wash your sheets

Ride a bike

Go bowling

Weed the garden

Call a friend

Make a gift for someone

Write a thank you note

Write a letter

Meet up with a friend

Visit a nursing home

Message someone you love

Invite someone to go shopping

Bake bread

Send an uplifting, kind anonymous message

Doodle

Invent something

Paint

Play an instrument

Make an instrument

Draw

Create a video

Draw yourself as a cartoon

Visit an art museum

Watch the buskers in town

Do a craft project

Try out a new recipe

Plan a new outfit

Decorate your room

Meditate

Pray

Listen to guided meditation

Download a new game

Level up in an old game

Take photographs

Compliment someone

Call your parents

Play with your siblings

Find new blogs to follow

Give yourself a pep talk

Moisturise

Tidy your room

Update your blog theme

Make a smoothie

Design your dream house

Paint your toenails

Clean your makeup brushes

Write a story

Clean the fridge

Organise your wardrobe

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