rayakina was so kind to write a poem for me that's dedicated to Norrington.
I've tucked it behind an LJ-cut since it contains spoilers.
Since I had been bemoaning Norrington's fate for the last couple of days,
rayakina today gave me this lovely poem to cheer me up. I'm posting it here since I enjoyed it very much. Reading it made me laugh out loud a couple of times. E.g.
rayakina obviously knows that I have "a thing" for competent characters. Nope, it's not a coincidence she inserted a capitalized "competent". ;-)
In Memoriam Norrington
Mourning in truth and cursing that damned script,
That he (dear he) fell victim to that deed!
Thou hast kill'st him without the slightest need,
Shame on thee, foul writer, for what thou've writ!
What most unfortunate fate, what heineous crime,
A man so noble, COMPETENT and brave,
Who fought valiantly wave after wave,
To be sacrificed in his very prime!
Short-sighted world, blinded by Bloomy Boy,
Deceived by Jack's beguiling trickery,
And fooled by Lizzie's luring lingerie!
Yet, treasuring thine memory is my joy:
As long as fans exist and fics are writ
He will live on and does not need that script!
[The poem is partly inspired by Shakespeare and Sidney following the renaissance tradition of "emulatio et imitatio".]