Author's Note:
Thank you so so SO much for reading and reviewing this story of mine! As I've stated before, this project began before I even knew what fan fiction was, when I was just feeling really inspired by At World's End and wanted to write a new character who was present throughout the franchise, but never seen. My, how far the story has come since then, and I can't believe a decade-long project has come to a close.
I was in such a rush to complete it because I was so concerned that Dead Men Tell No Tales will throw off the chronology of this fic. This is particularly in regards to the end of Part 3, seeing as we're getting Will Turner and The Dutchman back in the storyline.
I apologize for upcoming notifications, as now I want to launch into edits. There's a few things I got wrong in the canon, as well as glaring typos and it's bothering me. So just ignore me for a bit!
There IS a slight possibility that Dead Men Tell No Tales won't mess up The Legend of Rose Hexfury, seeing as I end the fic about eleven to fourteen years before the events of DMTNT, but depending on how Will's curse gets broken if it gets broken (which…c'mon. You know it will!). If that is the case, I have devised a few continuation chapters that could include the new film's plot and Salazar, and would be told from Anna Norrington's first person perspective, as she would be about thirteen when the events of DMTNT occur.
Of course, this is all dependent upon how well my fic lines up with the new movie. Let me know if these continuation chapters would be of interest to you! If not, I do not mind at all ending it right here!
UPDATE: SPOILER-FREE. Now that I've had a chance to see Dead Men Tell No Tales, itdid mess with the chronology of this story a bit, but overall didn't completely render it null. My Barbossa-related prediction was correct, though the timeline of On Stranger Tides was revealed to occur much later on than I placed it. Getting Will Turner and The Dutchman back into the narrative and what ultimately happens to Will messes with what I've built quite a deal more, as it directly impacts Rose and James's finale as well. I might go back and edit these things, or I might just keep it the way I intended it to be. I have yet to decide.
Special Thanks:
Thanks to Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert, and Jeff Nathanson, the screenwriters who built such a wonderful world for me to play with, as well as everyone involved in the creative teams of the films and the Imagineers who designed the original 1967 Disneyland attraction. I thank Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma, and Jack Davenport as James Norrington for creating such rich characters. I relished trying to write in their voices.
For Jack, Teague, and James's backstories, I must credit Robb Kidd, who did an amazing job with his Jack Sparrow and Brethren Court series. Also to Michael Singer, who thoroughly documented the entire production of the franchise in both of his books Bring Me That Horizon and Disney Pirates: The Collector's Anthology.
As an excellent source for Pirates fact-checking, the POTC wikia proved indispensable, and special shoutout to Fialeja for her lyrics to Calypso's locket.
Most importantly, thanks to my friend, CS for making me post this saga online. I was just going to print it out and stick it in a shoebox and forget about it, but it is so much more fulfilling to have it get read.
And finally, last but not least, thanks to and all of you for reading and following along!
- JJJ
