Epic Recs - The Matter of Rules Arc, by L.M. Griffin (R)

Feb. 7th, 2009 05:22 pm (UTC)

A lot of the PotC authors I would've recced pulled up their tents and left the fandom after the second movie came out. Unfortunately, they tended to dump their fic, too, so that it's impossible to find now.

(Even this fic series has an epilogue that I saved, but that I can't find anywhere online. For a while, Commodoresexual/Wren looked like she was dumping her fic too, but it looks like she kept whatever she still liked up on the Noiresensus site. Which is unfortunate, because I quite liked some of the vanished stories by her.)

jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 05:27 pm (UTC)

I find it so strange that everyone loved Norrington so much after the first movie -- it wasn't till the second that I could see the appeal. And apparently I'm the only one who liked the second movie. (The third was, admittedly, utterly awful.)

Feb. 8th, 2009 06:06 am (UTC)

Oddly enough, while I'm not very good at articulating what about Movie1!Norrington appealed to me, other than to blither about my old love, the Age of Sail, Commodoresexual/Wren/L.M. Griffin's Sparrow did it for me, in the first fic. :) If I wasn't so attached to the first version of the character, I wouldn't have minded the second. Also, when I saw film 2 at the theater, the sound broke, so I missed vital plot points.

jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 9th, 2009 02:59 am (UTC)

Ouch. My issue is that the plots of the second and (especially) the third movies revolve around characters introduced in the second movie. You know, the one's I didn't care about *at all*. *sigh*

persephoneflame.livejournal.com wrote:

Mar. 10th, 2009 12:06 am (UTC)

Would you mind terribly emailing the epilogue to me? persephone451 (at) gmail (dot) com

I just spent all night reading this fic and am considering /rereading/ it just to enjoy the versions of these characters again!

Mar. 28th, 2009 02:03 am (UTC)

Oops

K-konk. Obvi, I never check these old posts - Sorry! I'll look for it, and when I find it, I'll email you it!

(Anonymous) wrote:

Aug. 31st, 2009 06:52 am (UTC)

epilogue

I think I've read the epilogue before but it was so long ago. I forgot to save it. (stupid me!) Do you mind sending me a copy of the epilogue when you find it? my email is 'discordiastrife at yahoo dot ca'

Dec. 24th, 2009 02:30 am (UTC)

Re: epilogue

Sorry - just re-checked this old post! Am emailing you now.

slyprentice.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 6th, 2009 11:38 pm (UTC)

Oh man, yay for reccing this! I love this series and have formatted for my e-reader. I'm glad someone decided to rec it, it's really an amazing story! Also, I agree, I pretend this is the way it went and completely ignore the other movies. :)

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jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 6th, 2009 11:48 pm (UTC)

See, I don't mind the second movie, but then I consider it basically setting out a canonical foursome (seriously, that swordfighting is nothing but very thinly veiled references to the orgies that are clearly going on). The third movie, however, was an utter disaster. *sigh* I'll never get those two hours back...

slyprentice.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 12:23 am (UTC)

I couldn't really bring myself to like the second movie. I found myself wanting someone to toss Elizabeth overboard even though I quite enjoyed her character before. The third movie, in my opinion, was absolute rubbish and the fact that they've said they're planning to do a fourth just makes me want to forget the second and third movies even more.

I do, however, love the imagery you put in my head with that whole swordfighting being a thinly veiled reference to orgies. Heh. :D

jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 12:27 am (UTC)

Oh, God, seriously? What could the fourth movie possibly be about?

slyprentice.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 12:31 am (UTC)

Sadly, yep. Johnny Depp is apparently going to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow. I don't think they've gotten a script together for it yet but I really don't know if there's anything left to do unless the do they whole Jack as an immortal thing they were toying around with for a while.

jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 12:52 am (UTC)

Well, Will is gone for ten years, so maybe they're going to pair Jack and Elizabeth? With James as part of the triangle? (Ooo, or an actual threesome? This series has gotten weird enough that I can almost see it happening...)

pir8fancier.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 7th, 2009 03:46 am (UTC)

Can't get much better than this. One of THE epics fics to come out of POTC fandom.

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keitorin.livejournal.com wrote:

Feb. 9th, 2009 08:42 am (UTC)

Highly agree with

pir8fancier. Just finished this fic, and I am a happy, happy fangirl. It replaces the canon for me now, I loved it so much. ♥

Thank you so much for rec'ing it!

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adelsial.livejournal.com wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2011 05:08 am (UTC)

Oh Man! I hate to be a terribly Johnny-Come-Lately, but this was one of my most favorite fics ever! I read the epilogue, had it bookmarked but never saved, much to my ever lasting sorrow. I tried to track it down... close to four years ago now and never could. If you ever find this comment again, I'd adore to have it! My email is 'magearod at msn dot ca'

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born-silence.livejournal.com wrote:

May. 3rd, 2011 08:44 am (UTC)

Matter of Rules 4th chapter

Hi,

I tried e-mailing you but got a return notice. At any rate I having the missing 4th chapter in Wren's Matter of Rules Arc.

Here is a rapidshare link of it because I can't find any sort of existing location on the net. Enjoy!

https://rapidshare.com/files/460363644/Matter_of_Rules_chapter_4.doc