Honestly it is less an aspect of Jack than it is a general timeline for him, and it’s his time aboard Renegade Freedom – either pre-COTBP or post-AWE, his time with that crew is honestly my favorite because he has an actual support system – and with that, he operates on a much healthier standard than he does when he lacks the external controls that being surrounded by people he respects and admires, and in turn coach and believe in him provides.
Sailing for Recovery is probably my favorite verse for Jack, especially if he’s been with the fleet for at least five or six years since AWE. By that point he is much more stable, certain of himself and no longer reaching for identities that don’t quite suit him. He’s pieced himself together after the events of the Locker and with the help of Renegade’s crew, as well as Arabella Smith from La Fleur, he manages to heal the parts of himself that the Locker broke or otherwise rewrote.
As we all know I pretty much tell the last two films to go back to the depths of the assholes they crawled out of, so the man we see in those movies hardly applies to the man my Jack becomes prior to their timelines – though of the two I would say Stranger Tides is 1000% more tolerable. That said if it were not for the fleet, on my most recent rewatch I was able to see how the disaster sandwich of Jack Sparrow post trilogy came to exist – I just have no desire to write it.
And uh – for those who are new to following me, here are the rants in question regarding Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales ( which I actually have some plot availability for, honestly for no other reason than I truly loved Salazar as a character even if I consider the overall plot arc to be frank bullshit xD ) if they’re interested in my take on the matters there on account of what has been said here.
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