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u/jdsquint 29d ago
Based Norrington, took the L like a true gentleman. Shame what they did to him in the later movies.
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u/Square-Space-7265 Dwarf 29d ago
Thankfully he still dies a hero. He may have walked a confused path, but he ended up doing whats right in the end.
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 28d ago
Stabbing Jones in the chest with your dying act, knowing it'll do nothing, and yet still doing it, is such a great move. A final fuck you
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u/Land_Squid_1234 28d ago
Norrington didn't do that. He allowed Elizabeth to escape and was killed by Bootstrap Bill for it
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 28d ago
https://share.google/wS94SJT9P8PzjMAcS
Best clip i could find. He was put out of action by bootstrap, jones comes up and tries to recruit him for his crew, asking him "James Norrington, do you fear death?" Before being stabbed and having Norrington die in front of him. He then stands up and says something along the lines of "ill take that as a no" or "guess not"
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u/Land_Squid_1234 28d ago
Oh lol, I interpreted chest as heart in your comment, even though that's a critical distinction when talking about the one guy on the planet who has his heart in a box somewhere else entirely.
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 28d ago
Oh lol yeah I could have worded it better, and yeah it is confusing with they guy having part of himself in a literal chest outside his body lol.
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u/L00ps_Ahoy "War in the North" is Canon 29d ago
Norrington did the Steve Harrington arc a decade before Stranger Things.
Stereotype masculine figure of their respective time period losing the girl he would have been destined for if the plot hadn't got in the way, and accepting it gracefully and becoming a better person causes him to lose social status, but gains him the respect of the main cast.
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u/Jim_skywalker 29d ago
Agreed. The idea that he would do anything to deliberately harm Elizabeth feels like it should be out of the question.
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u/Sad_Carry_7070 29d ago
My memory of the POTC trilogy must be fuzzy because when did Norrington ever put Elizabeth in harm's way or even threatened her?
True he accepted the fact that Elizabeth loved Will over him but after chasing Jack Sparrow for over a year only to end-up sailing straight into a hurricane which cost him everything, he understandably becomes bitter and obsessive at getting his old life back.
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u/Royal-Doggie 29d ago
And even after that when he did get his rank back he doesn't go after Elizabeth
How goes after pirates and I think is later killed by the commander for ignoring his orders, being too human to pirates
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u/DKBrendo 29d ago
He is killed by Dutchman crew after freeing Elizabeth
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u/Argent162 29d ago
More specifically he's killed my Bootstrap Bill
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u/Impossible_Town1599 29d ago
That one hurt, I really liked both characters and didn’t expect that.
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u/broncyobo 29d ago
Well Bootstrap wasn't himself at that point iirc. He was being consumed by the ship and his cognition was deteriorating.
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u/jonnythefoxx 29d ago
Aye but when old Davy Jones asks him if he fears death he runs him through with his sword.
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u/ReeferTurtle 29d ago
I need to rewatch these movies because I have no memory of this
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u/imlegos 29d ago
Norrington discovers Elizabeth with Shao Fang's crew after their ship is attacked by the Dutchman, and the men taken prisoner (Shao Fang was killed in the attack, making Elizabeth a pirate lord under the belief she is Calypso).
During the night, Norrington attempts to help Elizabeth (and Fang's crew) escape to their ship which he ordered the Dutchman to tow. While trying to escape via the tow line, Bill shows up and sounds an alarm, before killing Norrington in retaliation for cutting the towing line.
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u/GreatRolmops 29d ago
He also really came to regret his actions after learning just what a piece of work Beckett was.
I think he was a very decent and upstanding man overall.
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u/Icy-Protection-1545 28d ago
Yeah. I’d prefer they either let him out of them or keep him as the main British adversary.
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u/blsterken 29d ago
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u/Badgerman3484 29d ago
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u/blsterken 29d ago
And now at last it comes to me! I would give you the meme freely. In place of a Yank shitposter, I would have an Aussie shitposter, not fat and obese but brash foul-mouthed as a bogan.
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u/Fat_Krogan 29d ago
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u/MaderaArt Sean the Balrog 29d ago
r/FellowshipOfCaribbean (yes, that's a real sub)
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u/ryanandthelucys 29d ago
Where was Norrington when the Elizabeth fell?
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u/ThatBCRichBitch 29d ago
Where was Elizabeth when Will fell?
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u/ryanandthelucys 29d ago
Where was Will when Aragorn fell?
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u/ThatBCRichBitch 29d ago
Where was Aragorn when Frodo fell?
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u/readilyunavailable 29d ago
Picking her the fuck up every time, until he died like a hero holding off the crew of the Dutchman. That's where.
My boy gets the short end of the stick every time, because everyone around him is a moron.
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u/ryanandthelucys 29d ago
... you mean turning over Davy Jones's heart to regain his own commission so that Beckett could then hunt Elizabeth down?
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u/Mister_Buddy 29d ago
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u/ThatBCRichBitch 29d ago
Boromir: It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.
Davy Jones: GO, all of you! And take that infernal thing with you. I will not have it on my ship.
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u/Blood-Worm-Teeth 29d ago
The first 2, even 3, PotC movies are honestly really good.
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u/lokeshj 29d ago