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Aaarg, sir: Profile Picture Challenge

I want to be a pirate! And really, who doesn’t? And I don’t mean just because Johnny Depp makes vagabond chic sexy.

Free and easy, I want to swing into action, devil-may-care and footloose [cue Kenny Loggins song and Kevin Bacon dance scene]. And mysterious, I want to be enigmatic, but in a romantic, heart-stealing way. And for the love of Pete, I want adventure! And thus, we see my brazen skull and crossbones, flung out as a defiant icon before the web world.

Sigh, reality is so much less exciting than fantasy. The icon in question is actually taken from a picture I took at the National Air Force Museum. It was on an American plane even. Yep, it actually belongs to the good guys, the paragons of virtue (or so we get taught in officer school) and responsibility. The military, the establishment is anti-pirate.

Thus we see the paradox that is me. I realize this is nothing terribly unique, to have the heart of a pirate but be tied down to reality. I am at once the pirate king and the slave of duty.

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Fyora Cartagan
Posted 6 months ago

I was wondering about your icon!
Now I know!
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Jenunique
Posted 6 months ago

That is an excellent explanation, and we all actually learned something in the process. I think that is marvelous. Education in disguise. Love it!!!!
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SKermitgorf
Posted 6 months ago

A grand pirate yewed be matey. LoA
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FlirtingWithaBrickWall
Posted 6 months ago

“the pirate king and the slave of duty” and “And mysterious, I want to be enigmatic, but in a romantic, heart-stealing way” are my favorite lines. nicely written
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Valley Fey/Pinprick
Posted 6 months ago

The air force is secretly a league of pirates… that’s what I got out of this. Very nicely written, and I love the picture.
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wytherwings
Posted 6 months ago

i love the first and last lines =]
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wytherwings
Posted 6 months ago

i love the first and last lines =]
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wytherwings
Posted 6 months ago

oops i posted it twice
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flute faerie
Posted 6 months ago

I love ur icon. It’s awesome.
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Storykeeper of Fae
Posted 6 months ago

Ha! You’re right, who doesn’t love pirates? I adore this entire Ficlet.
LoA
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Mistress Elsha Hawk
Posted 6 months ago

We all love Pirates! So fun to speak like and dress up as. And the adventures! Oh! But it’s dangerous work out at sea, bullying others, stealing booty ;) I think I’m a land-lubber at heart.
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Reverie
Posted 6 months ago

Love the icon, love the fic…you are insanely awesome.

And the first paragraph?
love it! =]
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Nouvelle Bardot
Posted 6 months ago

I was sort of wondering what your icon was, but i did like the progression of the explanation…
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Cavalry Calhoone
Posted 6 months ago

Pirates are just cool. They aren’t the bad guys, just the rebel guys. I share in your pirate love. I once saw an interview where someone asked Johnny if he thought Jack was a roll model. He said yes, b/c the world needs irreverence.
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One Time, One Chance
Posted 6 months ago

idk what to put here. good job. awesomely written.
..arrrrr.