Had to have started with my love for old Errol Flynn movies when I was a kid.. I couldn't get enough of the swashbucklers! As I grew older and bunnies were replaced by wolves, I turned to the SCA and discovered the pirates Guild. They were wilder and were obviously having more fun than the uptight lot I was hanging out with. Even after a rather bad experience involving my first taste of sake and an attempt to pick a fight with every pirate at the event... (woops)... I found myself drawn to them at every event and opportunity. They were so wild, and romantic! Graceful fencers and powerful Captains, roaming free and wicked on the high seas! How could I resist? I saw Peter Pan, and found myself drawn even to Captain Hook! (I wrote a story about him recently, not great, but from an outsider's point of view on the situation.. his fiancee's that he had left at home! And boy is SHE ever mad!) As I prepared to start up my own SCA household/ship, I saw the ads for POTC.. and I thought GOOD GODS! A PIRATE movie? With Johnny Depp? And Legolas??? COUNT ME IN!!! My ship/household has REALLY taken off, and it is now large enough to join the Fleet! (Whatever that is!)
ARRRGH mateys!!