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ltwilliammowett · 2 months

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Davy Jones's Locker, by William Lionel Wyllie (1851–1931)

#naval art #shipwrecks #davy jones locker #19th century #age of sail #sailors superstition

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artbymaranne · 3 months

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Getting back into traditional painting with my pirates obsession :)

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i-dont-know-anything-anymore · 11 months

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Pirates of The Caribbean + Text Posts

#pirates of the caribbean #pirates of the caribbean text posts #captain jack sparrow #elizabeth swann #will turner #captain barbossa #james norrington #tia dalma #cutler beckett #davy jones #the curse of the black pearl #dead man’s chest #at worlds end #davy jones locker #the ocean #text posts #mine

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inutaffy · 1 year

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#others also include: met their maker/out of business/passed/playing a harp (weird but ok)#rest in peace is one i guess #WALKED THE PLANK yeah that one is good #took a permanent vacation <- if you are a mob boss #and uhh went to davy jones locker #poll #polls

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writing-in-sin · 5 months

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LawLu fic idea: Locker

Heavily inspired by the legends and myths of Davy Jones and how he's noted as the Devil of the Sea and the Reaper

Considering what happened to the Heart Pirates recently with Blackbeard and his crew, I thought of a fic idea where Law does the exact opposite to what other Devil Fruit users would do if they're thrown into the water

He stops rejecting the sea and lets himself drown, welcoming death not as an act of defiance but of acceptance to death itself

That awakens the Op-Op fruit into something else as its embraced by the sea. Something otherworldly, and that allows Law to accomplish what he sets out to do and that's to protect his crew from Blackbeard, no matter what. Even if that means welcoming death

Even if that means becoming Death himself

And now the very sea itself has become Law's domain, his ROOM -- the Locker of Oceanic Abyss which is his to rule, control and operate as he wishes

But with that, it also means his presence disappears which is picked up by a horrified Luffy via haki.

The Straw Hats may not have been there at Marineford but they're about to witness a breakdown that can very much rival that when Luffy suddenly falls to his knees screaming in shocked grief at losing someone who could've been his everything

A realization that came too little too late

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#lawlu #lawlu fic idea #one piece #one piece fic idea #monkey d luffy #monkey d. luffy #trafalgar d water law #trafalgar one piece #torao #davy jones #davy jones's locker #luffy

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the-twelve-daggers · 1 month

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a moment of appreciation for THIS particular track

thank you hans zimmer i appreciate you 🙏

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roxannepolice · 5 months

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Doin' fine in my circus.

But really. Throw it at me if you have any other explanation of that voice. I've listened to it over and over on loop and it really does sound like mah man. Rewatch the trailer and compare the voice around 1.50 time stamp to any other voice in it. Like, I really only made up saxteen as a fun comfort idea but thissssssssss?????????

Throw anything at me, bc I'm just

#i'm past the clown phase now it's jack sparrow gone mad in davy jones's locker phase #always found him the ultimate mood but now more than ever #love everyone on board this ghost ship with me #doctor who #doctor who 60th anniversary #simm!master #saxteen #thoschei #doctor x master #fourteenth doctor x master #john simm #c'mon rtd ain't chibs he won't look at a goldmine and chase pyrite instead

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beedlemania · 2 months

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Davy tells the guys he’s disappointed he’ll never experience American high school so Micky shoves him into and locks the wardrobe to give him the full experience

#idk if Americans really shove each other into lockers but I am working on stereotypes 🫡#lockers in Ireland are like half the American ones #we tried once and my friend could not fit in and she was like four foot something #anyway #mike watches amusedly and peter gets upset on Davy’s behalf #Davy’s banging on the door and yelling for help #as payback he gives them the English school expiernce (scraps and lighting bins on fire)#the monkees #davy jones #mike nesmith #peter tork #micky dolenz #monkees headcanon

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lyltlethelemur · 2 months

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Patreon reward for @Colten_Crimson his Griffon OC Vera trying to avoid a trip to davy jones locker. #griffon #mlpfim #brony #cute #pirates

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#brony #cute #anthro #furry #griffon #pirates #davy jones locker #mlp fim

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theultimatepotcescapade · 8 months

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#potc fanart #potc #up is down #davy jones locker #pirates of the carribean at worlds end #pirates of the caribbean

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scottishoctopus · 2 months

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You a monsterfucker???

I assume this question is for me rather than Mr Davy Jones himself but if not feel free to send it again to get Davy's answer, IF YEH DARE- UH!

Nope, I am not that. I'm not really comfortable with that sort of thing to be honest but if anyone who follows me who is, then that's perfectly fine! I don't have an attraction to cursed Davy, but I do find human Davy handsome. I'm more into the reasons why Davy is the way he is as that's how I fell in love with his character; angst, tragedy, drama and all sorts of things like that. He's a tragic character, and I am a sucker for all things angst!

There's also a reason why I don't write smut on here either, it's just not something I feel comfortable to write and I also don't really feel a need to write that sort of stuff anyway.

But hey! Anyone interested in that, that's all good with me. Keep being your awesome self!

#[mun answers]#pirates of the caribbean #davy jones #bill nighy #just got back from the orchestra AND IT WAS AMAZING #sadly davys theme didnt play BUT THE PIRATES SECTION THAT THEY PLAYED WAS SO EPIC MY GOD SO THEYRE FORGIVEN #also there were like five other people behind me and my sister and they were constantly being noisy and irritating #like SERIOUSLY #YOU ATTEND A CONCERT PLAYING MUSIC AND CHOIRS AND YOURE BEING LOUD #THE POINT IS TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC NOT TALK AND SING ALONG TO IT #my inner davy jones was so ready to smack em and send them to the locker #at one point one of them put their feet up on the bench i was sat on and THEY FRIGGIN NUDGED ME ON MY SHOULDER #me and my sister nearly gave into our intrusive thoughts and smacked them they were so annoying #and like the other person said are they going to play back to the future?#UHHH SIR THIS IS THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER AND JOHN WILLIAMS THEY DIDNT COMPOSE THE MUSIC FOR THOSE AWESOME MOVIES #the soundtrack for man of steel also came up AND ONE OF THEM TRIGGERED ME BY SAYING ITS THE THEME OF THE SUPERDUDE #SUPERDUDE #THESE PEOPLE WERE OLDER THAN MY MUM BUT THEY WERE BEHAVING SO BAD #thankfully they shut up when the orchestra played schindlers list because if they had talked then i would have honestly shouted at them #anyways to the locker for those lot #besides that it was absolutely breathtaking and i had so many goosebumps!#they even had neon lights around the room it was so pretty #with that i shall go to bed whilst davy furiously goes after the groups souls #sorry for the rant had to get it off my chest!

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ihavewritersblockbutinreallife · 9 months

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Chapter 32

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#frightclaw series #frightclaw series part two #tmnt #fanart #dragon oc #tmnt oc #rottmnt #potc #captain jack sparrow #pirates of the caribbean #black pearl #davy jones locker

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i-dont-know-anything-anymore · 11 months

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Pirates of the Caribbean + Text Posts

#PoTC #pirates of the caribbean #pirates of the caribbean text posts #captain jack sparrow #elizabeth swann #will turner #jack the monkey #captain barbossa #pirate king #davy jones #port royal #the ocean #davy jones locker #the black pearl #the curse of the black pearl #dead man’s chest #at worlds end #text posts #mine

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rimouskis · 9 months

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hello fellow members of a "previously thriving Tumblr community in the late 2000s and 2010s"

#hahahahah #this is about that davy jones locker room piece re: tikt*k

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writing-in-sin · 5 months

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LawLu fic idea: Evolution

Set in the same universe for my fic idea Locker, this idea expands on Vegapunk’s theory that the devil fruits are a manifestation of the possibility for human evolution, with all the different powers representing the many branches for humanity's future, brought into existence by human hope and desire

I still have a lot to catch up and currently, we dont know what Oda-sensei has planned but the little that I do know, imma take this theory for a spin especially in concerns of the connection between the Gomu Gomu no Mi and Nika as well as Joy Boy.

I hc in this fic idea of mine that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was originally just that, an ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruit 800 years ago but changed and eventually evolved into the mythical Hito Hito no Mi when it was eaten by the legendary Joy Boy.

Who was also a boy named Nika

As he continued to fight for freedom, the fruit awakened but eventually, something else happened. Something that was triggered by his desires, hopes and dreams which pushed him and the fruit beyond an awakening

And that something, was Evolution

Fueled by the freedom and hope of Joy Boy, the Gomu Gomu no Mi evolved into the legendary Hito Hito no Mi and with it, the ascension of Joy Boy into something beyond human. Someone that people started to revere as a deity and from that day on, the one known as Nika the Joy Boy ceased to be just a boy fighting for freedom

On that day, he became Nika– the Son God

For centuries, no one has ever done the same for their own Devil Fruit. And eventually, it became a misconception that the Hito Hito no Mi was what made Joy Boy/Nika so powerful when it was actually the other way around. Nika was the one who made the Gomu Gomu no Mi powerful in the first place just by being himself. Nonetheless, the World Government thought that there was only one Hito Hito no Mi in existence and for 800 years, they were right

Until a battle on Winner Island changes the course of history once again, triggered this time by one Trafalgar D. Water Law

In this fic idea, Law does what no other Devil Fruit user has ever done before. Not even Nika. Which is to push his awakened fruit beyond its mortal limit whilst willingly drowning himself at sea and accepts death as a means to protect his crew from Blackbeard

This in turn, allows Law to trigger the Ope Ope no Mi to evolve into a Hito Hito no Mi and with it, he becomes just like Nika

Someone otherworldly and beyond human

Law becomes the Death to Luffy's Life

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the-twelve-daggers · 2 months

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🏴‍☠️ ⤷ Davy Jones: The Truth Behind The Ruthless Villain

Several of the pirate characters in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise were based off of or inspired by one or a mix of real-life pirates, most of whom sailed during the Golden Age at the beginning of the eighteenth century when the franchise itself was set. This applies to the movie's mystical characters too, like Armando Salazar and Hector Barbossa.

However, concerning the initial trilogy's villain, this is a bit of a grey area.

Whilst there are various myths and direct sources linking to the origins of concepts like Davy Jones' locker and Jones' ship The Flying Dutchman, the actual man himself has very vague historical links (unless, miraculously, he was based on The Monkees singer, which I highly doubt).

But, nonetheless, let us look through the theories...

Davy Jones: The Welsh Pirate

One story suggests that the Davy Jones character came from the frightful pirate David Jones, who sailed during the 1630s in the Indian Ocean. However, there is little known about him, which only makes this concept even more unclear.

"During the 1630s, a pirate captain named David Jones sailed through the Indian Ocean, but many historians believe that he was not famous enough to be remembered for quite a long time." [Kouachi, Mecheri & Zerrouki 25]

There are also rumours of a Welsh pirate Dafydd Jones, though it is unclear if these are the same two people. Either way, there is too little known about the figure(s) in order to make strong connections. But, having said that, if the myths of his ruthlessness are true, there is definitely a connection that can be made to our contemporary Davy Jones.

Davy Jones: The Pub Owner

A slightly stronger theory that has been circling around is the figure of a London pub owner, who would drug and/or heavily intoxicate his customers and sell them to ship captains, where they would wake and find themselves unwillingly in the middle of the ocean, or technically, 'Davy Jones' Locker'.

Some stories go on to say that Jones eventually became bankrupt, stealing a ship and becoming a pirate himself. He would sail around the Atlantic, keelhauling or decapitating other crews as well as locking them to their sinking ships.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any direct references to quote, but I have linked some articles below that discuss this theory.

Davy Jones: The Prophet

There are some rumours that Davy Jones, or at least the origins of his name, derives from Saint David, the patron Saint of Wales, as well as the figure of the prophet Jonah from the Bible, who was swallowed by a whale.

I think it better to include this in the words of W. Pinkerton, in the scholarly journal Notes & Queries in 1851:

During many years of seafaring life, I have frequently considered the origin of this phrase, and have now arrived at the conclusion that it is derived from the scriptural account of the prophet Jonah. The word 'locker', on board of ship, generally means the place where any particular thing is retained or kept, as "bread locker", "shot locker", "chain locker", &c. In the sublime ode in the second chapter of the Book of Jonah, we find that the prophet, praying for deliverance, described his situation in the following words:—"in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about; the depth closed me round about; the earth with her bars was about me." The sea, then, might not be misappropriately termed by a rude mariner, Jonah's locker—that is, the place where Jonah was kept or confined. Jonah's locker, in time, might be readily corrupted to Jones's locker; and Davy, as a very common Welsh accompaniment of the equally Welsh name, Jones, added, the true derivation of the phrase having been forgotten. [Pinkerton 509]

Davy Jones: The Devil

A very early (perhaps even the second after Defoe's writing in 1726) mention of Davy Jones' and his Locker is in 1751, in Chapter XIII of Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. Here, Jones is described as a devilish sort of character, with a terrifying appearance that almost resembles the typical imagery of Satan:

“By the Lord! Jack, you may say what you wool; but I'll be damned if it was not Davy Jones himself. I know him by his saucer eyes, his three rows of teeth, his horns and tail, and the blue smoke that came out of his nostrils. What does the blackguard hell's baby want with me?[...]” This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, shipwrecks, and other disasters, to which a seafaring life is exposed; warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. No wonder then that Trunnion was disturbed by a supposed visit of this demon, which, in his opinion, foreboded some dreadful calamity. [Smollett 105]

This was then illustrated in 1832 by George Cruikshank, visualising all of the characteristics mentioned above.

Whilst this depiction is rather different to the one we get in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, with horns rather than tentacles and blue smoke rather than the classic pipe, it's still interesting to see how Davy Jones was sometimes thought to be as horrifying as we see him now, simply based on his involvement with death at sea.

Overall, I hope that we get to find out more about the initial myths and legends that surround Davy Jones in real-world context, as I think that the information from word-of-mouth stories that we have so far are compelling already. I would love to read more older texts that reference him or his Locker, so that we might gain a better understanding of his place in seafaring history.

CITATIONS:

[Abdenour Kouachi, Ahmed Soufyane Mecheri, and Zina Zerrouki. Tracing The Origin Of The Stereotypical Image Of Pirates. 2021. https://bucket.theses-algerie.com/files/repositories-dz/1921423357564832.pdf]

['Notes and Queries'. Vol. 3, Issue. 86. 1851, pp. 490-512. https://archive.org/details/sim_notes-and-queries_1851-06-21_3_86/page/512/mode/2up]

[Merchant Mariner Guide. Davy Jones: The Legend, The Pirates, and The Flying Dutchman. 2023. https://merchantmarinerguide.com/blog/f/davy-jones-the-legend-the-pirates-and-the-flying-dutchman?blogcategory=History+]

[Famous Pirates. Davy Jones - Legend, Facts and Biography of Famous Pirate. http://www.famous-pirates.com/pirates-facts/davy-jones/]

[Owlcation. Old Sea Legends: The Incredible Story of Davy Jones and His Locker. 2023. https://owlcation.com/humanities/Old-sea-legends-The-Incredible-story-of-Davy-Jones-and-his-Locker]

[Marine Insight. The Real Story Behind The “Davy Jones’ Locker” 2022. https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-story-behind-the-term-davy-jones-locker/]

[Smollett, Tobias George. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. W. Strahan, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, 1784. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-adventures-of-peregr_smollett-tobias-george_1784_1/mode/2up]

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