While the original post was made on March 31, it wasn’t exactly an April Fool’s joke. At least to a reader only loosely familiar with the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise. But with some edited screenshots hinting at a relationship between Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) and fellow pirate Hector Barbossa (played by Geoffrey Rush) and a few other blogs playing along, it certainly seemed like it could be true.
More importantly, the post argued that because this trio could be a possible competitor to Superwholock, the infamous hybrid Supernatural-Doctor Who- Sherlock fandom that ruled Tumblr in the early 2010s.įor the record, Jack Sparrow is not canonically gay divorced. The post argues that Pirates of the Caribbean deserves a place at the table with Our Flag Means Death and Black Sails, as an example of pirate media with queer representation.
“I cannot BELIEVE how soon you people forgot that jack sparrow is literally canonically gay divorced,” reads the end of a Tumblr post by user everythingispirates.
