So good and yet so sad at the same time! I loved your five year old Will. He's so adorable. And good ol' Bootstrap! I always thought this scene was somewhat heart wrenching. Very well written story!

An excellent piece of writing.

The way you connected everything was fantastic

that was awesome. wait what am I saying? that was BEYOUND AWESOME!

That was absolutely amazing! Excellent oneshot, and the lines from the flashback put among the rest of the story was brilliant!

thumbs up

Wow! I cried (Not hard though of course) So really hated doing that and it scared him to whip he's own story by the way

wow this almost made me cry great story!

This was a good look into Bootstrap's head at this one scene! Good job.

wow...that made me tear up a little...good job and i loved the flashback scene!

Perfect. You're a master of your craft. Not many people can do flashback scenes well, but you've managed to stay in character and give us all the details we wanted to know about in the movie. You use just the right amount of description. After seeing the movie, I wanted to read a fic that would fill in the "emotional gaps," and this one did it for me.

Perfect. I LOVE this. This was the best scene in the whole movie, because it was the only moment that I wasn't laughing at the sheer stupidity of it - Bill having to whip his son was a truly poignant, heartbreaking moment, and you have captured it beautifully.

Aw. Poor guy. But I loved how this was written with the memory in it.

very sad but kinda touching too

This was an amazing one shot, and I enjoyed it so much! It was so well written and the flashback was so touching. This brought tears to my eyes, awesome job!

So good tears welled up in my eyes! I loved the flashbacks and how they were tied into the scene. If the POTC people had shown Will and Bootstrap when Bootstrap wasn't dead I think that's how it would have been. Marvelous Darling, absolutely Marvelous!