Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27603417-20150913102130/@comment-1916997-20150915143744

Hmcooper4 wrote: Actually, I think the Blackbeard from Once is a 'Generic' pirate, and is meant to represent pirates in general. There is a bit of Long John in him (though not as much as some might suggest), there is some Barbosa, some Sparrow (though Killian channels more of the Sparrow persona), some Bluebeard, etc. We may yet have Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman at some point.

Back on topic, I would contend that Whale might be the most out of place, since the Horror genre is actually very different from the Fairy Tale Genre. Agree that Blackbeard is a bit of lots of fictional pirates, not to mention he also dresses similarly to Disney's animated Hook. As far as genres, horror and fantasy often have much in common, so he doesn't feel that out of place to me, especially since he comes from a "horror world".