Mutiny!

[Obadiah Jib]

So is mutiny an option or do you always follow your Captain? 

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

Being as I am the captain, I always follow myself, yes.  Wait a minute... 

[Welsh Wench]

I swear, this really did happen. Honest. Really. OK it happened in Dead Man's Tavern. But it could have for real. I suppose. 
What was the question again?

"Marvos, I don't know what to do! I never wanted this position! I just wanted adventure and romance! I'm not equipped for this. Do you know what can happen? The crew could do mutton on me!"
"MUTTON?"
"Yes! That is when they look at you funny and make you walk on that board or set you out on a boat and say au revoir!"
"Mutiny."
"What?"
"You meant mutiny."
"Well...whatever! They make you Governer of your own Island. Although I suppose in my case it would be Governess, except there are no children to tend to---"
"Wench?"
"Yes?"
"You never make sense when you are excited."
"WHAT-EVER! Then they give you a gun with only one bullet. And I don't know how to load a gun! Maybe they would give me a sword--"
"Wench?"
"Yes?"
"Shut up. No one is going to 'mutton' you!" Marvos laughed.
"Fine! Go ahead and laugh but when I am waving farewell to you from a deserted island, at least you can say, 'Hey, she was mutton after all!' "

[Seamus Ex Machina]

Yes, mutiny is an option.  Hell, mutiny is a mandate when you find yourself with a Captain that is not getting the job done.  You may like him on a personal level, respect him as a decent man.....but find that the rest of the krewe does not have much faith in his leadership.  And that's when your Captain is lost....   A Captain must have a group of strong men and women around him, and be able to 'sell' his agenda daily.    This is different than Her Majesty's Navy, where flogging and a crack on the noggin reinforced the order.    Sailors did what they were told.  Pirates had a more democratic approach.
On land,  the krewe needed a raconteur that could move all that stolen freight.  Gold and baubles were as rare a commodity then as they are now, and piracy equaled stealing liberating goods from merchants.  A Captain with no political capital in port, a man with no social graces, would eventually  face a hungry, broke, and really pissed off krewe!
  Mutiny?   Naw....more like self preservation.   Besides, pirate Captains were elected, and my .02  is that the former captain usually went back to his old job.  He was prolly an officer to begin with.  Hollywood likes to offer that battle scene that ends in agony; the truth, IMHO, was less dramatic.
 
   

[Capt Robertsgrave Thighbiter]

Ah, mutiny.  Our ship, Hellion, was a commisioned British warship, commanded by a perfectly
dense and overbearing captain. The kind all love to hate and vilify off-watch. The line was drawn one evening after a particularly bloody engagement with a French 3 master, when the said captain would not allow services for our dead shipmates. That night, in the officers mess,
the crew decided to give this Son of Old Scratch the Jonas Lift over the side.
That night we went from being HMS Hellion to being just Hellion.

[Obadiah Jib]

If you are a Captain do you "FEAR" mutiny?

Elected or not, some of the crew may be out to get you!

[Lord Figaro]

Having actually done a real one, though not against the captain, but the chief of my division. I say hell yes, Mutiny if you have the right. Damn the fates and stick to what's right by you and your crew. Just make sure your not alone or it will not go so well. I made dang sure we were all together on the issue.

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

As a captain, the possibility of mutiny has to be in the back of your mind.  Pirate ships were essentially direct democracies, and they had no compunction about voting out or forcibly removing their elected head. 

[Lady Christina de Pond]

haaaa why mutiny I'm third im command i got huge closet and all the cloths a girl could want Nope no mutiny in me

[Obadiah Jib]

What is the chance of mutiny on your ship?  10%?  50%?  95% after the rum is gone?

[Welsh Wench]

Nah, they love me.

Or so they tell me!
And crews don't lie....do they?

[Blackjack Roberts]

'Course we do, Luv. That's why none 'o us has ever even mentioned a candlelight "mutton" dinner to ye.

Lobster, maybe...but never mutton.

[Capt Lucy]

As a captain, the possibility of mutiny has to be in the back of your mind.  Pirate ships were essentially direct democracies, and they had no compunction about voting out or forcibly removing their elected head. 

I'm glad you posted this because I was about to say the same...

Watched this special on the History channel yesterday... people would be surprised at what they don't know about pirates.  http://www.history.com/content/pirates

[Capt Lucy]

Oh and on that web page I just linked there is a game called Cutthroat Challenge....  go play.