The Trends of the New Era

Out: A pirate captain with a very sophisticated parrot.
In: Sand magic.

Addendum

Not if you do it after reading that post, of course.

True Creativity

is when you give the artillery captain an eyepatch and a very sophisticated parrot.

Speculation About Street Fighter 6

What will Capcom do to keep Street Fighter relevant for modern audiences? A hard magic system, sexy mummies, and a pirate captain with a very sophisticated parrot, probably. And tons of DLC, but you already knew that.

Adaptation Stagnation

If you don't want to adapt the actual thing, fine. Well, it isn't fine, but let's take that it for granted that you don't wanna. In that case, if you don't feel bound by anything, go nuts. Change everything. Put in a dragon that's, like, three dragons, man. Have Numenor and Lemuria launching ICBMs at each other. Elf pirate with a sophisticated parrot. Daleks show up. Anything. Who are these people who just want the source material except much worse? Make your creative liberties creative.

A Plausible Threat

"My parrot takes care of the gentlemanly stuff while I slit throats," the pirate captain with the sophisticated parrot told them. "Now tell me where the treasure is."

Addendum

Of course the parrot wants some disgusting kind of cheese on its cracker. Very runny and very expensive.

Trends Never Stay Still

Out: A mysterious person with one glove
In: A pirate captain with a very sophisticated parrot