It's the universal theme; A professional Bull loses the only great job he knew, gets another job but it's not the same as before and he either copes or mal-adapts to his new environment.
Well with the essential "Rights" in place, that is the Right Inspiration, Right Literary devices, Right Motivation, Right music that was playing off my music lists at the time, and Right amount of Caffeine a whole world can be born around a common slug. Now, back to the Pirate stories.