#THIS WAS PRE HEARTSTOPPER. PRE WWDITS. PRE TMA AND WTNV. I LOST MY MIND

[devotedlystrangewizard]

black sails is still so insane like yeah! here you go! fun pirate show! heres the utter torment that is being queer in this time period. heres several episodes setting up an m - f - m love triangle before they reveal it was far FAR more complicated than that. here are lesbians. everyone fucking sucks. have fun

#lesbians taken loosely because i do genuinely adore that they keep all of it vague #this was my heartstopper guys. does that explain a lot about me. yes #but you need to understand the PROFOUND effect that scene had on me. like just. all of it #the way the entire season sets up a 'ohohoho hes having an affair with his best friend's wife' ONLY TO TURN ALL OF THAT ON ITS HEAD #AND NOT ONLY THAT. THE ENDING? #DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF QUEER REP I HAD SEEN IN FICTION WHEN I WAS 14. ESPECIALLY ON TV #THIS WAS PRE HEARTSTOPPER. PRE WWDITS. PRE TMA AND WTNV. I LOST MY MIND #black sails means SO much to me i cant put into words the effect it had on me as a kid. but also if this show released now #i would bet actual money that the young queers of now would cancel it for problematic queer people <3 #all the sex & violence... flint being. flint. #this entire show is what im talking about when i say i want less sanitized queer rep. this. iwtv. hannibal. like theyre all fucked up #but they contain incredibly flawed people. ESPECIALLY black sails has character depth #like these people do awful things and they mess up and their love sometimes isnt PURE and theyre PIRATES. THEYRE PIRATES #like i wouldnt exactly recommend it 'if you liked ofmd' but if you liked ofmd and hannibal/iwtv. and you havent seen this. #i cant recommend it to people who just like ofmd the genre is too different. like yeah its a queer pirate show but its also a period drama. #i am so incoherent rn i love this show