#anyway i think post-canon defeated flint should have to read it

[theartthatleavesthemark]

here is a question that i probably know the answer to but @ black sails mutuals has anyone else read seminal renaissance epic poem orlando innamorato by ludovico ariosto? because every day i get closer to writing a fic that is just my excuse to cram as many parallels between the show and the poem into one document as possible and i am curious if there is anyone at all out there who would be even remotely interested in reading this LOL

#unsurprisingly #unless you went to high school in italy it is fairly unlikely you would have ever been exposed to this #or unless you are some flavor of academic (me) #but when i tell you there are SO MANY THINGS in there that drive me a little crazy #its about legacy! its about love and trust and what relationships mean! its about battles that are doomed but fought anyway! #its about prophecy and inescapablility and the looming tyranny of the narrative! its about writers who lie and writers who are God! #its also an incredibly bitchy indictment of a man named ippolito d'este but i only include this because it is funny to me #anyway i think post-canon defeated flint should have to read it #or inter-canon stuck on the island miranda #or jack