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i just... missed it..... our life then... when he was alive

#s1e7 is just flint having conversations with people who should kill him actually

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Am I BAWLING my eyes out? Because all Jack Rackham wanted to do was leave a mark on history? And be remembered?? And despite years of attempting to emulate the physical toughness and swashbuckling bravery of his fellow pirate captains of legend, it was in fact his pedantic little obsession with getting the right flag art, an action so wholly and undeniably HIM, that ensured his mark on history in the end??? That it's HIS jolly Roger that has endured through time and history as the very symbol of piracy itself????????

If anyone needs me, I will be marooning MYSELF on skeleton island!!!!!!

#dude it is actually so important to me that we don’t see the end of piracy woth jack’s execution #‘keep the account alove a little while longer’ says a man who sailed with avery and jack thoughtfully nods #in the end it was him carrying the torch when all the giants fell #black sails #jack rackham

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1x05 | 4x03

#the way this is one of the only times Flint acknowledges Billy at all #meanwhile Billy’s whole identity is steadily being taken over by him #feeling very normal about this #black sails

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I like how almost all adaptations of Hunchback of Notre Dame tend to make Frollo into this well-respected authority figure who goes around arresting people and shit. Meanwhile Parisians in the book are all like lmao Frollo? That bald ass loser that adopted a demon kid? Yeah he’s probably a dark wizard or something, he can curse people and knows how to make gold. Me and the boys are going to go throw rocks at him later, you wanna come?

#and they are only half wrong! #i think not enough adaptations touch om the fact that he was literally trying to make a philosopher’s stone. like seriously #hond #nddp #claude frollo #the hunchback of notre dame #notre dame de paris

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listen I grew up in a town with no cinema theaters or video rentals and all the movies I watched up until like 13 were whatever aired on our small soviet tv interrupted with ads every 20 minutes. But when I watched Hector Barbossa come down those stairs and eat an apple at the finale of Dead Man’s Chest I got up from my seat (floor) and bounced around the room like an idiot, and I never longed for an experience of being in a crowd of people watching a movie quite like that again

#it’s embarrassing the grip this trilogy has on me but it was like my first obsession #these movies fundamentally rewired my brain I think #potc #pirates of the carribean #potc: dead man’s chest #hector barbossa #marvel could never

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they call me byecurious yhe way im always a little interested in leaving👋

#prev tags is so real

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This is a compiled list of some of my favorite pieces of short horror fiction, ranging from classics to modern-day horror, and includes links to where the full story can be read for free. Please be aware that any of these stories may contain subject matter you find disturbing, offensive, or otherwise distressing. Exercise caution when reading. Image art is from Scarecrow: Year One.

PSYCHOLOGICAL: tense, dread-inducing horror that preys upon the human psyche and aims to frighten on a mental or emotional level. 

“The Frolic” by Thomas Ligotti, 1989

“Button, Button” by Richard Matheson, 1970

“89.1 FM” by Jimmy Juliano, 2015

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892

“Death at 421 Stockholm Street“ by C.K. Walker, 2016

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1973

“An Empty Prison” by Matt Dymerski, 2018

“A Suspicious Gift” by Algernon Blackwood, 1906

CURSED: stories concerning characters afflicted with a curse, either by procuring a plagued object or as punishment for their own nefarious actions.

“How Spoilers Bleed” by Clive Barker, 1991

“A Warning to the Curious” by M.R. James, 1925

“each thing i show you is a piece of my death” by Stephen J. Barringer and Gemma Files, 2010

“The Road Virus Heads North” by Stephen King, 1999

“Ring Once for Death” by Robert Arthur, 1954

“The Mary Hillenbrand Cassette“ by Jimmy Juliano, 2016

“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, 1902

MONSTERS: tales of ghouls, creeps, and everything in between.

“The Curse of Yig” by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, 1929 

“The Oddkids” by S.M. Piper, 2015

“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” by Richard Matheson

“The Graveyard Rats” by Henry Kuttner, 1936

“Tall Man” by C.K. Walker, 2016 

“The Quest for Blank Claveringi“ by Patricia Highsmith, 1967

“The Showers” by Dylan Sindelar, 2012

CLASSICS: terrifying fiction written by innovators of literary horror. 

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1843

“The Interlopers” by Saki, 1919 

“The Statement of Randolph Carter“ by H.P. Lovecraft, 1920

“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Pierce, 1893

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving, 1820 

“August Heat” by W.F. Harvey, 1910

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1843

SUPERNATURAL: stories varying from spooky to sober, featuring lurking specters, wandering souls, and those haunted by ghosts and grief. 

“Nora’s Visitor” by Russell R. James, 2011

“The Pale Man” by Julius Long, 1934

“A Collapse of Horses” by Brian Evenson, 2013

“The Jigsaw Puzzle” by J.B. Stamper, 1977 

“The Mayor Will Make A Brief Statement and then Take Questions” by David Nickle, 2013

“The Night Wire” by H.F. Arnold, 1926 

“Postcards from Natalie” by Carrie Laben, 2016

UNSETTLING: fiction that explores particularly disturbing topics, such as mutilation, violence, and body horror. Not recommended for readers who may be offended or upset by graphic content.  

“Survivor Type” by Stephen King, 1982

“I’m On My Deathbed So I’m Coming Clean…” by M.J. Pack, 2018

“In the Hills, the Cities” by Clive Barker, 1984

“The New Fish” by T.W. Grim, 2013

“The Screwfly Solution” by Racoona Sheldon, 1977

“In the Darkness of the Fields” by Ho_Jun, 2015 

“The October Game” by Ray Bradbury, 1948

“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison, 1967 

HAPPY READING, HORROR FANS!

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So has anyone noticed when Davy looks up to the sky and realises that Calypso has been freed, DAVY IMMEDIATELY HOLDS HIS HAND OVER HIS CHEST WHERE HIS HEART USED TO BE?

#extremely normal about this #no but the fucking. the ‘my heart will always belong to you’ will mever not make me emotional #the way he SAYS it like it’s not some grand confession it’s a CURSE he’s not happy about it #Like yeah I cut my heart out of my chest cause it hurts so much to love you but even separated it loves you anyway. Fucking annoying. #pirates of the caribbean #davy jones #potc #calypso

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sorry for the lies and deception. it will happen again

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

#fuck i hate it when that happens

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Just be silly bro please. You're forgetting your whimsy, this isn't you.

#i’m TRYING

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The thing I keep coming back to, with all the *gestures expansively* is that real life doesn't have peaceful epilogues.

Every single win has to be defended. Forever. I'm sorry. It sucks. The Nazis lost until they stopped losing. The US had abortion rights, and then 50 years later it didn't. Empires fall, and then they invade other countries again. Oppressive regimes are overthrown and replaced with other oppressive regimes. You will never finish the work etc etc etc. Which is why it's so fucking important to be able to acknowledge and celebrate progress, when it happens. The people who came before you didn't put in all that work for nothing, and you aren't, either. You can't save it all for the Ultimate Victory because there is never going to be an Ultimate Victory. There's no such thing as a time when everything is good, and ours shall not be the commune of Heaven.

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#billy my friend billy bones! #black sails #black sails fanart

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“this is one of those times :) where we pretend :) that we both don’t know :)

that you’re LYING! :DDDD “

hal gates i love you so much. underrated king of black sails line delivery i swear you will always be famous

#every day I miss hal gates #bro was like yeah he’s a lying piece of shit but he’s MY lying piece of shit!

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bringing the potc fandom back one meme at a time #8

#i appreciate all potc memes🙏 #potc

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tragedy enjoyers when even good intentions lead to ruin

#rewatching black sails every time

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In Black Sails, Billy Bones' issues is that he's not part of the Greater Nassau Area Polycule.

#he needs someone who is deeply unwell about him < what about me??? #but yeah billy’s problem was that he just wanted to be about The Crew without being particularly attached to any specific person #and look where that got him #he did get obsessed with silverflint individually but it wasn’t mutual so #damn he really was like OK you don’t take me seriously as an ally? maybe you’ll treat me seriously as an obstacle! #his corruption arc is 👌🏻