#10yearsblacksails

[justaprisoneroflove]

#Black Sails #10yearsblacksails #i know the date has passed #my bad #I'm a slow person #flinthamiltons #fanart

[elizaoz-art]

so i did not have a plan, but i wanted to post something for the show that rotted my brain permanently! so some quick portraits lol

#10yearsblacksails #black sails #black sails fanart #captain flint #john silver #eleanor guthrie #max black sails #jack rackham #anne bonny #charles vane #my art

[saintvainglorious]

My First Fanbind! A Black Sails Fic Anthology Series

It took me a year (and a lot of anxious research) before I worked up the courage to bookbind fanfiction, and after months of on-again-off-again work, my first fanbind is finally done!

I knew that if I was going to bookbind fic, I had to bind something from the Black Sails fandom, aka the fandom and show that have had the biggest impact on my life. Y'all, I almost went into academia to study slavery in the 17th-18th century Caribbean because of this show - when folks say this show rewires your brain chemistry, they are NOT kidding. THEE show of all time. Happy 10th anniversary to Black Sails! This fandom is small but mighty. May we continue to get our hearts and souls blasted to smithereens by this show for many years to come.

Ao3 abounds with magnificent Black Sails oneshots, so I decided to put together an anthology of my favorite Silverflint fics under 20k, which I split into two volumes. Included are works by @justlikeeddie, @vowel-in-thug, @balloonstand, @annevbonny, @francisthegreat, @nysscientia, and more! Thank you, thank you all, you brilliant wonderful people, for gracing the Internet with such amazing writing. When I read the fics in these anthologies I want to fling myself into the sun.

More on the design and binding process below the cut!

Vol. 1 Page Count: 270 (12 fics) Vol. 2 Page Count: 248 (11 fics) Body Font: Sabon Next LT (10.5 pt) Title Font: Goudy Old Style Other Fonts: IM Fell English, pirates pw

The typeset (which I did in Word) took a while, mainly because I'd never done it before. Manually adjusting the hyphenation line-by-line was especially tedious. After making these books, I abandoned Word in favor of InDesign, in large part because InDesign gives you way finer control over your justification and hyphenation settings.

Regarding my actual design choices, I'm happy with how the ocean motif on the title page turned out (it's not the same pattern as my endpapers, but they're complimentary) and I'm very fond of my divider dingbats, which are little swords! Goudy Old Style was a fun title font to use, since it's the font that Black Sails uses as its logo. The stories in Vol. 1 are divided into parts based on what Silver WAS at that point in the show (cook, quartermaster, or king), and Vol. 2 is split up into comedies, histories (AUs set in the canon universe) and tragedies - befitting Black Sails' Shakespearean ~vibes~.

I stuck to a flatback binding, as I wasn't feeling quite ambitious enough to try rounding and/or backing. I've learned that I ~Anakin Skywalker voice~ hate sanding, enjoy folding/sewing, and don't LIKE edge trimming but enjoy the results enough to make it worth it.

The real adventure was decorating the cover, which remained bare for months. After agonizing over Illustrator and experimenting unsuccessfully with HTV and lokta paper embossing, I ultimately turned to using stencil vinyl to paint on the designs. There was a bit of seepage under some of the stencils, but I was able to scrape off the excess with my Cricut weeding tool without damaging the coated surface of the bookcloth (probably Arrestox Blue Ribbon from Hollander's). Even though it was very time-consuming, I'm so happy with the end result of the stenciled paint job and I intend to stick with stencils for my foreseeable future binds.

Are there things I would change? Sure. It was humid out when I printed, so the pages have got a wave. There’s an extra two pages in Vol 2. that I have no idea how I missed, and I got a line of glue in the middle of one of my Vol. 2 endpapers. I’m pretty sure I didn’t case in quite right, since my endpapers pull away from the case at the spine. I think the inner margins are a bit too big, and despite going line-by-line there’s still some wacky justification spacing in the typeset. But man, am I proud of these books! It is so satisfying to learn a new skill - MANY new skills, if we’re being honest - and to make something both beautiful and practical. If I’m still binding in two years or so, I can see myself redoing the typeset in InDesign, cutting out the existing text block, and reusing the cases. I’m also already planning for Vol. 3, which will be Silverflint Modern AUs.

Thanks for reading!

#bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #my books #black sails #silverflint #fanfiction #bsanniversary #10yearsblacksails #10bsfest

[meduzza13]

My submission for the Black Sails 10th Anniversary artbook I'm so happy to be in this fandom for 7 years! Love you guys <3 Art Masterlist

#black sails #black sails fanart #captain flint #toby stephens #james flint #black sails 10th anniversary #10 years blacksails #10yearsblacksails

[tiofrean]

HAPPY 10 BLACK SAILS ANNIVERSARY!!!

(This piece was created for the fanbook event at @tobys-walrus-crew go go check it out!)

#black sails #james flint #captain flint #captain james flint #black sails fanart #john silver #long john silver #toby stephens #luke arnold #10 years black sails #10yearsblacksails #10bsfest #black sails anniversary #happy anniversary fandom

[rapselsstuff]

Love her so much

(Prints & other stuff on my redbubble!!)

#black sails #max black sails #black sails fanart #my art #10 years black sails #10yearsblacksails

[tobys-walrus-crew]

Mates! Pirates! Fellow Fans!

The day has come! Have a great 10th Anniversary of Black Sails Premiere! We have promised you a fanbook, and we deliver! A big thanks and a mug of rum to everyone who participated! We have no words to express our love and gratitude!

Everyone can look through and download it, just go here > [google disk link]

Remember to celebrate today! Tag your celebratory posts with #10YearsBlackSails and #BlackSails Let's show our love to the world!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FANDOM!

PS. We will reblog everything that goes into the tag, as quickly as we can! If we miss something, let us know! For more celebratory craze, go to our twitter > [twitter link]

#black sails #10yearsblacksails #10 years black sails #10bsfest #black sails anniversary #black sails fanart #black sails fanfic #black sails fandom #black sails family #signal boost #toby stephens #captain flint #james flint #captain james flint #john silver #long john silver #charles vane #jack rackham #anne bonny #eleanor guthrie #bs max #max bs #madi scott #billy bones #blackbeard #boost #please reblog

[frau-kali]

Happy Black Sails-iversary!

Our lovely pirate show is 10 YEARS OLD TODAY! I'm so glad I found my way back to this fandom in time for this! I <3 you all!

To celebrate, here's a bunch of 1920x1080 desktops I made over the last couple weeks :)

#black sails #silverflint #john silver #james flint #blacksailsedit #my stuff #10YearsBlackSails

[blankbullet5]

HAPPY 10 BLACK SAILS ANNIVERSARY!!!

(This piece was created for the fanbook event at @tobys-walrus-crew go go check it out!)

#black sails #black sails fanart #black sails fandom #10yearsblacksails #black sails anniversary #charles vane #captain vane #jack rackham #anne bonny #the ranger crew #pirates #fanbook event #zach mcgowan #toby schmitz #clara paget

[admiralsushishin]

Happy 10th anniversary Black Sails!!

This was made for the anniversary fanbook organised by @tobys-walrus-crew - go check it out :D

#10yearsblacksails #black sails #fanart #gosh this show #i don't have the words #mine #my art

[benjamikaela]

Happy 10th anniversary, Black Sails! This incredible show and its amazing fandom are a huge inspiration to me. In honour of that, I want to share some of the fanart I made when I started watching in 2020:

And a little bit of hindsight:

Oh, past me, you have no idea!

#black sails #10yearsblacksails #fanart #eleanor guthrie #james flint #anne bonny

[oddlyenthusiast]

Black Sails (2014-2017) Happy 10th Anniversary!

caps courtesy of grande_caps/kissthemgoodbye

#10yearsblacksails #black sails #the show that changed my life #james flint #john silver #eleanor guthrie #madi scott #max #anne bonny #jack rackham #charles vane #woodes rogers #edward teach #billy bones #hal gates #miranda barlow #thomas hamilton #mr scott #maroon queen #idelle #augustus featherstone

[aquafolie]

In honor of my favourite show celebrating its 10 years, here is a fanart of my favourite characters and probably the best written characters I’ve had the honor the follow on screen.

#10yearsblacksails #black sails #black sails fanart #james flint #Max #john silver #long John Silver #10 years black sails

[saintvainglorious]

10 Best Black Sails Fics I Read in 2023

In honor of Black Sails' 10th anniversary, here's a list of my top 10 favorite Black Sails fics I read in 2023, in order from shortest to longest. Most Black Sails fic rec posts I've seen are now around 2 or 3 years old (though not all, bless @jaynovz and your #jay's esoteric rec lists tag) so nearly half of the recs in this list spotlight newer fics. It's amazing to see fantastic fics still being written and updated years after the show ended - y'all are keeping this fandom alive!

I didn't read that much Black Sails fic this year, comparatively speaking, so I'm sure there's plenty of newer gems that I missed. All the fics in this rec list are Silverflint unless otherwise stated.

1 - Gone To Port Royal by Apetslife (G, 3k) - a delightful oneshot from Gates' POV where they all go to a pirate afterlife. every scene is perfect. endlessly re-readable and never fails to make me smile.

Definition of Valhalla 1: the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in battle are received 2 : a place of honor, glory, or happiness: heaven

2 - i’ll be seeing you by youatemytailor/@annevbonny (NR, 19k) - this is THEE post-canon Silverflint reunion fic. the anguish, the rage, the quiet jokes, the tenderness, it's all devastatingly in-character. particularly the chapter 5 climactic unspooling leaves me in awe upon every reread.

Silver is out of his chair and across the room before he knows it. He has a grip on the barkeep’s shirt before he knows it, and he’s pulling him up, hauling him eye-level, only to head-butt him to the ground again. The barkeep’s mouth is thrown open in a wail, but there’s no sound, Silver thinks, no sound at all, save for the blood rushing in his ears as he looks at the other man on the ground, watches him roll to his side with a groan. Flint, Silver thinks, and nothing else. It beats around the knife in his gut like a drum. Flint. And then Flint is looking at him.

3 - The Dark Lord Proprietor by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (M, 19k, Silverflintham) - a fuckin hysterical supervillain AU. Thomas has amnesia, Flint is pining, Silver tries to get them back together. what could go wrong? could not stop cackling.

A year ago, James Flint was in a stable relationship and was within spitting distance of taking over London. Now he’s single, with a dubiously loyal henchman, a lairmate determined to learn his every weakness, and a Secret Past with the new supervillain on the scene. And thanks to a new government program, it’s all a race to the bottom.

4 - the cross dimensional nassau bar of getting izzy hands laid by FortinbrasFTW/@fortinbrasftw (E, 19k ~WIP~, Flint/OFMD Izzy Hands) - a Black Sails OFMD Flint/Izzy Hands crossover. the very best kind of smut-as-character study. funny, gripping, and endlessly re-readable.

The first thing Izzy realizes is he looks absolutely fucking furious — which yeah, alright, fair enough. He’s got shorter ginger hair. A beard like Izzy’s but kept neater. Earrings like Izzy’s but worn simpler. Bleeding like Izzy but, well, maybe a bit less. And he’s handsome. Izzy realizes it suddenly and slowly somehow all at once. Bit like a bloody painting even. The kind you saw up on walls in rich folk’s houses. Only, well, no painting had eyes like that, did it? You’d have to be mad to keep a painting with eyes like that in your home. They were bright and clear and looked — honest-to-fucking-Christ — ready to set the whole damned world on fire. Izzy's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad night takes an interesting turn thanks to a completely different sort of pirate captain.

5 - frail and fragile bars by Ajaxthegreat/@francisthegreat (E, 21k) - Silver realizes, post-shark date, that he's in love with Flint. an instant, iconic fave fic. SO many delicious scenes and quotes that live rent free in my head. just read it, you won't regret it.

“I think you fuck,” Silver says. By which he means, with great intent: I think you are human. I know you are human. I see you.

6 - the whole estate of mortal man by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (T, 43k) - Creature Silver AU where he'll grant wishes in exchange for souls. first read this fic in 2020 and cried. reread it this year and cried again. the nature of the AU intersects so cleverly with Black Sails' themes, and the end result is devastating.

Silver has a limited memory, an unlimited lifespan, and a need for human souls. He spends months trying to buy Flint’s.

7 - our feast is but beginning by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre (E, 55k) - Flint teaches season 1 Silver how to cook. they're definitely not dating. no, really. this writer writes dialogue so in-character that it cuts like a knife. features sensual cooking, Flint being a queer mentor for Silver, fun genderfuckery, and Them Being Real Tender.

Flint should walk away. Silver can figure out how to feed the men, it isn’t his problem. But roasting a pig is so easy, and when was the last time he had a hand in creating something rather than destroying it? Anyway, what else is he doing, with Billy taking the crew in hand with such annoying competency? He absolutely does not think about why he is reluctant for this interaction with Silver to end. “Go get another pig,” he says before he can reconsider. “Do exactly as I say.”

8 - With Strange Aeons by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (M, 60k, Silverflint + Flinthamilton + Jackanne) - Came for the Silverflint, stayed for the Silverflint but also for holy fuck Jack and Anne are sent to Savannah and break out of there with Thomas to battle literal Cthulhu. How can you NOT read this. I don't typically read Flinthamilton, but by god Thomas is amazing in this.

After the disappearance and presumed death of Captain Flint and Long John Silver, Max smuggles Jack and Anne to Oglethorpe’s plantation. Thomas learns that not only do the three of them have a friend in common, but he is not the only one whose dreams are haunted by a strange city and a terrifying name. Meanwhile, Flint and Silver try to escape an island trapped in time, impossibly built and impossibly old. Along the way they’re forced question reality, each other, and themselves. And in his house in R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

9 - The Salt and the Sea by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre (E, 60k) - a between season 2 and 3 recovery fic. i still remembered months after reading that chapter 4 in particular left me undone. a harrowing journey into the ruins of post-leg loss Silver's mind, plus exquisite hurt/comfort.

John Silver was always able to make the best of a situation. If this particular situation had started to feel complicated, well, a vast fortune ought to prove clarifying. Whatever he might have imagined he’d seen in Flint, the reality was they had used each other. And he had been set to walk away on top. Except now he couldn’t. Now he was trapped.

10 - the straight walk home by vowelinthug/@vowel-in-thug (E, 73k, Silverflint + Jackanne + Maxanne + Billy/Vane) - A western AU and one of the best long fics in the fandom. Excellent comedy, amazing AU twists on our favorite characters, found family vibes, nail-biting action, and a fucking fantastic climax. Also, I can't believe this fic got me invested in Billy/Vane.

Let me tell you a story, about a vaquero named Vasquez...

#black sails #black sails fic recs #silverflint #fanfiction #fic recs #bsanniversary #10yearsblacksails #10bsfest

[kordell-fein]

10 Years Black Sails!!! Art for Tobys-Walrus-Crew! With love!!!

#black sails #10YearsBlackSails #captain james flint #toby stephens

[knaveprints]

10 Years of Black Sails!!

I only just got into watching the show this month and its already become something very special to me. I'm glad to have seen it and very glad it exists.

I don't have much to post for the 10 year anniversary of the very first episode just a very quick walnut-ink redraw from episode 2, but I wanted to put something out for the place this show has found in my heart.

(also i'm a bit late, and the date is wrong but timezones)

#black sails #10yearsblacksails #art #my art #fanart #illustration #toby stephens #captain flint #james mcgraw