#OH now I want to compare this scene with the 2x05 flashbacks miranda comparing what thomas sees vs what flint sees about the world as it is

[rocks-in-space]

I can't get over the beginning of the flashback in 4x09 when Silver asks "What are we looking at?" and Flint replies, "Nassau. Thereabouts. A few days over the horizon, just waiting for us. Can't you see it?"

Like. can't you see it? Can't you see the future that I see for this place? Don't we share the same view of this endeavor? Isn't there no daylight between us?

Can't you see the way the world could be, in spite of the way that is? Do you see more than life as it is and not as is should be? Can't you see it?

And of course in the end no, Silver couldn't see it. He climbed all the way up that hill with Flint to see what Flint saw, and at the very top he still couldn't see it. He could only the see the horror that lay between them and the horizon.

#hnnngggg this scene hits me so hard every time #OH now I want to compare this scene with the 2x05 flashbacks miranda comparing what thomas sees vs what flint sees about the world as it is #wow it really is all about the perspective and through whose eyes we get to see the world/the story isn't it #black sails #hadestown #because it just fit too well okay #james flint #john silver #sam speaks