On this Pride Month I would just like to say that Black Sails really made all of its four seasons and 38 episodes into an expression of gay rage against homophobic brutality and the unbearable loss of love, especially in that tragic context, and that’s still one of the most breathtaking things that any TV show has done, ever.
“Have you ever been tortured? Suffered pain applied by men who saw you as less than a man? Saw you as an animal? Cause it isn’t the pain they’re inflicting that’s the most frightening part of it. It isn’t the fear of future pain. It’s the knowledge that even when the pain stops, even if they were to let you go, that they’ve changed you. That pain, that fear, that despair has made you someone else, someone you barely recognize, against your will.”
In all seriousness, during these extremely distressing times, we need to take a moment for self care. For those of you who are that way inclined, may I suggest:
Silver really told Madi "What??? Baby, nooo!! I didn't kill Flint, he... He went to live on a farm!!! And, and Thomas is also there!! Don't you trust me???? I'd never kill Flint!!!"
Silver, whose main thing for the first 2 seasons was "Don't trust this man, don't trust his stories, he'll try to bullshit his way out of anything"
Silver, whose main thing for the second 2 seasons was him slowly becoming more and more like Flint despite trying not to, like Flint who's killed people he cared about without hesitation just to further his own goals
And soooo many of y'all believe this man!
I get it, I want to believe this man to, with all my heart I want to think what this man is saying is true, but haven't we gotten to know him too well to trust a man like Silver?
Is there any other fictional couple that you're fixated on other than eruri?
*gasp* Are you suggesting I'm fixated on Eruri?! Ok, I admit it, guilty as charged 😂 I've said it before, when it comes to fandom I really am a one trick pony, I have one OTP and one OTP only. For the last 7 years it's been Eruri, for the 6 years prior to that it was Horatio Hornblower and Archie Kennedy from the ancient Hornblower tv series. Those are the only ships I've been fixated on and have written for. That's not to say that there aren't other ships I enjoy. In SnK I also love Mike and Nanaba, Hanji and Moblit, and Hanji and Pieck, all of whom make appearances as side characters and relationships in my fics.
Beyond SnK I absolutely adore James McGraw and Thomas Hamilton in Black Sails. I've written one very small ficlet for them and would love to write more, but that would involve watching the whole series again and that is A Commitment. I do have an Age of Sail side blog @anteros-returns where I occasionally post Black Sails and other Age of Sail content, because AoS will always own my heart.
Other random ships I enjoy are Zutara ♡, Korrasami, Lee & Kara from BSG, and a whole host of ships from Haikyuu!
XVII. Forgiveness? What forgiveness are you entitled to while you stand back in the shadows, pushing James out in front of the world to be laid bare for the sake of the truth? Tell me, sir, when does the truth about your sins come to light?