#thats why flint is the villain in treasure island

[drowningparty]

I love black sails! but my favourite part is enjoying it in my own private thought prism because for years I firmly believed flint was the hero and silver was the villain for betraying him and it wasn’t until last week when I checked the internet I realised a shocking number of people think silver is the protagonist and flint is just his antagonist? makes you think. they’re wrong but. makes you think.

#in a way that's the overarching message isn't it? #I mean it's also fuck colonialism #but the idea there's no such thing as heroes or villains it all comes down to who lives to tell your tale and whats their agenda #thats why flint is the villain in treasure island #silver was the one who lived to tell the story and of course he'd tell a version that justifies his betrayal #so he looks less irredeemable #but I personally will never forgive him for stopping flint and madi's war #flint's the hero the visionary trying to change the world for the better and end slavery and destroy an empire and avenge his lost love #but he can't succeed because 'everyone else' keeps getting in the way #silver is representative of that 'everyone else' #most people don't want to change the world for the better they just want to survive it #so nothing gets better because they encourage complacency #they tell you to take what you have and never ask for more #even when what you have is already in ashes #and yeah sure maybe you'll live longer that way #but you're hardly going to make things better for future generations #black sails