#this was inspired by my Peter Pan brand peanutbutter which I snacked on last night and thought 'i can make this about black sails'

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I came to make a funny post about how Captain Hook mentions Flint by name not one but twice in the Peter Pan novels but in researching this I came across a historical footnote claiming that Flint was based on a real person, citing a passage in the biography “Life of the English Thieves and Pirates” by MC Whitehead. The problem being, that neither “Life of the English Thieves and Pirates” or MC Whitehead actually exist, and the only evidence of them whatsoever is in footnotes about Flint specifically. It’s a fictional footnote claiming a fictional person is a real person and cited in real documents about the real history behind fictional works of literature. Very True-Untrue energy 10/10 great work everyone

#we don't even have time to get into 'peter pan and treasure island take place in the same universe' again #this was inspired by my Peter Pan brand peanutbutter which I snacked on last night and thought 'i can make this about black sails' #i could. #black sails