totally kafkaesque. majorly.

I GOTTA give these people an ominous prophecy. Yeah, dude, they really need an omie prophie right now.

the operative romantic fantasy of black sails is obviously to get so close to the beloved that you usurp them and can stand where they once stood, thereby believing you've incorporated what you found so unreachably, untouchably beautiful about them into yourself until reality reminds you you're just a copy, flat as the image in a mirror, degraded by the mimetic process. the operative sexual fantasy of black sails is to convince a bunch of people who hate you to let you order them around

finale theory number 1 million Maybe silver did all that because he straight up thought flint couldn't be killed

maybe he was right

new theory silver would have pulled the trigger but was convinced that if he tried the gun would blow up or a branch would fall on his head or a sinkhole would open beneath him

you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for an amazing reason