A story is true/A story is untrue

james flint's most endearing trait is that he understands women to be inherently three-dimensional, complex and deserving of respect (especially for the positions of authority they occupy). in contrast, he is barely convinced that most men have brains.

@annevbonny‘s tag making me go feral today: #the right side of the frame being empty.

vane and flint would've had insane beef if they were modern day anarchists though ill give you that. theyre not talking politics on twitter since they are terrorists but i promise you vane is the one who told everyone flint used to be a cop AND fucking a billionaire which makes flint so fucking mad bc vane's hypocrite ass is literally still pussywhipped by champagne socialist eleanor

one thing i love abt black sails is that it’s a show that you can watch. if you haven’t seen it, and you think you can’t watch it, good news! you can. it’s a show, and you can watch it. now, even. if you feel like you’re waiting for the right time to start black sails, the right time is now! if you think you missed your chance to watch black sails— good news! you didn’t! you can still watch it now! there’s no better time than today. if you’re wishing you could’ve watched the show a few years ago when the fandom was more active and it was in its prime— good news! you’re making that up, or you’re being lied to. there was never a major black sails moment on this site, and not that many people have seen it to begin with, so you don’t have to worry about missing out on anything. also, nearly everyone who has ever seen the show is still posting about it today, plus we get a few new people each year, so if you think about it, we’re really in our prime right NOW ! and we’ll be even better off, once you watch the show. you can watch it at any point. you can find it steaming somewhere probably, or you can do what most people do and pirate it, you know, to get in the black sails spirit. it’s a show. and you—yes, you—can watch it.

the first time that we see an actual pirate battle in black sails being from the point of view of a first timer who was there as an accountant.... people complain that black sails is a lot of talk and little action but like that's what organized armed forces are like! it's 90% logistics and 10% violence !! having the bloodless accountant of all people be our pov character who goes fucking apeshit in the adrenaline of survival is just sooo good !!!! it's so much better and more intense and grounded in the senses than if we had followed flint or billy, who we as an audience would not be able to relate to, and would have allowed us to distance ourselves from the reality of carnage. sorry this isn't particularly insightful i just LOVE black sails that's good writing babey! remember good writing ! rare good writing sighting ! good writing: not a myth. good writing: it's possible if you simply write good. it's that easy

can't stop thinking about how "dark and gritty treasure island prequel" sounds like the premise to the worst show ever aired but it's literally good. goes to show that nothing is for certain in this life