captain flint + “the one in whose name this war is to be fought”

We’re all in this for our own reasons.

Woodes: She agreed to make the exchange? She said that? Max: No. But neither can she bear the idea of Jack’s torture. She will resist awhile. It will tear her to pieces. But sooner than later, she will acquiesce. Woodes: How can you know this for certain?

If I may, ma'am, you seem troubled. I remember watching Miss Guthrie go through this experience. Learning to bear the weight of her authority and the awful and lonely compromises it demands. Would you like to know the advice I gave her then? In such an office, anyone who tends to your needs is going to ask for more in return than they give. But if you do not have these needs met, you will never survive the experience. Best to make sure that whomever you choose to have tend to you, all you owe them is a fee.

‘you better be right about this.’

Silver & Flint | Black Sails XXII.

BLACK SAILS | I

– The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz

GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE 2021 | dir. Navot Papushado

Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

The Aunts

Gunpowder Milkshake

We’re gonna bring the sky down on their mother-fudging heads.