what does it mean to be loved by death?

i love charles vane because he is always getting kicked and looking stupid as fuck

it literally just occured to me right now that its implied he was like a pretty good pirate before the inciting events of the show knocked him flat on his patootie like i was just picturing him as a mostly buffoon who failed upwards into power by virtue of his pretty face and violent nature. but maybe that is not supposed to be the case

I am constantly seeing people trying to puzzle out what's "ruining books" and it makes me more and more tired. Read a different book. You have more choice in reading material than at any other point in all of history. No one thing can be ruining ALL of them.

Love it when Black Sails gets Extra Theatrical… Flint entering the main deck to face Singleton like he’s walking onstage… a hush falling over the assembled crew in response like they’re the audience as a play begins… the logbook and blank page utilized as props… Singleton, Gates, and Billy all becoming actors against their will… Flint donning blood like a costume of strength… performing a monologue which earns him cheers and applause… and Silver being the only audience member to IMMEDIATELY recognize the fictional nature of the whole performance and see everyone and everything for what they really are.

#and that’s in the first episode baby!!!#but no the theatrical element of bs is part of what makes it so good especially the monologues#jack rackham is a character who fully believes he is performing at every single moment - all the world is a stage literally and figuratively#he will give a monologue to a fucking mouse in a prison cell#in that way he is unknowable even as he is also arguably the most legible#the one giving asides to the audience - lord what fools these mortals be - makes sure you understand the story but in the way he presents#(a story is true a story is untrue etc.)#then you have so many moments that are just stagecraft#flint telling charles town he will be their monster#vane walking off the wagon into his death#the way max can make any position her throne - standing on the balcony or lying in the bathtub or sitting in that fucking chair#a personal favorite - flint and rogers meeting and rogers saying ‘thomas hamilton’ to shock and unsettle flint AND his unseen audience#we haven’t even gotten to literally everything silver does#every character is performing somehow. every single one. and they choose to accept or reject or transform the role thrust upon them#making their performance their own#i could keep going but i need to work#but the drama is the point and i love that about bs (tags @creepygnocchi)

I'm out of weed so I have to smoke thw one that makea me scared

Has someone made a post yet talking about how Hollanov probably secretly believe that no one has ever been in love like them. Their love is special and different and no one has ever felt as deeply about another person as the two of them. Whenever people find out that they were in situationship hell for 7 years and are shocked, they both, but Shane especially, feel smug as hell because they had the fortitude to hang in there and now they are the most in love with the hottest man alive. They're not just winning, they're beating everyone else at overcoming obstacles to their love.

you are just cranky because i took something imperceptible from you and you cannot recall it in its absence but you feel the edges of it anyway

the principal aim of lying is to accomplish your goal in as few lies as possible, and with the least amount of effort necessary to keep those lies going. It follows naturally that the world’s greatest liar speaks only the truth.