#birates

It is pretty insane how the parallels are there and it's all done without a single hint apart from the writers whispering somewhere in some obscure sources.

But it's there. It's not even shipping. It is an integral part of the show.

The relationship between Flint and Silver.

It is unspoken while shouted from the rooftops. James McGraw, Thomas Hamilton and his wife Miranda. James Flint, John Silver and his wife Madi. "He is my friend too". Silver repeatedly putting himself in the same position as Thomas and Miranda. Every look, every charged moment.

The relationship existed and was deeper than we were allowed to see and that was by design. But what was the actual extent to it? Maybe the reason we're not allowed to see is the same as the reason we still don't know what happened at the end. Not knowing is better. Not knowing lets us construct our own stories, own series of events, own truths. And stories are the breath and life of Black Sails. We are all right and we are all wrong. And it doesn't matter as long as the story means something to us.