phae

she/her a story is true, a story is untrue, and a story is very queer

[astoryisqueer]

luke arnold woke up this morning with one thought and one thought only and that was the silverflint agenda happy fucking pride month

[astoryisqueer]

everyone, for clarification, of course luke didn't sit down at a book signing and did the calligraphy for the know no shame himself. i did that beforehand and handed him the book with thomas' dedication already on it. he wrote 'ill wait a day a month a year' IN RESPONSE (which is much more unhinged if you ask me).

that man saw the dedication and his brain immediately went to silver's own declaration of love to madi AND flint because he UNDERSTANDS the story at its core. it probably didn't even occur to him to ask if the comparison would have been welcomed, BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS MUCH PART OF THE STORY AS THE REST OF IT. whether you want to see it or not, silver's own dedication and love to flint is right there

[darrensomft]

In my cinematic mind

I see battles fought at sea

I awake in dawn's empire

It must be lonely being you being me

[darrensomft]

[frankencain]

he is sooo baby girl to me

[howlerbat]

James Flint being a lying liar for approximately 2 and a half minutes

[olyphant-tim]

AZIRAPHALE & CROWLEY + text posts

[hellaleg]

sneak peek at good omens season 3

[nicostiel]

Good Omens 2 + Text Posts

[ot3]

sometimes i have "ships" but other times i am simply aware of which fictional characters are in love with each other. these are different things.

[astoryisqueer]

luke arnold woke up this morning with one thought and one thought only and that was the silverflint agenda happy fucking pride month

[astoryisqueer]

everyone, for clarification, of course luke didn't sit down at a book signing and did the calligraphy for the know no shame himself. i did that beforehand and handed him the book with thomas' dedication already on it. he wrote 'ill wait a day a month a year' IN RESPONSE (which is much more unhinged if you ask me).

that man saw the dedication and his brain immediately went to silver's own declaration of love to madi AND flint because he UNDERSTANDS the story at its core. it probably didn't even occur to him to ask if the comparison would have been welcomed, BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS MUCH PART OF THE STORY AS THE REST OF IT. whether you want to see it or not, silver's own dedication and love to flint is right there

[elkaylikes]

I showed this post to my sister and she said 'impressive that he still remembers that line. It's been a few years since filming black sails ended after all.'

Well...

[herbert-best]

Hey so I know Black Sails was a while ago and I’m late to the pirate party but I desperately need your attention for a moment because I’m losing my MIND.

Obviously the show is a fantastic no-holds-barred blend of history and fiction, but there’s one historical connection that I thought was half my imagination at first, but every second I look at this shit I’m sliding downhill into acceptance.

The Hamiltons and their complicated and scandalous relationship with a Naval officer…..

…are based on the Hamiltons and their complicated and scandalous relationship with a Naval officer?

Yes, that’s a picture of Horatio Nelson on the end. I know, and I’m sorry. Please give me a chance to explain myself.

We have, right to left, Admiral Nelson, Sir William Hamilton, and Sir William’s wife, Emma Hamilton, mostly remembered for her extraordinarily blatant and scandalous affair with Nelson. It was a hell of a thing.  There were contemporary rude cartoons about William Hamilton being so scholarly and oblivious that he didn’t know his wife was openly carrying on with Nelson. There’s even a movie about it starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, for whatever that’s worth.

But it’s a little ridiculous, the extent to which their torrid affair is remembered for having happened under William Hamilton’s nose. Nelson lived with the both of them for extended periods, traveled across Europe with them, wrote incessantly to them. In fact, they referred to themselves fondly as the Tria juncta in uno– that is to say, three joined in one.

Look me in the eyes right now.

 Letter from Sir William Hamilton to Lady Emma Hamilton Burford, Eighty Miles from London. Saturday Night, [July 27th, 1801.]

Here we are, my Dear Emma, after a pleasant day’s journey! No extraordinary occurrence. Our chaise is good, and would have held the famous “Tria juncta in Uno,” very well: but, we must submit to the circumstances of the times. … Amuse yourself as well as you can; and you may be assured, that I shall return as soon as possible, and you shall hear from me often.

Ever your’s, my dear Emma, with the truest affection,

 Wm. HAMILTON.

My kindest love to my Lord, if he is not gone.

I’m sorry but I don’t know what else to tell you.

Excerpt, letter from Sir William Hamilton to Admiral Horatio Nelson Palermo, May 26th, 1799

Above all, take care of your health; that is the first of blessings. May God ever protect you! We miss you heavily: but, a short time must clear up the business; and, we hope, bring you back to those who love and esteem you to the very bottom of their souls.

Sir William Hamilton ending a letter to his wife:   Adieu, my dearest Emma! Your’s, with my whole soul,       W.H.

Sir William Hamilton ending a letter to Nelson:    Adieu, my dear Lord! Your Lordship’s truly affectionate, and eternally attached,       Wm. Hamilton

This has been driving me completely bonkers wrt the attitudes of the historical accounts for a hot minute now, particularly since Emma became a social pariah for their highly-publicized presumed affair after Sir William, and then Nelson, predeceased her, but I honestly cannot, for a single eight-hundredth of a second, imagine that the concept of the Hamiltons and Lt. McGraw came about without some awareness of the self-proclaimed Tria of the actual married Hamiltons and their very dearly loved Naval hero.

And, for one final small item of infuriatingly minor but TOO CONVENIENT connection– Sir William Hamilton had been married once, prior to Emma, and was widowed by his first wife’s early death. His first wife, with whom he was eventually buried, was named Catherine Hamilton, née Barlow.

[somfte]

[image descriptions:

first image - a screenshot from episode 2.04 of Black Sails showing Miranda, Thomas, and James looking at each other as they stand up in front of Thomas’ salon to ask its members for help against Alfred Hamilton.

second image - three historical portraits, described in text body as “right to left, Admiral Nelson, Sir William Hamilton, and Sir William’s wife, Emma Hamilton”.

third image - text that says, ‘that great admiration for one another was expressed by herself, Hamilton, and Nelson, the “Tria juncta in uno [plain text: Tria juncta in uno /end],” as the latter was pleased to style them. “I never saw such zeal and activity in any one as in this wonderful man [Nelson],” wrote she to Greville. “My dearest Sir William, thank God ! is well, and of the greatest use now to the King.” “Emma has been of infinite use in our late very critical business,” said Hamilton to the same correspondent. “Ld. Nelson and I cou’d not have done without her. It will be a heart-breaking to the Queen of N. when we go” – back to England, as was then expected. “Sir William and Lady Hamilton are, to my great comfort, with me,” wrote Nelson to Spencer; “for without them it would have been impossible I could have rendered half the service to his Majesty which I have now done: their heads and their hearts are equally great and good.”‘

/end description]

[normalfixation]

we dont know silvers name we dont know where he came from we dont know how he ended up there he sees someone beat a man to death and instead of fleeing he gets interested he thinks his captain has superpowers he works so hard to not be a character he becomes the entire story he cant handle bisexuality so he ruins everything for both the girl and the guy hes in love with and you think flint is crazier because he is obstinate and capable of intense violence? hes just autistic traumatized and gay

[transienthearts]

Black Sails S1E3 “III.”

[darrensomft]

[twoguysonebeartrap]

Eleanor Guthrie is the “white feminist” character of all time I think, and it’s so interesting that she predates the whole infected “girlboss” term and manages to encapsulate all that the term was supposed to mean without the unnecessary sexism tied to it. Everything Eleanor does, every decision she makes, is entirely reasonable, justified, from her POV, and we all get to see why she makes those decisions. she doesn’t intend harm and she’s entirely unable to comprehend the fact that she IS the villain to so many people, she legitimately does not understand other people as well as she thinks, or why people can’t see her side. She is entirely ignorant of the degrees of oppression, she cannot fathom why she, a rich white woman of an affluent family, has less in common with the other female characters than she thinks, and she cannot comprehend why her black SERVANT wouldn’t trust her completely, and to her he’s nothing more than yet another man who’s betrayed her. to her, everything comes back to the fact that she’s a woman who’s had to survive in a man’s world, but she’s even unaware of how marriage to a traditional english aristocrat would limit her freedom. she believes herself to be much better at strategising and understanding people than she is, and even as she creates more and more enemies and betrays more and more people, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, she STILL believe that she’s right, and has the moral high ground, and if only the men around her would listen and the people “below” her in the social hierarchy would listen then everything would work out. she sides with the british empire, believing it to be better for all because it’s better for her, but it isn’t even better for her because her powers are limited by her husband and by her being his wife. this is a ramble but i just think she’s such an interesting character, and that it’s so interesting how the narrative DOES sympathise with her but also gives no quarter in question to whether she’s right in what she does or not. she isn’t, but what she is is understandable. every single character in black sails is a multidimensional human being with their own internal logic driving everything that they do and that’s what makes it so so good

[the-butch-of-blaviken]

I'd forgotten how exceptional the first episode of Black Sails and the introduction of Captain Flint are. In one (1) episode they point to this soggy, angry little man and go: this is the most dangerous pirate of the seven seas. he wouldn't even win a swordfight. he beat someone to death with his bare fists and is ready to do it again. he probably cries himself to sleep at night. he's the most collected, composed man you've ever seen. he throws furniture around in a fit when he's angry. he talks about the importance of trust and honesty. he doesn't believe any of it. he can completely change someone's mind when he talks to them. the people closest to him know not to trust a single word that comes out of his mouth. he's in control of the narrative. he's trapped in a web of lies of his own making. he's made himself into a legend. everything he's built is just one second away from falling apart. he inspired a whole nation. he's the number one public enemy. he's a hero. he's a monster. he's just one man. he's starting a war against the whole world.

[sparrowsfallingfromthesky]