i love you

The first death is in the heart.

[greeds]

passed by a forest and thought of silverflint final scene. i need to be put down

[goldensunset]

when the characters never really make peace with it

[vesperosy]

olruggio brainrot taking over

[nikoco11]

something i have harbored

[souvenirs]

[spitfaggot]

happy birthday, gilbert baker. (june 2, 1951 — march 31, 2017)

[windwenn]

listen it won’t play out this way but I like to imagine that qifrey thinks it would

[paper-mario-wiki]

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

[greeds]

was preparing dinner alone in my kitchen and thought of black sails and said “oh god” out loud 😭

[cloudabserk]

WARNING do NOT start reading books and comics or watching movies or looking at art!!! you will start wanting to create art yourself. or god forbid. writing.

[cambriancrew]

[currypuff]

— Jon Steinberg, co-creator of Black Sails

[greeds]

man of course the gays would love the flinthamilton ending. of course they would love the idea of them reuniting in actual hell. but the abject misery of that ending. it is a monstrosity entirely of silver’s creation. the utter disrespect. parading the memory of a man against the backdrop of a lie so horrific it made me cry im sick im SICK

[kabaks]

A DEER CLIMBS THE ALTAR AND SLITS HER OWN THROAT. WE HAVE WORDS FOR THIS BUT DON’T SPEAK THEM. 

WE CAN’T DECIDE: PULL IT OUT, OR LEAVE IT IN? 

BLEED TO DEATH, OR LIVE WITH IT?

– Yves Olade, “Iphigenia at Aulis” from Bloodsport

[greeds]

where is the silver max nobody mitski video edit

[kaphkas]

It must transcend. It must speak for itself. It must be true.

[howlerbat]

I saw him turn himself inside out over the fact that someone might see him as a villain in that story. I think it’s torture for him.

[blacksailsblr]

BLACK SAILS 2.08 “XVI.” 4.10 “XXXVIII.”

[hetheyharper]

academic papers about black sails

i've been able to find four (two in the same book) so far, i'll update the list as i encounter more

Jones, Clint, "Black Sails as Philosophy: Pirates and Political Discourse"

Myrvang, Olav Kjetil, "Because I don’t want to be a pirate" - A Contextual Study of the Representation of Long John Silver in Treasure Island and Black Sails

Carcas, Leyres, “HETEROBAITING”: BLACK SAILS AND THE SUBVERSION OF QUEERBAITING TROPES

Schneider, Elisabeth, "RECLAIMING QUEERBAITING: A CALL TO ACTION"

[johnsilvers]

i found these as well :)

Razman, D. C. (2020) “Black Sails, Rainbow Flag: Examining Queer Representations in Film and Television” [click for pdf]

Srividhya Swaminathan, (2017) “The New Cinematic Piracy: Crossbones and Black Sails” (in ‘The Cinematic Eighteen Century: History, Culture, and Adaptation’ (2017, 1st ed.) edited by Srividhya Swaminathan and Steven W. Thomas)

Dirksen, S.J. (2019) “Constructing the Identity of the Popular Pirate: The Outlaw, Marginal Identities, and Utopia in Black Sails (2014-2017) and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)”

Min-Chi Chen (2024) “Weaponizing Monstrosity: Starz’s Black Sails and the Power of Monstrous Narrative” (in Chapter 2 of ‘Monsters and Monstrosity in Media: Reflections on Vulnerability’, 23, 2024, edited by Yeojin Kim, Shane Carreon)

[johnsilvers]

also:

Jessica Walker “Civilization’s Monsters: The Doomed Queer Anti-Imperialism of Black Sails” (in ‘Pirates in History and Popular Culture’ (2018) edited by Antonio Sanna) [entire book in pdf]