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[valtsv]

pirates: mostly men, allowed gay marriage, attack sailors

mermaids: mostly women, not usually interested in men, attack sailors

conclusion: pirates and mermaids are sea mlm/wlw solidarity

[valtsv]

pirate crew, calling out to the mermaids watching on the rocks nearby as they hoist the jolly roger: arr, let's go lesbians! let's go!

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i posted this on fb and got into a little discussion with somebody 💅💅💅☠️

[eggsforeyes]

share the discussion op

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[unwisealistair]

“There won’t be a puddle you can sail in between here and Nova Scotia except the River Styx.”

That is way too metal of a line to of come from a joke argument on Facebook about the difference between privateers and pirates.

[pinsandweevils]

Relatable seafaring memes from the 18th century

[teacupsandmayhem]

[teacupsandmayhem]

[mysteriousrobitarchive]

i just learned this and have to share it with the world. the captain of a ship can officiate marriages, but the 1st mate can also officiate marriges if the captain is the one getting married. and the 2nd mate can also officiate marriages if the captain and the 1st mate are marrying each OTHER

[desuke-dragon-queen-blog]

I don’t know when I will ever use this information but I am glad I have it

[jadethefirefox]

Pirates say gay rights

[lotrmusical]

Top Ten Shanties and Sea Songs That Perfectly Embody The Line Between Homosocial and Homoerotic in Naval History

[lotrmusical]

many people demanded the list so here we go! this list is anachronistic and uncomprehensive! cheer up me lads let your hearts never fail! [spotify playlist]

1. Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate

it doesn’t get more homoerotic than this

2. The Handsome Cabin Boy

three cheers for the ‘girl dresses as a boy to go to sea’ motif! ‘And the captain’s wife she says to him, “My dear I wish you joy, / For it’s either you or I betrayed the handsome cabin boy.”’

3. My Johnny’s Gone To Hilo/Tom’s Gone To Hilo

shoutout to the first-person pov in this mournful shanty about a lover who’s gone away to sea

4. Golden Vanity

the pathos of cameraderie in the face of a cruel captain! ‘So then the cabin boy he swam unto the starboard side / Saying, “Messmates, take me up for I am drifting with the tide.”’

5. Greenland Whale Fisheries

depending on the version - some have the captain lamenting the loss of the whale more than the lives of his crew, others vice versa. all are bops

6. Leave Her, Johnny

the lyrics make it pretty clear that the ‘her’ refers to the ship, but the ambiguity is still good, and either way it has a strong sense of cameraderie and the tune is a+

7. Admiral Benbow

some good old-fashioned rousing patriotism and loyalty to your heroic captain. there are two versions of this song and they’d both do fine on this list but i’m going with this one for this verse: ‘Now the guns they did rattle and the bullets did fly, / But brave Admiral Benbow for help would not cry; / “Take me down to the cockpit, there is ease for my smarts, / If my merry men see me, it would sure break their hearts.”’

8. Haul Away Joe

‘haul away together’/‘haul for better weather’ is up there on the list of ‘good if unintentional metaphors for gay solidarity’. also featuring the very gay moods of regicide and being told to kiss girls by your parents

9. The Bonny Ship The Diamond

‘Now don’t you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind, / For the rose will bloom on Greenland’s ice before we change our mind.’ this earns points for being very similar to some verses quoted in moby-dick

10. Northwest Passage

this is a song about holding hands with franklin. what more do you want

[queerpyratess]

i went on photography adventures today and

as it should be

[jewishtransdyke]

Be Gay Do Crimes

[connoisseur-art]

John Buckland Wright, Lovers

[loumargi]

Hiroshi Yoshida - 吉田 博 (September 19, 1876 - April 5, 1950)

[alistofbeauties]

The Siren’s Allure. A new gay painting in the vintage style of Felix d’Eon;  mermen in love.

[werewolfxo-moved-deactivated202]

novel about a morally grey pirate captain who is cursed to die within 5 years for stealing some forbidden treasure, and only giving her heart to someone and expecting nothing back can break the curse

but rather than go on some journey to find some true love or whatever, she decides to use her last years to travel the seas with her crew and collect treasure and drink and be merry

and on the day of reckoning, she is falling more and more ill, and her crew gather all around her to say goodbye to their captain when suddenly the curse is broken. because she gave her whole heart to her ship and her crew, and expected nothing back.

[they-better-be-mysterious-deact]

#i like it  #i really like stories about True Love that isn’t the romantic kind (x)

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[pansexualcookware]

Oh oh oh oh oh yessssssssssss please

[chasecharmer-deactivated2018101]

genres are OUTDATED. i sort my music by thottiness, jammability, rebelliousness, theatricality, and depression.

[butchflirt]

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

I would like to announce that from now on my blog is going to exclusively post really niche memes aimed at pirates

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

This blog is NSFL (not safe for landlubbers)

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Part 2

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@pikky126 ’s contributions

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

If none of you steal these I’m going to be very disappointed

[dpsmainprivilege]

turns out you can get an all-woman crew for free and the women have unique sea shanties so now my ship is powered by pure concentrated lesbianism

[apollomutual]

@dhurkedatz

[radiojamming]

so i looked up the lyrics to the shanty they’re singing because i’m lovin it and someone provided

[chasecharmer-deactivated2018101]

genres are OUTDATED. i sort my music by thottiness, jammability, rebelliousness, theatricality, and depression.

[butchflirt]

[snubbingapollo]

So, your queer history lesson for the day:

Everyone’s heard that pirate’s call each other “matey”. What you probably haven’t heard is that the word matey comes from “matelote”.

In the Caribbean this word was used between buccaneers to signify a life partner. Matelotes could inherit from each other, shared space, fought together, could speak for each other when one was incapacitated or absent, and more often than not the relationship was romantic and sexual.

That’s right folks. Pirates had a term for their gay life partners.

In light of this, I present to you a new alternative for significant other and partner. Bring back matelote.

(You can learn more about the practice of matelotage in: The Origins and Role of Same-Sex Relations in Human Societies by James Niell)

[benziiiin]

Arrr! Matelotage was such a great idea!

In an age when the English Navy ran on “rum, sodomy and the lash,” (as noted in many writings of the time), homosexual relationships were punishable by death.

The result here was that in the English Navy, relationships went underground. Very often, they became forced, often between a superior and a subordinate. When English crews went on the account, becoming pirates, they looked for a way to legitimize relationships of honest affection. Matelotage [French; meaning ‘seamanship’] , now used as an English word, became a term for a legal marriage between two men. […] In pirate society (and only pirate society) two men could “marry.” They would exchange gold rings, and pledge eternal union. After this, they were expected to share everything.  Plunder and living spaces were obvious, but couples in matelotage were also known to share other property, and even women. If one of the partners was killed in action, pirate captains were careful to make sure that the surviving member received both shares of plunder, as well as any appropriate death benefits. Simply put, homosexual relationships had been kept under wraps by people in fear for their lives because of draconian laws. Among sailors who had practiced this form of release themselves, it lost its sense of being alien, and so became accepted and legitimized as soon as they (by turning pirate) gained the right to make their own laws. {X}

[snubbingapollo]

Another excellent addition!