fucking gallaghers!

Ale. 28. INFP. Libra. Honest. Open. Filterless. Avid Tweeter. Emotionally damaged characters, bad boys, firefighters, gay pirates and Marvel Netflix. Alive for Frank Castle, Jay Halstead, Laurel Lance, Claire Temple, Silverflint, Jay/Erin, Frank/Karen, and Luke/Claire tbh. Also trash for my sexy pirate king Charles Vane & gangster Thomas Shelby. prev. castledfranks +important pirates hunting

[silveredflint]

A note/open letter/goodbye

I’ve been contemplating for a while leaving most social media platforms where I’ve carved out an “internet life” for myself. The one thing that always kept me from doing that is the friendships I have made, mostly because they were important to me and I thought of those friends as real, genuine friends that I could count on. After a few months of radio silence in some places, more to do with the fact that I’ve been focused on work and my professional life as well as dealing with some personal things, I’ve realized that the value of these friendships was incredibly one-sided - and that was a very, VERY sobering feeling. Time to get honest. Some may take this as whiny, some as dramatic, but I don’t care at this point because it’s how I feel. I used to come to social media to escape the pressures of life and converse with like minded people about my likes and dislikes. I thought I had built strong relationships, but in my mind, if you don’t care enough about a person to check up with them every once in a while, then that relationship is not strong. If I noticed an internet friend disappeared for a while, I’d worry. I’d DM them or ping them just to check in and make sure everything was okay. Nobody did that for me. And that’s okay, but it doesn’t make it less hurtful. If you don’t care about me like I care about you, that’s okay. It’s on me to adjust my expectations, and if I built up a friendship in my mind into something it wasn’t, again: that’s on me. I’ve struggled a long time to grasp the fact that not everyone will treat you in the same respect as you treat them. The Libra in me - the person who expects balance - makes it difficult for me to understand and accept this. And that applies here: it’s hard for me to accept the fact that I can be so giving to a friend and not have them be that compassionate in return. I know they are capable of it because I see them do it for others. But alas, the realization that I am just not as important to someone as they are important to me is very real. Consider it a character flaw. So consider this my final note here on Tumblr and my fandom Twitter. The time I’ve spent here on this site has been a great memory to take with me, but that time is up. Wish the best to all, always. xo Ale

[sophiabushgifs]

1.01 || 4.15

[roxanegay]

All I really need to say:

In canceling Milo’s book contract, Simon & Schuster made a business decision the same way they made a business decision when they decided to publish that man in the first place. When his comments about pedophilia/pederasty came to light, Simon & Schuster realized it would cost them more money to do business with Milo than he could earn for them. They did not finally “do the right thing” and now we know where their threshold, pun intended, lies. They were fine with his racist and xenophobic and sexist ideologies. They were fine with his transphobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They were fine with how he encourages his followers to harass women and people of color and transgender people online. Let me assure you, as someone who endured a bit of that harassment, it is breathtaking in its scope, intensity, and cruelty but hey, we must protect the freedom of speech. Certainly, Simon & Schuster was not alone in what they were willing to tolerate. A great many people were perfectly comfortable with the targets of Milo’s hateful attention until that attention hit too close to home.

Because I’ve been asked, I will not be publishing my book with Simon & Schuster now that they have dropped Milo. After I pulled my book, they changed the release date of Dangerous from March to June 13, the day my next book, Hunger, comes out. I said nothing because I was neither threatened nor concerned but it did reinforce for me that this was not a company I wanted to do business with. My protest stands. Simon & Schuster should have never enabled Milo in the first place. I see what they are willing to tolerate and I stand against all of it. Also, I’ve received far better offers for How to Be Heard from other publishers.

There are some who will spin the cancellation of this book contract as a failure of the freedom of speech but such is not the case. This is yet another example of how we are afforded the freedom of speech but there is no freedom from the consequences of what we say.

[hilariesjeffrey]

Listen, I kind of ran from intelligence. I’ll admit I wasn’t ready to work side by side with you. It was stupid. It’s like my family up there. I’d really like to come back. Okay. Is that okay with you? Yes. You sure? Yes. Okay, cause that was kind of quick.

[isophhia]

[mae-martin]

“Do me one favor: Do not give me one of those open-fingered explosion hands that people do. I hate that. If it’s your thing, I’d rather high five.”

[basketcasemp3]

you deserve to be happy because you are an impressive, thoughtful, and special person

[maggierogers]

Yeah, I’m just not seeing it.

[tony-starkesarchive]

That’d be so noble, pointy, if you were also throwing me under the bus.

[dammiticantdeactivateblog]

[azirafels]

imagine the end of black sails being a scene of james picking up an oar and walking away from the sea, [hopeful gay flute playing in the background] the screen then cuts to john looking inland. james turns to look at him one last time, he smiles at him from across the water. the scene cuts to a flashback with them in the cabin “that will be the story” james says. [the scene continues, sad gay stuff happens] the flashback then cuts back to john as he watches james walk away. over this you can hear john reciting flint’s death in savannah and his final words  —“darby mcgraw!” he says “fetch aft the rum darby!” the scene cuts to an older, rougher looking john, the long john silver of treasure island telling this story to his men. he then mentions flint’s hidden treasure, the music picks up [iconic black sails intro playing] ”and i know how we’re gonna find it” [cuts to black] [roll credits] 

[dammiticantdeactivateblog]

[millerskaya]

“I don’t care about power. Not anymore.”

[azirafels]

When you were sinking to the bottom of the sea, who do you imagine it was that dragged you onto that beach?

[doedreamss]

ABC’s of Charles Vane

↳ H is for Hair

[flintsjohn]

Black Sails XXXI ➳ Silver’s Horse Dismount™

Requested by @gellyh <3

[captain-flint]

I don’t understand. Billy? Yep. Tried to kill you? Yep. And Madi? Her, too. Why are we not angry about this?