Flint killed innocent people on his crew and led the crew into danger (the storm). Billy’s role is to pretty much protect his brothers and Flint is doing not that
That's totally true! Yes, Billy remains in the Walrus to protect his brothers from Flint! Thanks :)
Initially I was going to write about whether Billy hates Flint or not. But this topic is too big for me to even think about, so I changed the subject into this question; if Billy hates Flint, why hadn’t he left the captain already? In this post I will talk about Billy until season 3.
(In this post I tried to be objective as much as I can. But if you sense some blint-ness there, sorry in advance.)
I think (or I should say, I can think of) there are two reasons why Billy hasn’t left Flint; loyalty to Flint and the crew of the Walrus, and the type of people Billy seems to be prefer being with.
First point; Billy is very loyal to Flint as Vane pointed out. I think this is because Billy is grateful and feels he owes his life to Flint. Billy is alive and healthy because firstly Flint rescued him from the press-gang followed by the enslavement. And Flint gave him the opportunity to avenge on the person who was responsible for his enslavement and took him (a murderer, who couldn’t go back home to see his father so had nowhere to go) as one of crew members.
And when Billy got overboard (let us skip whether Flint dropped Billy or not here, because Billy himself says it doesn’t much matter to himself), Flint again rescued Billy from the British Navy. This time Flint wasn’t the one directly rescued him but Flint was the reason Billy got released. If Billy was not Flint’s crew (and if captain Hume regarded Billy was no use to him), he might had been even left in the water to dead, or simply captured, tried, and hanged.
Billy rescued twice by Flint. So that he is so loyal to Flint.
And the second point; the type of people Billy seems to be prefer being with.
Before the press-gang, Billy lived in Kensington and was educated by his levelers parents. He is obviously able to read and write (such a cute hand writing!). And it seems he likes to keep himself clean and tidy. He is, if I’m correct, the only one person washes/refreshes his face with fresh water in the show; once at the careening cite and next at the stream in the Maroon Island. (I remember Max and Jack Rackham took bath and Eleanor wiped her body clean.)
Most of those who he talks (and talked) to are lettered; (too educated) Flint, Gates, Dufresne, Logan (he could distinguish Gates’ handwriting), and Silver.
I cannot say whether Morley could read and write but it seemed he was reasonable, wise enough to form a mutiny group (clearly not a numbskull) and a good story-teller.
I think it can be said that Billy likes to be around with educated people and prefer being clean.
Vane once tried to recruit Billy. But Billy didn’t go to Vane. Why didn’t he go? I don’t think Billy liked Vane and his crew. Vane didn’t read and write and had a really pirate-like lifestyle. Personally I don’t think Billy could go well with Vane and his crew. And I speculate other captains are more or less similar to Vane. So Billy didn’t have anywhere to go.
Billy hates Flint but believes he owes his life to Flint and has nowhere else to go. That is why he remains in the Walrus with captain Flint. He does whatever Flint asks of him (how impossible and dangerous it looked and how mad it was) and saves Flint’s life whenever he sees Flint is in imminent danger out of loyalty and, possibly, to prove himself, regardless of how much he hates Flint.
I don’t know if those made sense to you. I really cannot tell and understand what makes Billy to keep helping Flint, if he indeed hates Flint (this is one of the main reasons that I ship blint). I’m hoping that Black Sails will give us decent explanation about this Billy’s “I hate Flint” mystery.
I'm starting to find it difficult to be happy. It's like the last eight years of joy never happened. I'm feeling so stuck, and yet I know that will only manifest more of the same. Wtf to do? People in Flint are so boring. Boredom is the bane of my existence. Boredom and doors.
So I’m buying my dads house and they’re going to turn the water off just to trun it back on and charge me a fee…..I'm so sick of Flint its not even good water.
