Oct 19, 2023
Just watched OFMD eps 6 and 7, and...
..."La Vie en Rose," huh? Reminds me of something--
Oh, that's right.
"You know, it's funny. When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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Just watched OFMD eps 6 and 7, and...
..."La Vie en Rose," huh? Reminds me of something--
Oh, that's right.
"You know, it's funny. When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
Pull! And pull!
In "Red Flags," the ending montage over "Run From Me" is mostly about the mutiny Ed's been trying to provoke, and Ed's crew deciding to kill him. And it's devastating. But the short interpolation of Auntie standing up, resolute and focused, over her map, and Red Flag fleet members pulling ships over land in pre-canal Panama is goosebump city for me every time.
It gets at a whole bunch of stuff about Zheng and her crew very efficiently: the will and the effort and leadership involved in being the pirate queen who conquers China, for one. This brief moment pays off Oluwande thinking that Auntie's map can't mean anything because some of the ships are on land. It very effectively shows how massive the fleet is. It highlights why Zheng was talking about how important cohesion is to the ship's culture. The incongruity of seeing crew members haul those immense ships through a forest track ... it's a few precious beats of awe while most of my heart is still breaking for Ed and his crewmates.
Ching Shih, Pirate Queen of China, captain of the Red Flag Fleet. 1775-1844 CE
a former pirate who once terrorized the China Seas during the Jiaqing Emperor period of the Qing dynasty in the early 19th century. She commanded over 300 junks (traditional Chinese sailing ships) manned by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates: 71—men, women, and even children. She entered into conflict with the major nations, such as the British Empire, the Portuguese Empire, and the Qing dynasty.
Ching Shih and her crew's exploits had since been featured in numerous books, novels, video games, and films about piracy, pirates and their way of life in China as well as worldwide. She is widely considered to be the most successful pirate in history, based on the fact that she commanded the largest crew ever assembled, and that she died in her own bed as a free woman.
Ching Shih started the task of uniting the fleet by issuing a code of laws, First, anyone giving their own orders (ones that did not come down from Ching Shih) or disobeying those of a superior was beheaded on the spot.
Second, no one was to steal from the public fund or any villagers that supplied the pirates.
Third, all goods taken as booty had to be presented for group inspection. The booty was registered by a purser and then distributed by the fleet leader. The original seizer received twenty percent and the rest was placed into the public fund.
Fourth, actual money was turned over to the squadron leader, who only gave a small amount back to the seizer, so the rest could be used to purchase supplies for unsuccessful ships.According to Philip Maughan, the punishment for a first-time offense of withholding booty was severe whipping of the back. Large amounts of withheld treasure or subsequent offenses carried the death penalty.
Ching Shih's code had special rules for female captives. Standard practice was to release women, but J.L. Turner witnessed differently. Usually the pirates made their most beautiful captives their concubines or wives. If a pirate took a wife he had to be faithful to her. The ones deemed unattractive were released and any remaining were ransomed. Pirates that raped female captives were put to death, but if pirates had consensual sex with captives, the pirate was beheaded and the woman he was with had cannonballs attached to her legs and was thrown over the side of the boat. 29 Violations of other parts of the code were punished with flogging, clapping in irons, or quartering.
Ching Shih was a chinese prostitute turned pirate that commandeer the famous Red Flag Fleet. She was the most successful chinese pirate woman, but also the most succesful in history,
Ching Shih was a chinese prostitute turned pirate that commandeer the famous Red Flag Fleet. She was the most successful chinese pirate woman, but also the most succesful in history,
Ching Shih was a chinese prostitute turned pirate that commandeer the famous Red Flag Fleet. She was the most successful chinese pirate woman, but also the most succesful in history,
Ching Shih was a chinese prostitute turned pirate that commandeer the famous Red Flag Fleet. She was the most successful chinese pirate woman, but also the most succesful in history,
Chang Shih, the most badass pirate in history, didn't exactly look the part by our Disneyfied standards — for one fairly obvious reason: she was a lady.
When people talk about the most successful pirate that ever lived, it better be about one particular badass that commanded a fleet of as many as 80,000 sailors aboard 1,500 ships during the early 1800s.
This pirate’s name was Chang Shih, who didn’t exactly look the part by our Disneyfied standards for one fairly obvious reason: she was a lady.