Ahhhh Black Sails has been on my "To Watch" list for ages! You're gonna make me finally watch it. :) Is the queer representation good?
It’s so good!!! There’s like four main queer characters and they all have such great arcs. There’s Max, Eleanor Guthrie, Anne Bonny and James Flint. Ngl Max has a rough time in S1 and her character probably gets treated the worst, (tw for rape) like there are some badly portrayed rape scenes but the first season is the weakest and it’s all uphill for her after that. (the show gets instantly better in s2)
Anne Bonny has her lesbian awakening and her bff Jack Rackham is confused but totally supportive (“I do understand why you wouldn’t want to tell me about this but please know that all I ever wanted was for you to be happy”) And Eleanor is…well she tries and she’s a bisexual mess lmao, but she’s a fantastic character.
And James Flint oh man, he’s a complete gay disaster and his arc in relation to his sexuality and the homophobia he faces is the most respectful and well done way I’ve ever seen. He’s devoted his entire existence to fucking over England for being homophobic (not an exaggeration). Also UNBURY YOUR GAYS!!! (I won’t go into it bc spoilers but it’s tru) I could go on but the best way to sum up Black Sails is this tweet imo:
also I have a more in depth Black Sails tag on my other sideblog @tillysfeelings, but I don’t tag for spoilers so search at your own risk. And one more thing I highly recommend listening to the podcast Fathoms Deep. They cover every ep and there’s also some interviews with cast and crew and it’s great!
