Apr 2, 2023
i think there’s something to be said with the way queer identity exists in black sails. there’s the casual queerness of max and eleanor: it exists as a part of them, but isn’t a particularly impactful thing to their narratives. they fall in love, and that queer love is just the same as anything else. then you have flint and anne: it exists as an inherent, defining aspect of them. for anne, it’s her identity, it’s finding who she really is, it’s finding her sense of self outside of her relationship with jack. for flint, it’s one of the reasons, and even the catalyst, for his revolution against england. like there’s such a large breadth of that representation thats still so uncommon in todays media, and even more uncommon back when it aired.
