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GOD this rewatch of black sails is truly Sending Me because now I know why Flint is Like That. you expect me to be normal about this?????? my man does exclusively everything for the gay agenda like that’s not even a joke that’s a literal fact. hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but england hath no rival like a gay man let lose on the seven seas 

what you can expect from me and my brain rot tumblr page is the following…

• cunty little pirates serving diva and lots of gay (black sails)

• problematic and also pretty fucking gay pub owners who should be imprisoned (iasip)

• cutesy little pookie pie footballers doing their bestest (ted lasso)

• iddie biddie baby boo bears kicking multi coloured balls around having giggles all day every day (lfc and england nt)

• silly billy neenaw engine people who fight fires and serve the utmost cuntussy (9-1-1)

please do enjoy and let me and my ever changing hyper fixations live on in this little bubble i have created for myself that is one day going to destroy me xxxxxx

currently watching black sails the way it was intended.

i’ll do anything for my silly little pirates.

Importing my Twitter musings for maximum emotional damage. I’m . . . sorry? 😬

@jaynovz actually inspired this because we were talking about memories and trauma and how they relate to Silver in our chat for her episode of Reading Between the Lines Podcast. She mentions memories in a vault, which got me thinking about how James is doing the exact same thing. Oh! Which made me realize something else! Holy shit . . . that’s WHY he prods Silver for his past! That’s why he tells him how important all parts of him are, his present, his past, his trauma, it’s all important to embrace. Why?? It’s a lesson he learned from Miranda. One of the last.

Okay, I’ll stop screaming and just continue with my Twitter thread . . .

Once again thinking about how those flashbacks dance around James’ and Thomas’ love story up until episode 2X05. You can certainly hold to the belief that the only reason was to drop that twist mid-season, but let’s think about how we engage with memories.

Some memories are so overwhelming that we avoid them. We don’t have time for them. We tuck them away in a drawer in the darkest corner of our mind where we are convinced we will be safe from them. That’s all well and good if those memories aren’t shared with anyone else.

The flashbacks, we realize very early on, aren’t simply exposition. They exist in Flint’s present reality; memories triggered by Flint’s quest seemingly nearing its end . . . Thomas’s dream finally within his grasp. Equally important, they are triggered by Silver.

It’s very important to remember that we don’t get a single flashback until they are triggered by Silver working with Flint. He begins to remember Thomas because Silver reminds him, not of Thomas, but of himself. He’s now understanding how much of Thomas he’s embodied himself.

In season one, Miranda chastises James for never addressing his loss. For tucking Meditations on a shelf and hiding it away from himself. He’s angry not just because she shared that book with Richard Guthrie, but because she’s reminded him of its very existence.

The flashbacks are all from Flint’s perspective, as he’s focused on his goal. He’s remembering their vision for Nassau, pushing on that bruise to continue spurring him onward, no matter the cost, no matter the casualties. He never brings up Thomas by name. Not once.

It’s Miranda who brings him up by name. Miranda who is desperately trying to get him to remember the love. Remember the true reason he’s doing what he’s doing. She knows he can’t. It’s too much. It’s too painful. And so every single flashback is from Flint’s perspective . . .

Until episode 2X05. When we see that dinner scene with Alfred Hamilton again, when we see that first kiss, it’s Miranda who is thinking of it. That’s HER memory of it because James still can’t look at it. It’s like staring into the sun.

The writers weren’t skirting around the reveal, it was simply being told to us by a character too traumatized to give us the whole story. We needed Miranda’s perspective. She hands him the book and it’s the inscription that finally breaks him. Finally gets him to open that drawer.

But the memories tucked inside that drawer are not Miranda’s. He doesn’t go back to the dinner scene, to that kiss. What we see is what Miranda didn’t see. We see James’s memories of the book.

He couldn’t look at that book because it wasn’t the memory of a tender first kiss at dinner, it was the unbearable intimacy of sharing that book, the private intimacies and love that’s had time to breathe for a bit. Miranda calls it shame because she doesn’t have those memories.

So while it’s true that Black Sails was planned to build up to this reveal from its infancy, it’s equally true that James’s story is told in one of the most organic and ultimately honest narrative arcs I’ve ever seen.

So much of the beauty of this show is derived from the absolute mastery of the writers creating at the very peak of their craft and we should all remember that, during a time when those same creators, who have given us so much, are fighting to be compensated fairly.

Black Sails is the gift that keeps on giving, and onion one might never reach the center of. Considering all of this, I’m beyond excited to see what we are served up with the Percy Jackson series. If it’s anywhere close to the quality of Black Sails, we’re in for a real treat.

you watch black sails, it rewires your brain, and then what. what now. every queer analysis of media sounds superficial. I want - I need, sometimes - to compare movies and TV shows to black sails so I can make a point, but I can't, because like, five people have watched it. And now what. I try explaining the monster metaphor and how minorities shouldn't conform, but no one gets it. so I just sound like I'm being insane. Which I am, but it has a point and a rationale. And then some media comes out and everyone treats it like it's revolutionary in how it portrays queerness but you've seen it before and you've seen it done better, more carefully, more genuinely, but you can't say anything lest the fans of this new media accuse you of being a prejudiced asshole. And maybe you are. Maybe you're expecting too much of media that should just be allowed to exist as it is. But if that media is putting itself forward as some kind of metaphor for how queer people are treated in society, and it comes to a certain conclusion, and you're queer, aren't you allowed to disagree with that conclusion? Aren't you allowed to think it's shallow at best and homophobic at worse? So you just watch black sails and go insane. and let the cycle repeat over and over. and it's still just you and those five people.

Look, I love this ridiculous man and want nothing but the best for him, but I just think he’s extra pretty when he’s confused, upset, and on his knees.

RCG EDIT BRING BACK THE ALWAYS SUNNY PODCAST

dennis' skin-tight, titty-hugging white tee with the frayed denim cut-offs...mac's little theatre gay outfit with the off-the-shoulder moment...astounding levels of extremely hatecrimeable cunt served in the space of a single episode...

once again nothing significant under the cut just me being horny, i couldn't not attach these. he's so hot when he's at his most goofy it's stupid.

VOTED MOST TOXIC BISEXUAL IN THE OFFICE! (real tough competition too)

love the love between these two 🥺

every now again i think about trent during his off season and it makes me so so sad

having a favorite character from a piece of media you haven’t seen but one of your mutuals is unwell about is like. that’s my nepo blorbo from the gifsets,

Scored a goal together, stripped together and were babygirls together, it was truly their night

But ‘allegations ruin lives’ right? Fuck off.

-Mason Greenwood

-Ferland Mendy

-Cristiano Ronaldo

-Benzema

-Benjamin Mendy

And these are just players I can name off the top of my head; i’m sure there’s more. Football and rape culture have proven to be intertwined. All these men did the unthinkable and were still able to remain employed and continue to make millions. And don’t even get me started on the support these disgusting individuals get. Not only from fans, but from other footballers too. I’m sure Asencio won’t even get a slap on the wrist. Why would he when no one before him did?

not scouse mickey mouse living his best life😭

crying😭😭😭

😭😭😭an everton fan

me when i’m always right

if he’s in a LA, the chances he’s with Trent are so high 😭 Trent goes to America (LA,LV etc) every year cos that’s where his mum was raised and it’s his favourite place.

“we’re not inseparable”

let them elope - it’s only right🙏🙏🙏🙏

Y’all think Jude and Trent will head over to Vegas and get married?👀💍

if he’s in a LA, the chances he’s with Trent are so high 😭 Trent goes to America (LA,LV etc) every year cos that’s where his mum was raised and it’s his favourite place.

“we’re not inseparable”

T-Trent?…

hey pookies (about to out myself)

can someone pls write loads of jude/trent pls😞😞

thanks lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxx

me too babe, me too x

In the midst of all the transfer rumours, my mind is full of chaos. Finding peace reminiscing the dreadlocks era

the way it probably isn’t gonna be a quiet holiday because i think he’s gonna go with trent 😭😭(only saying that because they both got their trims at the same day)

those boys can’t spend a second without each other 😭

the definition of “🤷‍♂️”

no because wdym strong friendship?🤨

it’s getting a lil suspect..🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

Me about those Trent to Madrid rumours because of his “strong friendship” with Jude