#I mean people have fanart with his tummy sticking out

[mollymarymarie]

Talk to us about gay pirates? What is this and how do I watch it?

Ohmygodohmygodohmygoditshappening

*calmly clears my throat* Yes, Hello Friend. I'm so happy you've asked of your own volition and I did not word-vomit on you, literally or virtually, to strong-arm you into getting into my newest hyper fixation with me, as I have done with my friends.

(I'm on mobile and I can't make this a keep reading post, so sorry for the length of this post)

This MASTERPIECE is called Our Flag Means Death (on HBO Max in the US), and it's about an aristocrat, Stede Bonnet, who left his family to become a pirate captain and is VERY BAD AT IT but also very lovable (he reads his crew bedtime stories). He and his crew meet notorious pirate captain Blackbeard, who finds Stede ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. Stede agrees to teach Blackbeard to be more gentlemanly (read: passive aggressive) and Blackbeard agrees to teach Stede to be a better pirate (read: literally aggressive)

I started watching this show for Taika Waititi (who plays Blackbeard and looks hella good doing it) but halfway into it, I had an "OH MY GOD IS THIS A GAY PIRATE ROMANCE???" and yes, friend. It is. And it's literally the main characters, not a background relationship (though there are those, too! And a character that uses they/them as their pronouns)

It is soft and affectionate and hilarious and fun and full of representation and heartwarming and heartbreaking and my love for it should be evident by how much I've posted about it in 48 hours

HERE HAVE THIS GIF AS EVIDENCE (it might be a little spoilery but I've posted a lot of spoilers over the last two days, so sorry for that)

This was the moment I fell in LOVE with this show. I mean, at first, like a lot of people, I thought we were getting queer baited. There were little moments before this but that little foot touch (as they gaze into each other's eyes fondly while The Chain by Fleetwood Mac plays in the distance) was when I realized we were ACTUALLY getting a love story.