#and theres some days i can do that and some days where it makes me feel like shit so idk

[spidermanifested]

heres MY rambly black sails analysis for the day, after watching the show twice in as many months i wholeheartedly believe in the "long john silvers quote unquote missus in treasure island is max, not madi" theory

the most obvious thing, as others have pointed out, is that in treasure island long john silver runs an inn with his wife, a black woman, in bristol, which is absolutely not madi behavior-- i cannot imagine madi would take him back in the first place much less move with him TO ENGLAND-- but IS maxs exact area of expertise. but theres so many other things that cement it for me

as early as episode 2, max tries to convince eleanor to buy out the inn and run it together with her when england takes nassau back. this is her dream-- to share power over her life with a woman she loves, free of the pressures of the outside world. (youll note this also happens to be silvers dream for himself and madi. the parallels)

in season 4 shes faced with the suspiciously similar option to take a husband to be the face of her business, completely on paper, for the sake of the public eye. and she refuses! she doesnt want to give a man that kind of power over her. not only that but she desperately wants to retain some kind of truth in her identity-- she admires anne for her honesty, her courage. these are things she can rarely afford to express. in refusing a marriage of convenience, she asserts her autonomy.

But. black sails tells us over and over again that an oppressive society will always find ways to batter down these private boundaries. there is no island safe from colonial rule. mirandas peaceful house in the interior is burnt to the ground. the maroons are forced to accept a freedom that comes at the price of abandoning those still enslaved and taking part in their continued subjugation. the things it takes to make these spaces are terrible, and unsustainable, and when it comes to being gay in the 1700s there is a tightrope to walk between privilege and privacy, one that destroyed flint and the hamiltons, thats even narrower to max as a self-made woman of color.

given all that, i do not believe she can girlboss her way out of her circumstances no matter how many lessons she took from what happened to eleanor. nor do i think the show believes it. i think the political-marriage-offer plot point is another illustration of that theme-- maxs desire, and silvers desire, to build a warm, happy room in the middle of the imperial machine, without meaningfully striking out against the machine itself, is destined to be futile no matter how strong they are as individuals.

max and silver are mirror images of one another. each of them is essentially the narrator of one half of the story. it is absolutely agonizing how BOTH of them tried to convince their lovers to abandon their ambitions, to settle for a quiet life with them, and in doing so saw that relationship destroyed by their own fear of an uncertain future....

....And its even MORE agonizing to imagine them finally securing the trappings of a domestic life... but without the love. and they know the love was what mattered! theyre always going to know!!!

it bookends PERFECTLY with their alliance at the start of the series. theyre right where they started, trusting no one, pretending to be humble and harmless, planning to steal the EXACT SAME TREASURE, except now theyre 50 years old and jaded and bitter and both pining after their lost loves. silver probably pictures madi whenever he tells people about his wife. when he and max have time to themselves they talk solely about finances and nothing else. its honestly impressive how miserable this is for every single person involved. im losing my mind

[channel-eclair]

okay maybe im just in denial but something really peculiar to me about the sonic 3 trailer is this moment right here

why are sonic and eggman warping somewhere? where are they warping? whats the plan here?

to me, my assumption of "eggman helping" would be eggman making some robot fighter or mechanical upgrades to team sonic. but why are they Going somewhere? wasnt sonic literally visiting eggmans lab?

my hope is that eggmans "help" is using sonics quil (and later keeping it for himself) to scan all over the world for more beings like sonic that'll help in the fight against sonic. i mean tails was able to track sonic so maybe tails and eggman can both work out a worldwide scanner

which of course leads to my desperate hope of just

can we still win somehow amy fans please please

i dont think its flat out impossibleee? sonic 2 is two hours long including credits, so maybe likeee

-first arc of the movie is a reintroduction to sonic tails and knuckles lives, GUN showing up to be like "sonic we need ur help", team sonic getting cleared by shadow, and some info on shadows past

-second arc is going to eggman for help, eggman helps them find amy, team sonic meets amy. meanwhile eggman goes back and eventually has his run in with gerald

-third arc is the team getting to know amy a bit more with the humans i forgot the name of, and cuts to flashbacks of shadows past with explanations from GUN

-fourth arc is a 4v1 rematch against shadow, which team sonic manages to win, and we get plenty of interactions between the five characters during this

-fifth arc is eggman and gerald going "surprise we are bad lol", space colony arc, biolizard shenanigans, and then sonic and shadow use the chaos emeralds to use their super saiyan hedgehog yaoi blast (ft. live and learn) on the lizard and the day is saved

ehhhhh Maybe thats like. too much to fit in one movie. gerald makes it REALLY awkward to balance the idea of both shadow and amy being in the movie tbh. plus we gotta account for how much sceentime the obligatory human actors are gonna take up so idk. who knows when theres gonna be 20 minutes of some dude playing tennis or something paramount is not above doing that

im not hopeful at all but itd be nice

[b4kuch1n]

post-drive sketch commissions fulfilled so far! for Cookie Nomie, A. Peake, @azaelyas, viviiyon on twitter, bxby_ashhh on twitter, tsunesama, @trucbiduleschouettes, and Anna.

[littleseasalt]

"forever is a bad dad to richa-" SHUT UP!!!!!

[chiimeramanticore]

[bunnihearted]

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[snickerdoodlles]

there's a lot of things people blame for why fandoms feel like ghost towns these days, but no one's really talked about the way discord's contributing to it

[bbq-potato-chip]

i can't think about drawing right now I HAVE THINGS TO DO!!!

[freak1demon69]

This is what it feels like being a hex fan sometimes, like its not even a twitter issue (and in a sense its not necessarily an issue, sometimes ppl just wanna have fun n not spout theories n discussion 24/7! I get that!) but i feel like a lot of people r quick to write off aspects of the game and characters and insist that, despite it being a mullinsverse title, it's not that deep/things are surface level

[just-spacetrash]

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[girlcrushau]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[papyrus-onlyblogokay]

i love your blog, thank you for reblogging papyrus for me to look at!!!!!!!!!

💚💚💚!!! Of course! I love papyrus and i love sharing papyrus! I think out of every blog i have ever made, this one is the most worth it for people like you💚! Cheers to the coolest skeleton!

[gu6chan]

99% just my autism speaking here but something ive been noticing lately that im sorta kinda 😶 about is when ppl are like "I think you'll like this" but not bc they ACTUALLY think you'll like it, rather they just got into it and want you to also get into it so "I think you'll like this" is a nice personal hook. i love chill stuff as much as any other person ofc but given i don't divulge that EVER, what makes you think my berserk reading, made in abyss watching, drakengard playing ass would like YURU CAMP????

[orbmanson7]

:(

Very bad grade in therapy today

[dandyshucks]

need Guz to hug me tightly for like an hour solid oh my god dhdjdkl I went driving for the first time in over a year and I chewed my lip raw 😭😭

I'm starting to look like a caricature of Anxiety with all these physical symptoms and signs LMAO