#like it is literally my favorite writing ever. and flint is my favorite gay character ever. nothing and no one will ever compare.

[bylertruther]

every time i see one of you make a joke about how unlikely it is that two straight cis guys would write a gay love story, straightbait, and make their main characters gay, etc etc, i just think of bl4ck sails and promptly pop a blood vessel trying my hardest to keep my comments to myself.

like. i’m literally begging you guys to watch this clip, but i’ll provide a transcript below, too. it’s from bl4ck sails, a show written by two presumably straight cis men. the first season was straightbait and then it turned into the most beautiful, nuanced gay shit ever. they tackle shame and how society uses it to keep those that are “other” down and controlled. they tackle how society turns those that are “other” into monsters, casting them away. how the strongest, bravest, most dangerous thing you can do is look that evil power in the face, shrug off the shackles of shame it forced on you, and say "no more".

the following speech is given by the patron saint of gay rage a queer pirate king of a character that is waging war against england because it killed his lover, who was a good man. it’s a death that he’s never gotten over, that fundamentally changed him as a person, and is explicitly stated as his reason for fighting. both of these characters featured had a complicated romantic story-line of their own, too, which makes their conversation especially loaded.

"They paint the world full of shadows and then tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons. Their judgements. Because in the darkness there be dragons. But it isn't true. We can prove that it isn't true. In the dark there is discovery. There is possibility. There is freedom in the dark once someone has illuminated it. And who has been so close to doing it as we are right now? [...] All this will be for nothing. We will have been for nothing. Defined by their histories. Distorted to fit into their narrative. Until all that is left of us are the monsters in the stories they tell their children.”

— “I don’t care.”

“You will. Someday, you will. Someday, even if you can persuade [your lover] to keep you, she’ll no longer be enough. And the comfort will grow stale. And casting about in the dark for some proof that you mattered and finding none, you'll know that you gave it away in this moment on this island.”

like... is it common for straight cis men to do this? no. but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible! it doesn’t mean they’re incapable. none of what makes us ship and believe in byler just randomly popped up in season four. it’s been there since the beginning. we know this. they know this. they’re doing it and have been doing it this whole time.

chin up and clown shoes off, soldiers. 🫡

[im-the-punk-who]

I'm new to the fandom, but haven't gotten the chance to watch the show yet. Bit weird I know. I've been spoilered for bits and pieces and read some fanfic. Why is so much of the fandom silverflint when flinthamilton is there and so beautiful? I don't want to watch the show and become confused between the ships (lol). Thoughts?

OH BABE. WATCH THE SHOW - JOIN ME IN MY HELL HOLE.

Since you said you've been spoiled a bit, this does contain some spoilers for the show. Nothing major, but I dont think theres a way to talk about this otherwise. ❤

OKAY. I'm gonna say this as politically as possible, lmao, since there is...a healthy dose of animosity between people who ship silverflint and people who don't - mainly because the interpretations of John Silver's character are so varied.

For the record, enemies to lovers is my least favorite shipping trope, and silverflint is probably the biggest notp I've ever had. Edit: And Flinthamilton hits my absolutely favorite shipping trope, which is friends to lovers. We state our personal biases out front like REAL scientists of literature, lmao.  That said I have a bunch of mutuals who ship it and I try my darndest to uhhhh at least support them in that to the extent I'm able.

So, imo, the biggest reason silverflint is so popular is that they're the two characters with the most screentime together. Silver and Flint are on screen together in some capacity in just about every episode from the first to the last, and their plotlines and character developments are deeply intertwined. No matter what their actual relationship was, no matter if they were canon or if there were any actual romantic feelings between them, they were bound to be a big ship, especially since one of them is canonically attracted to men. Conversely, Thomas only has about 40 minutes of screentime in the entire series and it is all in flashback from before the series begins. Now of course he also has a lot of what I'll call 'off-screen callbacks' - James' entire character arc depends on his love and belief in Thomas' ideals - but he and James only interact for a very brief period of time and we really dont get a whole lot about Thomas himself.

There are reasons people ship both, and reasons people might be drawn to silverflint over flintham which all comes down to personal preference, but I really do think the biggest reason is their screentime disparity.

That said...even though Silverflint isn't canon, and Flintham IS the show's endgame, that doesnt make one more valid than the other as a ship because that's categorically not what fandom is about. I don't think there's a confusion to be had there, because there's no such thing as 'this is the right ship and this is the wrong one.' I have ships I doggedly sail that aren't canon and that for some are their notps. And I would quite literally fight to the death over them given half a chance. That's fandom!!

I will say that the reason silverflint is my notp is because I personally feel like the relationship becomes incredibly unhealthy when you put a romantic spin on it - but for some people that's the attraction! Or they don't have the same set of personal experiences I have that lead me to those conclusions! Just as a lot of people have experiences that sour them to him, John Silver is a very personal and relatable character to a lot of people. And honestly, if that's true why wouldn't they want to have him get with James Flint who is not only very beautiful but also technically perfect in every way and has never done anything wrong in his life, ever?

And that's okay! Again it's fandom! Everybody is right! You get validation! And you get validation! Everybody gets validation!!

(Lmao that's wrong - there are some people who are wrong but they're mostly wrong because they try to insist their views are the only corect ones.)

Idk what to tell you. Do I personally wish there was more flintham and less silverflint? For sure, lol. But that's because, let's be real - there was ABSOLUTELY NO WORLD where I wasn't going to be a rabid flintham shipper, and also absolutely no world in which I was going to like John Silver as a character enough to want him near my kin, my sun, my only light, my absolute unit of a child James Flint-McGraw-Hamilton any longer than absolutely necessary. I'm aware of my bias. I stand by it, but I am aware of it, lol. BUT HERE'S THE GREAT THING ANON IF YOU JOIN ME IN SHIPPER HELL WE CAN FIX THAT. BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE!!

My biggest advice is that, at its heart Black Sails is a show about stories and the personal bias inherent in them. Keep your mind open, and try not to let fandom influence your personal feelings towards what you find enjoyable. (Even me. If you end up shipping silverflint, I promise I will try very hard not to take offense lmao). Oh, and don't expect a happy ending for anyone. Black Sails is a tragedy, and in true tragedy form there are no happy endings for anyone except the british empire.

For the most part this is a great fandom and Black Sails itself is a show that I think everyone should watch - even if they aren't in it for the ships. While I have some major problems with it(particularly its treatment of its female characters) it's also hands down the best show I've ever seen in a lot of ways. It is full of not just the most pure and perfect mlm ship in Flintham but ALSO some great canon wlw ships, a dumb himbo who ruins everything, lots of POC - specifically a large number of really excellently portrayed black characters - and just...absolutely phenomenal writing. And it says gay rights with its fucking chest. And it contains the most heartbreakingly real portrayal of why revolutions fail and whose stories get told that like. I've ever, ever seen. I still cry when I think too hard about it please don't look at me.

ANYWAY LONG STORY SHORT WATCH BLACK SAILS. (James&Thomas 4eva)

(And, to that end uhhhh, here's some timestamps for violence against women in the first season. I've been meaning to add on for the other seasons but just haven't had time.)

[zutaralesbian]

for the character meme, harry james potter and eleanor guthrie!

Harry James Potter:

OTP for them: You know it's weird but I don't think I really have a solid romantic OTP for Harry? He's my bi son but the most important relationship for him to me is the golden trio.

BROTP for them: Ron/Harry/Hermione ofc. As much as I can't stand J.K R*wling now they are sadly one of my favorite friendship groups ever :(

Other ships: I'll admit that I've read a Drarry fic or two (I'm an enemies to lovers hoe) but I don't really SHIP them because I don't really care about Draco as a character in canon lol. I go back and forth about whether I romantically ship Harry/Luna or just see them as sweet buds. And I definitely headcanon that he had a crush on Cedric in GOF but I don't think I really ship them in the typical sense either.

Also, while I think I mostly see them platonic Harry/Ron is lowkey underrated as a ship. Ron was literally considered 'the thing Harry Potter would miss most' in GOF. Plenty of romance tropey potential there.

What kind of fic I’d write about them: I'll never write HP fic but IF I did it would probably be something post series that addresses his trauma and how he slowly learns to heal :(

A favorite canon moment: The scene in GOF when he's getting ready for one of the tournaments while the other champions are with their families and then he realizes that the Weasleys came to support him 🥺 Moments where Harry realized that he now had people who loved him and cared about him always made me emotional. Also "there's no need to call me sir, professor' just because it was savage and funny af lmao

Color that reminds me of them: Green!

Song that reminds me of them: Hmmmm....drawing a blank on this one

A headcanon about them: Harry used to spend a lot of his time as a young kid petting stray cats in the neighborhood. They were his first friends :(

A random AU I think up on the spot for them: Sirius is never wrongfully convicted for betraying James and Lily and he and Lupin get custody of baby Harry and give him the loving home he deserved.

Anything else: I love my son Harry James Potter so, so much. He was one of the first male characters I actively stanned as a kid and he'll always have a special place in my heart, despite how much I hate his creator now.

Eleanor Guthrie:

OTP for them: Max/Eleanor *sighs* :(

BROTP for them: I would die for her relationship with Flint. We stan a chaotic gay man and his equally chaotic bi daughter.

Other ships: Back when I was actually in the Black Sails fandom I liked Eleanor/Miranda as a crack ship. Eleanor and Ms. Hudson had potential. Also Eleanor/Anne but only in a Eleanor/Max/Anne ot3 context.

What kind of fic I’d write about them: Once upon a time I entertained writing a fic where she doesn't die, poisons and kills Woode Rogers, and then eventually raises her baby with Max and Anne helping her.

A favorite canon moment: Soooo many. She was too iconic. But I think I have to go with when she rescued Abigail from Vane and locked the gate on him. She was just so amazing in that entire episode in general.

Color that reminds me of them: Red, for that one outfit she wore in S2 🔥

Song that reminds me of them: 'Control' by Halsey. Mostly because I once watched a kickass fanvid of her to that song. You can find it HERE

A headcanon about them: She and Flint first met when she was only twelve years old and he was immediately impressed by how fierce she was.

A random AU I think up on the spot for them: I love Maxanne too but....an AU where she and Max slowly fell back in love during late S3/early S4 would have slapped.

Anything else: I love her so much and she deserved so much better than what the show did to her character in the end. It's one of my biggest problems with the show and it annoys me how much its overlooked by the fandom 🙃

Thanks! ❤

[woozapooza]

Black Sails: The Verdict

not to be obvious but this was a really good show

If I try to get into all the things I want to say about this show I’ll be writing this post for the rest of my life so I’m just gonna touch on the most important things.

I’m not sure there’s ever been a show that had this much of an emotional impact on me. I woke up in the middle of the night last night thinking about the show. I guess I must have been dreaming about it and dreamed so hard I woke myself up. I’m sincerely hoping that the day is not far off when I can think about this show more calmly. I think I’ll be able to enjoy it more when the very thought of it doesn’t make me drown in feelings. I’m grateful for the BS humor videos on youtube that are helping me take the show less seriously.

I’ve been looking at other people’s reactions to the finale and two things are clearer than ever (and they were already pretty clear): 1. This is a very complex show where no one is ever totally right or wrong. 2. My standards for TV are a lot lower than many TV fans’. I’m impressed by people who are able to be like “here’s why such-and-such episode didn’t make sense/was dissatisfying” and I sort of envy people who are that good at watching TV but I’m a lot more willing than some people to accept what a show gives me and that’s just the way it is. So I understand some people’s complaints about various things about how the show ended, and I also understand the people who have the complete opposite points of view because this show is wicked complex and there are no right answers to a lot of the big questions about it. Anyway, the following are just my onions.

Ultimately I think my favorite character was Silver. I’ve never seen a character with development like his. I know his actions in the finale are very controversial and I’m trying not to take too hard a stance on them in one direction or the other, but I think what he did was ultimately right. He prevented a war that would have been devastating (because it’s a war) and that England probably would have won anyway. It’s not like the fact that the war got cut short means people aren’t going to keep resisting the bad things about the British empire. As for what he did to Flint, I’ve seen some people get very angry with Silver for essentially selling Flint into slavery, which okay yes, but…what was he supposed to do? If he wants to end the war, he has to sacrifice Flint. Flint’s whole identity was built around fighting civilization. If Silver wanted to end the war, he had to end Flint, and the only ways to do that were to kill him or “unmake” him, and what’s the best way to do that latter? By forcibly removing Flint from his life of piracy and reuniting him with the very thing whose loss turned James McGraw into Captain Flint in the first place: Thomas Hamilton. Flint’s life was basically miserable and I can’t see any way Silver could have found happiness for Flint except by reuniting him with the man he loved. It sucks that Flint is basically trapped on the plantation, but he hates the world anyway, so I’m not sure he’d be all that devastated about being shut off from the world for the rest of his life. Plus, it was repeatedly stressed that this is place as humane as it could be while still being what it is—I mean, no one got mad at Thomas for stopping work and hugging and kissing his lover—so it’s not like he’ll be treated terribly. I’m not trying to pretend that what Silver did was totally fine, but he gave Flint the happiest ending realistically possible. What else was he supposed to do?

I know some people suspect that Silver actually killed Flint and made up the story about sending him to the plantation, but not only is that needlessly depressing when the show is throwing a much happier option at us, it doesn’t even make sense. I mean, I don’t understand the logic of literally seeing something happen and then being like “well what if that didn’t happen!” Like, it’s a show, none of it really happened, but there is still a reality at the fictional level and if the show is clearly telling us that an event is part of that reality I don’t understand the impulse to reject that event as real.

It’s striking—and pleasing—that for such an angsty show, the ending was relatively happy. The world changes, civilization wins out, but that doesn’t mean everyone’s lives are over, that there’s no room for them to be happy going forward. Flint gets to “walk away from the sea and find some peace” with his true love. (Also note that he and Thomas were separated for approximately ten years, which is, well, half the time Odysseus and Penelope were separated? So the parallel sort of works. Half works.) Silver and Madi have gone through a very rough patch, but Madi returns to Silver and I have to believe that that means she’s come to see that his point of view is legitimate, that the issue of the war was an impossibly complicated one and the fact that they had different opinions on it doesn’t make either of them wrong, and that he really loves her. I know Silver has a wife in the book (which I CANNOT WAIT TO READ), so I assume we’re supposed to think he and Madi worked it out and got married. I’m more than willing to think that. Jack and Anne are still together (till they put us in the fucking ground!), still doin’ piracy, and Jack got another lesbian for his collection. (Hi, Mary Read!!!) Max is still running Nassau, happy, powerful, able to make the world a better place, and on good terms with Anne and Jack. Featherstone is governor! I love it! Everything sucks for Woodes Rogers, which, while I didn’t really like him, is not entirely fair, to be honest. He was no more a one-dimensional villain than Flint. Billy is, uh, marooned on Skeleton Island, I guess? Well, I know he can’t die yet because he’s in the book. Actually, let me start a new paragraph about Billy.

I know a lot of people ended up straight-up hating Billy, but I didn’t. I don’t want to go into too much detail because quite honestly I’m afraid I’m going to end up saying things that are just factually incorrect but I think Billy had good intentions that led him astray. It’s sad, really. His hatred of Flint was honestly totally justified but it led him to do things he shouldn’t have done, like going through with the raid on that one plantation. I don’t know, maybe I’m going too easy on him because he was so wonderful in the first three seasons, but maybe it’s not a bad thing that I choose to remember who Billy used to be and try to see that person in who he became.

I have a ton more things I want to say but those things will have to wait for other posts. Some of them I won’t be able to articulate unless I rewatch, and god knows when I’ll have the strength to do that. I’m just so fascinated by the theme of stories (one of my favorite themes for any show to have) in particular as it relates to my dear boys Flint and Silver. Both of them take on identities they didn’t start with—civilized lieutenant James McGraw becomes “the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed,” Captain Flint, and tiny precious happy John Silver becomes Terrifying Indestructible Pirate Long John Silver—and we see the stories that spring up around both of those characters but we also see these guys for who they truly are underneath all the legends and ahhhhh I’m becoming inarticulate so I’m gonna just stop that thought here. In fact, I think it’s time to wrap up this post because if I even try to say more I’m gonna be here forever. Oh, but let me just say bless Jack Rackham for that beautiful speech about stories. Whenever a character in a show or movie makes a grand speech on that topic I’m GUARANTEED to just lose it emotionally.

Last thing: the reasons I wanted to watch this show in the first place were simply that it was a period drama about pirates that had quality gay/bi representation. I built it up so much in my head that I was apprehensive about watching it but guess what, it totally met my expectations! The representation was beautiful (I want to say more words on that topic but I’ll save that for another post) and, like, there were pirates. If I may end on a shallow note (which I may because it’s my blog and I’m in charge) anything with pirates is guaranteed to be awesome.

[shortjohnsilver]

flint!!!!!!!!! my boy

   How I feel about this character

   (before i started this i said to myself “okay im going to make this one shorter” and oops.)

   I. Love him. At first I didn’t?? He was interesting to watch and had really cool writing but I didn’t trust him as a person at all and didn’t see an ounce of morality. I knew he was gay going in but that didn’t really help– until 205 when the world flipped up-side-down and I sort of realize he is this way because he is gay, in a huge way? Like he’s willing to step on anyone, leave anyone behind, because he wants to fix the world that was able to destroy him for the most abhorrent reason: falling in love with a man? I think that sort of thing has a lot of weight today for obvious reasons, so from that moment on I was just a mess of sympathizing with him. It’s hard to be angry and not sympathize even when he’s leading men knowingly to their deaths for his own agenda when that agenda is literally holding the world responsible and seeing it pay for homophobia. Like no, that’s not a great thing, but god can I fucking sympathize. That’s really what Flint is to me overall– sympathetic. Wrong, in so many ways. But so, so fucking sympathetic.

   He has his moments where I think he does have some morality, too. He isn’t as far gone as he could have been written. He still needs people. Still cares about them. Still sets himself aside for Miranda and even stays his hand for Silver in a life-or-death situation and goes out of his way for Madi. He’s so complicated and one of the most compelling characters I’ve ever seen on tv. I think it’s clear from the beginning he hates what he’s doing, who he has become, and sees no place for himself in the world he’s trying to build. We know his worst fear is being seen as a villain, that no one understands things the way he does and will judge him by their understanding rather than his. I think in the end it’s less “i’ll go back to being mcgraw” and more “i’ll die fighting.” and that kind of breaks my heart. He became this, lost himself, destroyed any hope of his own redemption, because of what the world did to him. He needed to show it was wrong at the cost of himself, and that’s… that hurts me. I love him.

   All the people I ship romantically with this character

   Thomas and Silver… maybe others but briefly and apparently not enough for me to remember for this question.

   My non-romantic OTP for this character

Miranda. His relationship with her is arguably one of my favorite portrayals of friendship in the entire series (I’m totally okay with it being romantic too that doesn’t take away but friendship’s how I’m looking at it.) I love that it seems in season 1 and 2 they maybe don’t fully understand each other– there are times when they completely disregard each other’s feelings or fail to understand them but there is no fear between them. No mistrust, no belief in the possibility of betrayal from the other and a truly unconditional friendship based on something that no one else around them can ever understand. And at the base of that thing is just pure respect for and love for one-another that nothing could touch, and that neither of them would ever think of betraying. It was them against the world, even if they had different ideas of how to live in it.

   My unpopular opinion about this character:

While there may have been some semblance of noble intentions in his actions and while the cause itself may have been arguably noble he was doing what he was doing out of rage and a lack of other options rather than an undying belief in it. I think his relentless pursuit of a better world did end when he found Thomas again, and he was never truly dedicated to it on a basis of belief to begin with. It was about not being able to live any other way more than it was about caring about the state of the world. I think he would be much happier and is much happier having found a way to live in the world peacefully rather than waging war against it. I’m not saying this because I think it is somehow the default human state as I don’t feel the same for Madi– I think she really believed in what they were doing. But for Flint I don’t feel his heart was in it, and the only happy ending for his story was finding a way out. It definitely wasn’t the best way out, but I think he’s happier and more content than ever living in peace with Thomas.

   One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I wish we would have seen him a bit of him on the way to the plantation so certain disgusting people can’t have their ‘no, silver killed him’ headcanon. Also there are really weird OOC “Silver tortured him on the way and laughed as he beat him into submission” headcanons that make absolutely no fucking sense at all so it’d be cool to kill those as well.

[nocturnal-milk-dud]

tv shows and/or movie recommendations

You don’t wanna come to me for this. I talk a big game sometimes but I ultimately know nothing. Okay. But bear with me this is getting long. 

TV Shows: 

TWO WORDS: BLACK SAILS. Just fucking do it. First off: length. This was one show that I would’ve happily ate up ten fucking seasons worth, even if it turned into Flint braiding John Silver’s hair. But the writers knew when to quit and they did not disappoint. They wrapped the story up beautifully. It is a bit slow at the start of the first season, but honestly they had me from the first episode. This show is for those who are dying for better LGBT representation. They literally unbury the gays. I think there are at least 4 LGBT main characters. (And they aren’t all killed and they all are beautiful three dimensional characters.) We got some strong fucking ladies, who are written as actual human beings. Got some sex but this ain’t no game of thrones shit. And of course violence. Righteous fucking violence. And the writing is beautiful, have I mentioned the writing. And pirates. And guys, TALL SHIPS. I adore tall ships. I should stop there because I’m getting carried away. 

American Gods as well. I’m behind to be honest,  but it immediately captured my attention. Neil Gaiman is my favorite author and I loved that book and so far I am loving what the writers of the show are doing with it.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine for those of you looking to add more comedy to your life. Beautiful, wholesome. Gay black man in position of power, Stephanie Beatriz plays Rosa Diaz: the light of my life. Even if you don’t like Andy Samberg I’d say just give it a shot because it is amazing. 

Also Grace and Frankie, ya’ll. Grace and fucking Frankie. I’m sorry I’m slowing down cause I’m getting tired. 

Also: Daredevil, Luke Cage, JESSICA JONES. Idgaf about Iron Fist, sorry. 

Movies

MOONLIGHT: there isn’t one thing that I didn’t like about this movie. Poignant, heartbreaking, redeeming, intimate. And it brings further into light toxic masculinity and its effect on poc: specifically men of color/lgbt men of color.  

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: I was skeptical about this movie at first, as I am with like any Ben Stiller movie ever, but this movie helped me realize my passion for cinematography. And it fuels that wanderlust inside me. It’s a stunning, beautifully shot movie, and to me it’s a reminder that all of the amazing things in your life don’t have to happen in your twenties. You are where you need to be right now.

Black Panther. It isn’t even out yet. No one’s seen it yet. But I just know it’s going to be amazing. Everyone go see it.

The Fall (2006): another beautifully shot, beautifully told story. The costumes are awesome as well, and the colors are so vibrant. 

I think I’m gonna stop there because I can’t stop yawning. I’m sure there’s stuff I missed but I think it’s time for bed.Thank you friend!

[brightbluedot]

9, 14 (replace "book" with fanfic), 16, 31, 53!!!

HI NICOLE THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS :D

9. Least favorite trope to write.

Yikes, good question - if there’s a trope I don’t like, I just...don’t write it, and don’t think about it much? So it’s kinda hard to pin down One Specific Thing. 

14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book?

Over Troubled Water (Steve/Bucky) put me through the WRINGER. For some reason they just HAD to be on this ONE BRIDGE that I’ve NEVER SET FOOT ON, so I was Googling and asking my friend who lives in NYC all about the fuckin Brooklyn Bridge so I could describe it for two seconds. I was also up to my eyeballs trying to figure out the mechanics of the WWII drafting process so I could establish a timeline – I wanted to try to align “time before canon”, “what was happening in the war” and “Just How Screwed is Bucky, draft-wise,” and it ended up just. Not mattering to the story. Combine that with the usual “...was that idiom/slang a thing in the ‘30s?” etymology fun, and it was the most hassle I’ve ever put myself through.

16. Where do you take your motivation from?

A non-negligible chunk is The Comments, tbh lol - I really enjoy the way fic authors and fic readers interact with each other, and the best way to get that fix is to publish something new. Other sources of motivation include: It’s Fun, My Friends Will Swear At Me, and, more recently, I’m Literally Always Thinking About James/Thomas So I Might As Well Write Some Of It Down.

31. Hardest character to write.

James. Flint. James McGraw is easy, all you gotta do is paint a verbal portrait of one single gumdrop who loves his boyfriend very much, and you’re good to go, but Flint. Talk about an enigma. I’ve only written him 1.5 times, and I was ripping my hair out every step of the way. I hesitate to say “never again” but. AGH.

53. What does writing mean to you?

That Gay Shit. Like...seriously. This is something I do for fun. Daydreaming about love stories is fun for me, and the love stories I tend to daydream about fall, blessedly, under the category of That Gay Shit. I do have very big feelings about the power of stories, the beauty of language, etc., but when I pull open a blank document, I’m just excited about love.

[yenneferw]

For the character thing: Oswald (Gotham), Max, Anne, Jack, Thomas, John, James, and Billy (Black Sails), and the Doctor :D (il your blog)

tAww thank you! :-D And thank you for all the characters! Sorry for answering this so late lol

Also I didn’t even realize I wasn’t doing it in order I just saw James’s name and I fuckin went for it lol oops

Aaaalso sorry it’s so long I have a lot of feelings

Oswald Cobblepot:

Why I like them: Oswald’s such a cute little fuck and he’s very devious and the underdog so I latched onto him early on and he’s one of the only things left about Gotham that doesn’t make me sad after all the queerbaiting 

Why I don’t: I really didn’t care for when they always had his teeth dirty that was,,,,,,,,,,, too much. Also some of his hairstyles have been a bit more questionable than others. Also the fact that he was made canonically gay just to queerbait like yay a gay guy but,,,,,,, meh 

Favorite episode (scene if movie): It’s been a bit since I watched it but the episode where he was pining over Ed and trying to tell him he loved him was a good one for him he looked cute and I liked his plight 

Favorite season/movie: I really liked his rise to power in season 1 and if I remember correctly he finally ended up somewhere in the end after all the shit with the gangs so that was really cool 

Favorite line: I can’t think of one right now but I’ll make up for it with my favorite Look ™ which is how he’s always able to look like he’s kind of on the verge of tears

Favorite outfit: Idk anytime he’s wearing a suit is good

OTP: Os and Ed obvs 

Brotp: Mmmmmm idk him and Ivy seem cool as friends even tho I haven’t watched in a while

Head Canon: don’t ask me headcanons,,,,,, i’m so bad at headcanons a lot of the time

Unpopular opinion: I don’t know the fandom well enough lol i’m bad at his

A wish: Nygmobblepot,,,,,, alas,,,,, which isn’t to say it’s bad to hold out hope but i’m so cynical and bitter :-/

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Death, heterosexuality

5 words to best describe them: clever, manipulative, ambitious, cowardly (but shh it’s okay he’s not always cowardly), vengeful 

My nickname for them: Os I love when ppl call him Os lol

James Flint:

Why I like them: do you want me to write a book,,,,, I love him so goddamn much it hurts…….. He’s just so smart and he deserves so many hugs, he’s a gay icon, he tries so hard to do right even tho he’s a fuckin murderous pirate, he’s a murderous pirate that likes his books and his tea and gardening with his best friend, his eyes are the prettiest things on god’s green earth….. love him 

Why I don’t: not applicable I refuse to insult my boy lmao

Favorite episode (scene if movie): Probably the one where Miranda died or the one right after bc Toby Stephens is such a good actor and also he fuckin burned the town down for hurting his best friend and??? goals. Or the last couple of episodes bc that shit iwth John………… and then the reuniting with Thomas………… wow

Favorite season/movie: I really liked his rise back to the top from season 2 bc it makes me sad to see him failing and he starts going on a mad and grieving downward spiral after season 2

Favorite line: “This ends when I grant them my forgiveness, not the other way around” I’m sure there are more bc his speeches are all beautiful (like the “there be dragons one”……. kill me) 

Favorite outfit: Everything he wears is perfect 

OTP: flinthamilton is literally the only thing that waters my crops anymore, although silverflint gives them a nice solid rain every once in a while and is hella valid too

Brotp: James and Miranda is so beautiful that I regularly cry about them but I also liked when James and Madi were teaming up

Head Canon: He and Thomas break out of the plantation and become feared pirates again, also he was dating John and Gates lmao

Unpopular opinion: He’s gay and not bi like not for bi erasure or anything but like he just gives me such a gay feel you know what I mean. And also I don’t think what he had with Miranda was really anything 

A wish: for him and Thomas to be happy 

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: for him and thomas to be sad lmao

5 words to best describe them: Intelligent, vengeful, loving, sad, amazing,,,,

My nickname for them: idk I don’t have nicknames I guess I always call him James and not Flint and it seems like a lot of people just call him Flint lol (also “lvoe of my life” does that count)

Max:

Why I like them: oh my god. oh dear i love her. When will your fave. She’s so brave and smart and loving??? like I called James loving but Max is on another level. She’s so protective of the people and the things she cares abotu and loves, and she’s so fucking smart. And she’s so brave to pursue everything she wants to pursue, like she’s a wlw of color in the 1700s and yet she still rules Nassau without giving any fucks about conventions and shit

Why I don’t: oh man is there a reason. I don’t like that she went to Woodes Rogers’s side for a while and betrayed Anne and Jack but I understand why she did so I’m not angry with her for it

Favorite episode (scene if movie): whenever she walks on screen,,,, but idk I can’t think of anything specifically but I liked it when she took over Nassau from Eleanor 

Favorite season/movie: I liked her arc in season 4 even if I really didn’t like all the decisions she made, and I really liked how she ended up in the end so probably season 4

Favorite line: she’s so smart and wise so like everything she says but also I really like her speech to Anne “I am so sorry for working so hard to protect the wrong things, for failing to see that there is nothing important that does not include you” 

Favorite outfit: that yellow dress oh my god! does anyone else remember that yellow dress! it was so pretty she looked so pretty! She has really good style in general but I love that yellow dress 

OTP: Maxanne

Brotp: Her friendship with Idelle is nice and also I like her friendship with Jack

Head Canon: again I’m so bad at headcanons

Unpopular opinion: I don’t think I do

A wish: For her to rule Nassau and continue dating the love of her life Anne Bonny and support her piracy and have her position in Nassau fully supported by everyone alive 

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: death? sadness? she deserves literally the best all the time

5 words to best describe them: compassionate, perceptive, brave, honest, wonderfulbeautifulgorgeous i love her

My nickname for them:I don’t have one for her

Anne Bonny:

Why I like them: She’s amazing honestly I love her sailor’s mouth and I love her bravery and her principles and how logical she is. And I love how kickass she is and how she’ll do anything for the people she loves and I love when she stops being guarded around people and her face Softens, I’m gay for how she looks out from under the brim of her hat 

Why I don’t: I honestly can’t think of a reason……. ok I guess I don’t like that she got violent with Max in the beginning when she was having her gay crisis and like killed Idelle’s friend…….. but honestly reblog if you get murderously violent while having a gay crisis

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I can’t think of something specifically but like when she was with Max and they were just soft and dating that is my reason for waking up in the morning, AND when she saved the ship with the glass and all god wow i died

Favorite season/movie: Mmmm season 2 was prime maxanne season wasn’t it…….. good shit

Favorite line: I can’t think of any rn but wow every time she opens her mouth it’s a gift

Favorite outfit: idk generally her pirate outfit? and her hat is amazing

OTP: Maxanneeeee

Brotp: her friendship with Jack is something I would die for they make me so happy

Head Canon: I don’t know that I have any idk maybe that she and Max are still dating after the show ends?

Unpopular opinion: I don’t know that I have one about Anne

A wish: That she’s happy with Max and potentially Mark/Mary too if she wants to be

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Being unhappy,,, not being with Max or Jack,,

5 words to best describe them: strong, logical, angry, devoted, the world “fuck” 

My nickname for them: I don’t have one for her

Jack Rackham:

Why I like them: he’s so funny and I really like his goals and his arc like he starts out as this guy who just wants his name remembered and that’s still him in the end and I like that that goal doesn’t change, but he finally gets to be the single pirate captain in Nassau which is really cool for him, and he’s also super smart I love him

Why I don’t: I didn’t like his first reactions to Anne and Max, he was kind of a dick about it, but I’m glad that he eventually accepted them and got closer to Max and all

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I liked his scenes with Blackbeard and I also like his earlier scenes where he’s more comic relief-y and I really like when he gets to be a Pirate Captain Dude, that’s not an episode but I just like these particular moments with him. I really liked when that one girl at the Guthries’ was like “Do you know Captain Jack Rackham????” and he was like…………………….. i’ve made it guys

Favorite season/movie: Mmmmm honestly Jack is really consistently awesome throughout like so is everyone else but he’s really well-characterized and grows a lot throughout and I can’t really pick which season of him I like the best

Favorite line: there are so many “if you’re all going to act like children, then I will be your daddy” it’s not my favorite but it plagues me every waking moment of my life and I can’t ever escape it, to rogers: “you and I were neck and neck in this race til the end. But, jesus, did I make up a lot of ground to catch you,” and I really like his speech to Teach about Vane but I can’t find it for the life of me

Favorite outfit: man all of them, Jack Rackham is the most extra well-dressed man in Nassau

OTP: Jack and happiness…….. 

Brotp: if anyone answers this with anything other than Jack and Anne then I’m not sure they watched the same show like to each their own but I can’t imagine a life where their friendship isn’t my fuel

Head Canon: he had a major crush on Charles Vane. I don’t always love Charles Vane so I think he could’ve done better but he definitely had a crush on him

Unpopular opinion: again I don’t think I have one I”m not good at this

A wish: for him to be the most feared pirate around just like he wants to be i’m so proud of him

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: for him to be hanged or something especially if it was in front of anne or for him to have to watch anne die

5 words to best describe them: cunning, ambitious, sarcastic, idealist, stubborn

My nickname for them: i don’t have one but like….. another love of my life….. actually everyone that anon asked me about is one of the lvoes of my life anon must know me well

Thomas Hamilton:

Why I like them: oh my heck he’s beautiful. He has such a good heart and such a good vision of the world. He wants things to be so good and the world doesn’t deserve him at all. He’s so caring and loving and gentle and understanding and he just wants to see a world where people aren’t afraid of him and his sexuality and people aren’t afraid of pirates because he understands that a lot of them are just people who society has really hurt like James turned out to be, he’s such a good leader and if England didn’t suck he could’ve done so much

Why I don’t: the wig that’s all that wig killed me like I don’t even like regular wigs but that big ass brown wig haunts me

Favorite episode (scene if movie): the flashback scenes even tho it’s very short they kill me. His smile as he looks at James. I too would go to war with society over that smile 

Favorite season/movie: lol i mean he’s really only in season 2 unfortunately for us all. That little bit in season 4 is revolutionary but season 2

Favorite line: I feel like I’m not gay enough if I don’t say “Know no shame” bc god can you get a better gay line than that I’m in love

Favorite outfit: anything but the fucking brown wig I’m sickened by that wig

OTP: flinthamilton is unbury your gays, straightbait, and overall beautiful so like………. gay icons

Brotp: his and Miranda’s relationship was not as characterized as James and Miranda obviously so I’m not as undyingly in love with them but they were super good and I’m sure they were just as good as James and Miranda but for obvious reasons that wasn’t onscreen as much

Head Canon: he becomes a pirate dude with James after escaping the plantation no one can convicne me otherwise

Unpopular opinion: I don’t think so 

A wish: for him to just live in peace and for him in another universe to actually get everything he wants out of life

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: what if he had actually died. my heart hurts. why did i type those disgusting words

5 words to best describe them: visionary, optimistic, sympathetic, intelligent, twink extraordinaire. that’s six words you say? how can you counter twink extraordinaire 

My nickname for them: my boy james’s SOULMATE

John Silver:

Why I like them: He’s so…………. like I like his self preservation and I fucking LOVE his characterization and his journey from selfish coward to selfless leader, he might be the best characterized character in this show like the show is really really good at characterization but John Silver obviously had a long way to go to become Long John Silver and He Did That. He’s also so sweet and soft sometimes and I love his curly hair

Why I don’t: I just………. my heart is always with James so when he sort of went the opposite ways I couldn’t help but be on James’s side….. like I still love him and understand his view……. but i’m sad

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I really like the episode where he starts talking shit at dinner to the entire crew and outing that guy for fucking a goat and I also really like the episode where he loses his leg and I really liek the last couple of episodes. I just like a lot of him ok he’s great

Favorite season/movie: I like the beginning of his Long John Silver story when he redeems himself to the crew in season 2 but I also like his coming into Long John Silver in season 4

Favorite line: oh my god he says a lot of good things but I don’t know who I would be if I didn’t say “I will stand here with you, for an hour, a day, a year while you find a way to accept this outcome so we might leave here together” and then the parallel speech to Madi…….. I’m alive and living and this is going to kill me

Favorite outfit: anything but his beginning blue jacket that jacket is the worst lol

OTP: silverflint or him and Madi

Brotp: before Billy…… was cancelled, him and Billy were good buds and I liked it

Head Canon: that he dated that one guy who drowned with the goat Muldoon or something 

Unpopular opinion: do people like his blue jacket? I hate it

A wish: that he can at least be happy with Madi at the end and their relationship is eventually fixed which I think the thing on the cliff alludes to

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: death…… sadness…….

5 words to best describe them: manipulative, secretive, loving, enduring, perceptive as fuck

My nickname for them: none but what if everybody called him Johnny

Billy Bones:

Why I like them: ok have you seen him. he’s so handsome CHRIST. But also he’s always like the voice of reason which is really nice up until season 4. I think I latched onto him bc I already really liked Tom Hopper because of Merlin but he’s also pretty strong in the face of torture and everything he stands for being turned against on his ship, even if it’s not always what I stand for

Why I don’t: season 4? I don’t know her. Also he doesn’t like James and I. would die for James

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I liked it when he was quartermaster for a bit he was a p good quartermaster in season 1 and I also liked the episodes where he “made” Long John Silver and Captain Flint

Favorite season/movie: Idk probably season 1 bc that is when things are still gentle…… innocent…….. good…..

Favorite line: the fuck tent line is iconic. “perhaps we can all agree to forgo, you know, just this once, a fuck tent” when will your fave

Favorite outfit: shirtless 

OTP: idk he definitely dated Ben Gunn js

Brotp: him and Gates

Head Canon: he is asexual as fuck have you ever met him? asexual biromantic. sorry i make the rules and I stick by them 

Unpopular opinion: this isn’t an unpopular opinion i’m sure but billy after s3 can choke. before s3 he’s fine. after…… don’t talk to me about that 

A wish:for him to come to his fucking senses and stop being a horrible idiot

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: for him to stay a fuck lik ehe was at the end fo s4

5 words to best describe them: headstrong, loyal, sentimental, ideological, determined

My nickname for them: i dont’ have one but can you imagine if ppl called him bilbo 

The Doctor:

Why I like them: I mean this really depends on which Doctor you know? this one’s probably going to be long bc I’m gonna do a bit about all the new whos. So 9 I like because he’s very brave and determined in the face of everything he just lost and because he has such a good heart when he easily could have been so cold. And when he is faced with how he has hardened some, he always works on getting better and being a better person. also idfk but like christopher eccleston is all of our uncles who brings us the cool like $20 iTunes cards. 10 I like because he’s so loving that it kind of ruins him. Like that kind of is the way of the Doctor but he just keeps on loving and loving and loving until he’s traveling alone desperately looking for some fun and some companionship so he doesn’t have to feel the hurt of Rose and Donna and doesn’t have to feel how badly he misses Martha. He’s like. He’s like the guy that goes and gives you a giant bag full of shit that would suck if you just got it alone but in bulk like deodorant and tissues and socks and shit. 11 I like because he’s very fierce and fiercely protective but also silly and fun like I like how he can be bouncy and stuff and then the next moment he’s been quiet and scary or loud and scary or gentle and wise. 11 forgot to get everyone anything but he’s the main source of laughter so everybody pretends they’re not disappointed bc his gifts are usually cool. 12 I like because. Eyebrows. But also because he’s a lot different than other Doctors like hte Doctor tends to do morally ambiguous things sometimes but it feels like 12 is so much more morally ambiguous than others. He’s angry about everything that’s been done to him and he feels grief from things he hasn’t thought about in a while and it’s an interesting and different twist on him. 12 intentionally got everyone nothing and ate all the vegetables and left. why am i relating them to christmas? i’m materialistic 

Why I don’t: I don’t feel like going that in depth again but I’ll just say I don’t like how Moffat’s Doctors become what the story is about. The story I feel like is supposed to be about not only the Doctor, but the story and the companions, but Moffat’s Doctors are so much the centerpoint of the story that it loses some of the really really cool things from RTD’s era and some of the spirit of the Doctor. moffat is why my farm animals have all run away 

Favorite episode (scene if movie): this is really hard lmao. I’m gonna pick an episode a Doctor. 9- The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances. I like “Everybody lives!” that’s the best. 10- Midnight. That acting tho and really seeing 10 scared and helpless is something different and really cool. Also The End of Time bc it’s literally the best episode of anything in existence. 11- Idk I can’t really decide. Maybe “The Big Bang.” I love 11 but for the life of me I can’t ermember a fave ep. 12- I’ve onyl seen s8 and part of s9 but I like that one episode where the Doctor thinks he’s dying with Missy I can’t remember what it’s called

Favorite season/movie: 9 lol he only has one. 10- 2 or 3 I really can’t decide. 11- 5. 12- I’ve only seen 8 fully lol

Favorite line: that requires…… so much thought and so much work. They say a lot of cool things. The Doctor is all about speeches and one-liners lol

Favorite outfit: 11 has the best outfit ngl but 10′s is a close second

OTP: Rose and 10 obvs who doesn’t love them, I mean River and the Doctor have always been good, idk my otps for Doctor Who usually involve companions and their partners

Brotp: all the companions every single one of them I’m alive. have you ever met amy pond. have you ever met martha jones or donna noble. have you ever MET jack harkness 

Head Canon: I have……….. a lot I feel like i couldn’t type all of them up first of all the doctor is gay so jot that down

Unpopular opinion: mmmmmm I’m sure i have some but I can’tt think of them 

A wish: FOR THE DOCTOR TO BE ANYTHING BUT A STRAIGHT WHITE MAN

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: for 13 to be a straight white man or for Chibnall to be as bad as Moffat :-/

5 words to best describe them: genius, kind, hopeful, loving, vengeful

My nickname for them: I don’t know that I have any but I might that I’m not remembering