#pirate queen

[flynnandsteel]

I have not been the same since Zheng Yi Sao became a character in our flag means death. It means so much to me that pirate-related media is representing her more because I never would have known about her and she is too cool to be forgotten.

For years pop culture either portrayed her as the racist "submissive asian woman" stereotype or ignored her completely. It's infuriating. Now though we have a strong portrayal of her in both doctor who and our flag means death!! Let me tell you a few things about the rightfully named "Pirate queen".

On average, most pirates died 2 years after starting piracy. Edward Teach died after two years, Stede Bonnet died after one and Israel Hands impressively died around 8 years after starting, all executed. Our pirate queen died at 68 after a successful 9 year career. In fact, she only stopped because she was made to surrender and lived the rest of her years in effective retirement.

She inherited her late husbands pirate fleets and at one point commanded around 1,800 ships. Blackbeard is believed to have a maximum of 5- likely because he didn't get along with people well enough to amass enough crews to run them. She had the largest fleet in history.

Zheng Yi Sao was a leader and undoubtedly one of the most successful pirates ever and yet we dare to forget her.

[morningnoodles]

she did not have to be so iconic for the first 3 episodes and yet she was and the people (me) are happy for it

[yuenity]

Fine, I’ll say it. Stede’s fight with Zheng was more embarrassing than Izzy’s “oh daddy” scene

[kcsplace]

[catfindr]

[didiflowers]

🌺 The Pirate Queen 🌺

[thatlittlesentientfox]

Time for some chaos

(couple more pics ‘cause both outfits are fire)

[lululayers]

- Who are The Plastics?

- They're pirate royalty. If the Republic of Pirates were Us Weekly, they’d always be on the cover.

- That one there is Stede Bonnet. She is one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet. Lucius went treasure hunting with her last year.

- She bought a map to find an orange.

- That little one there is Zheng Yi Sao.

- She’s totally rich because she conquered all of China.

- Zheng Yi Sao recruits everyone. She knows everything about everyone.

- That’s why her hair is so big. It’s full of dead enemies.

- And babygirl takes a human form in Edward Teach. Don’t be fooled, because she may seem like your typical drinking, backstabbing, toe-cutting dirtbag. But in reality, she’s so much more than that.

- She’s Captain Blackbeard. A star. Those other two are just her little workers.

- Edward Teach. How do I even begin to explain Edward Teach?

(Comment or repost with your answers!)

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[mymultifandomhell]

need them to be the ones to call each other boyfriends for my sake

[efaithart]

She’s fought mediocre men… she’s fought exceptional men!

[jwaj3]

Ngl Zheng Yi Sao unionizing piracy was not on my OFMD S2 Bingo card

[lily-s-world]

Her:

Me:

[zulizenz]

I sketched our bad ass Pirate Queen

[mutantmiro]

Heartbreaker 💔

[inkgoblinz]

me when i only draw fanart after the season finished airing

[catfindr]