#verses: james flint : during sails

[jaynovz]

Chapters: 12/12 Fandom: Black Sails Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Captain Flint | James McGraw/John Silver, John Silver/Charles Vane Characters: John Silver, Captain Flint | James McGraw, Max (Black Sails), Eleanor Guthrie, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny, Minor Characters, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Artist!Flint, Actor!Silver, Break Up AU, Winter fic, alternating pov, Non Linear Narrative, substance abuse of all types lol, Canon Disabled Character, Blowjobs, Anal Sex, Multiple Orgasms, Praise Kink, Begging, Endearments, Dirty Talk, possessive dom Flint, desperate sub Silver, Pining, Jealousy, Angst, some fluff and sweetness sprinkled in with all this just to hurt more, men MISBEHAVING and misunderstanding each other, unhealthy relationship, art Opinions, sex under the influence, Frottage, handjobs, Bad BDSM Etiquette, Choking, Semi-Public Sex, Cuckolding kink, slutshaming, raccoons!!, internalized ableism, spiteful anal fingering, Infidelity, SilverVane, past weird-bad ableism during sex mentioned, Smoking written sexily, Impact Play, Comeplay, Intercrural Sex, The Infamous Silk PJs, Charles Vane's massive horse cock, Unprotected Sex, Exhibitionism, Sex Party, Switching, sub!Flint, Rimming, Fighting, Violence, weaponized parallels, Edging, Light Cock and Ball Torture, Ambiguous/Open Ending 

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Summary:

He just keeps… losing steam. Each time Silver resumes packing, he cannot help but think of Flint's expression, his voice the last time they were together–

As long as we’re joined, I know where you are. I know you won’t leave.

The encroaching guilt sends Silver rushing back to the welcoming haze of distractions and substances, drowning out the imminent panic that comes with acknowledging that that was the last time he will ever see Flint, touch him, taste him…

He'll leave eventually, he will, Silver reassures himself. He has plenty of time. Anyway, he hasn’t quite decided where to go yet, hasn’t booked his flight. LA is the safe bet–there are recent connections ready to be called upon. But it’s all too reminiscent of when he left before, running from Flint then too, and it turns his stomach. Though he’s not fleeing like a dog with his tail between his legs this time. No, he’s being responsible goddammit, it’s his decision, it’s for the best.

Well anyway, he should do some more research before just settling on LA as a fallback, at least peruse the casting calls for the other cities again. It’s never a bad idea to take a little time with it. It’s his life after all, his future. Such as it is, he thinks bitterly.

But, deep down, he knows that's just him stalling again.

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So here we are at The End, huh?

I thought I'd have more words to sign off with but I'm kind of flabbergasted and, well, I kinda left everything on the page? There are 138k words already present, lol. It's been a long Journey through the Inferno and I hope it satisfied.

Thank you immensely to all of my writing support squad--whether you made me tea, listened to me rant, helped me brainstorm endlessly, or did word surgery edits in the trenches. Many people helped make this story what it is, you all know who you are and I love you to pieces.

If you enjoyed this story, or you want to murder me for sport, please let me know! This has been a huge laborious project, a very long year of my life, and little treats in the form of comments will help buoy me through the post-story ennui.

[vocesincaput]

ABOUT: James Flint

BIRTH NAME James McGraw

TAKEN NAME James Flint.

AGE 50 approx.

PLACE OF BIRTH London, England.

GENDER Male.

PRONOUNS He / Him.

SEXUAL PREFERENCE Gay.

RANK Captain, Lieutenant.

AFFILIATION(S) British Royal Navy (formerly), Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Barlow (Hamilton), John Silver, crew of The Walrus, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny, Billy Bones, Eleanor Guthrie.

FORMERLY @nolongermcgraw

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT 1.765mm / 5’11”.

HAIR Ginger.

EYES Green.

James was raised by his grandfather after his father, a carpenter, abandoned him following his mothers early death.

He has a tattoo of a crescent moon on his right arm.

James revealed that the reason he chose "Flint" as his alias when becoming a pirate was for a story his grandfather told him: when he was a boy on a ship, his grandfather saw a man climbing on the vessel, asking for food and water. James' ancestor gave them to him and asked for his name, being answered "Flint" before the mysterious man disappeared as fast as he came.

VERSES

OFMD

This is Jame's default verse here & will not be tagged as a verse. All of his story is the same except for things involving characters that are in both series (such as Blackbeard).

before sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place before the events of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

This includes James’ time in the British Navy, before that and when he first becomes a pirate.

during sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place during the timeline of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

It can follow canon events or start at a point in canon and go off into an alternative version of events.

after sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place following on from the events of Black Sails, adapted to OFMD.

modern verse

James McGraw was a member of the British Royal Navy until he was given a Dishonourable Discharge due to his relationship with another man (and other reasons, depending on individual verses/interactions).

Having lost everything, James had to find a way to start over. Taking on the name ‘James Flint’, he began to quickly learn the ways of being a conman. Taking on jobs that grew bigger and he subsequently gained a reputation of being good at what he did and ruthless when he needed.

[vocesincaput-arc]

James Flint

BIRTH NAME James McGraw TAKEN NAME James Flint. AGE 50 approx. PLACE OF BIRTH London, England. GENDER Male. PRONOUNS He / Him. SEXUAL PREFERENCE Homosexual. RANK Captain, Lieutenant. AFFILIATION(S) British Royal Navy (formerly), Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Barlow (Hamilton), John Silver, crew of The Walrus, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny, Billy Bones, Eleanor Guthrie.

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT 1.765mm / 5’11”.

HAIR Ginger.

EYES Green.

James was raised by his grandfather after his father, a carpenter, abandoned him following his mothers early death.

He has a tattoo of a crescent moon on his right arm.

James revealed that the reason he chose "Flint" as his alias when becoming a pirate was for a story his grandfather told him: when he was a boy on a ship, his grandfather saw a man climbing on the vessel, asking for food and water. James' ancestor gave them to him and asked for his name, being answered "Flint" before the mysterious man disappeared as fast as he came.

PERSONALITY

Flint is known throughout the West Indies as one of the most feared of all the Nassau pirates. He's arguably one of the strongest fighters in the series, skilled with sword, pistol and even fists; he was defeated in a duel with Blackbeard only after weeks of starvation. Even Vane acknowledges him as the best naval strategist in Nassau.

Flint is very charismatic, a cunning manipulator, shrewd and ruthless. He uses fear to lead others, and is fearless himself. As captain, he distances himself from the crew, while justifying it as due to resentment of his classical education. In truth, he can be distrustful of them, and believes himself the only person intelligent enough to understand his “noble” goal - revenge against the whole of England.

His charisma masks a deep, simmering rage, and a propensity toward breathtaking violence. Nothing will stand in the way of his plan; not Billy, not Gates. His sanity grows steadily more unstable over the first two seasons, up to the point of killing his friend Gates for doubting his plan. Then after Miranda’s death, he snaps, having a massive freak out, until Silver gets him in check again.

Flint's partnership with Silver works better than any of the others, as Flint respects him, trusts him, and even considers him a friend. However, the partner-turned-friendship is truly tested over Madi. Ultimately, the history of people being irresponsibly consumed by Flint's crusade - Gates, Eleanor, Miranda, countless crewmates - and the prospect that the woman he loves will be next, is too much for Silver. He betrays him and sabotages his war against civilisation.

VERSES

before sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place before the events of the series.

This includes James’ time in the British Navy, before that and when he first becomes a pirate.

during sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place during the timeline of the series.

It can follow canon events or start at a point in canon and go off into an alternative version of events.

after sails

This verse covers anything and everything that takes place following on from the events of the series.

modern verse

James McGraw was a member of the British Royal Navy until he was given a Dishonourable Discharge due to his relationship with another man (and other reasons, depending on individual verses/interactions).

Having lost everything, James had to find a way to start over. Taking on the name ‘James Flint’, he began to quickly learn the ways of being a conman. Taking on jobs that grew bigger and he subsequently gained a reputation of being good at what he did and ruthless when he needed.

[frau-kali]

Right here, Like This ♡

Congrats, it's porn! lol, I just really wanted to write a fic where they have morning sex in the cabin and it's all soft and bantery and they're cute. I started this years ago, in Nov 2017, months after S4 first aired. It's canon verse, set during that vague time between S3 and 4.

Now that I think of it, it reminds me of a similar fic that you wrote. Yours is one of my faves, too. Hopefully I'll finish mine someday.

In the meantime, porn snippet under the read more :)

It didn't really surprise John when he woke up hard, his aching cock flush against the curve of his bed mate's ass. He hadn't been dreaming about fucking, either, but considering James Flint was lying in front of him, completely naked, John wasn't the least bit surprised.

And Jesus, fuck, Flint was beautiful this way; John couldn't see it, but he knew the peaceful look on his face was there now, he'd seen it so many times before. It always made something warm and comforting settle in his chest, to think that he, of all people, had brought Flint to this semblance of happiness after the horrors the world has visited upon him.

Perhaps, maybe, one day, he might be enough for Flint and Madi both. Perhaps.

But for right now, he has this. On the ship, he was with Flint, and they shared these nights together, and any other moments they could steal. He slid his hand along the lovely curve of Flint's hip, his fingers pressing gently into beautifully freckled skin. 

He let his hand dip downward, sliding gently between the cheeks of Flint's ass, just barely touching there. Flint was still pliant, maybe even just a bit loose from the night before. John felt his cock throb at the memory, how he'd fucked James over his desk. He'd done it despite the reservations Flint initially expressed about how he might hurt his leg, but the crutch gave him so much more freedom and he didn't mind using it when he was alone with the captain.

And now he found he wanted to do it again, to have Flint here and now, steal a few more precious moments before the war called them back again.

He pressed a kiss to Flint's shoulder, then another, opening his mouth to slide his tongue over the man's skin. He remembered how that same skin had tasted the night before, covered in a sheen of sweat from their exertions. There was always something sweet, something distinctly James about the taste of him, he hadn't even sampled it in every form yet. Hopefully he would have the chance to.

Once more he dipped his fingers against James’ entrance, smiling between kisses at the groan he finally elicited. He preferred James to wake to the beginnings of this, rather than after he'd already started. Though he certainly had no complaints when he woke some mornings to Flint between his thighs hungrily sucking his cock.

“Fuck…” Flint sighed, his voice a mixture of affection and tiredness. John can just imagine his mind turning, sailing toward all the possibilities.

“Mmm,” he affirmed, kissing the back of Flint's neck now. “I was planning on it.”

“I thought as much.” Now Flint was smiling, John could tell. He glanced up at the window, likely taking note of the dawn, before he went on: “It isn't morning bells yet, we could both be resting now.”

“Yeah,” John replied, refusing to let that voice in the back of his mind rear its ugly head. He could hear the affection, the lack of seriousness in Flint's tone, that would be enough for him. “But what a waste it would be if I didn't satisfy this after I'd woken up with it so urgently.” John inched forward until his erection was pressed firmly against the captain's beautiful ass.

He couldn't stop the resulting shiver he felt in response to Flint's own. Or the warmth of Flint's ass, which would soon be encasing his cock so perfectly.

[paradisecost]

Share a random sex fact about each of your muses. [ALL 5000 OF THEM lol]

me, opening up my muse list because despite literally editing it this morning to take off any inactive ones I CAN’T G-DDAMN REMEMBER ALL 27 OF THEM SDKFJNF. 

putting this under a cut because as you might imagine, it’s LONG.

Bla/ck Sa/ils Muses

Flint - Deeply dislikes 69′ing. He’s easily overwhelmed when it comes to sensory things and pleasure as it is, so the concept of trying to both suck someone off and be sucked off at the same time is just like… THAT SOUNDS HELLISH, ONE THING AT A TIME PLEASE. PLUS he likes to be… if not facing his partner, then at least facing the same fucking direction as them.

Silver - Doesn’t have as much of a libido as you might think, especially after he loses his leg - trauma tends to fuck that kind of thing up even when it’s not related to bodily autonomy shit. Postcanon Silver in particular is usually tremendously uninterested in sex, partly because of the lack of libido and partly because G-d forbid he ever form a connection with anyone ever again, even if he has Madi’s blessing to do so. 

Thomas - Just a big ol’ fuckin’ voyeur (though only if the other parties are aware and pleased that he’s watching). Like is he sexually attracted to women? No. Would he gladly watch Miranda fuck a lady and get turned on during it regardless? Absolutely. Same applies to male partners tbh. Thomas vc: LET ME WATCH TRUCK AND JAMES FUCKING, I’M BEGGING YOU.

Madi - Doesn’t particularly enjoy going down on people, regardless of gender; it makes her feel sort of suffocated and uncomfortable, and she’s not a fan of how it feels in general. She likes receiving oral, but will always be very clear with her partners that it’s not something she can reciprocate, and there’s no obligation for them to go down on her if they don’t want to. (One of her favourite things about Silver is that he’s always delighted to go down on her, and equally as delighted to have her hand on him afterwards rather than her mouth.)

Rackham - Tbh canon-verse Rackham is barely interested in sex (which… they don’t know is because GENDER DYSPHORIA but shh) but one thing they do enjoy is just. Tits tbh. They’d kiss and leave hickeys on a lady’s breasts all fucking night if she’d let them (Anne didn’t, because Anne generally preferred to be the one doing the touching - hence why Jack was so often tied up when they fucked, which they’re fine with bc G-D I FORGOT THEY’RE INTO THAT TOO).

Age of Sail OCs

Esther - She’s not a fan of any kind of restraint play, whether it’s giving or receiving. She doesn’t like D/s type things or anything similar and is very much vanilla in terms of her sexual preferences, and calling her by any kind of title would probably make her cackle with laughter. (She absolutely loves laughing and joking around during sex it’s her favourite.)

Morbés - Is often more interested in the build-up to sex than the act itself; he’d rather make out for hours and flirt and tease than anything else, though he does enjoy sex very much once he’s having it. Likes to have his hands tied, but only if it doesn’t require a key or some shit to free him.

Oisín - THIS MAN HAS NEVER FUCKED UHHH he’d probably be too scared to go down on anyone until they’d been together for a longass time. I feel like he sees it as this Big Scary Thing He Might Be Terrible At, and it puts him off even trying because he’s so fucking repressed and anxious in terms of sex and sexuality in general already.

Be/dlam Sta/cks Muses

Raphael - HE’S NEVER FUCKED!! THIS MAN IS A PRIEST!!! But ALSO he would love manhandling his partner (gently) and nonverbally teasing them when they start wriggling in protest when he doesn’t let them move or touch him yet kdsjsdkfjng. (And also: likes it when his partners control him by tugging on his hair, as long as it’s not too hard.)

Merrick - Come to think of it THIS MAN HAS NEVER FUCKED EITHER. Probably likes to murmur in his partner’s ear and hold them while they get themselves off. He’s very much a giver.

Modern OCs

Ace - This is the biggest trope in the fucking world but LISTEN his wings and back are hypersensitive and that’s just how it is. Touching his wings won’t just like turn him on in general, it has to be while he’s in a sexual situation, but gently tugging and manipulating them and rubbing at the base of them is The Good Shit. He also likes to have them pinned down, because it’s a little in the same erotic vein as having your arms pinned (since… wings are just fancy limbs lbr here).

Knotch - MONSTERFUCKER.

Lyall - Can and will manhandle her partners and just generally show off her strength a whole bunch. She likes to banter and joke around during sex and in most circumstances will get uncomfortable if someone takes it too seriously, unless she’s in like a steady relationship and knows the person properly etc.

Red - I refuse to believe this man knows what a fuck is NO I’M KIDDING OF COURSE HE DOES. Are you a monsterfucker if YOU’RE the monster???? Well, either way. ANYWAY. He absolutely doesn’t sleep with anyone he doesn’t know very well; not because he places a Higher Importance on sex, but because he doesn’t really like touching people he doesn’t know anyway, and he’s not interested enough in sex to really seek it out unless it’s like… a way of bonding with someone he trusts and cares about. 

Sax - Is sex-repulsed and just Does Not Fuck, ever. She gets extremely uncomfortable if people even bring it up around her and will straight-up snap if someone makes sexual insinutations about her in any way.

XMCU/MCU Muses

Charles - Very much more into receiving than giving, though that changes by necessity after his injury; he can’t really feel much down there anymore, so he generally takes pleasure by pleasing his partner and feeling it through their minds (with their consent).

Erik - Will almost never accept oral. Generally doesn’t really like receiving pleasure in general; he’s most often sex-repulsed, but when he does fuck, he generally wants to be pleasing his partner. It’s not uncommon for him to refuse to let them touch him at all, and he almost never removes any of his clothing.

Frank - You know those weird fucking growly sounds Frank makes in DDS2?? Yeah, he fucking makes those in bed too, often without even realising he’s doing it and very often if he’s in subspace.

HP Muses

Remus - Extremely self-conscious about his body and won’t generally remove his clothes. If there’s penetration involved, he prefers to be the one doing the penetration; he isn’t averse to receiving it, he just won’t really go for it unless his partner initiates it first.

Sirius - He WILL make you laugh at a stupid pun while you’re nutting. 

Sta/r Tre/k Muses

Bones - Has a weird thing for doing it outdoors as long as there’s nobody around. Local Georgia man wants to FUCK in a FIELD.

Jim - Compliment his body and he’s yours forever.

Spock - HAND FUCKING HAND FUCKING HAND FUCKING

Test Muses

Aziraphale - This angel FUCKS, because in this house we’re sick of “nonhuman beings are Too Superior to Care About Sex” tropes. He WILL let you ride his dick and call you all kinds of beautiful things the entire time.

Crowley - This demon ALSO FUCKS, albeit significantly less than his angelic counterpart. Has a Music To Fuck To playlist and there is not one single Queen song on it, no matter how much Aziraphale insists he should have Get Down Make Love on there.

Newt - The man is an ADHD/autistic mess and frequently gets distracted during making out or even in the middle of sex because his attention span is horrendous. He can only stay interested/focused for so long, folks.

Credence - I refuse to believe this man knows what a fuck is. If someone touched his dick he’d nut in like a minute because he’s never been touched in his LIFE.

THAT’S IT THAT’S ALL THE MUSES ARE YOU HAPPY.

[a-man-for-hire-and-his-archives]

Black Sails Appreciation Asks

I’m bored, so why not try fill all these? I’m in the mood to write all of these :)

1. How did you find out about Black Sails?

Through Game of Thrones because of Tom Hopper ;)

2. Who was your favourite character when you began watching? And did it change over the course of the show?

Originally Billy Bones. And then changed to Captain Flint, followed by John Silver. There is.. something I can’t explain on his vibe. He’s so gingerly and I kept dreaming of him. And then John Silver. He’s such a puppy and his hairs remind me of Cavalier Spaniel!

3. What was your theory about Flint during S1?

That’s he’s lone ranger and merchant. Honestly I don’t remember what was other my theory on him because I was damn occupied by him.

4. Is there a character you used to hate but ended up loving?

None. All of them. Not hate, just dislike their personality.

5. What’s your favourite season?

Season 1 and 2. Pre established relationship and that’s how I ship John Silver and Captain Flint.

6. What’s your favourite episode?

Season 2, Episode 1.

7. What’s your favourite scene?

Season 1: John Silver got laid by lady Blackbeard and others girls, caught by Captain Flint at wreck, flirting with Billy Bones, cooking pigs for crews. Season 2, Episode 1. Love puppy eyes John Silver and annoyed James Flint, on fucking warship.

8. What’s your favourite quote?

"I dont know how else to say this, but no. I suppose theres "fuck no", or "fuck you"." - John Silver to Eleanor

9. Which death hit you the hardest?

Blackbeard. Took 2 weeks to recover from kneelhauling scene. I was crying because Blackbeard is my favourite daddy pirates after Mr. Gates.

10. If you could change one thing that happened in the show, what would it be?

Give them another season 5. I want John Silver and Captain Flint to confess with each other. Or- confess to Madi that Silver is not interested with her. *sorry!*

11. Which actors would you like to see switching roles?

Nah, I think they are perfectly for their own roles. Maybe Miranda can join forces with Max to work at brothels..

12. What’s your Black Sails OTP?

John Silver and Captain Flint. Jack Rackham and Charles Vane.

13. What’s your favourite kind of fanfiction to read for Black Sails?

Orange Verses “St. Augustine is that way” by @vowel-in-thug

Butterscotch verses by @r0b0tb0y

Be My End by @brassfannibal

14. Which character are you most similar to?

John Silver, he and I shared same trait and disability. I lost my hearing since I was baby. It was tough for me to live as normal, without learning any skill such as sign language. But I am very good at lying (but in good way) to protect myself from others, especially my parent. I rather not to hurt their feelings if they know I was invalid among friends and relatives.

15. Imagine you lived in the Black Sails universe, who would you be? Pirate, whore, business conductor, master schemer, noble lady, lord?

Sketchy witch and herbs merchants. I can use magic to win any pirate’s heart, especially my Captain Flint and John Silver? ;) 

16. Gay

Well, I am gay for Idelle. I don’t mind to be in middle between John Silver and James Flint. Attracted to both their intelligence and personality, why not?

[hardcorefangirlgroupie]

Ultimate masterpiece : 1,2,4,9,10,11,14,15

Oh thanks you to give me all the ask ! It was a pleasure to think about all my answer !

1. How did you find out about Black Sails ?I can’t renember exactly but I think I saw some post in my tumblr dash on tumblr and it was intringuing me. I always love the pirates since the game Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. So i put the serie on my watchlist and here I am !

2. Who was your favorite character when you began watching ?I immediately love James and still my favorite character during the show. Also I fall in love with Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham, my two babies since Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. I still love them. I can’t hate them, damn this is too hard. They are too adorable.

3. What was your theory about Flint during S1 ?I had no theories about Flint, sorry mates. I just the kind of person who wait and see what will happen.

4. Is there a character you used to hate but ended up loving ?None, cause I love almost all the character since their first appearance.  But this work the other way : I loved certain characters and ended up hating them.

5. What’s your favorite season ?I would say the season 3 because all things become so dark. I love it.

6. What’s your favorite episode ?Hard to tell cause I have a bad memory when it comes to tell an episode was about and which one I love. I would say the 206 cause I think my DVD is scratched after so many times I watched this episode. You know, the revelation about James and Miranda speach to him before this flashback, just perfect.

7. What’s your favorite scene ?The storm during the season 3. Everytime I watch it I am anxious for the Walrus crew. This scene is so damn powerful. I feel on the ship with crew everytime i watch this scene and it is amazing ! Will they survive ? Even though, I know the answer about it, i still have the same feeling that I had during the first watch.

8. What’s your favorite quote ?Everytime Flint shout « Fire ! » to his crew. You know, the intonation is very particular and damn it gives me shivers !

So to be serious I would say the Miranda speach in season 2 during the 205. « I think you’re fighting for the sake of fighting because it’s the only state that you can function, the only way to keep that voice in your head from driving you mad. […] The one that telling you to being ashamed of yourself, for having loved him. Your were told it was shameful and part of you believed it. Thomas was my husband, I loved him and he loved me. But what he shared with you…it was entirely something else. It’s time to allowed youself to accept that. » Just wow.

9. Which death hit you the hardest ?Miranda death. I was so devastated and still not forgive it. Damn I lover her with all my heart and her death was so brutal and unfair.

10. If you could change one thing that happened in the show, what it would be ?Again, Miranda Death cause I want to see her happy with Thomas and Flint in the end of this journey, that’s all.

11. Which actors would you like to see switching role ?None.

12. What’s your Black Sails OTP ?Flinthamilton since the beginning of the flashbacks. When they first met, I was like : « That’s it ! These two are my OTP in this show. I can bet that they will be together later ». So you can imagine all the feeling i had during the 205 ep.

13.  What’s your favorite kind of fanfiction to read for Black Sails ? I love to read some happy stuff about the life after plantation and also the thing we name the peach verse. I read only flinthamilton at the moment and sometimes flinthamiltons. I also enjoy modern alternative universe or the fanfiction where flint is a sea god (cf : Blood and Foarm).

14. Which character are you most similar to ?Miranda. I would do everything to protect my loved ones. And I think I am strong like her. Damn.

15. Imagine you lived in the Black Sails universe, who would you be? Pirate, whore, business conductor, master schemer, noble lady, lord?I will be a pirate cause i really love swords and fighting with it. My model is Anne Bonny and I wanna be pirate just liker her. I don’t think if i really survive like five minutes in this universe but let’s give it a try !

[nolongermcgraw]

Verses

BEFORE SAILS

This verse covers anything that takes place before the series and includes the flashbacks seen of James’ time in London.

DURING SAILS

This verse covers anything that takes place during the timeline of the series.

AFTER SAILS

This verse covers anything that takes place following on from the series. Some canon divergence may occur depending on threads and/or interactions.

MODERN VERSE

James McGraw was a member of the British Royal Navy until he was given a Dishonourable Discharge due to his relationship with another man (and other reasons, depending on individual verses/interactions).

Having lost everything, James had to find a way to start over. Taking on the name ‘James Flint’, he began to quickly learn the ways of being a conman. Taking on jobs that grew bigger and he subsequently gained a reputation of being good at what he did and ruthless when he needed to be.

[runawaymarbles]

Black Sails Fic Rec

Silver/Flint

shaking at the sight by vowelinthug | 1k | T |

two pirate kings, united vs. an entire island's naval forces.

the island didn't stand a chance.

look for something left in this world by vowelinthug | 2k | M |

it’s a nice day for a white wedding

too bad they aren’t having one

yer mother darns socks in hell by youatemytailor | 4k | M |

Christ, Flint thinks. He fucking hates Freetown.

el cuentacuento by straddling_the_atmosphere | 4k | NR | +Silver/Madi

At the end of the day, John Silver is an unreliable narrator.

Or: a storyteller’s story.

show me the way to go home by vowelinthug | 8k | NC-17 |

set during 2x4, in which Silver and Flint take a much-deserved time out and enjoy a drink or seven

and they both learn a valuable lesson about each other

namely that neither one has ever had any chill whatsoever in their entire goddamn life

let us possess one world by vowelinthug | 8k | NC-17 |

They return to Nassau after their defeat of the British Navy, only to be met by Agitator Billy and his propaganda machine. This is why Captain Flint tries not to let other people decide things.

In which: Flint wears a disguise, Silver tells a terrible story, one bathes the other, and only one man died the whole night which is, like, definitely a record for them.

What's in a Name? by Craftnarook | 9k | NC-17 |

Some conversations in the dark between Flint and Silver, set during episode 3x09. They have a moment alone in the Maroon camp, after Mr Scott's death, and what begins as curiosity and sharing develops into rather a lot more.

you are the queen and i am the wolf by vowelinthug | 10k | NC-17 |

They call him John the Giant.

Flint calls himself James the Early Risk for Heart Failure.

Don’t Fear the Ships (Fear the Black) by farasha | 11k | NC-17 |

“You can’t read sea charts.”

“Can’t is a strong word.”

Flint teaches Silver how to sail. As with everything they do, there’s a lot more going on unspoken.

Or, Silver tries to convince Flint that it would be a bad thing if he died.

ya filthy animals by vowelinthug | 12k | NC-17 |

Flint and Silver could be rulers of an illegal organization, major mob bosses, kingpins, criminal masterminds, etc.

But then they could also be petty shoplifters who like to drink during the day and fool around on their houseboat.

With Nothing On My Tongue by RosieTwiggs | 14k | NC-17 | +Silver/Madi

“Silver thinks: Maybe God likes it when I fight with him.

He wonders now, whether he’s been playing into God’s plan all along. Because no matter how angry he gets, how defensive, how many “fuck you”s he flings to the heaven, isn’t it all just proof that he still believes God is there, despite it all?

Silver doesn’t know how to counter that.

Maybe he doesn’t want to anymore.

Blue all in a rush by twofrontteethstillcrooked | 16k | NC-17 |

There were dozens of questions Flint wanted to ask. He chose, "Did it not occur to you I would find out you were here almost immediately?"

st. augustine is that way by vowelinthug | 18k | NC-17 |

James Flint had yet to meet a conversation he couldn’t avoid.

John Silver had yet to meet a routine he couldn’t disrupt.

(post-show domesticity, with oranges)

we must unlearn the constellations to see the stars by lacecat | 19k | M | + Flint/Thomas, Silver/Madi

Silver wakes up each time to a different day in his past.

He thinks that if this is his purgatory, he can’t say he doesn’t deserve it.

Sail These Roads and Back Again by neverfaraway | 20k | M 

James has fled the New World for the Old, shed his name and found quietude in his solitary existence. That is, until his favourite worst memory appears on the farm track, collapses upon his sopha, and refuses to be shaken loose. While Corsica smoulders and war becomes ever more likely, Flint and Silver enter a war of their own: to reclaim their past and forge an uncertain future.

gonna need a bigger boat by lacecat | 20k | Not Rated

“You really want to say that, when you’re sitting across from a man who lost his leg to a shark?” Flint scoffs. "There is no way a shark took your leg!" "Of course not," Silver says, smirking. After he draws the silence out, for what feels appropriately dramatic enough period of time, he adds, "It was two sharks."

Tell me we're dead and I'll love you even more by Craftnarook | 22k | M |

In the year 1725, or thereabouts, John Silver finds himself driven by a storm into an inconsequential little port town, barely a speck on any civilised map. Returned to the life of a drifter, tired and rough around the edges, he is resigned to waiting for the weather to pass before he can sail on again to the next town, and the next, and the next. That is until he overhears a conversation in the inn about a local fisherman, one Captain Barlow, and his tall tales of tempests and becalmings, devils and sharks, and Silver finds a new future opening up to him, haunted by the spectres of his past.

John Silver Can’t Get There From Here by Apetslife | 33k | Series, G-E | + Silver/Madi, Anne/Jack

Or: Fuck Treasure Island, And Also Actual History, And Probably Season Four Canon, Too

“He is so terribly in love with you,” Madi murmurs to him from out of nowhere, sitting easy in the curve of his arm in the shade of their small porch.

Fifteen Men in September by ballantine | NR | 34k |

Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

A Black Sails origin story for the song.

turning saints into the sea by lacecat | 86k | NC-17 | + Flint/Thomas, Silver/Madi, Miranda/Flint

They say she arrived in Nassau during a hurricane. They say that she brought with her a priest she had kidnapped to father her children, whom she then turned into storms to guide the direction of her ship. They say she has sworn to kill as many men on this Earth as she could, that she bathes in the blood of young children ripped from their mother’s breasts to attain immortality, doomed to serve the seas forever in return.

In reality, Silver has seen Flint conjure exactly zero storm-like offspring, but she does know how she speaks with the sort of conviction that if she were a man, they would write books about her. There’s a stiffness to her posture that speaks of someone who might better be found in a London parlor rather than a dusty brothel in the Bahamas, and yet she has a fierce temper that rivals any man’s on the island, a dangerous look about her like the air rippling over fire.

Silver/Flint/Hamilton(+)

The Isle of Hope by ElDiablito_SF | 16k | M |

When a heartbroken John Silver arrives in Georgia ten years after the events on Skeleton Island, he doesn't quite have it in him to face Flint. Instead, he concocts a scheme to befriend Thomas, and gets more than he bargained for in exchange

The Tether Series by stele3 | 58k | M |

“So you did find him,” the man says faintly. When Thomas looks up he finds himself caught in perhaps the strangest regard one person has ever given another, a gaze that absolutely does not dissuade Thomas from the notion that a feral, scavenging animal has broken into their home.

Smallpox Verse by vowelinthug | 70k | T-NC17 | + Madi

post-finale, where everyone learns a valuable lesson about communication and smallpox. (no one actually gets smallpox.)

The Canterbury Tales by Wind_Ryder | 133k | NC-17 | +Madi

Pirates. Attacking Georgia. A part of Thomas wants to believe that there’s nothing at all relating the events outside to the events in his personal life.

But when he turns around and sees John Silver slipping in through the backdoor, he very much doubts that’s the case. “Tea?” Thomas asks blandly, throwing the latch and shutting his blinds like a good Puritan man.

Flint/Hamilton(s)

the stars and she who runs with them by alovelylight | 1k | G |

When she declared Peter Ashe a traitor, her heart beating fury into the expanse of her body, she knew this was what James felt like. The constructed castles of civilization falling to the ground, dragons from the dark breathing out and destroying all the lies they hold dear. This was what she wanted; this would be her peace.

Time Covers All Things by lilithi|ien | 12k | T | +Silver/Flint

She imagines it will be liberating to take a new name, to adopt a new life. The next day, as she steps off the gangway onto the island sand, she tries to leave who she was behind like a snake shedding its skin. She can almost get away with it. How Lady Hamilton becomes Mrs Barlow.

The Witch Queen of Nassau by shirogiku | 12k | NC-17 | 

After James is captured by the Navy, it falls to Miranda to organise the rescue. Nothing goes according to the plan.

Revenant by BethWinter | 18k | T |

After Charlestown burns, Abigail Ashe meets a man who says he was a friend of her father’s. He gives her a choice.

The Far Waste of the Waters by more_night | M | 22.5k |  + Silver/Flint, Silver/Madi

James McGraw removes Skeleton Island from his mind.

Somewhere in Boston by redwhale | T | 29k | + Laura Moon/Shadow Moon

Mr. Wednesday tries to recruit the dread pirate Captain Flint for his war against the New Gods, and runs afoul of Thomas Hamilton in the attempt. Meanwhile, Shadow just wants a new goddamn book to read, is that so much to ask?

Soon after, on the trail of Wednesday and Shadow, Laura and Mad Sweeney find themselves in a charming bookstore in Boston...

Unaccommodated Man by kvikindi | T | 27k |

It is at this point that, for the first time, Thomas Hamilton begins to consider that he has gone mad.

The Sundering Sea by x_art | 137k | NR | Flint/Thomas

Stepping into the foamy surf, gasping at the force of it, the surprise of it—it had been breathtaking. Thomas had been that for him, his boundless sea, and he wasn’t ashamed.

Max/Anne (+)

you'll always paint my sky by mapped | 2k | T |

She still loves Max, and it gets harder and harder to deny it to herself.

(Anne through the second half of S4.)

histoire à tiroirs by straddling_the_atmosphere | 3k | T |  +Max/Eleanor, Max/Idelle

histoire (n): a story, a fictional tale, a narrative account, a lie

Or: Max and shifting sands

Bounteous by willowbilly | 4k | M | Anne/Max/Mary/Jack

It’s a queer hurt, almost like the relief of peeling off an old scab, to feel her heart pulling in three separate directions and to feel it expanding to encompass the whole damn rest of the compass rose rather than be so fragile as to rip itself asunder. Anne never would have thought, before, that she’d be this fucking caring. That she’d had such a deep well of love waiting untapped within her, way down.

kintsugi by princejake | 6k | T |

Anne nestles into his shoulder, her hair brushing against his cheek, and suddenly Jack can breathe properly for the first time in weeks. Here they are, together, in balance as they’ve been from the beginning. Complete again.

When he opens his eyes Max is watching them from across the street. Her posture is carefully neutral, but her eyes are… solemn. Stoic. Filled with a kind of barren peace. She always could convey so much with just a look.

Something twinges uncomfortably behind Jack’s breastbone. /Oh./ Perhaps not so in balance after all.

Other/Misc/Gen

no man’s land by rhllors | 2.5k | T |  Jack/Anne/Mary

The man on the deck looks back at them, considering. He’s handsome but he oozes violence; armed, scarred, tall, hair slung round a bandana, the same colour of a recently opened wound. “I’ve heard of you,” he says, with an infliction she’s not familiar with: somewhere from the continent, not French. Perhaps Holland. “The name’s Read.” he continues, eyes tracing the rim of her hat. “Mark Read.”

armed with the past and the will by whimsicalimages | 3k | T | Silver/Madi

The language of winning and losing, this language that men favor – Madi can speak this language, though she disagrees with its precepts. Success takes different forms, and failing once does not mean failing forever. It does not even mean failing the next time.

Gone to Port Royal by Apetslife | 3k | G | All the pairings

Definition of Valhalla 1: the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in battle are received 2 : a place of honor, glory, or happiness : heaven

same bottle, same gun: two shots by AstronautSquid | 5k | T | minor Flint/Thomas, Max/Eleanor

„I will walk,“ Flint interrupted her objections. „You have just maneuvered yourself into a position of considerable power on this island, and now you have gone and cast aside a man the island admires and fears. It won’t do for you to be seen sharing a horse with me like a wounded young girl.“ Eleanor stared up at him; a wounded young girl full of curses, with a rifle resting like a sleeping babe in her arm.

[Nassau, 1708. Eleanor Guthrie remembers a moment in the life of Lieutenant McGraw. Captain Flint doesn’t.]

what’s a king but a heavy name by thatsarockfact55 | 51k | T | Mr. Scott/Maroon Queen, Madi/Silver, background Flint/Silver 

In the quiet night, one stranger tells another what he has always known: “I have been so many names, Long John Silver, and if not for love I would be no one at all.”

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One story of a spirit, a slave, a father, and a pirate king, told in seven parts.

Winds of Change and Chance  by PanBoleyn | 60k | T | (eventual Silver/Flint, Miranda/Thomas, Flint/Hamiltons, Flint/Silver/Miranda) 

In which a thief and his daemon make their way onto a pirate ship, and vastly underestimate how hard it will be to get off again.

Well, the thief does. His daemon had a feeling this might happen.

[pinktintedmonocle]

Defiance - a Black Sails FlintHamilton Fanfic

They lasted three weeks at the plantation before James set fire to something.

Much of the first week was spent in a delirious haze of exhaustion and bliss, but during the second James began to take stock of his situation.  The weather was warm, the work hard but no too strenuous, meals were regular and sleep was plentiful – it would have been idyllic, had it not been a prison.  But a prison it was, and he had been at liberty from society’s rules and regulations for too long to go back to being held captive by them.  Even if he had let Flint return to the sea, James McGraw was still a man well versed in defiance and he found he could not truly be at peace until he had the freedom to live as he saw fit.

Uncertain of how to broach the subject with Thomas he had tried to be subtle.  As they had lain together at night, he mentioned that a few of their fellow inmates had lately fixed him with unfriendly stares.

“It is not surprising”, Thomas had said.  “Many of them are here for the same reason as us, only they have no hope of ever seeing their loved ones again.  It is understandable that they may resent us somewhat.”

“All the same.  They could cause trouble for us.”

Thomas had looked up at him then with those big blue eyes.  “You want to leave this place.  And not just because of the others.”

James had just nodded dumbly, surprised that Thomas could still read him so easily after all these years.

“Good.  Shall we say a week or so?  That should give us ample time to formulate a plan.”

James, a little shocked, had just nodded again before finding his voice.  “I thought you might not want to leave.  That you had grown accustomed to life here.”

“I’ve wanted to leave here since the moment I stepped through those gates.”

“Then why didn’t you ever try?”

“Because”, Thomas had said as he pulled James a little closer, “I thought it would be easier for you to find me if I stayed in one place.”

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The plan was simple. James set a fire in one of the sugarcane fields on the far side of the plantation, and as the owner and guards rushed over to help extinguish it he slipped away and ran towards the owner’s house. Thomas was already there when he arrived, preparing to set a second fire.  “Is it done?”

“Yes, we should have at least ten minutes before they notice our absence and return here.”  He leant down for what he intended to be a quick kiss, but Thomas grabbed the back of his head and deepened it.  When they eventually pulled apart Thomas’ face was flushed and his eyes were bright and James had to resist the urge to abandon their plan and just take him there on the floor.

“I have the keys for the main gate and there is a pistol on the desk.  Could you light the fire?”  Thomas asked as he stepped away towards a large bookcase in the corner of the room.  “There is one last thing I need to get before we leave.”

James tucked the gun into his belt then struck the match and threw it to the ground, and as the flames began to lick at the furniture they hurried outside.

“What was it that you fetched just then?” James enquired, and Thomas pressed a book into his hands. Before James even glanced at the spine he knew the words that he would find there.  Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

“To replace our old copy.” Thomas said with a smile.  

James leaned forward, resting their foreheads together.  “How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened”.

“And am not afraid of what is about to happen”, Thomas murmured softly before he stepped back.  “We should go.  They will be here soon, with guns…”

James pulled the pistol from his belt.  “Then it is lucky that you have the best shot in the Caribbean to look out for you.”

Thomas grinned and they shared a final kiss before they turned towards the gates.

“Come on”, said James, as he took Thomas’ hand in his.  “Let’s get the fuck out of here.”

[jamesgwapo2-blog]

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Student: James Muyco Teacher: Mrs. Joanna Jacinth Ferer II.About The Author Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins". (Wikepedia, 2017) Book Background Treasure Island For other uses, see Treasure Island (disambiguation). Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. (Wikepedia,2017) III.Summary: The Treasure Island tells the story about Jim, a young boy who watches over an inn in an English seaside town with his mother and his gravely ill father. A new guest at the inn, Bill, terrifies everyone at the inn with his old sea songs and threats of violence. Bill falls ill and dies just as pirates descend on the inn to kill Bill and to pillage his things. Just before the pirates can burst in and find Jim and his mom, the two of them escape with a number of coins and a pouch. Jim finds out that there is a treasure map hidden in the pouch. After showing this map to the doctor that waited on his father and Bill, Dr. Livesey, the doctor and his friend Squire Trelawney decide to set sail to uncover the treasure. Jim goes along as a member of the crew. The squire and doctor hire a number of men to head the voyage, including Long John Silver as the ship's cook. Along the journey at sea, Jim falls asleep inside a barrel and awakes to hear that Long John Silver has planned a mutiny along with most of the crew! Once they reach the island with the treasure, Jim slips onshore with Silver and some of the rebels. After the rebels kill two men that don't want to join the rebellion, Jim runs away into the jungle on the island. While there, he meets an abandoned man, Ben Gunn. Meanwhile, Trelawney, the doctor, and the other men get ashore and find a stockade, or a giant wooden enclosure, something like a mini-fort. Eventually, after a meeting between Silver and the captain of the ship in the stockade, there is a battle. While a number of mutineers are killed, two men die and one is injured within the stockade, and Dr. Livesey goes out to find Ben Gunn and enlist his help. Jim sneaks out of the stockade and cuts the ship loose, crashing it on the beach, securing it for the crew, and killing a pirate left on the ship in self defense. Jim sneaks back to the stockade, where to his surprise, Long John Silver and his men are now staying! Silver explains that the captain and Dr. Livesey agreed to give up the map and the stockade for free passage. However, when the rebels get to the treasure, they find that someone has already dug it up! Before the angry rebels can attack Silver and Jim, the original crew pop up and ambush them with guns, having already dug up and hid the treasure. Though Silver slips away from the crew during the journey back to England, evading a trial and hanging, Jim still has terrifying dreams of him for many months afterward. IV. Lesson Learned The story of Treasure Island gives us so many moral lessons that we can apply in real life. Don’t judge other people by their appearance, in the plot of the story, Young Jim Hawkins learns not to judge a book by its cover and that appearances are not always true. For example, Smollett at first looks like a rude and unsympathetic person, but later Jim finds out that he is one of a few people he can trust. Greed will get the best of you, Treasure Island and Flint’s treasure itself is the symbol of greed and low desire that can turn men into animals. It is especially vividly seen at the end of the story: the closer the pirates come to their desirous treasure, the crueler and more barbarians they get. At the end of the novel, John Silver and the pirates reach the climax of this greed Greed will get the best of you, Treasure Island and Flint’s treasure itself is the symbol of greed and low desire that can turn men into animals. It is especially vividly seen at the end of the story: the closer the pirates come to their desirous treasure, the crueler and more barbarians they get. At the end of the novel, John Silver and the pirates reach the climax of this greed that had so many men killed. However, it is Jim and the captain’s crew who ultimately win the treasure, because they overcame their desire and stayed human. Another character, Ben Gunn, is the example of the uselessness of gold. Living alone on the island, he became oblivious to its power, being an example that treasure has its value only in society. Don't forget who you are, being tempted by John Silver with treasure, luxury and fame, Jim rejects all of it, instead coming back and saving his friends. The young boy shows as much courage and strong spirit as grown-up and experienced men, because he never forgets who he is and what is really important in life. Not gold, jewelry or pirate’s fame, but honor, true friendship and being true to yourself. Some more information on these characters can also be found here. V. Critique/Review/Reaction I really like this story because it is a definitive pirate story, yet also a deconstruction of the idea of how we see pirates. It’s a fast-paced boys’ adventure, full of stormy coves, sun-spangled seas, rebellious rogues, and honorable Englishmen, yet also something of a character study and a coming-of-age story. It is tremendously enjoyable, yet sobering upon reflection. It also one of the few books I can find no fault with. This is a genuinely exciting, even thrilling, adventure, and probably the best pirate story that has yet been told. The pace is fairly quick, but the characters and plot fleshed out enough, and the turns of event are fascinating not just for plot reasons, but for what they reveal about the characters involved. VI. References: Wikepedia (2017) Robert Louis Stevenson Retrieved from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson at 11:00, August 02, 2017 Wikpedia (2017) Treasure Island Retrieved from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island at 11:00, August 02, 2017