tikkunolamorgtfo:lukearnold:I’m sorry.This interlude absolutely wrecked me when I did my first rewat
tikkunolamorgtfo:lukearnold:I’m sorry.This interlude absolutely wrecked me when I did my first rewatch, because upon first viewing you think it’s all about Flint’s desire to capture The Urca and rebuild Nassau. But then, once you know his backstory, you realise that what drives him to kill Gates isn’t even explicitly the loss of the gold, the loss of his captaincy, or the failure to enact Thomas’s vision—it’s the trauma of exile. Because, as we all know, right before this, the dialogue is as follows:Flint: So what, then? You preside over a trial that sees me hanged?Gates: No. We’re going to go home and I will see you and Mrs. Barlow secreted away before anybody knows you’re gone. You’re gonna go to Boston. You’re gonna take the pardon that she’s offered you. And that is the last that you and I will ever see of each other. And as far as Gates is concerned, given Flint’s many crimes, this is a benevolent act of mercy that goes above and beyond what is owed. For Flint, however, all he can hear is Admiral Hennessey’s voice saying: “You are summarily discharged from service.No charges will be drawn against you provided you leave London quietly and are neither seen nor heard from again.If either the earl or I feel that this bargain has been breached, the charges brought against you will be swift and unyielding.“Because to James, there is nothing more gutting that the threat of exile—the thought of stealing away with Miranda carrying nothing but Meditations and whatever else can fit into that leather satchel, their lives once again ripped out from under their feet, with the parting shot of “Be grateful it didn’t happen on the gallows” ringing in his ears. This moment here is probably the closest Flint has ever felt to being McGraw since arriving in Nassau ten years prior, and it makes me want to fucking die from pity, even if Flint does go on to snap his own best friend’s neck like ten second’s later. Just…PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO EXILE MY GINGER PIRATE DAD HE IS SOFT AND GAY AND IT HURTS HIS FEELINGS -- source link
#oh no#black sails#james flint