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I honestly think the character wouldn't have worked at all with a lesser actor. It's a part that needed a deft touch to be able to bring so much in so little screentime. And it was well needed for the romance to work.
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I don't remember last time (if ever) any "love story" shook me this much to the core, as James/Thomas did. I'm forever grateful to the writers and the actors.
The ending of Black Sails was in Treasure Island all along
God, I hate tumblr, they make me cry and laugh at the same time all the time.
"They ran away together into the sunset" - "It was 2 in the afternoon" - "It was beautiful"
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the source of the awesomeness)
But there are also many great thoughtful posts, and I started to take notes
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A short lived one if they also go with the theory that he died
Also, if true love is a consolation prize, I think most people want to lose now.
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Well, the IGN reviewer sticks with the reunion being real, but they still need to watch the show before writing about it.
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indeed. And even back then, that's not how I saw it at all. But really, after knowing about Flint and Thomas...
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Not the way I saw it either, but that's probably because I almost never notice any hints, or *tension*, or subtext at first glance, as if I'm averted to all things to do with romance, I don't know what's wrong with me
But seriously, it feels sometimes like people watch some scenes and don't make connection with what happened before or what happens next (and that is what so ****ing shocking in this case with Fathoms Deep, as they're pretty good at connecting the tiniest details). He had an argument with Miranda, after which he's so broken he's willing to drink himself to oblivion, because
HE would agree with Miranda that
this path [Flint] is on doesn't lead where he thinks it does. And then there's this person who he shares the vision for Nassau, who is saying to him that he's probably the only one who can realize this plan, he almost can't believe what he's hearing. Attraction, seriously, people? Are you mad? It doesn't even have anything to do with his sexuality, can you look at a bigger picture here?
And it's the same with Flint/Miranda. You're totally right, it's 100% how I saw it too, an attempt to connect. But for some people it's like: They have sex? That's it, they want each other. And they completely ignore what they're both saying in the next scene.
She's so desperate to feel alive again, and he's so desperate to give it to her (out of guilt? in return for her taking care about him? none of these things and all of them?), and they couldn't be farther apart from each other than in this moment, although they love each other deeply.
Someone wrote this about them and it's so true: "They share rage that would burn down the world and the calmness to be found in a cup of tea and a book." She made a home for him, and she
is his home, and after her death it's as if he's lost his soul. There's nothing left to connect him with this world, his eyes are completely glazy. And I'm making myself cry again, and I'm not joking! I'm ruined over Miranda, too, James.
Up until recently I didn't quite understand what ghost Miranda meant when she said "You resented me because we were so close... and I threw it all away. If you join me now, what if I resented you for the same reason?"
But rewatching does help
When they arrived to Charlestown, he told her that he would "retire to the interior" with her. And she'd already saw the clock and made a connection, but she kept it to herself, knowing what would happen otherwise, until James agreed to stand trial and most likely to be hanged. And I initially thought that what made her finally speak up is that Peter Ashe demanded Flint to sacrifice himself, but now I've realized that it's also because Flint was ready to give up the idea of living peacefully with her.
And again I'm like... Why, show, why?
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They're trying to rationalize their fears. It's human but it is annoying.
Just about as annoying as all these people identifying as gay, who just assume that bisexual means you don't have the balls to be gay.
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What's interesting is that this is usually said about bi men, while with women it's almost always "oh, she just hasn't met the right man". As if a relationship with a man is the only reasonable choice both for bi men and women. I wonder why
(I don't)
But yeah, the world would be a much better place if we all just stopped telling other people what they feel/think/identify as and left it to them to decide for themselves.
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Considering how berserk everyone went just from the implication, I can understand the lack of on screen sex or even sexual intimacy. Although I do think we'll get there eventually, and we'll get there faster if tv shows stop being so scared of losing the dudebro audience.
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In some post-S2 interview RPJ said he originally had an impression that his character would have a bigger role in the story and that some scenes were cut after TPTB freaked out. He also seemed pretty pissed about the double standard in how male same-sex relationships are portrayed compared to the female ones.
(Straight people, see? That's what being a great ally looks like!)
Fans now joke that what it took him to fly to South Africa to do a 2-minute scene for Black Sails is the producers simply mentioning that James and Thomas would make out again.
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One day at a time, friend. Changes don't happen suddenly. Looking too far into the uncertain future is the best way to crumble. Dark times always seem to be enduring until someone shines a light. It happened many times through history. Have faith.
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Thanks, buddy
I'm trying to, it's just sometimes not very healthy to live in this constant state of uncertainty, and there seem to be no generation of people in our country who had a life that would even vaguely look like some kind of stability, hence our unwillingness to make any steps to changes, among other things.
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is your friend Kalinda?
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I'm pleading the fifth.
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There are very few shows that seem to have been planned for years ahead, at least in some aspects.
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And Black Sails writers were able and willing to adapt the story they initially had had in mind when an opportunity presented itself to explore some other things.
Case in point: Max/Anne, as well as Max's whole arc.
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A lot of writers pretend to have plans but it's obvious they are lying (*cough* King Robert *cough*).
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Have I told you that I didn't watch the finale and don't have a slightest idea what happened? I know Diane slapped Alicia, and that's it, I don't know the reason why she did it and, frankly, don't care. I stopped watching some time in season 5, probably after 5x05, then watched 2 episodes when Will died and 2 last Kalinda eps, and never even bothered to read a summary for the rest of the show. (It sounds like I'm proud of myself, doesn't it?
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It's pretty telling that at first it was a 6-year plan that they claimed they always had had in mind, then it suddenly became a 7-year plan. Dude, make up your mind. You once said that you only had a clear vision for the first 13 episodes.
(and it shoooooows)
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Good point. Plus PoI was never given the leeway they wanted and then they got the axe for network politics so they could never achieve what Black Sails did. They knew where they wanted to go with the character's journey and they knew how much time they had to do it.
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The finale season felt rushed, but I still liked it. Although I'm not over Root dying
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Pfff words will come
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Talk to me! Tell me what you think and how you feel about it