lots of resurrection stories on this show

flyingfish1:

I didn’t realize how significant a theme it was until just now.

We have…

Vane

(x)

Billy

(x)

Eleanor

(x)

(“I suppose I should have seen this, that somehow your grip on
this place would be too strong to be denied by a king, his laws, or even your
death”)

Flint

(x)

(“I
will come back from the dead and lay claim to what I am owed”)

Silver

(x)

… and now, possibly, Thomas as well?

Am I missing anybody? Let me know if I’m missing anybody.

This includes–I think–three times in which the other characters think the character is dead but the audience knows all along that they’re alive (Eleanor, Flint, and Silver); and three times in which the other characters and the audience are all led to believe that the character is dead (Vane, Billy, and Thomas; with Billy, the audience finds out that he’s alive before the other characters do but we still spend a few episodes thinking that he has drowned).

I’m not sure where I’m going with this, really, but it’s an interesting pattern. Also, the first season took place in the time leading up to Easter Sunday–the resurrection themes continue…

Aaaaand to round out the post, some Wild Speculation about Flint’s Treasure Island fate, which I’m sticking under a cut:

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