BLACK SAILS 410 SPOILERS

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Here be spoilers. not using a cut because those things suck

things I loved:

-SILVER HOLY SHIT. That manipulative little shit. He didn’t kill Flint, he unmade him. He brought back James McGraw. It really was the only solution that would actually break the cycle of violence. He recognised the big picture, the one not even Flint could see, and he single-handedly prevented a catastrophic war that would’ve killed thousands.

-The pirates effortlessly boarding the bigger, better equipped and manned ship and taking that motherfucker

-”Please sir, I’m just the cook”

-Flint dropping Billy into the ocean. Again.

-Jack and Flint taking down Rogers was pretty fucking satisfying

-Rogers being humiliated by the system he represented, rather than brutalised by the system he inflicted upon the pirates. I hated the fucker, but he was a good villain.

-Madi’s rage, and her eventual understanding. I could have used 10 more minutes to explore her thoughts on the whole thing. It needed more Madi as a person, not a plot device.

-MARK READ. And Anne’s incredulous “are you kidding me” look when she’s introduced.

-TOM MORGAN.

-Featherstone as Governor!

-Idelle as a Governor’s Wife!

-Thomas motherfucking Hamilton, ladies and gentlemen.

-That hug/kiss/forehead boop

-I CRIED

-SERIOUSLY

-James Flint Got To Kiss A Man 2017

-I’M STILL CRYING

-The FLAG

-Jack, just… Jack.

-I’m so proud of my son Jack Rackham.

-And My Wife Max

-So proud.

Things I loved less

-Madi, Max, and Anne all being removed from the final battle fucking sucked. It’s almost enough to ruin it for me, let’s be frank. You go ahead and develop all these badass women and then shelf them for the finale? who the fuck decided that was a good idea? I get why Max was with Granny Guthrie, but Madi and Anne should’ve been right in the fucking thick of it. There was catagorically no reason to remove Anne from Jack’s crew for the battle. At all.

-Look okay. I can accept Flint being sent to the labour camp. I get it. He gets to live and move on from his war, but pays for his crimes against humanity. HOWEVER. Thomas Hamilton still doesn’t deserve to be there! Let him go!

-Black Sails may have invented Unbury Your Gays but they also invented Gays Can Be Happy So Long As They’re Confined To A Labour Camp. The implications of leaving them both there are kind of… not good…

-Someone write fix-it fic where they break out please

-The slaves totally got shelved too. Madi, the Maroon Queen, and Julius should’ve been involved in the finale, not just a footnote.

-The whole thing was definitely too rushed.

-Beyond rushed.

-Should’ve been 2 hours honestly

-The writers deserve an “I Tried” sticker, but ultimately their handling of race, gender, and sexuality did fall pretty fucking short. 

IN SUMMARY

-I’m dead

-Someone spread some earth over me

-James Flint Got To Kiss A Man