Um… Silver’s tragedy is that he will realize he was wrong and will regret what he did. So the whole “Silver did nothing wrong, Silver was right to do what he did” is actually something Silver himself will not agree with. He will be totally on board with John Silver critisism and be like, “Yes, drag my ass, I was a damn fool”.

2/2 *same anon* Oh shit. I didn’t specify that this wasn’t a jab at you, but a comment on defense squad. That Silver himself would not agree with a defense of his actions. He would actually agree with us criticizing him for what he did. ‘Cause he’s gonna arrive to the same conclusion: he was wrong.

Thank you, Nonny! Yes – that is a point. Given time to think on things, he does in fact come to this same conclusion that he was in fact very wrong, and it’s the only reason that I’m able to keep writing him in TtUA because for him it’s been twenty years and he’s had time to realize what a complete and utter asshole he has been to the people he cared about. He might not be sorry yet at the end of the series, but I guarantee you that by the time of Treasure Island, he is, or he wouldn’t be chasing a dead man’s treasure in some kind of attempt to mean something again, fulfilling Flint’s prophecy after his death.