amuseoffyre:

I was going to write a massive Anne Bonny essay, but I realised it was turning into a dissertation. Instead, let me just say how much I appreciate this simple representation in Anne Bonny’s character growth.

S1 Episode 1:

Stealth murder kitten, keeping to the shadows, hat pulled low, face almost always half-concealed. Speaks low and gruff as if to disguise her gender. Lurks a lot. Is quiet and quietly menacing. This generally is her default look for a lot of the show.

Through the course of four seasons, she faces her own crew threatening to use her as a sex doll if she doesn’t shut up and get with the programme, forges an alliance with another woman to save the third woman, ends up dealing with a belated sexual awakening thanks to said third woman, is screwed over by her boyfriend, has a journey of self-discovery since she’d never been without said boyfriend, reunites with said boyfriend, is screwed over by her girlfriend, rescues her boyfriend from Evil English Soldiers and leads the vanguard in taking an English ship. Oh and in the final season takes down three English soldiers with a couple of pieces of broken glass where a dozen men had failed.

Which brings us to S4 Episode 10:

Anne, Queen of the Ship. She’s no longer lurking in the background. The hat that once covered her face is pushed back. No more hiding who or what she is. And best of all, when Jack goes off in a huff about his flag, Anne is the one giving the orders and they are being obeyed.

She has gone from being a disrespected shadow who was tolerated by much of the crew because she was good with a blade to a confident woman who is second only to Jack on this ship and everyone knows it.

(Special mention to this shot, though. My Queen on her first command after she has just taken an English ship)