arcadiaego:

teawithsgtbarnes:

What they took from Flint…

I’m listening to Toby’s interview on FD and what he has to say about Flint/McGraw’s brilliance, leadership and ability as a Naval officer and the potential high racking career for a man from a humble background that was also stripped from him.

And it has me feeling that although Thomas was his truest love, we do a great disservice to Flint/McGraw as a character when we reduced his trauma, loss and motivation to only his sexuality.

#agreed#he lost Thomas yes#that was a huge horrible trauma#but he also lost his career#he lost his home#any friends he might have had#he lost every habit he’d ever formed for going through his day#he lost a father figure#his reputation#his very name was taken from him#black sails#he literally lost everything#no one except Miranda even referred to him as James anymore

#it’s like he was killed#all that made up his life was destroyed or taken from him#and he filled the space where everything that made him james mcgraw used to be with flint#no wonder he got consumed by what was supposed to just be a temporary persona#ugh#somebody give that man a hug#james flint#black sails via @la-vie-en-lys