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Black Sails Rarepair Appreciation Week
Day 4: Platonic Rarepair – Flint & Gates

How much has Mr Gates had to endure from Flint over all the years they spent sailing together? The rages, the secrets, the petty grudges, the rudeness, the stubbornness, the reckless plans… and Gates just followed along and made sure things ran as smoothly as possible. Not just for the crew. For Flint.

Because they’re also really good friends, or at least as good friends as Flint can achieve in his Nassau rage-state. If Flint told anyone anything, it was Gates he turned to. Gates stored his precious stuff in Flint’s house. Gates could make Flint laugh. They got drunk together. They probably had a ton of stupid adventures together.

And Gates probably spent a lot of time dragging Flint away from ill-advised confrontations, which is what inspired this pic. (he’s probably raging at Vane)

With the Gold Dawn’s Breaking – Chapter 2 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]

flintsredhair:

Chapters: 2/3
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, Hal Gates/Admiral Hennessey
Characters: Hal Gates, Captain Flint (Black Sails), Miranda Barlow, Thomas Hamilton, Admiral Hennessey (Black Sails)
Additional Tags: In Which Hal Gates makes a bad decision that saves his life, in which James Flint McGraw needs a drink and several hugs, Angst with a Happy Ending, Everybody Lives, One of these days I’m going to write prequel fic about Gates and Hennessey
Summary:

There is a quality, Hal Gates thinks in the back of his mind, to an abandoned stretch of coast. It’s meant, for one, to be abandoned – devoid of people. Home to birds and the like – and not, he thinks, kicking once again at the pieces of his wrecked boat, bloody fucking useless idiot pirates too stupid to not go out in a ship-killer in a launch out of some stupid desire to avoid having a drink with the man who may have killed his son.

In which Gates lives, and the events of Season 1 and 2 play out very differently.

With the Gold Dawn’s Breaking – Chapter 2 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]

marvel-is-gay-and-so-am-i:

This is the scene from Black Sails that I wont shut up about. 27 seconds on Jack Rackham validating Anne Bonny’s sexuality and preferences healed my soul and made me cry

Context: Anne is the red head and she’s Jack’s partner in pretty much everything. Anne snuck out of bed with Jack to be with Max and Jack came in and immediately started discussing plans to get a crew and ship because priorities ya know. Then there’s this scene and he leaves and everything is good and I love love and pirates who love love and Fuck why are there only 4 seasons

With the Gold Dawn’s Breaking – Chapter 2 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]

flintsredhair:

Chapters: 2/3
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, Hal Gates/Admiral Hennessey
Characters: Hal Gates, Captain Flint (Black Sails), Miranda Barlow, Thomas Hamilton, Admiral Hennessey (Black Sails)
Additional Tags: In Which Hal Gates makes a bad decision that saves his life, in which James Flint McGraw needs a drink and several hugs, Angst with a Happy Ending, Everybody Lives, One of these days I’m going to write prequel fic about Gates and Hennessey
Summary:

There is a quality, Hal Gates thinks in the back of his mind, to an abandoned stretch of coast. It’s meant, for one, to be abandoned – devoid of people. Home to birds and the like – and not, he thinks, kicking once again at the pieces of his wrecked boat, bloody fucking useless idiot pirates too stupid to not go out in a ship-killer in a launch out of some stupid desire to avoid having a drink with the man who may have killed his son.

In which Gates lives, and the events of Season 1 and 2 play out very differently.

With the Gold Dawn’s Breaking – Chapter 2 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]