Show: *ambiguously sends James McGraw Flint off to a labor camp where he might possibly be imprisoned for life with his love but under armed guard and not free*

Fandom, collectively: Fuck you, no way, we’ve met this guy. Not a chance, show. It’s cute you even thought maybe, though.

#spoiler #james flint #you’ve got to be kidding me #seriously?#not to mention silver would fucking never #I honestly don’t know what the show intended here #but I can give no weight to that interpretation via @corsaircourser

gedsparrowhawk replied to your post “question: did you catch the name and/or location of the labor camp…”

it wasn’t confirmed in the episode, i think, but i did see an interview where the creators confirmed that the plantation owner was based on James Oglethorpe, so definitely georgia

Yeah, and the name Oglethorpe was in the credits

question: did you catch the name and/or location of the labor camp Thomas was in? It’s in Savannah, or somewhere else? I can’t figure out where to get that info.

I don’t know that they gave a name to the place. It’s Savannah, I believe, or where Savannah would be given the time period but again – I don’t know if they ever confirmed that. Anyone? Was this confirmed in the episode?

The way I’m seeing this is basically death of the author. The text is open enough for us to interpret that both james and thomas left that plantation in the next 15min, and that’s how I chose to see it. If that’s not how steinberg intended it then tough luck to him, because it’s not what his text necessarily says. It sucks that it’s what he’s saying in interviews and that it’s what he thought was something silver would do, and that he thought it would be a satisfying ending

yeah – I can’t believe that they somehow thought that having James and Thomas both imprisoned for the rest of their days is in any way satisfying considering what James has done in the name of freedom and the fact that Thomas has never in his whole life done anything to warrant being treated like that. I’m glad they’re both alive but I could have done without the ambiguous nature of that scene, tbh.

daudsiider:

silver’s “i’ve had this plan from months ago to find thomas hamilton alive so flint would give up this war to be with him so that me and you would be safe and happy away from flint’s war”

being met with madi’s “you threw away my war and betrayed your best friend so i would live even though i was ready to die for this, i was ready to let you die for this because freeing my people from slavery was a LITTLE bit more important, get the fuck out”

is so, so so sososo so so satisfying. silver genuinely believed that his betrayal of flint would gain madi’s approval? love? respect? and now he has to live with it. i think that’s what i like about the ending of silver’s arc. he has to live with his shitty fucking decisions because he never actually understood what madi wanted. and flint’s monologue on skeleton island is suddenly ringing true for him and he realises that his plan has failed. that’s some good shit.

holisticdorkgently:

its amazing how flint helped silver rise from nothing and john just threw it all right back in his face to return to a life of mediocrity which he later grows to regret and resent

jadedbirch:

IGN: Flint found Thomas, after all these years, but he’s also a prisoner now. But is being back with his true love worth it? Is that all that matters to him?

Steinberg: I think we spent a lot of time this season exploring that question. Is it enough if you are forced to give up everything but you are given the connection you’ve been seeking in order to be fulfilled – is that connection enough? I think, in some way, that question is explored a number of times in the last few episodes and we get different answers. And I don’t necessarily think that at the end of that finale those answers are fully cooked. I think they’re situations that people have chosen for themselves or have been chosen for them, in which they’re going to find out. In that moment, it’s emotionally effective I think. To see them back together again. And to see Flint in that place.

um…no? how about not? how about I ignore this with all my being because fuck that, no? And that solidifies what I have to say about John fucking Silver, may he be keelhauled a thousand times. Am I the only one that’s not ok with this?

imaginedmelody:

The writers of the Black Sails finale:

mirandaabarlow:

Thomas and James touching each other’s heads reblog if you agree.

char7:

Could we pause on this for a second …

(Gif by @acekeith)

The look on Thomas’ face at first. Shock, disbelief and perhaps a bit of uncertainty at his own memory of James. For ten years, Flint had the painting of The Hamilton’s to remember Thomas’ face by. He had Miranda to talk to and keep that memory alive. He had the book Thomas had given him to hold on to. Thomas had none of those things. He had no photos or keepsakes, just his memories and no one to share them with. And memories fade over time despite how much we don’t want them to. You forget little things like facial features, the sound of a loved one’s voice, their laugh, the exact color of their eyes. Thomas must have been questioning for a moment if this was real or just someone who reminded him of James. Then he realizes it’s really him. And I’m crying forever.