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“I’m sorry, my lord. There’s no sign of the Captain beyond -” He gestured to the hat in Thomas’ hands, and Thomas felt as though something in his stomach unclenched. He was not dead, then. He had gotten away, or been taken alive – he had to have, because Miranda was missing, and it was all coming apart, just as it had done last time, only this time it wasn’t James that had been left to pick up the pieces. This time it was Thomas, and he was not equipped for this – not ready to face a world in wh

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ich both of the people he loved were gone, taken from him by forces
outside of his control, and it occurred to him suddenly and horribly
that James had not been either. – To the Upper Air, for the DVD
commentary!

So – at this moment in the story, Thomas is getting something that’s going to be very, very important – a taste of what it is that Miranda and James have faced. It’s the moment that he realizes what it is to have the people he loves taken from him so very abruptly. It’s also me playing with a question – what happens if it’s not James that’s left to keep going when everything seems lost but Thomas? We’re really kind of exploring who Thomas is as a person, here – how he clings to hope because it’s all he’s got left at this point, and that feels very true to him as a character. I certainly think canon Thomas must have done exactly that, because he got through ten years of absolute hell somehow. There’s something that’s meant to be very forlorn about this scene – it’s Thomas standing outside a ring of people, holding James’ hat as if it might have an answer to a question he’s only just realized he doesn’t know how to answer.

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@flintsredhair wait a minute what fic

These two! http://archiveofourown.org/series/764262

HELL HATH NO FURY

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint
Characters: Captain Flint, Miranda Barlow, Abigail Ashe
Additional Tags: In Which Miranda Attempts to Redefine Normal, Miranda Lives AU, Angst, Introspection, Canon Divergent, Abigail Saves Miranda AU, Miranda Barlow Appreciation
Series: Part 1 of Hell Hath No Fury
Summary:

Miranda has been many things. Wife. Lover. Friend. Scandal. Conspirator. She supposes that adding the names Murderer and Pirate is not such a bad thing.

And the sequel: 

BATTLE RAVEN

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, Anne Bonny/“Calico” Jack Rackham/Max
Characters: Miranda Barlow, Captain Flint (Black Sails), Max (Black Sails), “Calico” Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, Augustus Featherstone
Additional Tags: I needed more pirate Miranda, so here she is, in which discussions are had, and Max senses a problem on the horizon, in which I set this verse up for a reunion, Miranda Barlow Appreciation
Series: Part 2 of Hell Hath No Fury
Summary:

“Tell your Governor!” James bellows. “You tell him we’re coming!” The forest is full of dead redcoats, the air reeks of gunpowder – and Miranda Barlow does not flinch, does not pause, simply stands at her husband’s side and watches the men run, the blood dripping from her sword in heavy drops.

ok so, technically speaking w this amnesia, what would you change in 2.09 to bring miranda back to life? I’m thinking ‘bullet only scraped her head and knocked her out’ but I haven’t gotten beyond that. Also, how would she get out of Charlestown? Would Abigail be sneaking her out? Would she be the one to help her fake her death when she realized she doesn’t have her memories? Also: Thomas. Would he be in savannah w full memories or have amnesia too? How would they get back to flint?

jamesflintmcgrawhamilton:

2/2 (I’m so sorry if you weren’t the one to come up w the amnesia au I just remember seeing it on ur blog! Definitelt feel free to ignore this if you have no idea what I’m talking about)

Don’t be sorry! – I was the one to think of a Thomas Amnesia au, but the Miranda Amnesia au is the angsty brainchild of @flintsredhair​

@captainqueer-oflesbos – yes, I’m thinking the bullet does some small amount of damage – just enough to make it look like she’s dead bc hello head wound and unconscious and no one thinks to check for a pulse. She wakes up during the burning of Charles Town, manages to stumble her way out of danger, and gets taken out of the city maybe by someone who’s trying to get out in a wagon or something – someone who wasn’t at the trial, just someone ordinary, and then realizes that she has no freaking clue who she is or where she’s been or anything. She spends however long trying to piece together some kind of life and remembers vaguely that she had some intention of going to Boston although she can’t recall why, so naturally that’s where she goes to see if she remembers something once she’s there. 

Meanwhile, James finds Thomas (no amnesia there) and they move North for Reasons (feel free to make up those reasons!) Cue the completely accidental reunion with a Miranda who’s just relieved that someone knows who she is.