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So s*lver insted… Will die or he’ll be sent to the plantation?

I really don’t think I’m going to go for either option, or that James and Madi would either. They don’t want him dead – they loved him, once, and they’re both better people than to commit the very same crime that S*lver did by trying to sell James to the plantation. No – I think he’s getting marooned somewhere and it will be up to him to make his own luck from there on out. He wanted out of the war – he’s getting his wish, just not the way he wanted it. 

3, 5, 9 :)

thanks for the ask! I’ve answered all of these here: http://flintsredhair.tumblr.com/post/164579332807/3-5-7-for-the-writer-ask-meme and here: http://flintsredhair.tumblr.com/post/164578915827/9-and-10-for-the-writers-ask-meme but let’s answer number 9 again for some other stuff I haven’t done yet since I’ve got a lot on my plate:

9: what’s the aesthetic of your current work?

Reclamation (aka that fic where Vane lives past canon): muggy, humid days. Anger. Shouting and hands gripped around coat fronts to shake some sense into someone. Conversations had over a decent amount of alcohol, weeping, grief-stricken silence. Glances shared between odd allies, hands meeting for the first time, unexpected laughter, books opening and closing, relieved hugs.

Fluff fic: the aftermath of an attack on a merchant ship. Pained groans, coins clinking, arguments behind closed doors, wood splintering. A noisy tavern, the smell of rum, a flash of red hair and relieved, happy sobbing.

the-night-painter replied to your post “I realize that it’s Flinthamilton week and I’ve been wanting to do…”

AAaaaaah I love this! I’ve been having a lot of Thomas feelings lately and I love this take on him, finally feeling alive after finding James again and being and being absolutely angry at everything others have done to him and James (and Miranda)

Thank you! I just can’t see Thomas hearing what has happened to James and to Miranda and not being really, truly furious about all of it. He’s definitely not without the capacity for anger, and I think that eleven years of being imprisoned have probably had a rather large effect on him and his willingness to forgive – especially when it comes to wrongs done to the people he loves. Also I will never be over how he looks like he’s just remembered how to breathe when he realizes that James is actually there and he’s not imagining him.

(1/2) Your elysium black sails fic, i can’t remember the title right this second but i wanted to tell u this thought while it’s still in my brain. It’s hard for me, esp in the beginning to picture Flint in mcgraw’s body, miranda 10 years younger, and poor war-torn Silver back in his young body. But that’s such a good thing i feel??? I think it rly fits the struggle the characters themselves have in reconciling their future/past selves w/ now. And it’s getting easier to picture them young

(2/2) but with truly world-weary souls . I feel as it gets easier for them to accept and live with and take advantage of the opportunity they’ve been given, the more comfortable they become with this reconciliation, the easier it is for me to reconcile the characters i know w/ who we have in your fic and i love it a lot it’s beautiful and an incredible experience. Experiencing their frustration and growing comfort as my own is truly unique.

*blinks* *smile gets wider* This is legit the first time that anyone’s done anything meta-ish about one of my fics and I love it so much! *hugs enthusiastically* I am so, so, so happy to hear that my character development is so solid and that it works so well, because I’ve spent this entire fic biting my lip and wrangling the characters behind the scenes and trying to get in everyone’s heads to know what’s going on in there! And you’re absolutely right – up until about Chapter Five I was picturing Flint in my head, especially, instead of James, whereas sometime in Chapter Six or Eight, he turned back into James in my mental picturing of the scene, which is fitting since that section is a big turning point for him. It’s interesting because Miranda is sort of going through the opposite transformation, which is to say that while James is slowly getting comfortable in his own skin again with who he is outwardly, Miranda is busy realizing that she can’t turn into Lady Hamilton again and has to figure out who she is now that she’s aware of just how deep the betrayal ran and how angry she is about it. By comparison with those two, John just has to remember that he’s not missing a leg anymore and figure out how he feels about a James who isn’t interested in punching anyone anymore unless they’re really, really asking for it. Oh, and of course he has to figure out how Thomas plays into the whole thing now that he’s figured out that he’s not actually World’s Worst Bastard™. It’s an odd, odd day when John Silver is the most straightforward of your characters, let me tell you! 

‘And the Sea With Its Deepness’ is so good – James!! Miranda!! Thomas!! Even Hennessey – god i just can’t wait for Miranda to bring James back to Nassau… do Thomas and Hennessey think he’s dead? ‘my son’ – this killed me, im dead. and poor thomas feeling so helpless… they will be okay, right? (i just want to hug them all)

Thank you! Not going to go into too much detail because spoilers but yes – Thomas and Hennessey do in fact think he’s dead, and I am so, so looking forward to writing the moment they realize he’s not! It’s going to be awesome.

To The Upper Air is everything to me i want u to know that. i love how u write everyone, and Thomas is especially fun . i have so many thoughts about it that i can’t organize them !! i love it a lot tho it’s one of my favorite black sails fics

*hugs forever* Thank you! That is so incredibly awesome to hear and I’m so glad you love it so much! They all deserve happiness so very much and if the show won’t and can’t give me what I want for them all, then I’m more than willing to write the happy ending myself! 

I started your Elysium fic yesterday and i’m on ch 13 now and i just wanted you to know that it is both everything i never knew i needed and all of my dreAms come true at the same time i love it Very Much

Thank you so, so much! I am so glad that you love it because I’m having such fun writing it! I had no idea it was going to turn out to be this long when I started – honest to gods it was going to be just a quick, happy little fix-it fic and now it’s a 16 chapter epic and counting. I’d blame @shirogiku, but she requested hilarious crack fic wherein James Flint is back in his own past and can’t stop swearing at inopportune moments and got this instead.