arzani92:

You know what is hard?

Flint could have been so big in the Navy. I mean seriously big! He would have lead with both strength and softness, would have treated his men right and they would have followed him.

I mean the redcoats in the last episode (4×6) just followed Flint without a word, waited for his commands to follow. And there Flint is a pirate. What power would he have held as a Navy still?

Urg… pirates would have feared James McGraw as the Navy now fears James Flint.