I’m so sad for Flint. He was at the very bottom of class system and England is one of the most class-driven societies in the world. I can’t imagine how hard he had to work to overcome all of that. From a self-educated boy in a fishing village to a star of the Royal Navy. Incomprehensible. And they (including his father figure) took all of that from him. All his life’s work. And then took his loved ones. England betrayed him on every possible level.

captain-flint:

UGHADGKJ i know!!! just… how fucking good he was at what he did. almost definitely one of england’s best ranking officers. all that potential to be at the very top of the class, to be england’s most feared weapon, and they discarded him like he was still nothing, a nobody. they took literally everything from him and the people like him. god, no wonder he’s fighting so desperately to destroy the whole empire because a little slap in the face every so often isn’t enough to satisfy that burning anger. it’s so strong that i can feel it resonate within me. i’d watch him watch england burn and i’d laugh with him