I don’t think he was a pacifist either, more like a sort of Don Quixote, as Miranda put it so shrewdly. I think he cared for justice, and a better world, and mercy for all ‘strays’, but NOT strays from the law of men, but more from the way things and people should be like in an ideal world of universal justice and goodness. And I also think that he would be outraged out of his mind for what James had to suffer by the hands of that manmade law, and Miranda, and himself.

Exactly! Thomas wanted a world where people were treated equally and I don’t think he’d have much mercy for a civilization that had no interest in changing or remorse for what it had done to the people it had hurt. 

Have been waiting for HOURS for work to finish to be able to read this, AND oh my, I guess my commuting co-travellers decided I was em slightly mad for all the relieved grinnin I couldn’t quite suppress 🙂 Thanks for the update! It is obviously a huge itchy cliffhanger and an emotional roller-coaster from part to part, but that’s a fare share of the pleasure. Ah sorry for the Archives-type of comment here)

eeeeee thank you – I’m so glad I garnered you some strange looks with your grinning! sorry about the cliffhanger, but at least it’s a high note cliffie! And never apologize for lengthy comments! I love them! I use the energy I get off of them to write more things like some kind of weird comment-fueled vampire – ok, that got weird but the point is that I freaking love comments in whatever form I can get them. 

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Thanks for the tip, I’ m feeling a bit SilverFlint-overwhelmed lately ‘cause there’s so little going on on the John-Silver-critical side on the fandom, so I might just as well wait for the both to come 🙂 Ceasar speed to you and buckets of inspiration!!!

You and me both! The SilverFlint saturation is real, and unfortunately it’s a lot harder to churn out fanfic angry than it is happy, which is probably why the Silver-critical side of the fandom is still kind of quiet. I’m enjoying the sudden flood of FlintHamilton fic, though, particularly over the last few days – seems like a month is the requisite period for us all to pick ourselves up off the floor and get creating again.

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I can assure you I’m ready to wait basically FOREVER for all the long I hope continuation you’re about to write – hope the story IS a long one!!! that’s exactly the mood I was imagining for Thomas to feel, and for James AND him together. It was bound to change them both, to chase their damn lethargy away, and the righteous anger OMG! You’re sooo great in writing this, huge thanks!!! and all that’s been said about Silver, too)

*hugs* thank you! It’s going to be at least eight or nine chapters – I’ve got the outline all written out and chapter 2 is well on its way to being completed. If you like this fic and my take on Silver, you’re going to enjoy the other project I’m working on right now, which I’m hoping to get posted soon so that I can do more with this one!