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To the upper air + 7&10? thank you and please! <3

7. Who was your favorite character to write in [title]?

Ooh. That’d have to be James. Honestly, that first scene in the first chapter is still my favorite for him and I’ve loved writing him throughout the rest of the fic as well because he’s so out of his element and yet right in his element at the same time. It’s really, really rare for me to be able to write him being actually joyful, and I got to do that with this fic. Fun fact – when James McGraw is happy, he’s fully as hard to control as a character as Thomas, because he kind of goes tearing around all but dancing. It’s awesome!

10. What are some facts readers may not know about [title]?

Silver wasn’t originally supposed to show up at all. In fact, the entire back half of the fic wasn’t originally going to be there. I started out wanting to write a fic about James somehow ending up further back in his own timeline, knowing what was going to happen to him and Thomas and Miranda and trying to prevent it but having trouble with one key element – not swearing a blue streak in front of people he needs to help him, such as Admiral Hennessey. It was supposed to be a crackfic – I’m not quite sure what happened, really. Emotions, probably.

rasks replied to your post “Last Sentence Meme”

the like button wasn’t doing it for me, sorry. BUT ALSO that first wip *insert eyes emoji* is that Admiral Hennessey I am reading in the same *universe* as Vane????

that is Admiral Hennessey existing in the same universe, in the same general locale, and as you can see, NOT HAPPY about Teach’s parenting choices!

rasks replied to your post “I get why the writers chose an open ending. Why they wanted to explore…”

very eloquently put and this is also why i’ve been stalling like hell when it comes to finishing s4

Honestly, I loved the last season, like I did all the seasons of Black Sails. I laughed, I cried (I cried a lot), and I just – I get why they made the choices they did, I get that they were TRYING to rip my heart out through the walls of my chest, and they did a good job of that, and one of these days I’m probably going to look back and be grateful actually that they taught me again how to be angry. That… was something I needed back so in a way I’m glad the series ended the way it did, but on the other hand – James. Oh gods, James, and Madi, my babies, my revolutionary darlings, they deserved so much better than that. They were SO CLOSE and they cared about each other so much and they. deserved. better. than that. And on some level I think I’m always going to be angry that history and Treasure Island conspired to mean that they couldn’t have what they deserved so very much.