#u ever just think about how desperate to forgive flint was when he said that#he was tied up and powerless facing the man that took everything from him first#everything#facing the reality of evil progressing through carelessness more than it does by violence#and there isn’t even mercy to his eyes#there’s a ‘please’#please please tell me it was fear#please please tell me there aren’t really people who love and would do this#please please don’t tell me i need to be a monster again#black sails#james flint’s inherent tendency to love and desperate need to believe the world is broken but people are intact#and how cishet white dudes exploit it and break him without even realizing cause they’re dumb#and never more than themselves via @lesbianwaves