re: Black Sails series finale thoughts

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I wanted Flint dead. Screw this happy ending crap.

Flint did die.

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So - the whole four seasons came down to a dead Flint giving his phantom boy friend a long lingering kiss.

I liked this show a lot; I watched every episode. And for my trouble I had social commentary shoved down my throat.


At least it wasn't Toby Stephens' tongue.

I strongly believe Flint did not die. In the end, I was able to look past the gay angle and actually appreciate the his character arc regardless of his sexuality. But the amount of time spent setting up Silver and Flint's friendship/respect, and the amount of show time that was spent ultimately dealing with the consequences of their friendship, I just do not believe that Silver killed Flint.

For one, why the trouble sending soemone to inquire about the place in Savannah. Next, from Treasure Island, we are led to believe that Flint survived his experiences from Black Sails and lived on for a time.

I think that they came to a conclusion that would allow all of them to be happy: Flint's desire for the cache was nothing compared to his desire to have someone dear lost to him return. He would gladly give up the location of the cache to Silver without a fight. Silver knew this. Silver's plan was likely to satisfy James McGraw, so that the monster Flint could finally be laid to rest(literally said to have been killed in the show). With the personality of Flint no more, McGraw had zero desire to remain on the account and rage all out war against England. He may have wished bad things to England but his primary motivations were reduced significantly with the news of Thomas. This is what I truly think happened.

Treasure Island happened years down the road because I do believe that Silver saw the benefit of waiting for a significant amount of time to pass before he considered retrieving the treasure. This would allow him to spend his time with Madi, be a family man for a while, before returning to find the treasure once all of the attention had disappeared/died off.

Oh, and about that pistol shot in the jungle. Well, you know the endless potential of Flint and Silver together. They could have just as easily fired a shot to feign the appearance of Silver shooting Flint.

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well shite

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I know right? I just assumed Silver fired off a shot to get their attention or something. That kind of pisses me off.

I believe that Flint is alive. Why would they set up everything to coincide with TI but kill Flint? This write up does a good job of explaining what they think happened. It is a Tumblr post, but it is well thought out.

A little off topic, but did anyone else not realize the guy that played Rogers was the same guy who played Arthur Dayne in GoT during the Tower of Joy scene? Damn, dude was more badass than I thought lol.