re: Just fired up Black Sails for a re-watch

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"yes there's a gay dude. yes, him being gay is a bit of a plot device. yes, no it's not "woke." no it's not shoehorned in. yes, you are pulling for the gay dude."

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To that point about the rooting interest-it’s something that flint earned over the course of 2 seasons at that point.

They didn’t drop it in episode 1 to be your primary motivation for rooting for him. They didn’t drop Flint in as a side character in the middle of the season and say “hey you should care about this guy because he’s homosexual or else you’re a homophobe”

You root for the character because at least to that point he seems like a level headed antihero fighting a corrupt establishment

This gave him personal motivation to be against the establishment