re: Black Sails season 2 thread

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For those of you defending the plot twist, let's make it realistic and let those pirates find out about it and see what happens to him.

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What happened to Flint and Thomas is realistic for the era though.

Being gay in England was punishable by death until the 1830s. It was based off a law created by King Henry VII called the Buggery Act.

They were "fortunate" that Hamilton's father was well connected. To avoid the scandal that would bring down his political career the old man essentially had Flint/Miranda banned from London and sent Thomas to an insane asylum.

As for the pirates, sure some might not like that he'll pop a dude in the booty but wouldn't risk fighting him to the death over it b/c odds are they'll end up with a ripped out throat while he continues on as captain.