ellelan:

Black Sails meme ➝ Favorite Scene (s) – I call this one ‘seduction of Dufresne’ because that is exactly what Flint did, both by being his impossibly charming self and by planting an idea of a different route in his mind. Dufresne fell for it hook,line and sinker. 

How exactly do you propose to support me? By giving you good counsel. We’re losing our favorable wind. Been losing it for hours. Now, sooner or later, someone will suggest tacking east around the coast, get ahead of the wind. Maneuvered properly, that would be the fastest way home, but I suggest that you resist that plan at all costs. Why? 

Because that route runs right through the common passage out of Kingston. And the men will press to take the first prize they sight. We’re in possession of a war ship. Why would we shy away from taking a prize? Because the men aren’t ready. Not with the numbers they’ve lost. They’re far too depleted to fully man this ship in battle. You get them home safely, get them rested, reinforce their numbers, and then take this ship and do with it what you will.