Consider this: that might have been the first time in Silver’s life that he told the truth about something and the result was…good? This is a new feeling for him, he’s basking in it.
Are you fucking kidding me? When I offered this suggestion, I told you it was just a suggestion. You said it would work.
tags form who i reblog : #THE SECOND GIF MAKES ME SCREAM #silver: I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WOULD WORK; flint: [squinty face] i lied. but hope springs eternal
“We had to embrace the fact that there would have to be things that were left unsaid and were going to have to exist in subtext and performance and context in order for it to be honest. That felt right. There is, at least to me when I watch it, a significant amount happening between the two of them that is all under the surface.” –
And here I sit at the head of an army of men, each of whom, present company included, has probably at some point considered killing the man he now fights alongside, each of whom, present company included, has certainly considered killing me.
mostlyanything19: #THE FACT THAT HE DID TELL#LIKE#i don’t think flint has ever#said the name Thomas Hamilton out loud to anyone since that ended#not in the context of actually you know. opening up about him#nobody but Miranda obviously but that was different she was there. she knew.#the fact that silver asked surprised me#but the fact that flint then sat down and told him?#a tale of which we only get to hear the very end#a tale which seeemed to have been long and honest and very very personal#i mean god everything else aside he basically came out to Silver too in the process?#something which would have by no means been a risk-free thing to do all on its own#and an intensely personal thing to divulge – especially with the impact his love for Thomas had on. well. /everything/#Silver could’ve so easily just not /understood/#but he did#he listened and he did#but there was no way to be sure of that before daring the outcome#like wow what an… what an incredible act of /trust/ that was from Flint#I… wow
imaginedmelody: #do you ever get the sense that maybe no one asked flint before why he does what he does?#it’s not likely he’d tell them if they did#(unless they were as close to him as silver is of course)#but everyone’s always either bought into the monster image enough to assume#that he just does this because it’s in his nature#or has questioned his authority but not the driving force behind his decisions#(except to accuse him of that force being malice/selfishness)#john is one of the first people to recognize that there’s something deeper underneath#and to ask about the ghosts that haunt flint#i imagine that’s precious to someone who has been held so far apart#that people assume his demons ARE him#black sails#grumpy captain and quartermaster puppy-dog-eyes
rafyki: #okay but this scene *screams*#the way silver says will you tell me?#like he is not sure flint will actually tell him#he probably doesn even expect james to completely open up with him#its so unlike him to speak that way#and look at flint#its like he was expecting that question#and he doesnt really want to answer bc ofc he never talked about thomas with anyone except miranda#he never told his story to anyone#but its like he needs to and if theres someone who he could tell it thats silver#and i think james actually wants silver to know#he wants silver to really know him#to know all of him bc right now john is the only person that can understand him#the only person he can be himself with
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