rec-cember #3 - black sails & more

[queenslayerbee]

Unofficial Pirate Day!

Headsup: some of these fics might require an ao3 account to be read.

BLACK SAILS

FANFIC

• A Death Full of Light to Consume Me by angryhausfrau. 1k, E. Maxanne, post-canon. A lovely fic written for a prompt of mine: "I have lost myself in the sea many times with my ear full of freshly cut flowers, with my tongue full of love and agony."
• The Power of a Story by medusine. 3.2k, E. Have you ever wanted to read a hilarious yet poignant and metatextually relevant story where Flint tells a dirty story to his crew? Well, here it is. Implied Flint/Miranda and explicit Flint/Silver.
• el cuentacuento by straddling_the_atmosphere. 4.6k, not rated. This one seems pretty popular already, but I'll still recommend it because it's a very interesting view at Silver's past and how he uses narrative and stories to obscure it, insinuate about it, obfuscate it, etc.
• A Long Dark Throat by greenforsnow. 4.9, E. Silvermadi with... a very complex Silverfilntmadi situation. Silver and Madi, fantasizing about Flint together, all paired with Silver's... personality. Some of the best, most harrowing smut I've read, as well as a perfect Silver voice.
• i'm a black ocean leaping and wide by loosedindecember. 6k, M. Post-series, Madi-centric (includes both Madi/Eme and Madi/Silver, but it's mainly about her). An interesting, and idealistic view at the possibilities after canon.
• No Monuments by ballantine. 11.1k, not rated. Solaris AU, Silverflint. GREAT fic, one of those perfect examples of what an AU should be. I love the way each character has been "translated" into this setting, Max and Silver especially.

FANART

• This beautiful drawing of Max by the window as in episode VII by @aieaiedro.
• Flint's heart is in Silver's hand by @tuckahue.
• Flint sinking in the sea with Miranda on his arms, reaching out to Silver, held up by Madi by @finngualart.
• Cute animation of Silver and Flint in a rowboat, circled by a shark @primevideouk.
• Cute Anne Bonny drawing by @stripeddesigns.
• Flint and Miranda as Death and the Maiden in the show's credits by @halewoods.
• Silverflintmadi as the Twelfth Night kiss meme by @maraferaventi.
• Flint handing Billy a piece of paper in episode I: Happy Pride! by @cesiousblue.
• Gorgeous Eleanor art by @myvushka.
• I couldn't pick just one (1) favourite by @riisinaakka-draws, so: John Silver and Skeleton Island; Anne Bonny saving her crew in XXXII; Max in season 1, colour and practice; and Silver and Madi After The Kiss.

META

• Some thoughts on the Maroon arc, what it did well (what it felt short to) by @dykementality.
• Max and Miranda as parallels by @kabaks.
• On Silver's disability by @lichfucker.
• Flint/McGraw as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by @noknowshame.
• A couple posts on Black Sails seen through the lenses of Treasure Island, one by @lupismaris and another by @july-19th-club.
• Abigail and Eleanor as parallels by @bring-it-all-down.
• John Silver and identity by @july-19th-club.
• Flint and Silver are both Odysseus by @stoneantler.
• Posts on the ambiguity of the series finale, one by @jaynovz and another by @tulakhord.
• On Black Sails and queer subtext by @charcubed.
• Maxanne meta by @feelthesturmanddrangintheair.
• John Silver, Boy Hostage by @medusinestories.
• About the scene between Charles Vane and Pastor Lambrick by @bring-it-all-down.
• On the keelhauling scene by @kabaks.
• Eleanor's evolution as seen through her outfits across the seasons by @missguthrievane.
• How Max and Silver talk to each other by @kabaks and @etoilesombre.
• This post by @chamerionwrites isn't solely about Black Sails, but discusses it and how sometimes bleak stories matter and ought to be told.

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

• Cat and Mouse (The Centre edition) by Terapsina. ~600 words. A Root/Shawn AU of The Pretender. Quite interesting premise.
• What if Rincewind was a witch by @discworldtour. ~950 words, not rated. Just a fun Discworld premise.
• The Worst Day of the Rest of Your Life by Marzi. 14.1k, T. Debbie Grayson, from Invincible, is stuck in a time loop of the s1 finale. The show itself might've been a letdown for me, but those s1 family dynamics and this fic were great payoff for watching it for a while.

FANART

• Original F/F art of two medieval nuns by @sillygobbo.
• Catherine and Heathcliff, through the years by @arealtrashact.
• Darius and Laila from The Essence of the Equinox by jjflorentina. I encourage everyone to read the series! This other post also features an illustration of Serafina, a key character in the saga, by Rachel Bostick. AND another one of Darius in his skeleton throne by @rhigu.
• Faith Lehane and her knife by @thehauntedrocket. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, some cute art of Buffy featuring some of her outfits by @phoebeebies.
• Sammie Moore from Pluribus playing his guitar by @faitokie.

META

• On Veronica and Hiram's messy relationship in Riverdale by @aingeal98.
• What audiences hate about Gilligan's Skyler White and Carol Sturka by @seraphtrevs.
• Carrie as a Cinderella story by @finalgirlminamurray.
• "You Get Tough. You Get Even": Rape, Anger, Cynicism, and the Vigilante Girl Detective in Veronica Mars by Alaine Martaus.
• Blaming Daddy: The portrayal of the evil father in popular culture by Dr. Jason Bainbridge.
• What makes Laila and Serafina such effective protagonists in The Essence of the Equinox by @erensattacktitancock.
• On the sanitising of characters of color in BG3.
• Why Darcy acted the way he did with Lydia by @anghraine and @bethanydelleman

That's it for today!