#Billy becoming Like Flint in opposition to him is the ultimate example of Mimesis in black sails. to me.
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I love the way Flint always looks so pikachu face surprised whenever he sees Billy do something Evil tm in S4
he’s like wow he’s changed. wonder who he gets that from.
#(text from Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard for anyone not Aware)#i have been meaning to do this for a WEEK at least#but my phone wasn't powerful enough to create this image so i had to wait until i had time to make it on the computer#this is making up for me being unable to physically project the text of violence and the sacred onto the theater wall last night#for the benefit of the other movie-goers#but yeah anyway#Billy becoming Like Flint in opposition to him is the ultimate example of Mimesis in black sails. to me.#literally Billy's black s4 vest has an almost IDENTICAL texture to Flint's evil s2 coat from the fucking warship - it drives me crazy#and this quote also highlights what the main thing about them that Gets Me is which is that - in a lot of ways - their emotional issues and#the ways they respond to them are very similar#and yet they never seem to recognize that??#or Flint doesn't anyway#in fact - he doesn't seem to register that Billy is someone worth caring about at all UNTIL he materially opposes him#and then he's like 'oh shit oh no how could this have happened????'#and it's like. buddy.#do you want me to play you the Communication Failure Highlight Reel???????#as a very wise man once said#WHAT THE *FUCK* DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN??????????????#black sails#if Black Sails Zine 2.0 ever gets resurrected - i will rewatch the show just to write the most fucked up essay imaginable about Themb#because GOD knows i could...#(threat)
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