#black sails madi

[brotherconstant]

BLACK SAILS • XXV.

They will not trust you nor even acknowledge the existence of this place to anyone other than my husband, and he's too weak to leave our care. So we will have to send the next best thing. She will help you get what you need, but one more thing. I know your way is to invest a captain with unquestioned authority while in battle, but this battle is ours as much as yours. My word and your word will govern in concert or not at all. And when I'm not present, that word shall be given by my daughter.

[heycarrots]

Happy Tuesday, Black Sails Nation!

As was requested by @billie-bones, I’ve listened back through 18 hours of interviews and compiled a list of every fic mentioned on the podcast.

This list is categorized by episode and includes ratings and summaries, as well as direct links to the fics, themselves. I’ll tag as many authors as I can, but I may not know the tumblr accounts for everyone. If you see someone who’s fics are referenced and you don’t see them tagged and happen to know their handle on here, you may want to send this on to them, that way they know which episode they’re mentioned in and can listen to hear the fic discussed if they so choose.

Some fics got multiple mentions across several episodes and so, to streamline, I’ve listed them only under the first episode in which they are mentioned, so there are no duplicate listings.

Edit: This will be a living document, updated with each new episode with any new fic recommendations. If you’re an upcoming guest and want to compile your top 5 and prefer to mention fics that haven’t been mentioned before, this list will be a valuable resource to cross-reference.

I want to thank my dear @tiofrean, partner in crime and all-around badass extraordinaire, for taking my bare bones list of titles, authors, and links, and filling them out with summaries and all the details you may want to know before committing to a fic. She also broke down every series referenced into its individual parts, since ratings and details will change throughout a particular series. She did this without me requesting it because she’s simply that awesome. Not only has she donated cover art commissions for several episodes, including the upcoming-coming Episode 13, but she helped with this project, which took several days, just for that part, out of the goodness of her heart. You sincerely fucking rock!

And without further ado, here is the Reading Between the Lines Podcast: Fic rec Masterlist!

@lupismaris @jaynovz @etoilesombre @tiofrean @b1uetrees @aisalynn @vowel-in-thug @jadedbirch @justadearie @lurkerdelima @r0b0tb0y @primal--scream @stele3 @twofrontteethstillcrooked @citrinekay @tahiri-veila @bisexualpirateheart @reluming @flintfag @mycapeisplaid @redwhale

Once again, if you don’t see your friend’s account tagged and they are on this list, please tag them or send this to them.

Sincerest thanks to all of our listeners! When you listen to the podcast, you’re supporting so so many people in this fandom!

Preview of Tora’s next episode art featuring Flint and Vane:

[winnie-the-monster]

[storkmuffin]

Having a man (metaphorically) hold you at knife point in a place you are (metaphorically) tied down to and force you into doing the emotional labor of listening to him be unhappy about his life is the universal female experience. Standing in solidarity with Madi's patience here.

[willowmosby]

Roommate: are you crying?

Me* having just watched one of the best hours of television ever, the black sails finale where they unburied some gays and everything ends so in character*: oh no, just dust.

[al-norton]

You believe me like a god

I betray you like a man

[blacksailsblr]

BLACK SAILS 4.08 “XXXVI.” 4.09 “XXXVII.”

[amarantheia]

Today's a personal Black Sails Anniversary for me, so posting this drawing of my faves from my fave show as a tiny celebration

[idontwikeit]

Ask a historian, “What was mankind’s greatest invention?” Fire? The wheel? The sword? I would argue it’s history itself. History isn’t fact. It’s narrative, one carefully curated and shaped. Under the pen strokes of the right scribe, a villain becomes a hero, a lie becomes the truth.

-Gaal Dornick, Foundation

[a-story-is-true]

a story is true, a story is untrue

[on youtube with subtitles]

[manabombs]

text free + close ups ✨

[john-silvers]

If we were able to take Nassau, if we are able to expose the illusion that England is not inevitable, if we are able to incite a revolt that spreads across the New World...then yeah, I imagine people are gonna notice.

[winnie-the-monster]

[storkmuffin]

My teeth are aching from being grit so hard. Colonization works just like this too. It's always so fucking personal, so very very personal. Dirty fingers prying your ribs open to infect your heart's blood. I wish James Flint shot that plantation mistress in the face after all. He's already so fucked up - one more additional trauma wouldn't have made that much difference.

[jennaflare]

long ago you summoned what was coming / it was creeping on a come up / now it's right up in your face / face it

(youtube)

[finngualart]

to celebrate the 10th birthday of the show that rewired my brain and almost 7 years of me having to live with schrödinger's Flint, i decided to redraw a piece from 2017. this is a self-indulgent au where Madi convinces Silver not to shoot Flint/send Flint to Savannah and in stead they all run their little inn together okay? what's that? you're asking if Flint would be able to adjust to such a life? (would any of them?) of course he would, don't be silly, he could kick troublesome drunks out into the street, glare ominously at customers from behind the bar, pick fights, and threaten people who owe money :))) many happy returns to this fucking masterpiece