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emcads · 1 year ago

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I really need to sleep but can’t stop thinking about esme’s fleet (or lack thereof). venganza’s men have a sense of loyalty to her because they’ve been sailing with her for years, but the other ships that sailed under Don Rafael barely know her, and many of those men mostly know her as the entitled girl who got the title (through family, not democracy, mind you.) under her grandfather it was definitely a proper fleet, and he took a share of their prizes, but under Esmeralda it’s more of a loose confederation. they would show up to fight with her if needed, but they don’t take regular orders from her, and she doesn’t take a share of their prizes. mostly, they provide her with information, though she has a few friends among the captains and officers who will occasionally share the spoils or keep something specific for her out of the takings. if it came to conflict with another pirate lord, though, they’re at her back no question.

#headcanon. ( ࿐ྂ ) in a world without gold，we might have been heroes.#like. Here’s the thing.#lizzie? Really good at leadership over many men #esme’s strengths are the intimate/1-on-1 or smaller groups #she’s smart enough to know not to push her luck when it comes to their loyalty but neither does she want to completely abandon what #her grandfather built. But AS she throws herself into a goosechase revenge mission (unsuccessful!) other things fall by the wayside #it’s easier to convince pirates to go after rich Spanish nobles and their fat rich ships #a personal vengeance mission? out of a sense of justice and law? hard sell #venganza’s crew was down for sure but the rest of em.. doubtful

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