#i headcanon that hes an orphan and oh boy the discussion about roma children being taken away from their parents on bullshit charges...
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treasure planet is the romanichal movie ever i will not elaborate
#ok fine ill elaborate#first of all coming of age story about travelling across the galaxy to support his working mother HELLOOOOOOOOOOO#jim and sarah are romani dont argue w/ me#def not projecting having a romani mother and distant father nope /s#ANYWAY#sarah is very protective of him and knows how much he gets targeted by the police for victimless crimes and ''tresspassing''#hes already doing trade skills at 15 exceeding everyones expectations yet hes seen as a delinquent!!!!!#sarah just wants her son to understand how their socioeconomic and ethnic background means he has to cut the shit#but its hard to explain it to a kid believe me i didnt get it at the time#now onto silver. hey fun fact did you know the way a lot of pirates in literature are depicted come from romani styles of dress?#the bandana jewelry scarves and all that? taken from roma specifically spanish roma#and treasure planet was written RIGHT about the time that this became popular#so allow me for a moment to imagine romani silver.#no longer wanting to live a life in poverty and unfairly targeted daily#wether you believe he worked for flint or not doesnt matter but it does enhance the lore a bit#hes a fantastic cook a great mechanic HE HAS A FAMILY STEW RECIPE.......... 💙❤️💚#yeah hes greedy and a straight up pirate nobodys perfect but CONSIDER FOR A SECOND#hes basing his standard of success on what colonial empires consider successful and as a result has lost a chunk of his humanity in doing s#something something character becomes what other people say he is. a thief and a liar#hes destroying himself in order to escape persecution and poverty and to never have to deal with it again#i headcanon that hes an orphan and oh boy the discussion about roma children being taken away from their parents on bullshit charges...#he sees jim and just knows. he knows.
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