#in a way i think. bainbridge's anger comes from not only her body as an unholy site ( she's not being ''natural'' in performing womanhood ) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

emcads · 2 years ago

Text

esme really looked at the conventions of unsexing yourself by going to sea and said no im not doing that. i’m a woman uncompromisingly and ur going to notice that and deal with it. or not! have an apoplexy and die for all i care.

#✘; I HAVE SEVENTY TWO EXAMS AND I HAVE NOT STUDIED FOR ONE ( ooc )#rather than disrupting ppl's conception of her gender she is disrupting the conventions of the gendered space and i LOVE THAT for her #in a way i think. bainbridge's anger comes from not only her body as an unholy site ( she's not being ''natural'' in performing womanhood )#but the way it strips away the masculinity of the position as captain #i think before the encounter bainbridge is an example of someone who regards his status as conferring hyper masculinity and gives him #confidence in his gender #seeing a woman in the position of captain destabilizes that #SHE can't (or hasn't) had manhood conferred onto her. by extension – does his captaincy confer his manhood #no –– unless she dies (via sword stabbing. which has its own connotations)#and interesting also that she doesn't stab him. she barely grazes him. as an act of romance towards jack and (kind of) submission #to his wishes. which doesn't undermine her control of the situation so much as it again destabilizes the idea of what it means to be a #pirate captain in the masculine act of boarding + attacking + dueling #GOD she's so fucking interesting.

2 notes · View notes