[Captain: set of Miranda Barlow, from Black Sails, in puritan attire reciting a quote from said Bible passage: “Thy navel is like a round goblet which wanteth not liquor. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. Thy stature is like that of a palm tree and thy breasts like clusters of grapes. I will go up the palm tree and take hold of its fruits.” She says this to pastor Lambrick to make a point after he shows her a Bible verse praising “love through suffering”; telling him that “God wrote that, too. True love shouldn't require suffering. And you don't have to take my word for it.”]
Forgiveness? What forgiveness are you entitled to while you stand back in the shadows, pushing James out in front of the world to be laid bare for the sake of the truth? Tell me, sir, when does the truth about your sins come to light?
You know that she’ll stop at nothing to save this place - a place where she matters, a place where you matter. Except that in your heart, you know the truth - places like this aren’t meant to last.
“You destroyed our lives! You sent us into exile! Thomas died in a cold, dark place because of you! I want to see this whole god damn city, this city that you purchased with our misery, burn! I want to see you hanged, on the very gallows you have used to hang men for crimes far slighter than this. I want to see that noose around your neck, and i want to pull the fucking lever with my own two hands!”
[Caption: gifs of Miranda’s first scene in Black Sails. We see her through the window playing the clavichord, illuminated by candelight. She turns back right before a wounded Flint irrupts through the door; the stare at each other and she looks relieved, telling him to take off his boots and that she’ll boil some water. Flint dramatically collapses on the floor, breathing hard, letting the mask fall after an exhausting day, resting his head on the door.]
[Caption: gifs from Black Sails. Miranda fixes Flint’s bandages in her kitchen, in the sunlight. They bicker about his wounds (with some mild complaining on his part) and about the neightbors spying on them; Flint, staring at her with a small, proud smile, reveals to her that he’s finally found the Urca’s schedule.]
I was mistress to you when you needed love, I was wife to you when you needed understanding, but first and before all, I was mother. I have known you like no other, so I love you like no other.
What do I want? I want to see this whole goddamn city, this city that you purchased with our misery, burn. I want to see you hanged on the very gallows you’ve used to hang men for crimes far slighter than this. I want to see that noose around your neck, and I want to pull the fucking lever with my own two hands!
Miranda Hamilton, Black Sails (Season 2)
It’s like she’s some sort of clock that’s finally struck its chime and woken me from this dream we’ve been living, reminded me how many years separate me from a world I still think of as home.