#update i made this initially at ep 8 and i'm now watching season 2 and when miranda said 'the road to ruin' i screamed aloud

[mobydyke]

I'll tell you where the real road lies, between your ears, behind your eyes. That is the path to paradise, and, likewise, the road to ruin -wait for me ii, hadestown

black sails 1x08 / shipwreck on northern sea, ivan aivazovsky / paradise lost and paradise regained, john milton / black sails 2x05 / paradise lost, gustave dore / the ship “fortuna”, knud baade / black sails 1x08

[ID: a web weaving compilation. The first image is james flint from black sails. he is saying “but on the other side.” the second image is a painting of a shipwreck on a dark ocean lit only by the moonlight by ivan aivazovsky. the third image is the cover of the book paradist lost and paradise regained, by john milton. the fourth image is miranda barlow from black sails. she is saying “it’s clear to me now that what lies ahead is the road to ruin.” the fifth image is art by gustave dore from paradise lost, showing lucifer cresting the top of a cliff during sunrise and looking at the lush valley below. the sixth image is a painting of an old shipwreck in a cove at night lit by dim moonlight by knud baade. the seventh image is james flint in black sails finishing his sentence from the first image. he is saying “lies paradise”]