Black Sails 4x05 Reaction
Added 2024-04-16 23:29:05 +0000 UTC
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Here's my reaction to 4x05. I wanted to wait a while after the previous comment to leave it https://youtu.be/oG-b5wQB220
TeaDrinker3000
2024-04-19 23:21:02 +0000 UTCI'd love to tell you the story of how me and Kaitlyn met and how we fell in love and our plans for the future! If you want you can add me on insta and we'll keep in contact? I could also ask you some channel-related questions as I'll be setting up my own Patreon soon as I'm nearly at 150 subscribers. https://www.instagram.com/eoinharnett
TeaDrinker3000
2024-04-18 00:53:10 +0000 UTCOne of the things that I think is very interesting about this show, is how Woodes Rogers gets so clearly classified as a villain. Because Black Sails is very much connected to, and plays with the ideas presented in, adventure stories told during a certain time period. Like, well, Treasure Island. And in those kinds of stories a character like Rogers would have been the *hero*. And it’s extremely deliberate for this story to instead portray him as a villain. And quite a fascinating choice.
cosmotron
2024-04-17 23:53:43 +0000 UTCwell, read all this a bit late but i've said it a bunch of times already but i'm really happy for you two, i've been talking to tea for a long time now and they really seem happier now than just a few months ago. wish you the best and i look forward to talk to you more @Kaitlyn ❤️
sand_fl
2024-04-17 21:43:27 +0000 UTCim just finishing editing invincible, i might have to go and reedit the intro
LM Reactions
2024-04-17 19:44:55 +0000 UTCstoooop
LM Reactions
2024-04-17 19:44:32 +0000 UTCthis might be my favorite thing that i have ever read in our comments ❤️❤️ soo happy this episode was so late that we can also see pictures of you two looking so beautiful. we wish you all the happiness in the world ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ps: we want an invite to the wedding
LM Reactions
2024-04-17 19:43:08 +0000 UTCI mean, it’s not like I was pissed off the rest of the night or anything. It makes me mad when I’m watching the show or if I actively think about it lol.
cosmotron
2024-04-17 08:45:00 +0000 UTCLmao you actually let it anger you irl. 😂 Didn’t know you were THIS invested.
Melkor
2024-04-17 07:42:39 +0000 UTCHonestly I get so heated about the Rogers and Eleanor stuff I end up with far less to say about the rest of the episode, even though it's all so great. I'll be back with more comments later I'm sure!
cosmotron
2024-04-17 03:11:39 +0000 UTCAlways thought the same too! Dark blue with golden finishes? Yes please!
Sweet Owl
2024-04-17 03:01:54 +0000 UTCYes it makes sense that he instructed his men to follow Eleanor orders in his absence, she was in charge when Rogers was sick too, but in this case Eleanor was deliberately going against the governor and to shoot even a warning shot against him could have been considered treason in the military. I don't know, it's not a really important thing, I can totally ignore it with no problems, it just feels a bit odd, that's all.
Sweet Owl
2024-04-17 03:01:12 +0000 UTCI want to build off the point in my previous comment about Rogers not "knowing" Eleanor. I think this is also something that has been very consistent with her character throughout the show. A lot of characters - particularly the men around her - tend to have a certain perception of Eleanor, and it is only ever partially right. Some of this is due to what Eleanor talked about, "contorting herself" to fit into these different roles, meaning there was always some part of it that did not fit her. Some part of herself she had to hide or bend or break in order to fit into those roles. We saw it even with characters like Vane, who could understand Eleanor in all the ways they were similar, but could never fathom the parts of herself that weren't like him at all, like her ultimate goals for the island. So many characters projected onto Eleanor their idea of her, and parts of it were usually true, but never all of it. This was the case on a wider scale too, with the "story" of Nassau being run by a teenage girl - a thing Eleanor was at one time but has long since grown past, despite what the story remains as. And on some level, Eleanor knew that. Could *feel* it. And if you were to try and boil down what she wanted from the people in her life to simple words I think it would be this: to be seen. Truly and completely. To be understood and known for the bad and good she has done, and be loved anyway. She really thinks she's gotten it with Rogers. She's been completely honest and open with him, hasn't she? She's given him trust and partnership. She's admitted all her mistakes, has committed herself to trying to be better. He's exactly the kind of man she should have always hoped to be with...isn't he? Because he's been just as honest with her, right? He knows her. He has to know her. He's a good man, an honest man, he has true intentions. Right? Hasn't she finally gotten what she's always longed for? The love that was denied her, that she sabotaged for the sake of her ambition in the past...she finally has it now, doesn't she?
cosmotron
2024-04-17 03:00:51 +0000 UTCWhen I say I hate Woodes Rogers, I mean it. There were already reasons I disliked him, but the choice he made this episode fills me with genuine rage. In a show full of characters who betray each other, in my opinion his actions here are the worst betrayal of any of them. One of the most consistent bits of characterization we have gotten for Eleanor is that she is *terrified* of the day that Spain will raid again. She's talked about it since the early s1 episodes (when she's in bed with Max). It's why Flint firing on the fort back in s2 was so frightening for her. She even spoke about it with Miranda of all people (who she didn't even like!) because her fear of Spain someday attacking again was so great. Surviving the Spanish Raid made Eleanor who she is. It was the big tragic event that resulted in the loss of her mother and subsequent abandonment by her father. In its wake was a mess that she cleaned up and worked so hard to improve. Her fear of it happening again drove so many of her choices, including just last season when it came to the Urca gold. In this episode, she is very clear with what she wants. There is no mistaking her message, or that the message to Rogers isn't really coming from her. He knows the words he hears are Eleanor's, knows what the shots from the fort are meant to tell him. She *means* this, as much as she has ever meant anything. Rogers doesn't listen to Eleanor, not because he doesn't believe the words are hers, or because he thinks she has betrayed him. He doesn't listen to Eleanor simply because he thinks he knows better. He is *convinced* he knows better. That no matter what Eleanor has said or the actions she has taken, he knows what is best for her. And Spain is the answer he comes to. Spanish soldiers to storm the beach and burn Nassau to the ground. The very thing Eleanor has always been most afraid of. The very thing she has tried so hard and sacrificed so much to prevent. I don't think Rogers is doing this as some kind of punishment or whatever. I don't think he's actually thinking about her at all, is more of my point. Because if he did...if he truly valued her as a partner and knew her the way he is supposed to...he would recognize this for the betrayal that it is. Instead he is bringing his wife's WORST FEAR to her doorstep, with no consideration of what that would do to her (even if staying in the fort keeps her physically safe, and that's a big IF). And all of this highlights, to me, what has been becoming clear for a while now: that Woodes Rogers doesn't know Eleanor the way either of them think he does, and that's in spite of Eleanor being completely honest with him.
cosmotron
2024-04-17 02:38:01 +0000 UTChahaahahhahhhahahahah
Gustavo
2024-04-17 01:50:21 +0000 UTCSo awesome, congrats!
Jason Parker
2024-04-17 01:48:43 +0000 UTCMr Hands living up to his name ;)
HenryM
2024-04-17 01:41:28 +0000 UTCThe way I see it, Woods Rogers entrusted his lieutenant (the man with the shaved head) with the responsibility of looking after Eleanor. He wouldn't assign such an important task if he didn't have full trust in him. So, I assume he instructed him to comply with whatever Eleanor said. The soldiers don't necessarily have to follow Eleanor, they just respect the chain of command and follow the lieutenant's orders (as relayed through Eleanor)
HenryM
2024-04-17 01:25:48 +0000 UTCI completely agree with you regarding the british soldiers. I mean, I can understand them following her orders, expept the ones going against the governor, and especially one preventing the governor to return and take back the island, which is exactly why they are there in the first place. Shooting the ship was just madness.
Gustavo
2024-04-17 01:09:26 +0000 UTC"There's no room for Spain!" - you guys last episode, I guess it's true that nobody really expects the Spanish inquisition 😄 Also can't help but think how gorgeous the Spanish navy uniforms are, costume design in this show is on point
HenryM
2024-04-17 01:03:30 +0000 UTCI always asked myself why would the british soldiers follow Eleanor in her plan? Even if she's now the governor's wife she doesn't really have any authorities on them, at least not so much to make them follow her in a plan directly against their governor, let alone shoot against his ship. Maybe if they knew her for many years and trust that she had good intentions, but she's there for how long now, a few months? Doesn't make much sense to me. Billy... I feel sorry for the tragic figure he is now and his decline, but he kinda called it upon himself. His hate for Flint is understandable but he let it take control over himself and he made very dumb decisions, from the shooting at the estate to forcing Silver's hand into choosing between him and Flint. I also get Eleanor grudge (is this the right word?) against Mr. Scott after learning the truth, she saw him basically as a father, she treated him very well considering he was a de facto property (yeah we may say that fair treatment should be the bare minimum but we also have to look at things and contextualize with eyes from that time period, for a slave to be treated so well was anything but obvious), she confided in him and trusted him. In S1 Mr. Scott was mad at Eleanor and told her she should be ashamed for lieing to him... damn man, you lied to her almost all the entire life! I liked Mr. Scott a lot (still do), but he wasn't as perfect as some depict him. His lie was totally understandable, what I don't like is the hypocrisy.
Sweet Owl
2024-04-17 00:50:04 +0000 UTC"You don't know? Why should I follow you if you don't know? Why would anyone? ... Worry ain't a good look for a king, not in a kingdom like this, where loyalty is in short supply." Great lines from Hands here, slapping some truths to Silver hahahaha
Gustavo
2024-04-17 00:31:00 +0000 UTCThese are perfect! They might go wild with power again lol
Isaac
2024-04-16 23:58:57 +0000 UTCIf you want to play with the intro even more in the next Invincible Reaction, I have something for you: https://imgur.com/a/n7BNOYN If you have any other colour requests, please let me know. I have tried to use the colors on your avatar profile picture. Better Quality: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tbLDGI26cIbNo_2giETHy1aJVOTX_5u4?usp=sharing
Robert H.
2024-04-16 23:51:35 +0000 UTCAll the best to you guys!
Gustavo
2024-04-16 23:47:10 +0000 UTCSo happy for you two!
HenryM
2024-04-16 23:45:07 +0000 UTCStill can't believe we met on an unofficial discord for regular patrons of a reaction channel. Thanks girls, you've ended up unwittingly having a huge positive impact on our lives.
Kaitlyn
2024-04-16 23:44:18 +0000 UTCI love you too, Tea. 💜
Kaitlyn
2024-04-16 23:42:19 +0000 UTCcute :)
Isaac
2024-04-16 23:41:39 +0000 UTCEleanor: ... but always with a man behind me doing his damnedest to bend it all to his benefit. My father, Scott, Charles, you. Flint: Woodes Rogers... Ouch! Didn't even need to say the rest.
Gustavo
2024-04-16 23:40:38 +0000 UTCWell, this is it. The time has finally come for me to make what will probably be the most important comment I ever make on this channel. I've been looking forward to this for weeks, and am hoping my usually quite literate-ass will do this post justice. This will be familiar news to the regular patrons on the discord, but to everyone else and ESPECIALLY the girls, I'm so excited to finally be able to break the news to everyone fully. I met the love of my life through LM Reactions. A couple of months back myself and Kaitlyn spontaneously started DMing on the discord on a whim, and wouldn't you know it, 10 days in I knew that this was the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. I've truly never been the type of person to believe in fate or the stars aligning etc. etc., but with this, it's just too perfect. I mean, we essentially 'bumped into' each other via an extremely niche server that I'd made for the patrons of a television reaction channel that both of us had been independently subscribed to for years... The odds of us even encountering the other at all was astronomical, so for us to wind up head over heels in love with the other, well, maybe some things are meant to be. Girls, there have been so many milestones you reached in all the years you've had the channel that you said you'd never believe would happen. I guess now you have one more. It feels weird to 'thank you' given how inadvertent and outside of your control myself and Kaitlyn meeting was, but nonetheless, thank you. I've commented countless times over the years on how this channel shaped the way I view storytelling, sociopoliticals, as well as just making me a more empathetic and emotionally mature person, but I wouldn't have necessarily said 'the channel changed my life'. Well, now I can. And I hope Kaitlyn feels the same, though I'm pretty sure she does. You permanently changed the trajectory of two people's lives for the better by doing nothing else but being yourselves and following your passions and vulnerability for all to see. So, again, thank you. I've spent the last while pondering on what exactly I could put in the final paragraph, what I could say for Kaitlyn, the girls, and everyone else to understand just how truly in love I am. I could wax lyrical for several more paragraphs on that (don't tempt me, you all know I would), but honestly I find myself coming back to the same three words over and over again, as though it were a mantra: "I'm just happy". That's pretty much all that needs saying. I'm just happy. For the first time in my life I'm truly unconcerned with the future. Despite all the demerits that come with a long ditance relationship, I'm totally unphased with what tomorrow brings. I've already been so blessed to have found my angel, my heart is already so full that each subsequent day just feels like a bonus to what has been an absolute blessing. I'm currently sitting on a plane to Canada as I write all this in advance, my first time leaving Europe, in anticipation of our first real life meeting. I can't wait to fall in love with you all over again Kaitlyn. UPDATE: Black Sails ended up dropping later than I thought it would, so here's the two of us together: https://i.imgur.com/luRVw5H.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/qEV17XH.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/TxTbUAI.jpeg
TeaDrinker3000
2024-04-16 23:40:15 +0000 UTCVery curious to know if you guys have seen beyond this episode yet?
cosmotron
2024-04-16 23:38:22 +0000 UTCArt imitates life and life imitates art XD
cosmotron
2024-04-16 23:37:33 +0000 UTChttps://i.gyazo.com/a4188411ce927f317e7b5ee3b3aa721e.png An LM Reaction reaction to this episode. The artist knew you well.
Isaac
2024-04-16 23:36:47 +0000 UTC
