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Tom Rider

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  1. The scene with the pirate who lost his gold was one of the funniest scenes in the series! Especially when he reminds Featherstone that he will need a new bag to carry the gold in! Sure, I love to side with the pirates because the writers not only give them the larger share of the moral high ground, but there is also a catharsis in watching them so effectively "stick it to the man." Even the most horrible acts of the main cast are given some moral justification by the fact that had it not been for England's abuses, most of them would never have committed these crimes in the first place. Of course, there are some character's who are just bad guys - Captain Ned Low from Season 1 is a prime example.
  2. I agree that's probably their plan. I was more responding to what some earlier posters were saying about the idea of a pirate nation. I think at the end of the day, Flint does want to live a "normal" life, he just wants no part of England or anything she stands for. After what happened to him and Miranda (and of course the death of Thomas) he feels that England represents everything that is wrong with the world. He wants a place he can live free of the crown's dominance and abuses. He despises the way people are oppressed, enslaved, used and discarded. He wants a home where people can govern themselves and live with dignity. I'm not sure every pirate in his "army" feels the same way, but it seems that most of the key players do.
  3. Choosing sides in this series isn't supposed to be cut and dry. I think that's the point the writers are trying to get across. Good people occasionally do bad things, and vice versa. Motivations and self-interest seem to drive this dichotomy. Silver explains this point of view when he says he doesn't need to trust Flint, as they share the same self-interest. Also, Rackham and Max have also expressed this idea on occasion throughout the series. (On a side note, this theme is prevalent throughout Game of Thrones as well, both the idea of common self-interest and the whole good/bad in everybody). For me, this one of the themes that makes this show so appealing. If we look at everything in absolute terms, then civilization beats lawlessness every time. Unfortunately, nothing is absolute. As far as the sustainability of Nassau and the Pirate Republic Flint envisions should the pirates prevail; Flint, Miranda and Thomas knew full well from the beginning that continued piracy could never make it work. They understood that it would take farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, etc., to sustain them and make them a viable "nation" unto themselves. Even Woodes Rogers understands this, which is why he offered full pardons to anyone who would give up piracy. So even if England (and Spain) would allow them to keep the island, essentially create an independent colony (or nation), they would still have to abandon piracy or they would invite their own destruction by the nations whose ships they would have to attack.
  4. @Scaeva. I read the historical account of Blackbeard's death, and I agree with you about the writer's attempt to tie the history into the fiction. It just didn't make sense to board the ship in the context of that moment in the show. It's a really minor point I know, and for the most part the writers have done an awesome job of weaving history and fiction together. They have changed many circumstances for historical figures throughout the length of the show, but none of them detracted from the story. And after all, they did not set out to do a documentary... lol. But if I was on Rackham's crew, I would have shot him as soon as he raised that white flag! Having read the basic histories of most of the historical figures in this show, it does suck knowing how it will all probably end ;)
  5. New to this forum. Love this show. Great episode, but one thing here makes no sense. Why in the world did Teach and Anne Bonny take a vanguard to Rogers' ship in the first place? Their ship was twice the size of Rogers and could easily have destroyed it with cannon fire. If the goal was to kill Rogers, it seems to me that would have been easily done. This to me was one of the very few weak spots in the writing in this series. From a purely tactical point of view, the entire exchange made no sense.
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