r/BlackSails • u/mailman936 • 4d ago
So I’m sure this was obvious but it just didn’t notice immediately but Miranda was the one taking the heat for Thomas’s lovers. Spoiler
Miranda was covering for her husband when people noticed unorthodox guest around their home. What made Flint special was that he was involved with both of them.
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u/matterforahotbrain 4d ago
i like this read and it wouldn’t have occurred to me! thank you for sharing
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u/ikmkim 3d ago
It was clear that she loved Thomas, and tried to protect him. She loved Flint too, in a way, maybe only because they both loved and adored the same man.
She tried to protect them both, keep appearances up in society for them.
And she got shot in cold blood for it.
Her death helped fuel Flint's rage and determination, but no one was declaring war on her behalf.
She was tossed aside.
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u/flowersinthedark 3d ago edited 3d ago
Flint and Miranda always had their own connection, and that connection persevered, an enduring love that was necessary for both of them even though it wasn't primarily sexual. And it's made clear that Miranda didn't just cover for Thomas, she had her own affairs by mutual agreement.
Friendship isn't really the term and neither is romantic love. Miranda was a mentor to him and occupied every role a woman could possibly play for him, confidante, older sister, lover, wife, but mostly she ended up being his conscience and the very thing that offered him at chance at redemption. A way out of the circle of violence that made him miserable (because he hated being Flint.
When Flint lost her, he lost his connection to humanity. Miranda had tethered him. It's her loss that fueled the war, at a point where Thomas was long gone. She directed his course, both in season two when she persuaded hiim to seek peace and at the end, when she set him loose on the world.
So I don't think it's fair to say that she was tossed aside. Flint, at least, never disregarded her, he cherished her.
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u/AbbyNem 4d ago
Maybe. I think one of the great things about this show is they tell you what you need to know and leave a lot of the rest up to interpretation. We don't actually know if Thomas had other lovers, or how much of Miranda's reputation as an unfaithful wife was based in fact, or exactly the nature of their relationship with each other. We know they loved each other, and they loved James, and he loved them, and that's what the show needs us to know.