Joke's on you, anonymous person who asked me (days late, at that) about my potential pirate perving! I can't jet LJ to let me unscreen the comment to reply!

But really if I could go back in time and safely, consensually bone any pirate - Howell Davis, or maybe Ann Bonny. I feel like she'd probably be up for it.

Time to make tea and work on cover letters and snack on this bag of snickerdoodles I found hiding on the counter...

Arrrr mateys!

For this dreary Talk Like a Pirate Day, I'll be passin' on this fine raunchy bit o prose I penned some years ago.

Must have Been the Rum (1810 words) by Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Nautical RPF, 18th & 19th Century CE RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anne Bonny/Mary Read
Characters: Anne Bonny, Mary Read
Additional Tags: Bondage, Drunk Sex, Pirates, Historical
Summary:

Anne is sick of men, and is looking for a connection only another woman can give her.

I hope that'll be puttin' some wind in your sails!

so, it does seem like all I talk about lately is TV. Well, don't worry, I'm all caught up on all my shows now (well, save Black Sails, I suppose, where there is one episode I haven't seen). And I have Things to Say. A few things, anyway. I'm gonna start with Black Sails, and I'll get back to True Detective later. I have more Things to Say about Rust.

( Black Sails )

So, what I actually managed yesterday was to Buy All the Things, including a proof copy of my dis in colour, paying for my storage unit, and buying yarn to knit a sweater as a knit-along with longpig. I also bought needles to knit said sweater with (I have 6s in the set I got for Christmas :)

And then I watched Black Sails with earis. This was episode two. The show continues to be a confusing mix of good and terrible historical details. There was a lot of Drama this episode, including surrounding one of the more compelling original characters, a mixed-race whore named Max.

...I'm not going to give spoilers about the show here (but I make no promises about the comments). But I am not going to spoiler censor for actual history, because this shit happened 300 years ago, and also who knows how things will unfold on the show. I kind of want to write something more explicitly meta about this, but I'm not sure if anyone would care? I could write about the setting, things they get right, things that are wrong, snippets about what is know about various historical figures and how they are being portrayed in the show, etc. Anyone anyone?

How about this - I'll start with a list of characters who are very based on historical people, of characters who are taken from other media, and of characters whose existence has some basis in historical fact:

Real Peeps:
Charles Vane - And yes, he was a bit of a violent psycho. Don't know if he looked as good in leather pants with his hair half pulled back...
"Calico" Jack Rackham. Who really did serve under Vane. Spoiler alert: Johnny Depp's character is probably named after him. You know - Captain Jack >.>
Anne Bonny - Although technically she doesn't come onto the scene for another few years. She starts on Rackham's crew, as I recall.

Fictional Peeps (we're all at least passingly familiar with Treasure Island, right?):
Captain Flint - Treasure Island
John Silver - Treasure Island
Billy Bones - Treasure Island

Historical Basis:
Richard Guthrie. This is the most surprising, I'm sure. There *was* a merchant, Richard Thompson) who lived at Harbour Island who was rumoured to be colluding with the local pirates (especially those operating out of HI rather than Nassau proper. His house would not have been anything like the one shown on the show. HI was even more of a backwater than Nassau, though it did have close ties with the Carolinas. That and the mention of him successfully bribing the Lords Proprietors were some of the biggest "lol-no" moments of the show for me. Also the sugar planter from the Carolinas....

Thompson was very locally prominent, and served as a Deputy Governor under Woodes Rogers. His daughter (name unknown) also ( married a pirate: )

I finally handed in my prospectus today!

And then I have been sitting around doing nothing on the internet all afternoon. Better get at that data entry...

How are all of you? :D

Have some soothing pirate tunes while you think about your answers.

<3!

Deposition of John Vickers; late of the Island of Providence. In Nov. last Benjamin Hornigold arrived at Providence in the sloop Mary of Jamaica, belonging to Augustine Golding, which Hornigold took upon the Spanish coast, and soon after the taking of the said sloop, he took a Spanish sloop loaded with dry goods and sugar, which cargo he disposed of at Providence, but the Spanish sloop was taken from him by Capt. Jennings of the sloop Bathsheba of Jamaica. In January Hornigold sailed from Providence in the said sloop Mary, having on board 140 men, 6 guns and 8 pattararas, and soon after returned with another Spanish sloop, which he took on the coast of Florida. After he had fitted the said sloop at Providence, he sent Golding's sloop back to Jamaica to be returned to the owners: and in March last sailed from Providence in the said Spanish sloop, having on board near 200 men, but whither bound deponent knoweth not. About 22nd April last, Capt. Jenings arrived at Providence and brought in as prize a French ship mounted with 32 guns which he had taken at the Bay of Hounds, and there shared the cargo (which was very rich consisting of European goods for the Spanish trade) amongst his men, and then went in the said ship to the wrecks where he served as Comodore and guardship. There are at Providence about 50 men who have deserted the sloops that were upon the wrecks, and committ great disorders in that Island, plundering the inhabitants, burning their houses, and ravishing their wives. One Thomas Barrow formerly mate of a Jamaica brigantine which run away some time ago with a Spanish marquiss's money and effects, is the chief of them and gives out that he only waits for a vessell to go out a pirating, that he is Governor of Providence and will make it a second Madagascar, and expects 5 or 600 men more from Jamaica sloops to join in the settling of Providence, and to make war on the French and Spaniards, but for the English, they don't intend to meddle with them, unless they are first attack'd by them; nevertheless Barrow and his crew robb'd a New England brigantine, one Butler master, in the harbour of Providence and took a Bermuda sloop, beat the master and confined him for severall days, but not finding the said sloop fitt for their purpose, discharged her. About a year ago one Daniel Stillwell formerly belonging to Jamaica, and lately settled on Isle Aethera, went in a small shallop, with John Kemp, Matthew Low, two Dutchmen, and—Darvell to the coast of Cuba and there took a Spanish lanch having on board 11,050 pieces of eight, and brought the same into Isle Aethera; and Capt. Thomas Walker of Providence having received advice thereof from the Governor of Jamaica, seized Stillwell and his vessell, but upon the coming of Hornigold to Providence, Stillwell was rescued and Capt. Walker threatned to have his house burned for offering to concern himself, Hornigold saying that all pirates were under his protection. It is common for the sailors now at Providence (who call themselves the flying gang) to extort money from the inhabitants, and one Capt. Stockdale who came passenger with deponent to Virginia was threatned to be whipp'd for not giving them what they demanded, and just upon his coming from thence he payed them 20sh. for which the aforementioned Barrow and one Peter Parr gave him a receipt on the publick account. Many of the inhabitants of that Island had deserted their habitations for fear of being murdered. Sometime about the beginning of March one Capt. Farnandez, an inhabitant of Jamaica, in the sloop Bennet mounted with 10 guns and with about 110 men took a Spanish sloop with about three millions of money as it was reported and silks and cochenile to the like value and brought the sloop into Providence and there divided the money and goods among the men and is returned to the North side of Jamaica to try whether he may go home in safety and if he found he could not he gave out that he would return to Providence and settle amongst the Rovers. Signed, John Vickers. Endorsed as preceding. 2 pp.

(CSP-CS v. 29 #240.i - included with a letter from Lt. Gov. of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, to the Board of Trade, July 3, 1716)

ETA: Oh did this make me write fanfic? Well shit >.>

From the Boston News Letter account of Blackbeard's death:

"Maynard and Teach themselves began the Fight with their Swords, Maynard making a thrust, the point of his Sword went against Teach's Cartridge Box, and bended it to the Hilt, Teach broke the Guard of it, and wounded Maynard`s Fingers, but did not disable him where upon he Jumpt back, threw away his Sword and fired his Pistol, which wounded Teach. Demelt struck in between them with his Sword and cut Teach's Face pretty much; in the Interim both Companies ingaged in Maynard's Sloop, one of Maynard's Men being a Highlander, ingaged Teach with his broad Sword, who gave Teach a cut on the Neck, Teach saying, well done Lad; the Highlander reply'd, if it be not well done, I'll do it better, wich that he gave him a second stroke, which cut off his Head, laying it flat on his Shoulder..."

The local legends say that after it was thrown overboard, teach's body swam around the ship several times before sinking. Clearly this was just the aftereffects of the Quickening :V

Another Nassau Gazette entry for you, this time from the week of Jan 15-22, 1795! And about PIRATES!

ALSO it is finally fucking raining, yesss*! We'be had less than an inch since February, and we usually get *downpours* in the spring!

*yes somewhat qualified by the certainty that I have windows left open at home -_-

Anyway, you don't care about that, you are here for the ( PIRATES! )

WIN!!!

Still looking for things you think you know about pirates!

Also - i am going to a dressy party on Sunday. I am wearing a sleek red silk dress, black corset, and (hopefully) pirate shoes. i need accessory suggestions that I can either concoct out of stuff I have or beg/borrow/steal from others. I suddenly *really* want a jolly roger cameo choker, because that would be badass.

Also, suggestions re: hair. I was thinking about doing something with the acre of black silk ribbon I have. I considered ringlets but I doubt I'll have time :/

I have more to say but, alas, no time!