Let me subtweet Game of Thrones for a moment here by talking about the version of it that’s better and more subversive and takes place at sea and the theme song has a hurdy-gurdy. For all its faults,1 Black Sails is a master class in depicting shifting allegiances in a way that actually makes some goddamn sense. The reason is that Black Sails, unlike some, has a very clear idea of what its characters want, and is (mostly) very good at aligning their actions and choices with those wants. I’m going to take Max as an example, partly because I…
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