What happens when somebody tells a story that has real people in it? What happens to the story; what happens to the teller; what happens to the people?
- Devil House, John Darnielle
[image description: 10 edited stills from black sails in muted colors.
image 1: still from season four episode four of Flint and Madi giving each other significant looks while Silver faces away from the audience and towards them. text reads: “What happens when somebody tells a story that has real people in it?”
image 2: still from season four episode three of Madi and Flint walking outdoors along a path together, Madi is on the left and Flint on the right. they are looking at each other while talking
image 3: still from from the same scene of Flint beginning to walk away from Madi but looking back at her, Madi looking in profile so Flint can see her face
image 4: still from season four episode ten of Silver on skeleton island, pointing a gun at Flint, looking conflicted. caption reads: “What happens”
image 5: still of the same scene focused on Flint, he looks clearly upset and resigned, there is an injury on the right side of his face. caption reads: “to the story;”
image 6: still from season four episode ten of Silver after he tells Madi what happened to Flint, as he is leaving, slightly looking back towards her. caption reads: “what happens”
image 7: still from the same episode of Silver when Madi comes to find him sitting on the sandy hill above the ocean afterwards. he is beginning to stand, using his crutch for support. caption reads: “to the teller;”
image 8: still from the same episode of Silver as he gets to the end of telling Madi what happened to Flint, Madi is out of focus and Silver stands behind her. caption reads: “what happens”
image 9: still from the same scene and angle as previous picture, this time Madi is in focus and Silver isn't, reduced to a figure standing in shadow behind her. Madi looks upset. caption reads: “to the people?”
image 10: still of Madi and Silver on the sandy hill over looking the ocean. Madi is standing on a path and Silver is beginning to walk towards her
end i.d.]