#nod to the bs opening credits too (that sculpturous thing and black water)

JOURNEY INTO THE DARK

When I first met you, you were so Unformed. And then I spoke and bade you cast aside your shame, and Captain Flint was born into the world. The part of you that always existed yet never were you willing to allow into the light of day.

I was mistress to you when you needed love. I was wife to you when you needed understanding. But first and before all I was mother. I have known you like no other. So I love you like no other. I will guide you through it, but at its end is where you must leave me. At its end is where you will find the peace that eludes you, and at its end lies the answer you refuse to see.

- Miranda’s speech in James’ dream, Black Sails XXI (3.03).

There were a lot of things that inspired this drawing. Flint’s dreams in s3 and the sculptural thing in the show's opening sequence and the painting of Lemminkäinen's Mother (x) to name a few... Please, do not repost elsewhere :)

#black sails doodle #miranda hamilton #captain flint #thomas hamilton #flinthamiltons #captain grumpy ginger #there are A LOT of random thoughts on this and the tags would never be enough #and I didn't want to make a wall of text on the post either #I might do a separate post about the thought process and wip #some visual inspiration from the painting of Lemmikäinen's Mother #and this is a small nod to the river of Tuonela #(the border between the living and the dead in Finnish mythology)#the feather symbols Silver (remember the trap Flint made?) and new hope (there's always another way) and also the swan of Tuonela (death)#(the end of Captain Flint)#nod to the BS opening credits too (that sculpturous thing and black water)#the reflection shows young James returning to Thomas and Miranda etc #Thomas is both 'in the past' and 'in the future' but not 'in the present'#and Miranda aaah ;_;#there's so much things I just want to point out (even though art doesn't have to be explained in general)#ended up making the wall of text after all...shit #sorry