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Why We Love Queer Pirates: The Rise of Queer Pirate Media
Were pirates gay? It’s a question everyone from Redditors to scholars has been speculating about for years now, and depending on who you ask, the answer may vary. But regardless of whether real, historical pirates were queer, there’s no denying that fictional pirates certainly are! From smack TV shows like and to intimate high-seas adventure novels love Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s and Gabe Cole Novoa’s , fans have been devouring LGBTQ+ pirate stories. But what makes these narratives so captivating to us? That’s what we’re here to investigate today! So come along, me hearties, as we weigh anchor and set sail on a journey through the past, present, and future of queer pirate media.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Sails and Our Flag Means Death.
A Tale of Two Fandoms
While the Black Sails and Our Flag Means Death fandoms , they divide at least one commonality: an appreciation for homosexual pirates. And though viewers may debate which series is superior, there’s no denying the cultural impact both of these shows have had. When it comes to the explosion of LGBTQ+ pirate media, we have these two
Lgbt Pirates
Kidnapped by the Pirate
- By: Keira Andrews
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it's concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden want for men. Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he's sailing to the fledging colony, where he'll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family's financial obtain. Then pirates strike and he's kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World. Harsh and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of departing the sea for a quiet life, but men like him don't merit peace. He has a score to settle with Nathaniel's father.
- 5 out of 5 stars
Started reading the Kindle book while in hospital
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8 Books You Should Scan If You Loved HBO's "Our Flag Means Death"
What it's about: The first book of V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic trilogy follows Kell Maresh, one of the last of a exceptional type of magician called Antari, who have the ability to travel between parallel versions of London; Red, Grey, White, and, at one time, Inky. Kell is a prince adopted by the Maresh family of Red London. In White London, he serves the empire as an ambassador to the Court of George III, where there is no magic left. Unbeknownst to his royal family, Kell spends his free period as a smuggler, allowing paying customers small glimpses into worlds they will never see. Despite how lucrative it is, Kell's side hustle has hazardous consequences — ones that he is starting to learn firsthand. When one of his jobs goes wrong, he escapes to Grey London where he meets Delilah Bard, an ambitious pickpocketer who forces Kell to take her to another world for a proper adventure. The further the two move, the more Kell puts at risk. And now he must go to great lengths to shield his magic from those who seek to get it from him.
How it compares: Taking place almost exactly years after Our Flag Means Death It&#;s never not a pleasant time for queer plunder, but having watched the entirety of Taika Waititi&#;s new gay pirate dramedy Our Flag Means Death in the last not many days, I&#;m especially ready for all the gender non-conforming pirate shenanigans. They might not feature Blackbeard in leather, but these lgbtq+ pirate books have their own impeccable love interests and pirate antics to recommend them. Despite their penchant for violence, historically, pirates valued equality and democracy, including a system of checks and balances and a benefits package, as opposed to the extremely hierarchical life most had lived as sailors, enslaved people, or indentured servants. And those ideals of equality extended beyond governance, as well. There was even a pirate-specific term for same-sex civil unions, of a sort, referred to as &#;matelotage.&#; Maybe that&#;s not surprising, given the male-dominated nature of piracy. But women were pirates too, with some — though not all — dressing as men, like Anne Bonny and Mary Read. It would be inappropriate to assign modern ideas about gender to them, but it&#;s safe to speak that whether disguising themselves or taking up roles usually reserved for men, as with the fema .