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Some years ago, I joked about shows Least Likely To Do A Christmas Special, and I think I picked Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and then came up with a Christmas Special Type of scenario.
This year, I think my pick for Least Likely But Wouldn’t It Have Been Fun In An Absurd Way would be Black Sails. Leaving aside that Black Sails takes place more than a century before good old Albert introduced the British to the joys of German Christmas celebrations and thus Christmas would have been celebrated very differently anyway…
…well, the easiest template would be to subject Flint to a Christmas Carol scenario (any number of candidates for the three ghosts, and as for Jacob Marley, well, Mr. Gates was dead, to begin with. There could be no doubt about that). But such a scenario would not do justice to the rest of the ensemble. So, let’s see…
…say the setting is the time between seasons 2 and 3, the Christmas Special naturally covers how on earth Jack, Flint and Vane came to an agreement about the Urca gold. Flint of course is mid revenge crazy breakdown after the s2 finale events. Vane is newly somewhat maturer than usual, but still not about to ignore all that treasure. The bad blood between Vane’s crew and Flint’s crew is still boiling. Jack would very much like not to get killed by everyone envious of the newly looted Urca treasure, and especially not by the even more ruthless and crazier than usual Flint. He therefore concludes what will relax everyone is for the brothel to organize a Christmas celebration for the three crews, complete with freebies.
Max, who, let we forget, does not simply run but at this point own the brothel, does not consider this a good idea, but can see the general benefit of relaxation and reconciliation (and not having bloody slaughter between the three crews). Also, she comes to an agreement with Anne behind Jack’s back that the girls will be paid, just out of the Jack and Anne part of the treasure.
With this set up, the Black Sails Christmas Special will feature:
- Flint having flashbackt to, no, not happy times with the Hamiltons, but his first Christmas with Miranda alone when they were alternatingly mad with grief and mad at each other
- Newly one legged Silver deciding to get very drunk indeed to distract himself from said state and drunkenly coming across guiltily brooding Flint (they are the only ones not in the brothel to enjoy the Christmas freebies); somehow, this ends in a mutually drunk 18th century strip poker game
- Vane inevitably picking a blonde Eleanor lookalike and monologing at her about how he did her a favor by killing her father, and what a bitch she was to betray him; the blonde, however, is a A Secret Spanish Spy and relieves Vane of his portable possessions
- Mr. Scott using the opportunity to make a very secret trip away from Nassau to the Maroon island loaded with presents
- In London, newly arrived Abigail Ashe finds out Eleanor Guthrie is also newly arrived, but in prison, and pays her a visit, which brightens up Eleanor’s stint as a condemned woman somewhat; cue bittersweet conversations about being daughters of dastardly fathers who nonetheless one did not wish dead, and wanting to make it on one’s own terms; Abigail would return the favour and break Eleanor out of her cell, but it doesn’t work in London the same way. Otoh she gets the idea of interesting Woode Rogers in Eleanor’s case…
- Billy, who went with the rest of the crew to the brothel but mysteriously did not pick one of the available women, ends up revealing an unexpected musical side by composing a song then and there, about a dead man’s chest….
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This year, I think my pick for Least Likely But Wouldn’t It Have Been Fun In An Absurd Way would be Black Sails. Leaving aside that Black Sails takes place more than a century before good old Albert introduced the British to the joys of German Christmas celebrations and thus Christmas would have been celebrated very differently anyway…
…well, the easiest template would be to subject Flint to a Christmas Carol scenario (any number of candidates for the three ghosts, and as for Jacob Marley, well, Mr. Gates was dead, to begin with. There could be no doubt about that). But such a scenario would not do justice to the rest of the ensemble. So, let’s see…
…say the setting is the time between seasons 2 and 3, the Christmas Special naturally covers how on earth Jack, Flint and Vane came to an agreement about the Urca gold. Flint of course is mid revenge crazy breakdown after the s2 finale events. Vane is newly somewhat maturer than usual, but still not about to ignore all that treasure. The bad blood between Vane’s crew and Flint’s crew is still boiling. Jack would very much like not to get killed by everyone envious of the newly looted Urca treasure, and especially not by the even more ruthless and crazier than usual Flint. He therefore concludes what will relax everyone is for the brothel to organize a Christmas celebration for the three crews, complete with freebies.
Max, who, let we forget, does not simply run but at this point own the brothel, does not consider this a good idea, but can see the general benefit of relaxation and reconciliation (and not having bloody slaughter between the three crews). Also, she comes to an agreement with Anne behind Jack’s back that the girls will be paid, just out of the Jack and Anne part of the treasure.
With this set up, the Black Sails Christmas Special will feature:
- Flint having flashbackt to, no, not happy times with the Hamiltons, but his first Christmas with Miranda alone when they were alternatingly mad with grief and mad at each other
- Newly one legged Silver deciding to get very drunk indeed to distract himself from said state and drunkenly coming across guiltily brooding Flint (they are the only ones not in the brothel to enjoy the Christmas freebies); somehow, this ends in a mutually drunk 18th century strip poker game
- Vane inevitably picking a blonde Eleanor lookalike and monologing at her about how he did her a favor by killing her father, and what a bitch she was to betray him; the blonde, however, is a A Secret Spanish Spy and relieves Vane of his portable possessions
- Mr. Scott using the opportunity to make a very secret trip away from Nassau to the Maroon island loaded with presents
- In London, newly arrived Abigail Ashe finds out Eleanor Guthrie is also newly arrived, but in prison, and pays her a visit, which brightens up Eleanor’s stint as a condemned woman somewhat; cue bittersweet conversations about being daughters of dastardly fathers who nonetheless one did not wish dead, and wanting to make it on one’s own terms; Abigail would return the favour and break Eleanor out of her cell, but it doesn’t work in London the same way. Otoh she gets the idea of interesting Woode Rogers in Eleanor’s case…
- Billy, who went with the rest of the crew to the brothel but mysteriously did not pick one of the available women, ends up revealing an unexpected musical side by composing a song then and there, about a dead man’s chest….
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1260753.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.