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Black Sails: Should Love Always Win?
New(ish) video out now!
I forgot to drop the link to my new video!
"Black Sails" asks a few questions about the fundamental nature of humanity: is our natural state better or worse than our 'civilized' cultural state? What really compels people to progress society forward? What responsibilities does a person have to the world, and to their own hearts? In this video essay, I answer all these questions conclusively and for all time. TimeCapsule 2024. I’m quite proud of this one, so I hope my readers will enjoy checking it out.
If you like this video, please like, comment, and share this sucker around. I really love making these videos and I want to do it way more than I currently can.
As always, here’s a preview of the transcript of this video:
Black Sails is a prequel to the novel Treasure Island, a novel which I have not read and will not read. I mean, what do I look like, a 14 year old Victorian boy?
This is kind of a bizarre show, and while I do love it, I won’t pretend it doesn’t have some problems.
I love a show that doesn’t overstay its welcome: concise storytelling keeps writers on track and moving toward a satisfying narrative goal. Too much time can also mean too many distractions and too many loose ends for the story to try to…
