RE: The Tales of Pirates - “Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonnet
....by the constant nagging of his wife!!!!!
LOLOLOLOL!!!!! that is the best line!!! hahahahaha
do you know what the symbols on his flag respresented? (I mean... besides the skull and crossbones hehehe)
the pirate ship Revenge was also the name of the pirate ship in "The Princess Bride" also! hehehe but the captain was "the dread pirate Roberts" lol
this was a THOROUGHLY engaging and fascinating post!!!! I was enthralled with all of these details from start to finish!!!! wow - thank you!!! I loved the images! you did such a beautiful job on this post @arrrados!
as far as Stede and Blackbeard.... can you really blame Blackbeard??? LOL he WAS a pirate after all! hehehe
the ending.... WOW!!! I won't give it away for other readers - but.... wow!
EXCELLENT POST!!!
I do, left symbol is a dagger and right is a heart, together with a longbone and skull they represent the scale of pirate justice :)
Dread pirate Roberts is based on Bartholomew Roberts from my previous post from the series ;)
Thanks for the engaging comment :D
ohhhhh well now i have to go back and read about him! hehehehe
and pirate justice.... isn't that an oxymoron??? hehe
i didn't realize that the left symbol was one... it looked like 2 symbols linked together hehe but now i see the dagger - thanks! :) you really do know a ton about pirates ;)
How is it an oxymoron? Justice and law are rarely the same thing. For example at the time enslaving African people was legal at the time, but I wouldn't call it right. On the other hand pirates were pretty democratic among themselves and didn't care about ones background or race as long as they were capable ;)
hehehehe well i guess i wouldn't call what they do as just. but I guess if they followed their own set of codes... then... it's THEIR own justice LOL
I wasn't really thinking of law... i was thinking more of what justice really implies. fairness, peace... that sort of thing.
i dont' think of that when i think of pirates! LOL i think of chaos, disorder, stealing, rampaging, etc. pirate CODE? yeah... i can see a set of codes that they all agreed upon. but pirate JUSTICE.... hmmmm you'll have to do some more convincing for me to see that one hahahahaha
and i agree... i wouldn't call slavery "justice" either. LOL
We all associate the chaos with pirates. That is mostly a consequence of pop culture. You need a great amount of discipline, certain set of rules and hierarchy to operate a ship and manage the crew of 50-200 people. ;)
agree!!! I had friends that were sailors. They were part of the crew of the HMS Bounty for years -Sadly, this is the tall ship that sank in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy :(
They lived on that boat for many years - loved the life! We got a tour of the tall ship... pretty amazing!
I was so sad when that tragedy struck. Thankfully my friends were part of the crew that escaped with their lives! One crew member and the captain did not survive :(