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They had feelings for each other. I had to read queerness into these shows. I knew that what I was seeing was an honest-to-god romance. And it was more than I ever expected. Season 2 of “Our Flag Means Death” contains the same charm, the same fun of the first season.
I went in knowing that it was queer as hell.
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I love interpretation and re-imagining characters and worlds to suit my own narrative desires. It takes inspiration from historical accounts, but as one of the above friends pointed out Our Flag Means Death had already taken a stance on how important it considers historical veracity when it decided to put Oluwande Samson Kayo in Crocs after the second episode.
I am so starved. I cannot get my hopes up again. But this season leans more heavily into the violence of pirating, as well as into the fluid.
Our Flag Means Death
Longing glances and almost-admissions. And it is so fucking queer. And this time it was even better than the first time. But no. It was real. It gets fucked up, of course, but that moment was real. The collective queer fandom deserves a show like Our Flag Means Death, and I suggest you watch it twice.
But I just have to know. Our Flag Means Death has gained praise from critics and fans alike for its meaningful queer representation, telling LGBTQ+ stories through the lens of humor beyond same-sex relationships, from its central romance to the portrayal of Vico Ortiz’s character, the nonbinary Jim Jimenez.
But I had watched it the entire time expecting something to change. They fucking kissed. Without explicit on-screen representation of gay people in intimate, loving relationships, all I had was subtext. Not just on HBO Max where it was streamed more than mainstays like Euphoria and buzzy shows like Peacemaker but across all streaming services, meaning that it took the previous in-demand show, Book of Boba Fett, off the list.
What comes is a flood of reassurances that could be interpreted as mostly screaming. 'Our Flag Means Death' features a queer love story, but many viewers still found themselves wondering if they were just imagining it.
TV and Movies How Our Flag Means Death Found Its Queer Cult Following The little gay pirate show that could has developed a wonderfully rabid fandom. It was a low-impact release, with little fanfare or marketing, and through sheer queer willpower and word of mouth, it became the most in-demand streaming show according to the Geekiary.
At the end of the show, Blackbeard and Bonnet kiss, confess their feelings, and then make plans to be together. That moment was on-screen, explicit, and I felt my shoulders relax, I could breathe. I thought that this was going to be a show that would never really admit that the leading men had feelings for each other, that at the end of it I would still have scraps and subtext.
Do we get something on screen? They were halfway into love.