Thread by @QueerlyAutistic

Part of the excitement with a season two of #OurFlagMeansDeath is knowing that they could take it...anywhere. We have so many potential directions they could go in, bits of real history they could use as a blueprint or totally ignore, like, all the possibilities have me gagging.

Is the whole season going to be about the crew trying to find Blackbeard and reunite their splintered crew? Or are they going to reunite in the first few episodes and then have lots co-captaining adventures for the rest of the season? Or is it something else entirely? Eek!

And how closely are they going to follow the history? We know it's only ever been loose, but it has been a blueprint. Will they smoosh separate but close events together, and have Ed lay siege to Charleston in order to rescue Stede (where he was awaiting execution for piracy)?

Then again, they've already diverged from history by having Stede fake his death, so in this universe, in the eyes of the law, he's technically already dead. There's SO many places they could play around with fiction and history and not knowing HOW they'll do it is exciting.

And then Lucius! Omg, Lucius! So many ways they could play it. Did he survive by floating on his wooden finger? Or is he actually dead (to maintain the dramatic power of his killing), but will become Ed's sassy conscience ghost, like Badminton was for Stede? I like both!

Or are we going to spend the whole season THINKING he's a sassy conscience ghost, only for it to be revealed he was actually alive the whole time and pretending to be a ghost (with Jim and Frenchie's help)? I HAVE NO IDEA AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ALL SO THRILLING TO THINK ABOUT.

I'm so excited I can barely breathe, because I've seen so many thoughts and headcanons, so many that I like and which work in different ways, but there's also every opportunity they'll surprise us with something we didn't consider. And that makes me happy flap with giddy joy.

I'M JUST SO EXCITED BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THEY COULD GO, AND I DO FULLY TRUST THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO WELL.

I'm just so thrilled we get to see them all again, whatever they do and however it plays out. I just can't wait to see where these stories go.