Does the dog die?
468 supporters
Our Flag Means Death
TV Show • 2022 • Comedy
ReportAfter trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.
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renenebird
S2
E2
a dog off screen is described as being aboard a ship and eventually being eaten, it is part of a larger generally disturbing story but it’s quick, and it doesn’t seem like they’ll harp on it much.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Pantalones
S1
E9
Without spoiling too much, a twist of fate keeps Stede from meeting up with Blackbeard. This leads Blackbeard to believe Stede abandoned him.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Pantalones
Stede abandons his wife and children to go to sea and become a pirate. They don't miss him, however.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Pantalones
Blackbeard and Stede both had abusive parents. Stede's was more emotionally abusive. Blackbeard's father was physically abusive toward him and his mother.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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EstherCervantes
S2
E8
During Izzy’s admission that he has abused Ed for years, and his apology for that abuse, Ed interrupts to say he should be the one apologizing instead. It is very realistic for someone who has been abused the way Ed has throughout his life.
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Is someone stalked?
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Alice13
Some stalker -adjacent behavior from antagonists and minor characters.
-Chauncey hunts Stede down for revenge. He has the "full force of the English navy" granted to him by the king for that purpose.
-Izzy stalks Ed and Stede. He's in love with Ed and wants to kill Stede (in season one). He teams up with Chauncey.
-Ricky follows Stede around and they both agree that it's creepy.
-When Stede gets infamous there are people covertly drawing pictures of him without his permission.
-Chauncey hunts Stede down for revenge. He has the "full force of the English navy" granted to him by the king for that purpose.
-Izzy stalks Ed and Stede. He's in love with Ed and wants to kill Stede (in season one). He teams up with Chauncey.
-Ricky follows Stede around and they both agree that it's creepy.
-When Stede gets infamous there are people covertly drawing pictures of him without his permission.
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DapperAlicia
Blackbeard's father was abusive, he is shown shouting and being violent towards Blackbeard's mother.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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10
S2
E2
A fight scene between a woman and a non-binary character which is demanded by the main character but appears to be consensual (pirate “shenanigans”) ?
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Pantalones
Blackbeard was abused by his father. He goes on to kill his father and becomes a feared notorious pirate. He ends up doing some things that are not very nice to the people around him.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Anonymous
no but izzy is lowkey emotionally manipulative
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GravityDefiner
Stede’s father is verbally abusive to him as a kid. Stede was also physically and mentally bullied as a child by other kids. There is implied abuse by Blackbeard’s father. The character Jim is also raised to avenge their family, implying that their childhood is filled mostly with the training involved to do so. Jim also witnessed their family’s death, but has no memory of it most likely due to trauma.
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Addiction
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checking
King George snorts snuff, which looks like cocaine. It lasts only a second.
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Is there addiction?
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Feydo
While it's never explicitly described as addiction, several character get drunk in the episode with Calico Jack and it is implied that it at least used to be a reoccurring habits
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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syn0vial
A character is shown to drink heavily during a period of intense emotional hardship.
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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All happy horses, though a horse is seen leading a carriage in stedes death scene.
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Visitingsp
A duck/goose is shown after being beheaded by a butcher in S1E1. The actual death happens offscreen.
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Are animals abused?
213 supporters
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139
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Sorbaets
A turtle and crab are made to fight off screen but here is a brief sound, a snake is hit on the ground quite a few times in a wide shot, a seagull is accidently fatally hit with a whip
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checking
There is a dog-fight style joke in which the pirates stage a fight between a crab and a small turtle with a knife tied to it. It's not graphic and it occurs in S1E8 between 14:35-15:06.
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Is there a dead animal?
118 supporters
Yes
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Spiderheart
There's the butchering of a dead goose in episode one. The goose is in shadow and the butcher just beheads it with a cleaver, with a spray of dramatic fake blood. And that's all you see really. It's framed as traumatic for the main character who is made to watch it, and a reason he's 'squeamish' about blood and violence in the episode's present.
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Is an animal sad?
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I’m assuming we’re talking about Olivia, the widow of Karl the seagull 🥺
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Are rabbits harmed?
78 supporters
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VoidWraith
S2
E4
a rabbit is shot and killed (HBOmax timestamp -24:14). it's killed to be eaten and you do see it's body being carried back later, but it's not incredibly graphic
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Does a cat die?
186 supporters
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Spiderheart
No cats die or are hurt, however, one character is terrified of cats and says various superstitous and negative things about them throughout.
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Does a pet die?
173 supporters
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Afion
One of the characters is friends with a wild seagull and is very upset when he dies. Another character cries when he remembers how he had to put his dog down
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Are there spiders?
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Spider tattoos are shown and described on during S2- on Ed and Anne
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Are there snakes?
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checking
In episode 7 at 11m30s a snake falls from a tree onto a character and the character kills it. It's not graphic and the snake doesn't look real, but he does fight it a lot. At 12m5s, the characters eat the defeated snake over a fire.
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Are there sharks?
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parapararara
S2
E5
There are no sharks present but Izzy tells Lucius that a shark bit his leg off and gives him a whittled shark
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Are there bugs?
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DapperAlicia
During the treasure hunt in S1E7, Stede finds a bug and happily shows it off on his hand to the others.
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Assault
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VengefulSpectre
S1
In a flashback, Blackbeard’s mother is slapped by his father. It isn’t shown on screen but their shadows clearly depict the action against a wall.
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Is someone drugged?
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ak9277
S2
E3
Someone guarding the door is offered a towel by Stede (just after he says "towel service!"). She sniffs the towel and promptly passes out; Stede breaks her fall and continues the escape attempt.
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Is someone held under water?
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Pantalones
S2
E3
There is a scene of a character with a rock tied around them being dragged into the depths of the ocean. They struggle to untie the rock and it appears at first they can't.
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Is rape mentioned?
95 supporters
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sheregenerated
S2
E2
A character trauma-dumps (shares a bunch of personal trauma) with Stede, and one of them is an instance of sexual assault. 19:40 into S2E2.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
20 supporters
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VengefulSpectre
In a flashback, Stede gets chased by a group of boys before his hands are tied to oars and he is forced to row a boat while the group throws rocks at him from the shore.
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Is someone restrained?
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RainWolfheart
Characters are frequently restrained in the context of being captured/held hostage. Notably in episodes 1-3, there are Englishmen who get tied up with rope and gagged with cloth by the crew. In episodes 8-9, we see the crew being taken prisoner by the English and most of them get their hands tied with rope.
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Afion
S1
E3
There is some sexual harassment that I found a bit triggering. In episode 3, 15:44-15:57, Spanish Jackie pins a visibly uncomfortable Jim against a pillar and makes multiple sexual comments about them. They are interrupted before it progresses any further
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Is someone's mouth covered?
14 supporters
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Ryan_Sky
S1
E10
Spoilers (01×10) :
Ed covers Izzy's mouth as he cuts his toe. The scene is a little creepy/disturbing.
Ed covers Izzy's mouth as he cuts his toe. The scene is a little creepy/disturbing.
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jwnaodijniowfneri0i932140324
S2
E2
Lucius describes an experience with sexual assault.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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anna_g
The title card in episode 5 is carved into a dead mans chest. It is not intensely gory, but it is realistic and was triggering for me as an image of cuts.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Emotionally. Sorry, Izzy.
But seriously, one of Lucius' fingers gets infected and he cuts it off on screen. He gets a prosthetic wooden finger to replace it.
But seriously, one of Lucius' fingers gets infected and he cuts it off on screen. He gets a prosthetic wooden finger to replace it.
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Are there dislocations?
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S2
E3
Neck snapping - the scene is a bit unhinged so there’s no death
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Is there throat mutilation?
41 supporters
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sheregenerated
S2
E2
A character mentions this at 9:20 into S2E2, but it doesn’t happen.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
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toytulini
in episode 3, A character is about to be hanged for piracy, but its interrupted, then the thing he is standing on is moved accidentally and he is hanged and struggling to breathe for pretty much the rest of that particular scene, but he gets the rope is cut before he dies from it. In the next episode he has a red mark on his neck around his throat/jawline from the incident. It goes away after that.
In a later episode, a flashback reveals that a character killed their own abusive father via strangling him with a rope.
In a later episode, a flashback reveals that a character killed their own abusive father via strangling him with a rope.
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Is there decapitation?
41 supporters
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Izaa
S2
Beheadings are mentioned in passing
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Is there cannibalism?
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desloups
A man is forced to eat his own severed toe in the season one finale.
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Is someone crushed to death?
33 supporters
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Pantalones
Though it is technically already dead, the corpse Stede uses to fake his death is first crushed by a carriage and then flattened by a piano dropped onto it
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Is someone choked?
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Anonymous
S1
E3
At nearly the End of the episode a character is suppose to be hanged. He falls of and chokes a few moments while hanging on the rope
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Is someone burned alive?
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desloups
A ship is set on fire and we see people jumping from it to escape. It is assumed some people likely burned to death, but not shown.
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Is someone buried alive?
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roww
there's a staged death of a character where said character gets "crushed"
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Is there body horror?
66 supporters
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Anonymous
The title card of episode 5 is shown as cuts in a man's bare chest
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Is there amputation?
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toytulini
episode 6 there is an attempted amputation of an infected finger, but the character realizes whats about to happen and escapes and runs off. the same character cuts their own finger off later in the episode pretty graphically with a very large pair of scissors, spurting blood from it.
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Does a head get squashed?
58 supporters
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GravityDefiner
A corpse’s head is hit by a falling piano but it is not graphic.
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Is there a hanging?
31 supporters
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lilycron
In episode 3, a character is hanged after being stabbed and captured and is shown to be struggling from the rope for most of the scene. The character survives the hanging but has visible rope burns on their neck the following episode
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Does someone asphyxiate?
25 supporters
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14
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Izaa
Yes, someone is strangled to death with rope and another person is hung.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
91 supporters
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40
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Zusy
Blackbeard gets hit in the ball with a whip
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Does someone become unconscious?
5 supporters
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44
No
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Vio
Stede seems to faint or become unconscious due to injuries at the end of episode 3
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Does someone break a bone?
22 supporters
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78
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Anonymous
In S1:E2 20:51, a man has a rock thrown at him & it hits him in the face. His nose is bloody & he says his nose is broken.
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Are any teeth damaged?
54 supporters
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toytulini
A character is shown to be losing teeth due to scurvy, mostly with them holding teeth that have apparently fallen out.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
57 supporters
Yes
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toytulini
episode 6 there is an attempted amputation of an infected finger, but the character realizes whats about to happen and escapes and runs off. the same character cuts their own finger off later in the episode pretty graphically with a very large pair of scissors, spurting blood from it.
In a different, later episode (dont remember which one exactly) , a character mentions that their fingernails are falling off due to scurvy, but this is not really shown graphically.
In a different, later episode (dont remember which one exactly) , a character mentions that their fingernails are falling off due to scurvy, but this is not really shown graphically.
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Is someone tortured?
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Nightcolors
Characters are sometimes put into situations that could be considered torture (one character is held captive in a chest for a long period of time), but this is all treated with a comedic and light tone so it’s never portrayed as overly gruesome or intense, (said character forgives the character who trapped him in the chest almost immediately)
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Does someone fall to their death?
12 supporters
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13
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vel16
Not to their death, but a character falls from a height and lands on the side of the ship before falling into the sea. Injuries from this are not seen, but the rest of the crew wince at the fall
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Is there eye mutilation?
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DapperAlicia
A character is stabbed through the eye with a sword and dies, and then a 'ghost' of them is present in several scenes talking and walking around with the sword still in their head. You do not see the injury happen but they are shown a lot afterwards.
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Is someone stabbed?
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4
S1
(SPOILERS!) one of the main characters gets stabbed twice, stabbing a happen a few times but it’s not all that graphic the first time, some blood spurts but it’s not too bad, second time no blood is shown but he’s impaled there for a while, there is a scene where BlackBeard gets stabbed and you see the sword sticking out of his stomach but there isn’t really any visible blood, a characters father is shown being spabbed a few times and likely more I can’t remember at the moment.
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Is there excessive gore?
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TheCassandraComplex
There’s definitely explicit and excessive gore throughout the series. However, it’s worth noting that the gore is purposefully over the top and (mostly) pretty fake looking.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
64 supporters
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Tomasz
blackbeard is said to be killing "man, women and children" but "it has to be a really bad child". Nothing is shown, the discussion is these two phrases.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
12 supporters
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8
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Pantalones
Not necessarily sacrifices their literal life, but Blackbeard is willing to sacrifice his life as a pirate to save Stede from the British.
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Does a major character die?
24 supporters
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22
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Nightcolors
S2
E1
Ivan dies off screen, lots of monster were u believe a major character has died but they haven’t
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Does a non-human character die?
1 supporters
Yes
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No
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3
Vio
A seagull
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
25 supporters
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Izaa
Yes, Ed wears a leg brace and to my knowledge Taika doesn't. Characters become disabled too, a finger, a few toes and a leg is amputated for example and the characters use prosthetics that the actors don't.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
16 supporters
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0
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Strider03
S1
E10
Ed does partake in rhino horn (a drug) during 1x10, and is implied to have abused the drug recently. However, he is never seen to have overdosed on it (nor does he ever act explicitly high on it). He does snort it on camera, once.
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
Yes
18
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2
Pantalones
Stede accidentally kills a British officer's twin brother.
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Does a parent die?
1 supporters
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DapperAlicia
One of the main characters kills his own abusive father by strangulation. The death scene is shown.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
31 supporters
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4
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beesthoughts
No children's toys are destroyed. In the final episode of season 1, a character decides to throw away a very sentimental/important item from his childhood of his own volition, because of how sentimental the item is and what it represents to him.
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Is someone kidnapped?
1 supporters
Yes
105
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mistersandman
There are two English hostages in the beginning episodes, but it’s mainly played for comedy as Stede refuses to actually harm them in any way. (SPOILERS) In the season one finale, two members of the Revenge crew are forced to join Blackbeard’s crew via force and intimidation.
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Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
Yes
86
No
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desloups
Several crewmembers are in a polyamorous relationship but everyone involved is aware.
Edit: Two people in a loveless marriage both formed other relationships after initially parting ways. Neither is too broken up about it upon finding out and they "divorce" amicably to be with their lovers.
Edit: Two people in a loveless marriage both formed other relationships after initially parting ways. Neither is too broken up about it upon finding out and they "divorce" amicably to be with their lovers.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
86
No
30
21
checking
One character is "haunted" by a ghost who is imagined and not real as the result of their guilt.
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No
113
Is there a shower scene?
0 supporters
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17
No
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TheJo
A character is shown bathing in the ocean and another character sees.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
2 supporters
Yes
32
No
0
8
Dan
the show takes place on a ship in the ocean
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Are there clowns?
16 supporters
Yes
3
No
108
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JessJ
It's not clowns per se, but in S1, E5, there's a fancy party where people are dressed in cartoonish 18th century fancy costumes, and almost all of them have on very pale white makeup with heavily drawn on features.
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Yes
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Yes
0
No
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2
Sharp knives and blades are used, but no razors.
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Yes
0
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
112 supporters
Yes
139
No
24
30
Jazyrha
In ep 5 when the fancy people start fighting, one of them v* on someone else's skirt. There's a joke in there about a crew mate v* earlier as well, but nothing is shown.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
23 supporters
Yes
63
No
34
15
checking
It is mentioned but not seen.
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Is there farting?
11 supporters
Yes
26
No
13
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Pantalones
S2
E1
Wee John is shown farting a lot in his sleep. It is so loud and smelly he wakes everyone else up with his "wall of stench."
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Is someone eaten?
37 supporters
Yes
11
No
20
5
Dan
SPOILERS: s1e10 a character is forced to eat their own toe
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3
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29
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
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90
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22
11
FenrisLorsrai
someone's face is spit directly into
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Is there audio gore?
49 supporters
Yes
95
No
19
6
elliesium
Quite every bit of violence includes audio gore
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
6 supporters
Yes
0
No
56
6
Pantalones
Takes place several hundred years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
34 supporters
Yes
1
No
127
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Nightcolors
There aren’t cops in Our Flag Means Death but the English Navy plays a similar role, they are portrayed as antagonists and buffoons
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Yes
23
No
6
2
Pantalones
S2
E8
Most of the crew of The Revenge are captured by the British and are confined in jail cells.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
49 supporters
Yes
0
No
37
3
Slightly transphobic comments from characters who are confused about Jim being trans. They don't mean any harm and don't call Jim anything worse than "a woman'".
Jim seems to be mostly annoyed by this.
Jim seems to be mostly annoyed by this.
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
66 supporters
Yes
1
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40
10
Jim, who is trans (non-binary), is very cool and epic 👍
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
40 supporters
Yes
27
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Pantalones
Jim is called by their birthname by the nun who raised them and trained them. Jim's pronouns are respected by the nun, however.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
24 supporters
Yes
5
No
32
4
TheCassandraComplex
S2
E4
Some bisexual cheating in S2E4 in a WLW marriage, one partner kisses a man, although consent from spouse is left kinda ambiguous... They may have an open relationship, it’s somewhat unclear because their dynamic is unconventional in general.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
25 supporters
Yes
16
No
18
6
sheregenerated
S1
Near the end of s1, a nonbinary character is in disguise and it's removed against their will (with an audience). This could be seen as a transmasc person being outed.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
7 supporters
Yes
7
No
18
4
Vio
No but prized books are thrown overboard
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Medical
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0
No
117
Yes
0
No
113
Yes
0
No
114
Is there a hospital scene?
13 supporters
Yes
2
No
109
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GravityDefiner
There is no hospital or medical equipment, but a character is seen in bed with bandages on, recovering from their injuries.
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Yes
0
No
26
Yes
0
No
115
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
Yes
27
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2
4
Most of the crew likely have some forms of PTSD and people headcannon other stuff but it isn’t explicitly said likely because of the time period it’s set in.
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No
90
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Feydo
No one exactly self harms but a character actively provokes another to hurt him, eventually resulting in strangling and mutilation
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Is autism misrepresented?
38 supporters
Yes
0
No
32
7
Autism wasn't a diagnosis in the 1700s, autistic viewers tend to find the main characters relatable and good examples of autistic-coded characters.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
35 supporters
Yes
56
No
43
14
Feydo
No one is explicitly said to be violent because of mental illness, but most character have suffered some level of abuse + lived as pirate and the violence it includes and have trauma so most character can be considered mentally ill and violent, and there's a general idea of everyone being brought up in this violent contexts and contributing to it
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
1
2
EstherCervantes
S1
E7
Jim dissociates when their family is killed in flashback.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
37
Is there autism specific abuse?
54 supporters
Yes
10
No
98
43
mistersandman
No, but as an autistic person it is worth mentioning that the episode “The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well” may be uncomfortable to watch as a character who struggles with passive aggression is ridiculed and mocked by a party.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
42
No
33
10
S2
Onscreen suicide attempt by a major character.
S2 has been out all but 4 hours and there are already multiple comments on this I love how diligent we all are 😆
S2 has been out all but 4 hours and there are already multiple comments on this I love how diligent we all are 😆
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
1 supporters
Yes
20
No
12
4
Izaa
Yes, sees a "ghost" of a person he saw die which is a manifestation of his guilt.
A character might see tentacle murdering someone he killed or we the audience just see it because he's lying it's not clear.
A character is in "purgatory" where he sees a person he hates who turns out to be himself, he also sees his ex as a mermaid.
A character might see tentacle murdering someone he killed or we the audience just see it because he's lying it's not clear.
A character is in "purgatory" where he sees a person he hates who turns out to be himself, he also sees his ex as a mermaid.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
9 supporters
Yes
18
No
7
-1
jaysbaddecisions
characters have break downs or get upset but no meltdown/ shutdowns from what i recall
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Is there misophonia?
33 supporters
Yes
60
No
22
12
elliesium
In episode one, there is a dinner scene where for about 10 seconds nothing but chewing can be heard, made me quite nauseous but its over quick.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
Yes
111
No
18
20
AlleHufflepuff
One from Ed in “The Art Of Fuckery” during the scene recreating a Kraken attack. A few in the first two episodes from Stede after he (SPOILERS) kills someone.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
31 supporters
Yes
37
No
71
28
greencow
Blackbeard is implied to be somewhat suicidal, or at least doesn’t care if he lives or dies/is intrigued by the idea of dying
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
2
No
83
6
RainWolfheart
Not exactly, but there are a few things to note: Stede is insulted about being fat several times in episodes 1-2. Jim is a nonbinary person who disguises themself as a man, including wearing a fake nose and beard, and we see them removed (by choice in episodes 1-2 and by force in episode 3). They also continue binding their chest after they stop presenting as a man, and a couple times their chest is nearly seen by another character (by accident, episodes 2 and 10), and is seen by choice (episode 10).
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
17 supporters
Yes
78
No
23
14
eyjayy
lucius is trapped in a trunk for what seems to be enough time to make him out of breath and sweaty. we see him be released from the trunk.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
100
8
vel16
No, but there is a character who mocks another by calling them fat/fatty/chubby so if that might be triggering be careful in the first 2 episodes
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
6
No
102
21
GravityDefiner
A character does accidentally shoot himself in the head, but the scene is at night in the dark and it’s not on purpose.
5 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
1 supporters
Yes
82
No
6
18
mistersandman
Not explicitly stated, but seems to be likely as Blackbeard has a flashback and a panic attack upon seeing the fake Kraken in “The Art of Fuckery”.
4 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
1 supporters
Yes
25
No
9
3
S2
E3
In a dream sequence.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
44 supporters
Yes
18
No
9
1
Some cannon fire and in a scene where there’s some abuse shown there are glasses breaking as well as shouting and loud thudding/chopping noises in flashbacks- gunfire, stuff like that
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
Yes
2
No
78
4
vel16
No, but the camera isn't always super stable as it was filmed on a ship that actually rocked
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
94
Yes
27
No
2
Is there obscene language/gestures?
8 supporters
Yes
47
No
2
5
Pantalones
They are pirates, their language is often coarse. Blackbeard in particular swears often. He calls his performances "fuckery" and shouts "fuck!" several times when fighting a snake. Izzy also loves swearing, with "twats" probably being the most used. A villain character is called a c*nt in episode 2:8.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
48 supporters
Yes
14
No
68
6
amamini
no strobe effect, but in episode six from -around 5:00-5:30 and 19:40-19:50 there is a scene with thunder & lightning.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
1 supporters
Yes
19
No
7
2
clownhonk
in an episode someone watches two people on a beach for a couple of hours through a spyglass
this is done in a jokey light hearted way
this is done in a jokey light hearted way
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Is the fourth wall broken?
10 supporters
Yes
0
No
58
1
Afion
There is narration though
1 comment | Add comment
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
61
Yes
0
No
99
Yes
1
No
58
Yes
0
No
103
Yes
0
No
99
Yes
0
No
96
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
48 supporters
Yes
28
No
82
28
Adnarime
Nothing extremely verbally "graphic", but I would argue that Yes there is homophobic language. The main character is regularly referred to in derogative ways, like "namby pamby", "ponce", etc. He's regularly mocked, to his face or behind his back, for being generally soft.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
42 supporters
Yes
13
No
76
8
oliviaaline
Mildly. It is more written into the script/on the part of the writers than from other characters. A visibly disabled character is written to be very creepy, asking questions about dismembering a body (not graphic), and is then called a “freak” by another character who scares them off.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
98
27
Arthur_V
A black character gets called a slave
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
95
2
Alice13
S2
E1
Maybe the picture on Blackbeard's wanted poster. But Stede is really mad about it.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
1 supporters
Yes
50
No
64
29
GravityDefiner
There is a comment in the first episode where the main character is mistaken to be a woman due to his clothes.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
112
No
20
38
desloups
A nonbinary character is originally passing as a man. After the reveal there is a lot of confused discussion (but overall acceptance) and while the nonbinary character is uncomfortable at times, their discomfort seems to stem more from the attention than from any offense. Afterwards, different characters use different pronouns for this character.
5 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
36 supporters
Yes
87
No
31
36
AlleHufflepuff
FINALE SPOILERS! Lucius (a gay man) is pushed off the ship, his fate is never disclosed but there is a reasonable chance he is dead. He does not get pushed because of his sexuality and he is far from the only queer character in the show.
7 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
1 supporters
Yes
112
No
22
36
GadzooksLab
Stede's old school mates mock him, which he is shown to internalize a bit. Early on, he is also described as "a heavyset lady" by a British soldier. Otherwise, fat characters are treated respectfully.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Is a minority is misrepresented?
26 supporters
Yes
0
No
41
11
donnie
in my opinion they do very well on representation! both for poc and queer people
1 comment | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
22 supporters
Yes
1
No
103
5
Vio
As far as I recall, no POC even die in the show save for one or two mentions of indigenous characters being killed by white men
2 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
Yes
98
No
13
18
elliesium
This intends to have realistic villains to the time period in the first episode, so the British do in fact engage in heavy racism. While this show is stylized, it doesn't pull punches.
4 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
29
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
47
1
None of the characters have specified ages and most look to be about the same age. Lucius who looks to be around 30 flirts with a lot of characters, some of whom look a couple decades older than him. But yeah, they're all adults and all that.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
14 supporters
Yes
12
No
10
4
Jim's foster mom I guess, is a Catholic nun. References to religion but it's not discussed in depth.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
13 supporters
Yes
0
No
22
0
jaysbaddecisions
there are mentions of “letting demons into our lives” based on superstition etc but no actual depictions
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
51 supporters
Yes
9
No
31
3
Vio
Nothing is shown but there is a scene where Jim is bathing in the ocean
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
35
Yes
2
No
21
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
13
No
32
5
Afion
Spanish Jackie says about Jim 'What about your sexy little friend over there? You going to invite him over?" and in later scenes where they are alone in a room makes multiple sexual comments and pins Jim against a pillar while they seem uncomfortable (Episode 3, 15:44-15:57)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
109
No
24
28
eyjayy
discussed, not shown. between siblings
5 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
Yes
102
No
19
16
Hamarhemmo
There is a scene in which two characters have just finished having sex. There is also a scene where one of the characters is drawing another character' penis and the drawing is shown on screen. There are also many references to sex, but nothing that graphic.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
1 supporters
Yes
16
No
10
11
Izzy Hands is implied to be a masochist. Very common trope in fanworks involving him.
In season 2, when threatened with torture, he says something like "You can't do anything that won't turn me on."
In season 2, when threatened with torture, he says something like "You can't do anything that won't turn me on."
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
20 supporters
Yes
35
No
18
15
RainWolfheart
Yes, both Ed and Stede are made to feel badly for showing emotions at various times. However, alternative forms of masculinity is a major theme of the show, and it's not usually framed as something the audience should laugh it.
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Sickness
Yes
0
No
32
Yes
0
No
42
Does someone have a chronic illness?
1 supporters
Yes
2
No
36
1
Strider03
The Swede has scurvy, and in 1x07 they run out of oranges. His symptoms are visible, such as losing teeth and nails. It's played as a joke.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Social
Yes
0
No
33
Is someone homeless?
1 supporters
Yes
14
No
32
7
Nightcolors
No one is homeless during the events of the show, but it is implied that most of the pirates were driven to piracy because of desperation and poverty. There are brief and pretty vague references to this throughout the show, such as one of the characters revealing he’s skilled at pickpocketing because of a dark time in his life that he vaguely describes as “not cute”
3 comments | Add comment
Is existentialism debated?
17 supporters
Yes
1
No
19
0
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
spoilers : blackbeard questions his life worth a lot 'is this all there is' 'death i haven't done that yet i should try that' 'have you heard about the flightless bird that never touches ground we're just going to party forever and ever' etc.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
30
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
104
Are there end credit scenes?
46 supporters
Yes
28
No
5
6
rileysmiley
There are starting with s2!
1 comment | Add comment
Does it have a sad ending?
63 supporters
Yes
88
No
27
25
DapperAlicia
Season 1 ends on various cliffhangers for all the characters, most of which are in pretty bad places.
5 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
52
Does a car crash?
21 supporters
Yes
0
No
108
20
takes place in 1717. there are no cars.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
17 supporters
Yes
0
No
106
2
Izaa
It's the 1700
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
30
No
67
27
Oniony
There is a faked carriage accident, but no living person is hit by a car.
4 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
25 supporters
Yes
85
No
21
12
checking
Nobody drowns and there are no graphic drownings, but there are allusions to people being sent to drown off-screen on a couple occasions
3 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
59 supporters
Yes
128
No
8
18
elliesium
While its very comical, to those that get queasy, it's close enough that it could cause some upset
7 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
10 supporters
Yes
0
No
109
1
RainWolfheart
A few gunpowder explosions, none of them massive. Lots of them played for comedy in episode 2 in particular. Nobody is injured.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
29 supporters
Yes
112
No
12
9
radghost
toward the end of episode 9, a character who is threatening another with a gun accidentally trips and shoots himself in the head/eye with his gun. it’s not overly graphic, but still graphic enough to note. it also does not cut away at any point, it plays continuously.
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