Hoist The Colors!

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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
ltwilliammowett
ltwilliammowett

Funayūrei

The world of sea creatures is as vast as that of sailors' superstitions. And so the Japanese also have their own creatures. These include the Funayūrei, (boat spirits), are water demons, and ghosts of people mostly sailors who have died at sea.

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Dismayed by their fate, they seek others to join them. They return to the world of the living to seek revenge. Particularly popular in Yamaguchi and Saga Prefectures, they have appeared in Japanese folklore since the Edo period (1615-1868).

They haunt sailors on foggy, stormy nights when the moon is full. They emerge from the ocean or rivers and climb over the ship's sides to frighten sailors and sink their ships. Alternatively, they may attempt to scare the sailors until the boat departs from its usual course, causing it to crash into rocks, or they use hishaku (ladles) to fill boats with water and make them sink.

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These spirits sail ghost ships to harass other boats. And they have no shrines, so sailors throw offerings like food, flowers, or incense into the sea, hoping to calm the restless ghosts. If the sailors fail to do so, they join the Funayūrei to wander the ocean in search of victims forever.

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meganphntmgrl

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takiki16

NO FEAR.  The actors who played Long John Silver and Captain Flint in Black Sails FULLY ACKOWLEDGE that the Muppet adaptation was the best

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amuseoffyre

Okay, so fun thing - our friends taped it from Sky for us when it premiered there way back in the 90s before we had the VHS. I have no idea why, but there was a little 10-15 minute behind the scenes thing (that may or may not be on the DVD. Would need to go hunting) but basically, they were “interviewing the cast”, so Piggy and Kermit and Tim were all there being filmed separately in talking heads sections.

The interviewer raised speculation of an on-set romance between Piggy and Tim Curry. Kermit flailed, Piggy tried to be coy and Tim frigging Curry gave the most wickedly mischievous look straight into the camera and said “Well I do love a bacon roll”

20+ years ago, I saw that and I cackle every time I think of it.

asteroidtroglodyte

“It didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her, and I said well you know, I’m playing a sailor and uh…a sailor has a girl in every port, and at least you’re the only pig. Then I made the mistake of calling her a silly sausage….”
- Tim Curry discusses his ill-fated affair with Miss Piggy during the filming of Muppet Treasure Island, (1996)
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it IS the best adaptation! 🤭🤭🤭
ljf613
ljf613

Did you know that the most successful pirate in history was a woman?

wingsfreedom

That’s…Something.

ultranos

Ching Shih! Not just a woman, but a Chinese woman who went from “prostitute” to “commander of 80,000 pirates”, and enforced a code that included:

  • Pirates who gave unsanctioned orders or who refused to follow orders were executed on the spot.
  • Stealing from the “public fund” of captured goods or money or raiding villages that supported pirates was punishable by death.
  • All captured goods, money or slaves had to be presented for inspection. The rewards were handed out in a predetermined way.
  • It was absolutely prohibited to have sex or rape female captives. Pirates could marry pretty captives if they had means to support them and be faithful to them, but rest were either ransomed or freed. Punishment for having sex or raping them was death.

They didn’t capture her either. She negotiated her own surrender, kept all her loot, got amnesty, and was able to die in her sleep an old woman.

Ching Shih was awesome.

ljf613

DINGDINGDING!

ljf613

Bringing her back for Talk Like a Pirate Day!


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Anonymous asked:

I just saw the ask you answered on my dash, and it's inspired me to let you know you're my favorite sparrabeth author too. I still reread your fics every now and then and they never fail to brighten my day. Your wip Tides of Time always captures my imagination.

Sparrabeth Forever 💙

😭😭😭😭😭😭 That means so much to me!!! Gah! Y'all gonna make a wench cry here! 😂 Thank you, I’m so touched and honored to be an author you revisit. 🥺 It’s a compliment i do not take for granted, I assure you. Sparrabeth forever! 🖤🏴‍☠️😁

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lovingrosewho asked:

Hey! Just read your version of On Stranger Tides on fanfiction.net 💖 I want to cry, is it not complete? Or is it complete but on another website?


P.S. also read One Year and loved it, you’re def my favorite Sparrabeth writer

Awwwww! 🥺🥺🥺 Thank you! I’m so tickled those fics are still being read! One Year holds a very special place in my heart. I’m afraid OST is not complete 😭😭😭. Maybe someday the potc brain rot will come back to me… 🏴‍☠️🖤 Thank you again!

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yuxin011
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omg the drawing is done you guys
gonna act like it did not take me over a week to do this

but i like it a lot so there's that - another one officialy in the collection, it would be so nice to do panel drawings like these with jack and the rest of the characters like lizzie or will but idk i'll see

ALSOOO i thought it would be a cool idea to do a little art request thing when i reach 100 followers as a special or something 👀 so keep an eye on that one lmao

wow this is beautiful!