#just in time for Jack’s line in 3.06 that he intends to have shaken English control from Nassau ‘by Christmas’

[starbuck]

Am I missing something or like... where do people get Years of time out of the ‘present’ Black Sails timeline?

Does the entire show not take place over Spring/Summer, 1715 to Winter, 1716? Which leaves us with something like 9-10 months total?

#I’m CERTAIN people with more knowledge than me have discussed this before so I’m super interested in what others have to say #ik that this throws historical accuracy out the window re: the dates but since when is the show concerned with that? #s1 is honestly the most confusing since it’s supposedly Easter (so March/April) but then at the start of s2 it’s suddenly June #so that’s why I say Spring/Summer for the beginning... I tend to mentally split the difference and call it May #with its having made its way to June by the time we get an actual date in... 2.03 I believe? #(there are still like... Technically issues with that but the Easter shit is sexy re: resurrection imagery so I don’t really care) #if Common Loons can be in Charles Town in July then Easter can be in late May I don’t give a shit #but back to the point #s2 goes by pretty quick so it’s presumably still June/early July by the end #and then we get the timeskip between seasons 2&3 which is vaguely referred to as ‘months’ #so I tend to take that as about three months which puts us around October #and then 3.01-3.05 take about a month on their own since they were becalmed for three weeks in 3.03 #so now we’re in November #just in time for Jack’s line in 3.06 that he intends to have shaken English control from Nassau ‘by Christmas’ #so it’s November-ish for the second half of the season which goes by comparatively quicker #and then I Think the timeskip between seasons 3&4 is something like two months? #I feel inclined to argue for more but I feel boxed in by the fact that it’s Winter in Philly in the second half of s4 #and the first half alone takes at least three weeks to a month #so for it to still be That Snowy in Philly dates it to February imo #and so we close out in February/March #that’s my understanding of the timeline #I might be slightly off with the length of timeskips/how long individual seasons take but as far as the bookends go I’m solid #but I have heard people mention Years of time and it makes me feel like I’ve missed something so please help me lol #between this and the Terror timeline... istg I don’t have a Thing about timelines - I don’t care THAT much about accuracy #I just like to have things in context when considering character arcs and months vs. years makes a big difference to me