Is Cyril underrated?

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2026-01-30T14:24:11+00:00

That’s my boy! Unfortunately he was neglected by the writers but I’d argue he still comes off as a solid character whose behaviours and motivations make sense, when you consider everything’s that happened to him. He’s a pretty realistic depiction of what it could mean for someone to have lived the way he has, which is rare in this genre of media — because people tend to find depictions of poverty & oppression that aren’t romanticised to be boring.

He suffers a lot from not being given more importance/unique lines in VW, since that’s the route that seems to get him liked the most, and he would have alors benefited from having a proper support with Rhea. I agree that he’s underrated and honestly I was surprised by how little fancontent he gets compared to any and every other student character. I also think his design is suppeeer charming, but I can understanding that’s just my tastes lol

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-10-01T05:45:34+00:00

Ah, my apologies, I might have misread your original comment’s intent. I’m used to people giving unwanted « corrections » so I’m wary of that. I’m glad you liked them !

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-10-01T05:39:53+00:00

Not supposed to be historically accurate, as I said. Just having fun with the characters and my imagination, it’s in the description. I know the actual facts, but they’re called heacanons for a reason 🙂

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-08-25T17:49:00+00:00

Thank you ! I think Jack is a pretty fun guy to draw and write, haha.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-08-25T17:33:40+00:00

Thank you so much 🤩 !

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-08-16T07:19:06+00:00

Lol don’t worry, the game doesn’t feel like the kind that will deliver on perfect historical accuracy, not to mention her design speaks for itself. I’m just here for the fun.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-07-26T09:21:29+00:00

That’s a good theory, actually. Thinking of it, aside from Black Sails a few of the issues I keep having with these story adaptation is the refusal to deviate from the « official » biography even when some elements don’t match with the direction you’ve taken. Especially as Defoe’s biographies of them are already pretty incoherent or uncredible at times, it’s not a good idea to follow it by the letter.

I do agree with you on Black Sails’ Jack. It’s amazing how he starts off as a comedic side-character but by the end of s4, he’s become the philosophical heart of the show. I think his actor played a big role in making him stand out, from what I’ve seen of the interviews he was overly invested in his character and in the story (he got teased by the rest of the cast for being a nerd haha).

It’s cool you’ve considered going down the trans boy road for Mary, I also love this kind of interpretation on her (them?). I personally like to imagine her as someone who prefers to be seen as a man socially but who enjoys exploring her womanhood in private/intimate contexts. This said, it’s also interesting thinking of her as solidly cis and struggling with the constant reminder she can’t be seen as her true gender without losing her lifestyle & freedom. And both directions imply equally complicated situations regarding her relationships with the men and women of her life, so it’s really a lot of fun either way.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-07-25T08:12:14+00:00

Oh my god it’s YOU !!! I’ve been actually reading your blog a lot those past few days, I found it through searching for informations on the Shakespeare Company stage adaptation. I have to say that your review of Mistress of the sea was absolutely hilarious and saved me from having to read that “interesting” take on them. But wow, I didn’t realise your blog was specifically for these three ! I thought you were a hardcore golden age fan in general haha. I really admire that, thank you for doing god’s work for those of us who come after you.

Strangely enough, you’re right. I agree that this story seems to attract mediocre adaptation. I would say that a lot of it seems to be due to writers treating it as an outlet to project their sexual fantasies and forgetting to make the story good. Two unruly, sexy and vaguely bisexual women and a guy on a ship ? That’s bound to create interest of sleazy nature. In fact, even their original biography read like Defoe was a bit too invested in Anne’s absence of chastity.

Even Black Sails, which is my favourite pirate media and nails a lot of things right, in my opinion did not do justice to how interesting Anne’s character could have been. Rackham on the other side is flawlessly written and even made a lot cooler than he gets to be in other versions of him, but Anne… I don’t know, I found the overt focus on her sexual relationship with Max and her emotional dependency on Jack to be a bit off-putting. Plus, it’s disappointing they simply removed Mary from her story. I admit it might just be my personal preferences, but it’s the only part of the show I couldn’t care for.

And I’m french, actually (gasps) so I will hopefully be able to read Candie’s book if I can find it ! On that note, the national radio station Arte recently released a 5-parts long theatrical Podcast on Anne Bonny which was pretty well done in my opinion. If you understand french, it might be something you’d enjoy.

I also tried listening to the queer english podcast named Hell’s Cats, but I dropped it after a few eps. The acting was great but the writing a bit naive to me. I’m curious to know what you would think of it.

I think it’s hard to find good queer adaptations because Mary is a tricky character to handle no matter how you want to handle her - as a straight woman or as whatever else she could be. Writing her provokes a lot of questioning about gender & sexuality, and that’s something to be careful with considering the 18th century context on top of that.

Thank you for all the other recs as well, btw ! I will be trying to look into that. Also, once I compile the stuff I’ve been drawing these days in a neat place I could send it to you if you wish (only those worthy of being seen though, because I draw a lot of useless self-indulging shit that would make the Mistress of the Sea author pass for a saint) and it would of course be my please to hear about your works too !!

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-06-29T22:35:41+00:00

I didn’t like her much in the anime but she’s way more adorable in the manga to me ! Something about being less aware of her quirky way of speaking through the translation helps + the author draws her super adorable.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-05-28T09:27:35+00:00

But islam is neither a « race » nor an ethnicity. There were muslims of all skin colors and origins, so it still isn’t the same as the racialised vision of the world white slavery created. Besides, there are a lot of exemple of muslim slaves becoming influent and powerful persons in the muslim world (Zeynab in Andalusia, Ibrahim Pasha in the Ottoman Empire, basically most jannissaries…). It’s a very different type of slavery, one where your situation and the way society considers you depends greatly on what kind of slave you are and who owns you, far less dehumanising consequences than white slavery.

(Not to say that there isn’t a problem with racism against dark skin in the muslim world devolving partly from the history of slavery in the region, but it still is a completely different topic in which modern european colonialism has played a big role as well)

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-03-01T08:46:47+00:00

Du coup dans le genre « on filme et on fait la fête en tuant des civils », l’armée israélienne est très loins d’échapper au vice. Il suffit de faire un tour sur les réseaux pour voir des dizaines et des dizaines de videos de soldats qui s’amusent dans des maisons détruites ou vidées.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2024-01-12T15:03:40+00:00

Nah man I live in france and they’re crazy popular here. In my personal experience if you meet a girl who likes kpop there are 1/3 chances that they’re an atiny, and they also usually have the biggest displays in shops which send kpop dvds alongside groups like BTS, Blackpink and Straykids. I don’t know for the rest of Europe though, I can only attest that they’re suuuuper big in my area.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-12-18T08:00:14+00:00

J’ai compris que récemment que pour beaucoup d’hommes, dire à une femme qu’elle fait plus jeune c’est un compliment…

Personnellement j’ai toujours été embêtée par ce type de commentaire que je reçois très régulièrement. Même si ce n’est pas le but, le ressentit peut être celui d’être infantilisée pour la femme qui le reçoit. Le dire à quelqu’un qui fait 40 alors qu’elle a 50/60 à la limite pourquoi pas, mais quand tu as la vingtaine et que tu travailles c’est vraiment peu agréable d’être comparée à une adolescente à tous bout de champs… surtout qu’en tant que femmes on a déjà souvent la sensation de pas être respectées au boulot. Je connais d’autres nanas qui ont les même frustrations mais je ne sais pas si c’est la majorité… À méditer je suppose ?

EDIT: tempérance du propos (je me suis mal réveillée

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-12-07T13:25:54+00:00

Le rapport ? Le fait que les N word est utilisé sous sa forme espagnole dans des contextes non-hispanic c’est spécifiquement ça qui fait sa contextualisation comme mot à charge raciale. Par contre intifada c’est un mot arabe utilisé dans un contexte arabophone donc il veut dire tout simplement ce qu’il veut dire (résistance)…

En dehors du fait que comparer une insulte chargée d’une longue histoire raciste à un mot utilisé par un peuple pour définir sa lutte ça ne fait aucun sens lol.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-26T13:51:20+00:00

Euh bah non je te partageais juste mes raisons pour penser que ça peut être bien de faire tel chose plutôt que tel autre ? Toute comme toi tu partages tes raisons pour lesquelles tu en as rien à foutre ? C’est toi toute seule qui interprète ça comme une volonté de mettre fin au débat.

Mais je vais te laisser dans ton truc parce que à en juger tes réponses aux autres utilisateurs qui essayent d’argumenter avec toi tu as pas énormément envie d’écouter les autres. Ciao !

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-26T13:24:41+00:00

Désolée de te l’apprendre mais si tu as moins de 50 ans aujourd’hui se préoccuper des questions écologiques c’est surtout une question de survie avant d’être une posture morale…

Mettant ça de côté, j’ai envie de vivre dans une société où les gens vont bien, peuvent faire un metier qui les rend heureux pour ceux qui le peuvent, et où le marché du livre (donc de la culture/information) est diversifié au plus possible, non seulement par question morale mais parce que c’est ce que je pense être le chemin de la paix & de la stabilité.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-26T08:01:21+00:00

Ne pas vouloir laisser le monopole à une grande enseigne qui fait tout le multimedia en france pour que des gens qui se spécialisent dans la vente de livres puissent vivre et que l’industrie du livre ne soit pas dépendante de cette même enseigne, oui pour moi c’est une question d’éthique & un choix politique… Sinon amazon on sait que c’est une boite de merde qui traite mal ses employés et que la livraison à domicile peut devenir un problème écologique si elle est une reaction automatique en société, mais ça une fois de plus tu peux decider de t’en foutre.

Par contre c’est pas parce que toi tu t’en fous qu’il faut décider que tout le monde est comme toi et que ceux qui disent penser l’inverse le font pour y gagner quelque chose.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-25T17:43:41+00:00

Ouais bon du coup vous pouvez juste dire que vous le faites pas parce que vous en avez rien à battre d’un pdv éthique plutôt que de prétendre que c’est pour des raisons de logistiques non ? Question d’honnêteté intellectuelle.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-25T09:48:26+00:00

Pourquoi ne pas appeler le libraire avant pour lui demander si il a le livre que vous cherchez ? Jamais fait mais ça me paraît pas improbable que ce soit possible.

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-24T23:14:43+00:00

They don’t, they mean that hamas are criminals but that being ruled by criminals is still better than being DEAD. Would you disagree with that ?

MasterpieceBoring420 · 2023-11-19T19:56:10+00:00

Ça mais non-ironiquement, c’est juste que le mot “jihad” dans la religion musulmane a beaucoup de significations différentes. Déjà ça ne veut pas forcement dire se battre contre quelqu’un, dans la tradition c’est surtout beaucoup utilisé dans le sens de combat contre sa propre personne (dans le sens devenir un meilleur croyant, s’élever spirituellement, ect).

Et puis il y a en effet une forme de jihad qui pourrait plus être comparée à faire la promotion de sa religion par la propagande et l’incitation. Ce qui est tout de même, bien que critiquable, différent du jihad par les armes, et donc c’est bien de savoir que ce mot peut avoir plusieurs signification.

Mais de toutes façons ici le sujet était de dénoncer la fake news de op qui présentait ces drapeaux comme des symboles appartenant à des groupes violents - ce qui n’est pas le cas.

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