my favorite historical thing about actual pirates is most of them were really young guys who died between the ages of 17 and 24 so one of the reasons blackbeard is so famous three hundred years later is because he was, like, thirty-two and still kicking which made him seem really wise and shit-together by comparison. it's like when you're a 28 year old woman and get tumblr asks from college freshman that say "oh my god you don't look like a withered corpse at all"
i dont care if rick said that grey streaks wouldn’t be a permanent physical quality to percabeth. i dont care if logically it doesn’t—and yes it really doesn’t— make sense to have a grey streak in your hair permanently unless its genetic.
anyway yeah something something about indulging a man in his delusions about playing god just so you can have the relationship with God youve always craved or whatever. theres some analysis or poignant post here somewhere after i rewatch the series a couple more times