History Characters / OurFlagMeansDeath

* Battle in the Rain: Invoked during her battle with Jim in Red Flags when Ed/Blackbeard has them fight to the death in a storm.

* Opposites Attract: Jim is more reserved, serious, and closed-off while Archie is very outgoing, happy-go-lucky, and open about her past.

* Opposites Attract: Jim is more reserved, serious, and closed-off while Archie is very outgoing, happy-go-lucky, and open about her past.

* OpenMouthInsertFoot: When she finally meets Stede after months of hearing him discussed on the ''Revenge'' and knowing him to be the cause of Ed's breakdown, she says ''to his face'' that she expected him to be more impressive -- "taller, more muscle-y."

* WomenAreWiser: Subverted. She wants pirates to cooperate and seems to run a looser, more friendly ship than most other pirates, and Stede even sees her as a kindred spirit. She then clarifies to him that this cooperative and friendly leadership style is PragmaticVillainy for keeping her fleet in line, and that her new pirate collective will be happening [[JoinOrDie under her banner or not at all]].

* ButtMonkey: Especially before Stede and Ed's romance kicks off and his role as TheHeart becomes much more relevant. Over the course of the first season, he gets almost killed by Jim, is locked in a trunk, has his clothes ruined twice in the Republic of Pirates, [[spoiler: loses his finger, and is thrown overboard by Edward]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: In "[[Recap/OurFlagMeansDeathS1E09ActOfGrace Act of Grace]]", when [[spoiler: Stede is sentenced by Badminton to [[ShotAtDawn death by firing squad]], he tells a frantic Blackbeard that he is willing to face the consequences. Subverted a few seconds later; when he's actually in front of the firing squad, [[FaceDeathWithDespair he's completely terrified and cries for help]].]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Realizing Mary and the kids were better off when he was presumed dead, he fakes his death with their help. It involves a secret terminal illness, getting mauled by a jaguar, a stagecoach hit-and-run, and a falling piano]].

** In Season 2, he adopts a merman motif, at least in Ed's eyes. For Ed, Stede is a seductive, romantic ideal and part of a world that Ed does not have access to. David Jenkins has said that he's a goldfish mermaid because Ed sees him as cute and defenseless. [[spoiler:However, as the season goes on, it's clear that merpeople, like unicorns, are not to be trifled with. Like a mermaid, Stede is able to take down enemies with just his voice: Ned Low's crew defect not because of being outmatched in a fight, but because Stede talks to them. And then he drowns Low himself]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Downplayed since he's still a pretty sub-par combatant, but by the Season 1 finale it's clear he's more suited to piracy than aristocracy and is capable of defending himself. [[spoiler:He almost stabs Doug for approaching him from behind, showing that he's learned to anticipate attack at any moment]].

* InLovewithYourCarnage: Mary tells the story of how she met Anne when Anne cut off the face of a prison guard guarding Mary, and comments on how she had "the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen". She is also in awe of Anne after she sets fire to their house with them still in it, and tells her "you are so fucking hot right now."

* {{Foil}}: To Izzy Hands, as the protagonists' closest companions prior to the events of the show and symbols of the lives that the protagonists are trying to leave. Izzy and Ed's professional relationship is framed as parallel to Stede and Mary's marriage in episodes 1x04 and 1x10. However, Mary and Stede were forced together via an ArrangedMarriage and [[spoiler: Mary is hostile to Stede returning to her, as she's built a much happier life for herself in his absence. Stede catching her trying to murder him in his sleep serves as the point where Stede finally decides to leave his old life for good, and he and Mary are able to build a much healthier relationship as friends. Izzy and Ed, on the other hand, are implied to have a close, familiar friendship that's gone sour, and Izzy is ''extremely'' hostile to the idea of Ed changing or leaving, doing everything in his power to pull Ed back into his old life. Ed cutting off Izzy's toe serves as an unhealthy surface-level reconciliation where Ed adopts the Kraken persona, taking his old toxic habits up a notch.]]

* TheMissusAndTheEx: [[spoiler: Stede's sudden and unwelcome return from the dead forces her to revert to her old married life with him, despite having fallen in love with her art teacher, Doug. While Stede doesn't react well to this initially, he eventually admits that Doug's a wonderful match for her.]]

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* TroubledAbuser: In Season 2. Thanks to his heartbreak over Stede, he terrorizes the rest of the crew, culminating in trying to pull a murder-suicide by sailing into a storm.

* RealMenWearPink: He's seven-foot-tall pirate who can knock down doors with ease...and who likes to knit, sew, and sing cabaret songs in drag.

** In Season 2, he adopts a merman motif, at least in Ed's eyes. For Ed, Stede is a seductive, romantic ideal and part of a world that Ed does not have access to. David Jenkins has said that he's a goldfish mermaid because Ed sees him as cute and defenseless. [[spoiler:However, as the season goes on, it's clear that merpeople, like unicorns, are not to be trifled with. Like a mermaid, Stede is able to take down enemies with just his voice: Ned Lowe's crew defect not because of being outmatched in a fight, but because Stede talks to them. And then he drowns Lowe himself]].

[[folder:AnneBonney]]
!!Anne Bonney

[[folder: In general]]

->'''Played by:''' Erroll Shand

->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimHeidecker

->'''Played by:''' Creator/SelenisLeyva

->'''Played by:''' Kristen Johnston

* ArtsyBeret: One of them wears a beret but he is anything but artsy.
* BaldOfEvil: One of them in Season 2 has no hair on his head and is a vicious marauder.
* BeardOfEvil: Some of them have facial hair and are vicious marauders.
* CurbstompBattle: Most of the raids they participate in are this, wiping out the enemy with almost no casualties. Though, it's mentioned that some raids have ended in casualties with [spoiler: Ivan]] mentioned to be one of said casualties between Season 1 and Season 2.
* DarkIsEvil: They all wear black clothing and are vicious raiders who are aligned with Blackbeard.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: After they hijack a wedding, they take the cake for themselves and eat.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In Season 2, they are uncomfortable with Blackbeard's rampage across the Caribbean, slaughtering entire crews of people for treasure that is tossed overboard.

* MookDepletion: [[spoiler: When Blackbeard sends the ship into a storm, the only ones that come out are himself, Izzy, Fang, Jim, Frenchie and Archie with all the others falling overboard during the chaos]]
* PowerfulPick: Some of them are seen wielding picks.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: One of them is seen wielding this in Season 2.
* ThisMeansWarpaint: Post-Season 1, they are all seen wearing black paint on their faces.

** The biggest sign of his turn is that he and Stede are now openly friendly - Stede goes to him for help, especially about piracy and captianing, and Izzy gives him sincere and useful advice. He's also quite merry when he learns that Stede and Ed have at last consumated their love.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Izzy badly wants Blackbeard to go back to being the person he used to be -- infamously bloodthirsty, not lovesick and harmless -- and stops at nothing in pursuit of that goal.

* {{Polyamory}}: Has 19 husbands at the start of the series. [[spoiler: Now it's 18 after she killed Geraldo for not giving Jim information on the remaining Siete Gallos.]] In season 2, she's up to 20 after [[spoiler:she marries the Swede.]]

* TheAce: She's easily the most successful pirate in the show and commands an ever growing fleet.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Her attempts at uniting the pirates of the Caribbean into a fleet are rendered pointless when Ricky Banes betrays her and destroys her fleet]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Trusting Ricky Banes and not investigating the clocks that he has given to her results in the destruction of her fleet and the British to start attacking the Republic of Pirates]]
* WomenAreWiser: Subverted. She wants pirates to cooperate and seems to run a looser, more friendly ship than most other pirates, and Stede even sees her as a kindred spirit. She then clarifies to him that this cooperative and friendly leadership style is PragmaticVillainy for keeping her fleet in line, and that her new pirate collective will be happening [[JoinOrDie under her banner or not at all]].

Zheng Yi Sao's second in command.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Is onboard the Red Flag when the clocks strike midnight and explode but her fate is unknown. It's later revealed that she survived.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: She is with Mary but she does show interest in Stede at the antique shop before realizing him and Ed know each other and have feelings for each other and she confesses her attraction to him in the kitchen at the dinner party but she also comments on "how jealous they'll be" (Ed and Mary) before she kisses him so it's up to viewer interpretation whether she's genuinely interested, only using him, or a bit of both.

* FemmeFatale: She seems interested in Stede from the moment they interact in the Antique Shop and tries to seduce him and kisses him during the dinner party.
* GrandRomanticGesture: When Mary accuses her of loving the antiques more than her, Anne screams and storms off. Then smoke starts filling the room, and Anne arrives, having set the whole collection on fire. [[AxCrazy While they're still in the house]]. Mary is into it, while Stede and Ed make a quick escape.

* InLovewithYourCarnage: Mary tells the story of how she met Anne when Anne cut off the face of a prison guard guarding Mary and she comments on how she had "the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen". She is also in awe of Anne after she sets fire to their house with them still in it and tells her "she is so fucking hot right now"

* EvilCounterpart: To Stede. He was inspired by him and is upper class like him (though if a much higher rank), but has far more selfish motives and less sense.
* ItsPersonal: Gains the person enmity of the crew of the ''Revenge'' and Zheng Yi Sao in the season finale [[spoiler:for destroying Zheng's fleet and killing Izzy Hands.]]

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Even the ''idea'' of Stede being injured has proven to be death-dealing.]]

* BerserkButton: Being called "Rat Boy" by Black Pete causes Lucius to snap at him. Downplayed, in that it's the only time he's called it that he takes any genuine offence at, and also justified because the name came from [[spoiler: a highly traumatic experience he had on another ship after being thrown overboard]] so it's doubtful he'd want to hear it from the man he loves.