Ah. I started thinking to+o+ much abo+ut Tro+ll Anne Bo+nny. I can't no+t talk abo+ut her no+w. Fo+r tho+se o+f yo+u unfamiliar, which I suspect is mo+st o+f yo+u, Tro+ll Anne Bo+nny was a jadeblo+o+ded pirate at a time in Befo+ran histo+ry when piracy was much mo+re o+f a bo+ys' club than it became in later sweeps. Her gender, co+upled with her status as a jadeblo+o+d (the vast majo+rity o+f who+m were no+t allo+wed to+ even leave the bro+o+ding caverns, much less set fro+ndstub o+n the high seas), sho+uld have been a barrier fo+r entry into+ the wider wo+rld o+f piracy. But, well, pirates are no+t exactly kno+wn fo+r fo+llo+wing the rules, are they? To+ free herself fro+m the shackles o+f her so+cietally expected ro+les, Tro+ll Bo+nny disguised herself as a male tealblo+o+d instead, taking o+n the mo+niker o+f the T∞thless as she became a sco+urge o+f the eight seas. The T∞thless so+o+n began a whirlwind relatio+nship with vio+letblo+o+d Captain Calico+ Rackclam. The two+ never quite settled o+n a quadrant. They may have been red, had it no+t been fo+r the Wellread, a ceruleanblo+o+ded pirate serving under Captain Rackclam, that Tro+ll Bo+nny so+o+n disco+vered was a wo+man as well, unbekno+wnst to+ even Captain Rackclam. The two+ wo+men were fast friends and even faster lo+vers, much to+ Rackclam's dismay. Acco+unts differ abo+ut why they eventually go+t captured. So+me say Rackclam's jealo+usy and flimsy lo+yalties caused him to+ snitch. So+me say the crew o+f The Krilliam simply were no+ match fo+r the imperilo+us might o+f the -Empire. Either way, the T∞thless and the Wellread were sadly bo+th sentenced to+ lifetime jail sentences o+n charges o+f piracy, while the Captain go+t o+ff with no+t much mo+re than a slap o+n the wrist and a shiny new po+sitio+n as Privateer fo+r the ro+yal fleet. It's kind o+f a bummer o+f an ending. But I always liked to+ imagine that Tro+ll Bo+nny and her lo+ver bro+ke o+ut o+f their incarceratio+n and to+o+k back to+ the seas, where they lived the rest o+f their lives to+gether. #Piracy #Tro+llAnneBo+nny #Tro+llMaryRead #Tro+llJackRackclam #AnAbridgedHisto+ry #Tragedies #DeathMentio+n #Lo+ngPo+st
▲guess that is kinda cool...▼
A tragic yet inspiring tale.
It's o+ne o+f my favo+rites fo+r a reaso+n. Tragedies can be as beautiful as they are gut wrenching.
I couldn't have said it 8etter myself.
Fascinating indeed, tho+ugh I'm no+t surprised that the Alternian versio+n o+f her sto+ry is much mo+re vio+lent. I do+ wish o+ur Bo+nny had had an o+ppo+rtunity to+ get revenge o+n Rackclam, but if their paths ever cro+ssed again, I simply do+ no+t kno+w.