Stede Bonnet: The Gentleman Pirate

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Blackbeard: "You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of." Stede Bonnet: "But you have heard of me"

[@jessicajayes8326]

🎼Guy love, that's all it is

[@erraticonteuse]

Blackbeard: Yeah I have 😍😊😚

[@istoppedcaring6209]

that would be rackham, the fuchboy pirate, I imagine him as a boastfull loudmouth looking the part of the dashing rogue but really just a player without any backbone

[@aungphyoko1214]

I thought paying salary to pirates was a joke in "Our flag means death". That's genius.

[@eli-ld]

me too lmao

[@ttintagel]

SO MANY THINGS in the show are true! It's wild.

[@Winter8055]

There's a certain percent of loot that goes to the crew for every raid. I've loved pirates for years and I'm so happy to see them getting popular because of OFMD :)

[@dnte666]

A lot of the jokes are based on history. That’s the real magic of the show

[@celter.45acp98]

People actually made it more than 5 min into that show?

[@travelingnome87]

But does he raid a boat, steal their books and replace them with ones he's already read? Devious.

[@miledith555]

Prepare for an influx of views now that all of the OFMD fans are going through withdrawals after the end of season 1 of the show.

[@jessmt4464]

Present

[@BlackKiryuu]

I need the angst to be resolveeeed :((((

[@itsgagetime2853]

You caught me

[@STAROMEGA54]

Guilty

[@bookworm_of_heaven]

hiya

[@ZekeGraal]

“Oh my God Stede Bonnet the Gentleman Pirate is so hot right now.”

[@AkiraSRT9]

Cool story Hansel!

[@LogieT2K]

A man of culture

[@micktompson101]

Int it

[@luckyspurs]

A not so noble Stede.

[@davidberrueco2]

Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeede

[@cassiefromooo]

do you think they explored each other's bodies

[@tomdemongod]

yeah

[@cassiefromooo]

8:04 they sure did

[@marogmartz]

Lmaooooo

[@sophovot5079]

😳

[@jessmt4464]

☠️

[@weeds526]

If you enjoyed this just wait til you see the Internet Historian version

[@Neurofen]

the shortest one and a half hour i ever enjoyed

[@sweepingtime]

lol exactly. I was like, waaaait a minute.

[@emelgiefro]

And count dankula dont forget him

[@chonchjohnch]

What’s with KZbin and pirates this week

[@justinetters4544]

Nah Simon is better.

[@teerboyd]

“It’s unlikely he went into piracy to get away from his wife. Thats a crazy motive.” Bonnet: _you’ve clearly never met my wife, she’s like, the _*_worst_*_ ._

[@truthmonger550]

That's so funny, oh my God you need to be a comedian no joke. I pay to watch you make some funny jokes.

[@jessmt4464]

This did not age well

[@Sir_Tanooki_Dookie]

Watched “Our Flags Mean Death” on HBOMax and got curious if it was based on a real person. What the hell, he was real! I am pretty sure I watched this video when it came out and forgot, but had me thinking while watching the Television Show, “Do I already know this?” Thanks for being a KZbin Channel of dense and obscure historical information, but should be more common knowledge. You fills in holes in my dictated and regulated American School’s History Books.

[@GeekMasterGames]

You need to look up the Internet Historian's video on Stede. It's great.

[@jubjub7101]

And the show played heavily on actual events, like him pairing up with Blackbeard, and how Blackbeard never was attributed with killing anyone...he actually preferred to not kill anyone and use his prestige and myths surrounding him to scare his foes.

[@allieisnothere8389]

Who else is watching this after watching "Our Flag Means Death"? 😂

[@Lexouchan]

*raise my hand* The History lacks gayness though X)

[@willCaboutThat]

interesting seeing the historical storyline behind it too! It seems like they start the show when stede's injured and blackbeard takes over the ship in his absence but ignore their previous history of working under his fleet. I wonder where season 2 will go!

[@friendbesto2599]

I'm here as an Assassin's Creed fan...

[@MozartOfficial]

@@friendbesto2599 Based Black Flag enjoyer

[@kwc0435]

​@@friendbesto2599same, I was suprised that his portrayal is black flag is actually pretty accurate

[@hiluminatul6750]

Wife: Breathes Stede Bonnet: "That's it woman, I leave you to become a pirate. I can't take it anymore"

[@YeeSoest]

"Most extreme midlife crisis in history." That's how I always saw Stede Bonnet! Thank god I'm not the only one

[@emelgiefro]

Internet Historian Count Dankula And now Biographics Nice

[@AftermathRV]

So, simon, simon and, simon?

[@emelgiefro]

@@AftermathRV are they all named Simon or what?

[@sebaseba6710]

Nice to see a fellow fan of all three!

[@simplelife7522]

Do we all watch the same channels?

[@johnmcauliffe8824]

@@simplelife7522 probably

[@julyvvi]

Historians will say they were very close friends

[@lynnkellaway]

Roomates.

[@mayochupenjoyer]

just guys bein dudes

[@Ibelikemj]

Boys who like to play with their swords

[@MozartOfficial]

They weren't even friends lol, Bonnet was basically a prisoner

[@julyvvi]

@@MozartOfficial bro it was a joke 😭😭 have you heard of the show “our flag means death” ??

[@glitterpony8379]

I love how accurate Our Flag Means Death actually is 🥰

[@zuzannar6808]

1717 a leap year? ehhhhhhh whatever Pinocchio wasn't written until 19th century? who cares love this show so much tho fr lol

[@jaebleach8080]

@@zuzannar6808 Izzy Hands singing a song from 1945, and also being like 50 years old? them meeting Zheng Yi Sao even tho irl she was born like 70 years after Stede and Blackbeard died? sure (love this show so damn much too)

[@NathanCassidy721]

I say Stede Bonnet can serve the best example of how you can have everything but still not be satisfied with your life. And while he might not have been the best pirate ever, the fact that we are still talking about him today makes this one of the most successful mid-life crisis of all time.

[@pernordin2641]

Amen to that!

[@calpurniabruchi5742]

Except he died at age 30 so it wasn't really a mid life crises

[@Lgs260495]

​@@calpurniabruchi5742 given life expectancy back then, I think it was indeed a mid-life crisis

[@robokill387]

Life expectancy was low because of high infant mortality.

[@misguided_ghost]

wait the ‘discomfort in a married state’ is a quote!! every bit of history i learn about ofmd just makes the show even more amazing

[@edmundthespiffing2920]

STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDE

[@---qg6nq]

I was looking for this lol

[@edmundthespiffing2920]

@@---qg6nq historians vidoe is WAY better in my opinion

[@NathanCassidy721]

If only she had given him the maple syrup

[@into_the_void]

I see you are a man of culture

[@trajan1026]

The men rely on me to get.....there booty

[@mithunkartha]

The pirate who always says 'may I' before he loots you and 'thank you' once he is done.

[@EliSa-cf6dm]

Everyone go watch “Our flag means death“!!

[@The_Mimewar]

Man, you, Internet Historian and Dank got the pirates covered this week

[@CieJe.Alexander]

But how is it that Biographics has no "Pirates" playlist?

[@someguynamedelan]

"Stede makes me happy."

[@thatguywesmaranan]

"steeeeeeeeeeeede!!!" - stede's wife, 2020 -

[@danielknutson4502]

Is it really so hard to believe that the guy just wanted to be a pirate? Who among us cannot say the same, lol.

[@sarahamira5732]

Well yeah, the thing is back then the conditions in which pirate endured we're literally hell like.

[@MozartOfficial]

Shii I be a pirate too if it wasn't for the fact that I'd be gunned down the moment I try to steal a ship

[@siksparnis]

this was recommended to me right after I watched Our Flag Means Death (brilliant show btw), and I must say, I was surprised by the few things that matched with the show

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:50 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:55 - Chapter 2 - A pirate's life for me 7:40 - Chapter 3 - Bonnet meet Blackbeard 14:00 - Chapter 4 - A pirate's life for me...again 16:00 - Chapter 5 - Battle of cape fear river

[@lizzie4962]

ok but does he find blackbeard and do they run away to china

[@torachan23]

Is there a special occasion for Stede Bonnet recently? This is the third content creator this month who has made a video related to him

[@NathanCassidy721]

For this channel, whenever they do a pirate video it does well. Therefore, by YT logic, if a video does well try and replicate that success. Although I’m sure other factors were involved. Notably a certain unorthodox historian.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@Ethan Schmidt Why would they copy this video? Also, the "Sundance Rejects" video is definely older than a day. Old enough to inspire the writer of this script.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

The date of his execution is approaching.

[@teogonzalez7957]

@@NathanCassidy721 I think you underestimate how long it takes to write and record/edit these videos. Most likely just an astronomical coincidence.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@teogonzalez7957 I've done editing and animation in the past for school work. I know how long it takes to make these kind of videos. But that does not mean they didn't get the idea from IH or Count Dankcula. What is the most time consuming is the fact they would have to do research and condense it into the 20 minute informative format that this channel is known for. While they would have gotten around to Stede eventually, he clearly got priority. Not hating, but to call this a "coincidence" is bollocks.

[@chrisleneil]

Yes, I’m here after season 1 of ‘Our Flag Means Death’!

[@KymCheca]

I just watched "Our flag means death" and ended up here :D

[@deap9441]

HELPP same

[@francescabrandon-higgs]

Severely hoping that Our Flag Means Death doesn't carry on to be historically accurate... I might just flip

[@benniek1050]

Man, after playing assassins creed black flag years ago, it feels so sad to know what actually happened to bonnet

[@DreamsCatcher101]

i like finding out about things like this about games. Assassins creed being the best.

[@GhostRydr1172]

I was like...Stede Bonnet, where have I heard that name before? Then it clicked.

[@supremechungus4288]

It was very unfortunate, but have you seen my sugar?

[@hellothere9167]

in the game, the guards said he was hanged

[@truthmonger550]

It was said in his journal that he began to become obsessed with pirates. Blackbeard and a far previous pirate named Henry Every. Make another one of that, people would love stede bonnets journal. I watched a documentary about it. Its boring at first, but then it gets good. However, if anyone has watched "Our flag means death" and its a show about him. Everything is accurate, but there are some speculations of other things. But one part of that show is inaccurate and that's towards the end. The government at the time did not use a shooting squad to kill Bonnet and his crew, they were hung. So yeah. A d this guy basically clarified that last part.

[@amajude]

what was the documentary you watched called?

[@jessmt4464]

You almost got me there

[@denisebonnet-overbeck2972]

Thank you, he was hung after being captured in cape fear s. Carolina.. he’s my grandfather generations back. My linage was well documented and I learned that he was grandpa in 1972, when my father ,son of descendant Edward bonnet’ , researched our family crest.

[@k4eru20]

uh-oh ofmd fans

[@cassiefromooo]

we are here

[@kamron_thurmond]

He was escorting a shipment of sugar when he was captured by British privateers and was rescued by Edward Kenway. Meeting this man gave him the opportunity to meet Black Beard and the courage to become a pirate himself. (Source) The genetic memories of Edward Kenway featured in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

[@nar_aspan]

WAIT HE WAS REAL?? KHKHKJKB OMG

[@wolfgang7709]

Watching this in 2022 and screaming "he's gay!" every time they say "it's a mystery as to why he left his wife"

[@FLIPPYNMADZ]

"He was respected and feared yet somehow he sailed with bonnet for a while", me: HES GAY!

[@MozartOfficial]

Or he just wanted to be a pirate...

[@joshuaradick5679]

Talk about the ultimate mid-life crisis

[@ahuddleston6512]

You say that again 😅

[@animanya394]

I can’t believe he was actually real😧

[@ChrisAnnel93]

Born, rasied and lived my whole life in Barbados and I've never heard of this man before.

[@kileyrowe8091]

Hello fellow homosexuals, fancy seeing you here

[@Dave-te5bs]

Hi my homosexual friend. Do you think Black Beard and Bonnet had a relationship? I was shocked when I saw the kiss on the show, because I have been told that Blackbeard had a lot of wives. So maybe Blackbeard was bisexual and Bonnet was just gay?

[@kileyrowe8091]

@@Dave-te5bs I honestly don't think the show creators cared much for historical accuracy and so I guess I don't either! It is an interesting idea that they might have seen each other romantically but we'll never know so I'm not going to waste braincells over it ya know

[@eggiesoverspinachovertoast8624]

hello

[@erraticonteuse]

@@Dave-te5bs On the show it's pretty open-ended about his orientation. He definitely loves Stede and slept with Calico Jack, so there's that, but he also has that line about being "massaged to death by mermaids," so I think bi is a fair interpretation, if not set in stone. Stede is definitely meant to be gay, though. IRL though? There's literally no way to know, and in any case the number of alleged wives is so comically large that it could loop back around to "I have a girlfriend in Canada" territory.

[@MozartOfficial]

@@Dave-te5bs On the show, yes they do. Real life, no. Blackbeard told Bonnet he wasn't suited to be a pirate and kept him as essentially a prisoner.

[@hannahparella2387]

taika watiti definitely watched this

[@TurtleChad1]

A Turtle has approved.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

So do i.

[@lolom8772]

I’m not Obama but he did tell me to say that he approves as well

[@miscreantsrule2000]

I love you A Turtle.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

You again? You're either a bot (a nice one) or we share the same interests! 🐢

[@rschmidt93]

I heard that we're all just part of one of your dreams

[@taranullius9221]

Weeeeelp Android TV is spying on me. I just started watching "Our Flag Means Death" last night and today here we are getting this on a channel I am not subscribed to nor usually watch.

[@lisallisle3409]

he left his wife and kids because he fell in love with Blackbeard, duh.

[@jaebleach8080]

I mean, listen. am I gonna say this is pure fact? no, bc Idfk. but. Its entirely possible :/ (yes I watched ofmd)

[@cole6843]

Who's here after watching Our flag means death?

[@hanzios]

stumbled upon this after watching "our flag means death" on hbo!

[@jalejablonsky2396]

Raise your hand after you saw Internet Historian's showing of the Gentlemen Pirate *Hand raised*

[@alext2695]

(Watch Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max)

[@cedarmoss7173]

“Blackbeard and Bonney traveled to the city of BAWth”

[@janellealleyne2762]

Never heard of Stede in all of my 40+ years as a born and bred Barbadian and living in Barbados. Learn something new everyday

[@saml302]

this is one hell of a Our Flag Means Death pre-breakdown

[@theweppe27official]

He was saved by privateer disguised as a mysterious assassin/delivery man. AC 4 fans will know*

[@mbr41]

Let me guess... Dunken Donu- I mean Whorlpool.

[@Unkown5536]

The money loving, rum drinking pirate assassin himself

[@jimenajimena1373]

Im Here for "Our Flag Means death", thanks great video

[@Fifi-ql3zc]

mid- life crisis meets middle- aged instagram influencer

[@alfaeology]

I like his last line in assassin's creed black flag when you parted with him. It's touching

[@redanemone7]

Simon getting new viewership from the gays thanks to Taika Waititi You love to see it

[@sarasalgado8574]

Our flag means death ♥️

[@USA50_]

Has he done an episode on Our Flag Means Death?

[@Tomljenovic_]

Ah yes, Assasin's Creed 4 nostalgia

[@Cam_Jong_Un]

Yeah this is real fucking weird I got it in the sale earlier and have been playing it all day and boom this drops xD

[@stephenrainda5838]

Was thinking the same. Sounds like the story ,somewhat ,of Blackflag. Assassins Creed.

[@marimarianations9355]

Stede was always so cheerful in that game. It was so sad when he got executed at the end.

[@Cam_Jong_Un]

@@marimarianations9355 ffs xD I never finished it back in the day

[@SkunkApe407]

@@stephenrainda5838 that's because the Ubisoft team used real life historical figures in Black Flag, just as they do in every other Assassin's Creed game.

[@mage1over137]

Spoilers

[@TheGAMEGod_YT]

Every episode: you can’t trust Charles Johnson! Also every episode: this information is from Charles Johnson

[@avidplanes]

Closest thing to a one piece pirate in the real world didn’t know how to sail or navigate and just decided to do it one day

[@aquos350]

The pirate Francis Drake would make for a good Biographics

[@CieJe.Alexander]

It's time Biographics had a "Pirates" playlist.

[@Teknotion]

I'm just surprised there hasn't been a Charles Vane bio yet!! I can imagine that's an interesting story.

[@SkunkApe407]

I want it now!

[@AiR.9.2]

stede bonnet is my great great great great grandfather , probably a lot more greats but, his ship was the revenge, and he carried a legacy for my family

[@offtheleashman]

i watched the whole of our flag means death and had no idea that stede bonnet was real person. i knew blackbeard was, but for some reason never considered bonnet could be

[@davidlea-smith4747]

Loving these videos. You cannot have enough biographics about pirates.

[@jacobavners2394]

exactly

[@tobytheshihpoo]

I’m thinking he should do a Biographics pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley....

[@OpRangers]

We all know why became a pirate: he met Edward Kenway.

[@ronah80lvl]

"Some historians claim that Stede Bonnet was one of the few real pirates to actually make prisoners walk the plank" Oh my God. I'm here just after 2x06, u know guys? Oh my God.

[@joot9184]

The man just wanted some adventure. I'd say he's relatable

[@brianabedenbaugh8488]

i agree lol he is actually my great great great great great great great great great grandfather 😊

[@deutschesmaedchen]

Ah yes, the inspiration behind Outlander’s very originally named “Steve Bonnet” character

[@joebyrd6683]

Great job on Bonnet. A couple of points for accuracy: Gov. Eden was in Bath, N.C., not Bath, England; Blackbeard was believed to have frequented Topsail Island, but the QAR was run aground at what was then Topsail Inlet at Beaufort.

[@tobytheshihpoo]

If you’re continuing the prate theme, even as an Englishman can I recommend Gráinne O'Malley the Pirate Queen and scourge of Elizabeth I?

[@emm4r0se_]

hello lgbt community

[@retsz]

Is there a Stede Bonnet holiday coming up or something? This is the 3rd channel I've seen make a video on him in the last 2 weeks. The recommended tab algorithm is strange sometimes

[@lechanoine9372]

I guess people know how to catch the wave of a trend, eh?

[@lalehiandeity1649]

The date of his execution is approaching.

[@devilfruit3415]

Idk man I'm just enjoying the "Bonnet Fever" He's such a meme of a pirate and deserves more attention

[@Josearnaldomanuel2]

Definitely because of Internet Historian

[@kkll1992]

They weren't gay lovers irl? Dissapointing lmao

[@Lexouchan]

My point X) Although we know that historians tend to erase LGBT people and relationship so ... Maybe ?

[@sophovot5079]

we don't know that. I don't think anyone would have recorded what goes on in blackbeards quarters lol I choose to believe

[@salsazilla790]

They are dead. Reality can be whatever I want..

[@RariettyC]

Blackbeard at least let Stede basically cruise on his ship to read and lounge in his pajamas like in the show, so I like to think they clicked as friends at some point. They hung out and worked alongside each other for way too long for Blackbeard to always have wanted to betray him, and the show definitely is onto something by suggesting they could have connected on a deeper emotional level considering that Blackbeard might've had a similar background to Stede complete with a skill in marketing his image (just as fearsome instead of gentlemanly) and an aversion to killing.

[@MozartOfficial]

Did anyone in these replies actually watch the video??? Yes, I'm sure the guy that was essentially imprisoned and betrayed by blackbeard was secretly gay with him. 🤦

[@matthewr1019]

What do we say? Talk it through...

[@Saphireflamesful]

As a crew 😌

[@pathtoredemption6643]

0:51 Simons' mind: What's wrong with this idiot. He had everything then he became a damn pirate. The fool!! Fool! Haha😆😁

[@deanmoriartysghost1119]

Hey Simon! On this subject I feel like you should do Grutte Pier next, the famous berserker Pirate who weilded a 6ft claymore and once beheaded seven people with one swing! He's a little known figure that's incredibly interesting. Thanks! I love your videos, they keep me entertained through this pandemic more than Netflix ever could. Lol

[@theconqueringram5295]

He lead a Hollywood movie kind of life. He started off rich, then for whatever reason went on an adventure on the high seas, plundering and then it all ends in a grim way.

[@frapiichino]

Not youtube recommending me this video after I binged ofmd yesterday

[@bigboy4006]

Anyone else come here wanting to learn more about Steve Bonnet after playing Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag?

[@borisdorofeev5602]

" *STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDE... STEEEEEEEEDE... STEEEE... STEEEE... STEEEE... DE... STEE... STEE... STEE... STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDE... S... TTT... S... TTT... S... TTT... STEEDE* " -18 Century Alarm Clock

[@WelfareChrist]

Holy crap there really are gonna be spoilers for our flag means death in this. I’m on episode 6 and am just now finding out this guy is real

[@yivelihumekaa9523]

Maybe he wanted to be popular. Which now he is. Thanks to Our Flag Means Death.

[@kirstenh109]

If you’re reading this, we both know why you’re here watching this video 🏳️‍🌈 🏴‍☠️

[@faleen1003]

Gay pirates? Yep, gay pirates..

[@gaywizard2000]

Wink

[@reneedailey1696]

To wind down after basking in Moonglow, of course.

[@ab-bb1tu]

Tbh for me it's due to Black Flag

[@gaywizard2000]

@@ab-bb1tu God hates flags!

[@luckyspurs]

This is basically if Jonathan Pryce's character in Pirates of the Caribbean ended up being the main character.

[@Denny_7782]

This makes "our flag means death" soooo much cooler

[@selljoy3978]

The fact that he paid the salaries of his crew means he wasn’t in dire straits financially

[@nobodyspecial9097]

17:57 "of the 33, 29 where found guilty" 4 guys managed to get off on some technicality an I would really like to know what it was or did those guys stash away some of the plunder so they could afford the lawyers they new they were going to need eventually.

[@MisterAndrewBuckley]

They had notes from their Mums

[@JeftaFastForward]

Oh no, Simon working so hard on all these channels he's losing his hair 😢

[@smrt1111111111111]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JJforShie1]

He also found love in Blackbeard’s arms.

[@allenydelaney]

Since the punishment for piracy was hanging I've never understood why they wouldn't fight to the death instead of surrendering.

[@phillipowen3149]

Stede Bonnet looks like the guy plays Grand Moff Tarkin if he was cast as Voltaire lol

[@Al3xtheMeh]

No they did not copy Internet Historian. They’ve been doing pirate biographics for a while now so Stede was bound to get his own video at some point.

[@intrepidmerc4346]

Yknow I watch all of these videos eventually. But if I see one about a pirate, I stop what I’m doing to watch it ASAP

[@generaldissaray4109]

internet historian already did the definitive version of the steede bonnet story but i like this too.

[@W1LDTANG]

*_12:05_* I think you mean *_"Bath, North Carolina;"_* and *_NOT_** "Bath, England"* as the bottom caption states at *_the above listed timestamp..._** 🍻🍻🍻Cheers🍻🍻🍻* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MozartOfficial]

Bath England is correct

[@Matatabi6]

They needed water food and liquor, funny how people always forget that last one