'Our Flag Means Death' finally gave queer fandom the love story we deserve

*This post contains spoilers for Season 1 of Our Flag Means Death.*

As the inaugural season of HBO's Our Flag Means Death played out last month, survivors of the Tumblr-era queer fandom found themselves anxiously holding their breath, apprehensively awaiting the show's moment of truth.

Was this clearly LGBTQ-coded show...