Welcome to another edition of Time Sucks Short Sucks.

I'm Dan Cummins, and today I will be sharing the story of one of the most well-known episodes in world naval history, the Mutiny on the Bounty,

the event that has captured Hollywood's attention multiple times over the years, with the infamous target of the rebellion, Captain William Bly, being portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, amongst others, and the young leader of the

mutiny, Fletcher Christian, being played by actors like Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson. The

mutiny is often presented as the inspiring tale of a righteous young sailor, refusing to submit to

the brutal will of his imposing, physically abusive captain. But was that what really happened?

Ah, now, what if I told you that it

really went more like this? A horny, quite possibly very rapy young officer, already upset that he had

to leave behind his Tahitian mistress, or sex slave, or sex slaves, eventually couldn't take any more

hits to his fragile ego from his short, chubby cheese-stealing captain, so he kicked him off his own

boat and hit

out on a remote island, mostly known today, for a preposterously pervasive amount of sexual abuse.

Let's look at the true, not reimagined for Hollywood, not whitewash story of the mutiny on the bounty.

Words and ideas can change the world.

I hated her, but I wanted to love my mother.

I have a dream.

I'll plead not guilty right now.

Your only chance is to leave with us.

Early in the morning of September 23rd, 1789, the HMS bounty, sailed out of the port of Matawahi, Tahiti for the final time.

By this point, the ship had been in control of the mutineers for almost five months,

and things had not been going well.

After a failed attempt by the mutineers to colonize a nearby Polynesian island,

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