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you’ve got to embrace being weird or else you’re going to die both spiritually and for real life

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he just wanted to go on a boat quest with eliot (

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- I just miss how things used to be, with the four of us.

- Yeah.

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Sleepy pirate doodle

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Heartstopper calling out all bisexuals over their bi panic watching Pirates of the Caribbean

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Shh! Bambi. Let him read. The Magicians | S03E13: Will You Play with Me? (2018 )

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OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH 1x08 - We Gull Way Back

bonus:

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David Jenkins pitching Our Flag Means Death to HBO

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I fucking love how Our Flag Means death has explicit, unabashed queer romance and character but ALSO has wall-to-wall metaphors and symbolism. We can have the kiss but we can ALSO read into the colors of wardrobes and whether a character wears gloves or not. We can read into the metaphor of Stede’s secret closet and letting Ed in, and ALSO have a fully fleshed-out storyline about a gay man in a loveless marriage telling his wife “his name is Ed.” We have the red silk scene in the moonlight, of gently handling a bit of cloth to represent a heart, and we have “what makes Ed happy is…you.”

We get all the subtle details of brief touches and meaningful glances, but not instead of explicit queerness—it’s that the unabashedly queer characters and story deserve that level of build-up and poetry.

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taika waititi: i will write a queer pirate show 

everyone: oh with like…gay subtext? 

taika: yes except no subtext. the text will just be gay

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Mary vs Ed + reacting to the model ship

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a pair of hands

2022.03.31

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betrayal

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more OFMD lockscreens - this time (most) of the crew.

as before, likes/reblogs/etc are much appreciated if you use one!

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The more despair I endure in life, the more I love Frodo. I'm just. I'm so glad that Tolkien wrote him like that. He was a hero and it broke him. He was given too much to carry. The circumstances were dire, everyone was doing the best they could, and Frodo tried so hard, for such a good cause, and he...broke. And the narrative has pity for him, the characters show him kindness. Even after victory, his hurts did not heal, and it isn't considered his fault. He must go to the undying lands, to seek out peace there. In universe, he is forgiven for being human - don't be pedantic - and his great torment is recognized. He fell. He could not have done it alone. He is still a hero.

And, I think that's important.