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Sometimes I do get annoyed by fanon reactions to Ed, and then I remember that the OFMD writers were very careful to ward off the already-silly "Ed is abusive!!" takes by having other characters say to Stede "do you think Ed is going to murder/hurt you" and then having Stede respond every time with "wtf what is wrong with you, no??" And then, of course, Stede (who textually knows and understands Ed best) is right about that, and once he's feeling safe and supported again Ed is literally just hanging out being a little kitty. So I guess RIP to everyone who thinks Ed sucks but I actually paid attention to the show and I'm different <3

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The Gentlemen Pirate, I presume 🤨

You've heard of me? 🥺

Oh yeah, I've heard of you...I've heard all about you😏

Lives changed when Ed and Stede met so we love to see them included on this list of 15 meet-cutes we still swoon over.

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also white queer people i need us all to understand that we are NOT the highest risk folks right now. check in on ur friends of color and your community and make sure people are alright. do what you can to protect people with the privilege you have. it may not be a lot, but every little bit helps, and it's better than catastrophizing.

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Man, I did forget that Calypso's Birthday opens with 1) Ned Low torturing a dude and proclaiming that he's gonna go after Blackbeard for breaking his record, followed immediately by 2) Ed watching the horizon and knowing down to his bones that something is wrong but he's not certain what yet, which is then followed by 3) a drunk Izzy telling him to shut the fuck up and he doesn't know anything.

Like, there is a progress in that episode of Ed intuiting things while Izzy clomps around on his horsey leg telling him he's wrong, ending with Izzy explicitly saying "don't go after Stede" and Ed full-on ignoring that horrific piece of advice.

Something about Ed fully trusting his instincts and his emotions in a way he didn't in the first season, despite being told those emotions are incorrect.

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thinking about the off screen kisses we didn't see but definitely happened. sweet, tentative kisses after deciding to take it slow. feverish kisses in the space between the wall and stede's bed. slow, deep kisses after stede closes the curtain. good morning kiss after their first time. let's try not to die kiss before their escape. stede just called me babe kiss. tender kisses as they step inside their new home

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I keep seeing I LOVE THAT HOMOPHOBIA DOESN’T EXIST IN OFMD and HOMOPHOBIA JUST ISN’T SOMETHING THE CREW HAVE TO DEAL WITH and that is [Siegfried voice] patently falsssh. And it’s extremely important to the overall themes of the show!

OFMD is fundamentally a show about masculinity and toxic masculinity, in particular. Homophobia is an inextricable part of the exploration of those themes, especially in a show that’s centered around the romance between two gay men.

The show takes care to gentle this so that the audience isn’t constantly being bombarded by it in a way that can be harmful or triggering, but it’s still undeniably there.

Stede Bonnet is a flamboyantly gay man and homophobia is the clear subtext of much of the derision he receives from representatives of toxic masculinity like his father, the Badmintons, Calico Jack, and Izzy. He’s soft, he’s weak, he’s not a “real” man. Nigel Badminton excoriates him for crying all the time and picking flowers, for fuck’s sake. He’s a “fop,” a “ponce,” a “namby-pamby.” Derogatory terms absolutely meant to imply unacceptable homosexuality without hitting as “hard” slurs for a modern audience.

Stede makes the Revenge a place where piracy (read: masculinity) doesn’t have to be abusive and toxic, which, in turn, allows for authentic expression of emotion, including queer affection and desire and that is part of why the toxically masculine find it such a weird and/or unbearable place ("What the fuck kind of pirates [men] are these?"). Stede, for all his faults as a leader, creates a space where it’s safe for Lucius, who explicitly talks about bearding and was implicitly expelled from his previous life for being gay, to find and be openly affectionate with a boyfriend and be beloved by his peers! A space where Pete who starts off with pretensions of toxic masculinity can shed that and be in a loving gay relationship. A space where Jim can say that they’re Jim and that’s the end of it. Stede helps create a space where he can “ruin” history’s greatest pirate by making it safe for him to be flamboyant and emotional and fall in big, sweeping, first, last, once-in-a-lifetime love with another man.

And you go “oh but Jack and Ed used to fuck” and “oh the subtext is that Izzy is gay for Blackbeard” but that doesn’t magically remove the homophobia they perpetuate!

Homophobia isn’t just “MLM bad, the end.” It’s Izzy’s subtextual unrequited feelings for Blackbeard being forever unspeakable and inexpressible except through the veneer of horrific masculine violence. It’s the idea of m/m desire being purely sexual. Men just fuck and that makes it not “really” gay. Jack thinks that “anything goes at sea,” that “dalliances” are fine and to be expected, but Ed’s genuine affection for Stede is inexplicable, anathema to what he understands about being a pirate (read: being a man). Izzy hates Lucius’ open gayness and the fact that everyone else DOESN’T hate him for it, and he literally thinks that Ed being in love with Stede is brain damage. (“He done something to my boss’s brain.”) Izzy also thinks that Stede, as a flamboyant gay man, is a pathetic creature that needs to be put down, and that Ed “corrupted” by him into a similarly open and flamboyant gay would also be better off dead. This mirrors Chauncey’s diatribe about Stede not being human and needing to be wiped from the world. It's all textbook homophobia!

And you sell the show short by pretending that it isn’t engaging with these things, because it is and it’s doing an amazing job of it.

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I might be reading too much into this, but "breathing the same air" is kind of a big deal in Māori culture.

When you greet people, traditionally you hongi, which is pressing noses together and breathing in together, sharing the breath of life

This was how the first human, Hinetītama, was brought to life (at least, the version I was taught)

So I just think that being what Stede and that being the line that made Ed smile is just, kind of, you know, nice

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bro how could you say that to me when we're literally two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year

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I just miss them so much 😭

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I feel like I haven't said this enough lately, so I'm just gonna say it.

I love Our Flag Means Death. I love this fandom. I love seeing beautiful fanart of our beloved characters. I love reading wonderful fics that have kept their story alive. I love reading insightful metas that make me think about canon in a new way. I love seeing gifs and stills that take a tiny moment from the show and help me see it with fresh eyes. I love seeing the things people have crafted because of their love for this show. I love tags that make me laugh and scream and cry.

I love you guys 🫶🫶🫶

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Listen, he said “no official plans.” That doesn’t mean he’s not talking to people. That doesn’t mean he’s not advocating. It just means nothing is officially agreed upon at this time. He hasn’t told us to stop campaigning to Netflix, he hasn’t given us the word that it’s over. He’s still hopeful and I am too.

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like the cat that got creamed, or whatever that saying is

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