#OFMD2

[vroomvroomwee]

No but seriously imagine the fucking strength Stede had when he saw Edward dead, but chose, instead of mourning him, to take care of his crew and make sure they're safe. To hear the person you love more than anything is gone, snatched from you merely a few days ago, the one you spent weeks, maybe months, making enough money to be able to find, the only person you've ever truly loved and who's ever truly loved you. To have the knowledge that if only you were a little faster, a little quicker, a little braver, you could have prevented it.

And then choose to bottle up your feelings, put them aside, and be a captain. A captain your crew deserves

[lukelemon-art]

They were about to dance… ❤️🧡💛💜 Ned Lowe's timing in S2E6 couldn't be worse.

[thebootstrap-paradox]

Ed to Stede, during season 2: I hate you.

Frenchie, in his head: Enemies to lovers, slowburn, angst with happy ending, 300k+ words.

[short-king-enthusiast]

Watching Stede get unfounded confidence in front of Zheng made me feel untold levels of embarrassment and I wouldn't have it any other way. Ed come get your cringefail man he's out of control

[liinchaan]

I love them so much I think I´m gonna be sick

[spookyghostcupcake]

I absolutely LOVE this pic 🖤💙

[jannecapelleart]

so whos up for ignoring 2x08 with me?🫱🏽‍🫲🏼

[jessieliveblogs]

The thing about so many people being mad at Izzy's death is that they have no fucking media literacy.

Did it make you sad? Does it feel unfair?

YEAH! THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!

It is sad. It's unfair, even.

But what it's NOT is bad writing or "bury your gays" or cruel to the viewers.

You dumb shits.

"But Izzy is disabled!" So are Lucius and Ed.

"But Izzy was suicidal!" So was Ed.

"But Izzy was an elder queer who came out later in life!" (Debatable but) So was Stede.

"But Izzy was abused!" So was literally everyone.

Y'all just don't want death to happen to your favorite characters. Which is FINE and a very NORMAL response but you're doing way too fucking much.

It's like when Noah died in The Raven King and people were sending the author abuse about it. Like SOMETIMES SAD THINGS HAPPEN! If everyone got off scot free and no one suffered consequences you'd get the end of Breaking Dawn. Which NO ONE can argue was 'good writing'.

I don't know man, it's like you're allowed to be sad your fave died but this witch hunt, this crusade of virtue signaling trying to assign your bad feelings to some Great Bigoted Crime of Problematacy is just fucking ponderous

[do-you-have-a-flag]

when buttons said YES QUEEN!

i felt that

[smudgeandfrank]

Reposting my huge #OurFlagMeansDeath piece BECAUSE OUR FAVORITE CREW RETURNS TOMORROW!!! 😭💖🏴‍☠️

I CAN'T WAIT!! I also have prints of this piece available on my Etsy if you'd like one for yourself! 😘💖 Link in my bio!

SEE YOU DARLINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIRST 3 S2 EPISODES!!!

[kr-yoongi]

S2 Ed scribbles <3

[vroomvroomwee]

If you think Izzy Hands, in his barely conscious state, didn't captain the crew while Ed was knocked out below deck, and didn't successfully lead them out of that storm and kept everyone alive, you're wrong

[sephyrrr]

Spoilers

Imagine telling this stede that in a few months he would be topping Blackbeard 😭

[thebootstrap-paradox]

If there is one thing about Stede Bonnet is he'll appear in the background to spite his ex lovers

[short-king-enthusiast]

The most irritating thing, is that if you watch season one and then immediately watch season two, everything makes perfect sense. It's a great story. Characters that are vessels for very real emotional storylines and symbolism, but at their core, are silly pirates on a silly pirates show.

However if you watch season one, then spend a year obsessing over the characters, obsessing over characteristics, traits, relationships that are not actually canon but convincing yourself they are. Getting so wrapped up in fanon that your version of the characters and the actual written canon characters are two completely different things. Yeah of course you're gonna be pissed.

Most of the backlash from season two is because people have been reading fanfics for a year and had wildly unrealistic expectations. It's actually fucking fascinating and should be studied. It just keeps happening over and over again in every new fandom and nothing changes

[liinchaan]

I swear to fucking god if we don´t get a happy ending I´m gonna leave this planet!!!!!