#and Stede is the wife

[lookinglass-fic]

Seriously please I beg of you just read the whole thing

please just read the whole thing

[lightbluetown]

the silly pirate creatures in my head are consuming me alive

[bizarrelittlemew]

Our Flag Means Death 2x6 | A beautiful name (requested by anon)

[eddie-redcliffe]

[kori-senpai]

I have never played smash bros in my life

(Edit: I did a part two ayeee ✨ you guys are persuasive (affectionate))

[babykittenteach]

HIS BOYFRIEND.

[sherlockig]

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

Rewatching all of OFMD today (#Renew As A Crew) and one thing that's sticking out to me immediately -

Until we see in s2 how relieved Ed is to lose the responsibility of being captain, it doesn't really stick out how fucking...tense Ed is.

When he meets Stede's crew, look at his body language! He's trying to be cool and smooth and everything, and he's charismatic enough he can pull it off, but his body language is borderline nervous, honestly. He's very stiff and cautious in his movements, always keeping at least one hand on his weapons, always glancing around. It's striking to compare it to how he acts when he's alone with Stede - you can almost see the weight grow on his shoulders when he's in front of the crew. No wonder Lucius thinks he doesn't know how to relax!

He's also extremely theatrical and showy, and part of that is Ed being tied with Stede for Most Dramatic Bitch on the Seven Seas, but it's also immediately obvious that he expects every eye to be on him, always. He acts like he knows he's the center of attention, always. Almost every movement this man makes seems so calculated.

You can see some of the weight lift when he tries telling everyone to just call him Ed, although a lot of the time he still looks pretty guarded and often holds his hands in front of himself almost protectively. Sweetie pie is trying so hard to be vulnerable but his body language still reads like he's not fully comfortable. It has to be very scary for him but he's being so brave and trying so hard anyway!

We don't see the big change until he's back on the ship in s2e5 and the crew have put him on probation. Although many of the crew are still pissed at him, Ed is, very explicitly, no longer captain. The crew don't hate him (they're mad at him, but he never lost their love), but they'd push back against orders even if he tried giving them. And what a relief that must be! Ed looks so light this episode! It's no longer his job to make the decisions, all he has to do is fix things up. He gets to talk with Fang as friends, not as The Legendary Captain Blackbeard and Loyal Crewmember. He gets to play, doing a cannonball off the ladder, and have a good time learning how to fish. His body language is absolutely night-and-day.

And after he gets out of probation? That stays consistent. In s2e6 he gets to play along with the crew, encouraging "the moving of the tub - it's a sacred tradition!!!" getting him a cheer from the crew ("yooo, this dude's devout as fuuuck!!"). He just gets to have a good time. Compared to the first time he meets the crew in s1e4, he's obviously so relaxed and willing to unwind in front of everyone - they were about to dance, and Ed doesn't even fucking hesitate to agree when Stede suggested they join everyone (fuck Ned Low for stealing that from us, honestly).

Ed wants so fucking badly to be free of the massive responsibility that's been weighing on him - think about what he said to Stede in s1e4: "they're all going to die, all the men who trusted you, and it'll be all your fault!" He has been living with so much weight on his shoulders, not just incredible responsibility but feeling unsafe to be the softer, gentle, sweet man we know he is.

He just wants to be free to be Ed.

[alexibeeart]

Ed Teach being clingy and Stede Bonnet happily and reassuringly indulging is something that can be so personal

[lavenderprose]

Stizzy argument missionary sex. Not about anything important either. They're fighting about what they're going to eat for dinner. It got a little too heated and now Izzy is just muttering I hate mushy peas why do you always want mushy peas as Stede holds him down with a hand on his chest and drills him into the mattress.

[marsixm]

[currentlybeltingbohemianrhapsody]

GENDERQUEER ED GANG HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE WINNING

[1989edteach]

thinking about swoopy curls stede today

[watercolourcritters]

@emcolbs' DTIYS featuring the strawbebby wives!! The original art is so lovely, I couldn't resist doing it as lesbian Stede and her bi wife. Go check out the original art here!!

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[ID copied from alt text: Digital fanart of Ed and Stede from OFMD, both drawn as women in a cartoon style. They sit across from each other on two docks stretching out into calm blue water, holding hands and smiling. Ed cups Stede's cheek with one hand. Stede asks "what are you waiting for, love?" Ed replies "can't I admire my wife before I kiss her face off?" The colour palette is soft blues, pinks, and purples, with Ed and Stede wearing purple, pink, and pale pink pants and shirts. Ed has flowers in the bi pride colours in her hair, and Stede wears a flower bracelet in the lesbian pride colours. End ID.]

[myflagmeanscommunicateplease]

Ed wants to be Sted’s wife so bad

[serennn17]

Stede Bonnet is the flashy rich husband with a fancy job who drives an expensive shiny car and collects watches and jewelry and bespoke designer suits and Ed Teach is his spoiled rotten trophy wife husband whom he loves to buy beautiful things and who not-so-secretly loves to be paraded around as arm candy at galas and balls and work events and they live together in a house in the suburbs that has three guest rooms for when the crew their family comes to stay (which happens often) and they're just so happy and in love okay i think im done for now