#dad!blackbonnet

[steddie-my-love]

Tangled Up

Dads!Gentlebeard x Daughter!Reader

When you’re just about done with your tangled hair, ed comes in with a solution to stop you from doing something drastic.

A/N: I wrote this based on my experience as an individual with 3a texture hair growing up- i apologize for any inaccuracies as pertaining to other people’s experience with hair

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If there was one thing you didn’t account for when becoming a pirate, it was how to take care of your hair. Sure, a day at the beach wouldn’t do anything too terrible but after months your head was in rough shape.

it started as a few tangles at the base of your head, but quickly grew tighter and thicker until it was impossible to fix. Eventually the skin below grew tender and you couldn’t stand to even lay on your back, feeling the tension.

So, as Stede and Ed stood out on the deck planning their next move you slipped into the captain’s quarters. Digging through Stede’s things you found mountains of trinkets until you found what you were looking for; a pair of fine, shaft scissors perfect for cutting hair.

Steadying yourself, you pressed the cool metal to the back of your head. Your hand began to close in until-

“What on earth are you doing?” Stede’s voice rang out, eyes wide as he took in the scene “you know you could have hurt yourself with those!”

you dropped the scissors to the ground, stomach dipping as you were caught. embarrassment burned in your eyes as the two captains stared you down.

“here mate,” Ed murmured to the blonde “i’ll get this sorted, just bring me a coconut yeah?”

Without a word stede flounced to the kitchen, leaving you and the dread captain alone in their quarters. ed cleared his throat “how bad is it?”

You looked away, not wanting to meet his eyes.

“i promise it’s nothing to be embarrassed about-” ed continued “you don’t have hair as long as mine without some nasty knots popping up here and there”

Ed moved over to the couch, picking a few choice pillows before throwing them on the ground, creating a seat. “take a seat please doll, i promise it’ll feel better without it tugging on your neck like it is”

Timidly, you walked forward, eyes downwards as you sat before the notorious pirate captain. Despite his callused fingers, ed’s touch was gentle, parting the uneffected hair out of the way.

“i’ve got the coconut for you darling” stede called, the top of the fruit already chopped off.

“what are you going to do with a coconut?” you timidly asked. A furrow in your brow that seemed to mirror stede a little too much making ed laugh.

“It’s not for drinking” ed chuckled, before taking some of the water into his hand and scrunching it into your hair “coconut water helps strengthen and detangle hair. i’ll just let it absorb and then try to lightly comb out the rest.”

Once the coconut was drained, Ed took a fine comb from stede’s personal collection and had begun detangling the mess of hair, starting from the bottom and working his way up.

“How did you learn to do this ed?” you asked as the conversation lulled, gentle fingers carding through your hair.

“i suppose it’s a skill my mother taught me.” ed said absently “she always said that it was important to look your best i guess.”

After a while, ed had finished. your hair was now back to its normal, untangled and glinting under the lantern light.

“how about i braid that up for you?” stede interjected, hands twitching in his lap as he waited to be helpful. “if you keep it braided it’ll protect against getting knotted up again.”

Ed gave a nod “that does help, though it’s your choice kid”

With your nod, stede took ed’s place on the couch. gently taking your hair he wove it together, occasionally stopping to ask if something was hurting which it never was.

At the end, your hair was left in a simple, yet elegant braid, two whispy pieces left to frame your face. “stede this is gorgeous, where did you learn this?” you asked, mouth agape as the gnarled hair was now smoothly tucked into itself.

“wow! ed- stede- thank you, i don’t know what to say!” you exclaimed, wrapping the two men into a hug.

“of course kid” Ed said, pulling you tighter. “We’ll always be here to help.” said the other. And so that braid stayed in until there was another, and another, and eventually your hair braiding became the preferred nighttime ritual of the dread blackbeard and the notorious gentleman pirate.

[fidisart]

"I love you... I love you." "I know... I know that."

Omg they were co-captains 🥹

[naranjapetrificada]

So I know we all have ideas about how they'll portray Ed and Stede's First Time™ but while I don't think we'll see too much, I do actually think (hope? pray?) that we'll see each of them remove at least one (1) item of clothing from the other before it fades to black because The Symbolism of clothing on this show absolutely DEMANDS it.

These two dear, sweet idiots are both desperate, howling pits of self loathing, so the importance of symbolic nudity outweighs that of literal nudity by an almost incalculable margin here. Ed needed someone to tell him he wore fine things well, but they both need someone to show them that they wear nothing even better and that they're good enough for who they are in their very essence and because they're human beings who deserve good things.

I'm also gonna go out on a limb and say that since romance tropes also require it, we'll probably also get the whole illusion of full nudity/tangled up in the bed sheets morning after scene as well (contrasted with Lucius and Pete, who as much as I love them aren't The Show in the same way that DJ has literally said E&S are). And tbh that's the part I'm the MOST excited about, because tropes also tell us it will be the harbinger of casual intimacy afterwards and that's gonna be so healing for them both. Ed's already pretty handsy with people, but casual intimacy is gonna transform both of them in ways they (and we!) never expected and I'm gonna be so normal about it.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

01/22/2024 Daily Recap

Hey all! It's been a long day huh? I wanna apologize ahead of time, whatever sickness my kiddo had last week finally got me so I'm not feeling terribly well. I'm gonna do my best to articulate todays events for ya!

===Renew As A Crew====

So the very first thing I want to touch on today is updates from @renewasacrew. As you may have heard, they were going to be changing leadership as the shift in priorities changed from renewing to saving OFMD. That being said, the leadership change happened over this weekend with some hiccups (I don't know what the hiccups were entirely and I'm not going to speculate, if you wanna delve down that twitter hole you can, but having been in it for today I'd recommend against it for your mental health, and we don't want to be drawing a bunch of media attention to it) there's a lot of confusing information, and as we know things can get conflated fast if we don't have all the pieces to the puzzle-- let's not speculate and wait for the to come out with more info.

So what I'm focusing on today is @renewasacrew's message to please give them some time and practice some patience while they get back up and running. This also includes anyone you happen to know on twitter working with them, for example: @TheCozyPirate. Let's give them some grace, they've been steering us well so far.

The good news is, several folks, on tumblr: @iamadequate1, @quirkysubject, @asgardian--angels, On twitter: @havethisonelife @yougotoofast @Lcmwriter100, we have all we need to keep going for a few days while things get ironed out. (If I forgot someone please let me know, sorry I am half awake tonight)-- see the HOW CAN YOU HELP section below.

One thing I will mention-- we are moving so very fast right now. It's only been 13 days since the announcement that OFMD wasn't renewed, and we've accomplished SO MUCH. So when there's a lull, it's going to feel like things are standing still and maybe something is going wrong. Don't fall into despair, that's just how things go with negotiations. Take a break, take a breath, and just keep on Polite Menacing until we hear more from the leadership team.

===How can you help?===

**Go to visit the DAILY RENEWAL TASK LIST there's lots of ideas and ways you can help! Have more? Shoot me a dm! I'm happy to add stuff!**

*Note: To our international fans, I promise I'm working on a write up for you as well I've just been sick today and have been able to finish!*

Something new today-- a lot of you have expressed your desire to help in the @renewasacrew efforts. Well if you did-- and still want to, now you can volunteer! Many thanks to @redshiftsinger for getting this up so quick!

Please visit their survey: Volunteer Intake form and fill out how you may be able to help!

=== Cast and Crew Sightings ===

As if on cue, Chaos dad reached out to everyone on twitter today to express some encouragement!

He also saw we were at 77K and posted his astonishment!

Some folks have been a bit weary about his vagueness today, but as we know, Daddy Jenkins is the king of vague-- and he has to be! If there are contracts in the works, he can't be hinting at things. Don't lose hope!

===Samson Kayo ===

Our beloved Oluwande updated his IG with some pictures and a message. If you have IG I'm sure he'd appreciate some love!

Next up was our favorite Captain, Rhys Darby, promoting a fellow comic @jamesroguecomedy over on IG!

And our pirate queen Ruibo Qian was making posts about saving ofmd and fanart about Zheng! Featuring folks you probably know around tumblr: @mistysblueboxstuff and @tsutsu_ya over on twitter

=REMINDER: Cross Fandom Watch Party! on 01/23/2024 1 PM PT, 4PM ET=

Looks like there's gonna be some cross fandom watch parties on twitter you're welcome to tune in for Jan 23-26 on twitter. They'll be watching good omens in an effort to try and get engagement up with PrimeVideo. It sounds like it'll be similar to the LubeAsACrew but with Good Omens fans! Thank you to @Dandeebakes on Twitter for getting these organised!

Hashtags to use: #PirateOmens #AdoptOurCrew #SaveOFMD, and helps to @PrimeVideo

===Articles===

New article, but take it with a grain of salt, see @TheCozyPirate's message:

Our Flag Means Death's marketing was concerned about the shock of violence in the show

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Alright lovelies. Here we are again, I told you it'd be quick. Today was very very very busy. Take a break and get some sleep ya? Lean on your crew, we are here to support each other. I'll end with a quote from Tolkien (it being all of us in your crew):

"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."

Tonight picture features Taika and his "I love you eyes" at Rhys. Thats me, I'm Taika, I love you all.

PS: Idk why this isnt showing up in my recaps repository but ill figure it out in the morning.

[improbabledreamgirl]

[aha-my-villainous-thoughts]

I almost forgot to post this couple's photo of the boys from the Revenge charity FunRunSunday Halloween event. Possibly one of the dumbest things I've ever drawn but they're so cute and goofy!

Happy Halloween sluts!!!

[supermanddntdieforthis]

Have some step dad Ed for your Wednesday woes

[papersniffer]

It was Calypso's birthday, and the fireworks were booming away in the night sky. They were so bright and loud that even under the ocean, they caught the attention of the mermaid Ariel. Her father, King Stede, thought she was home working on homework, but she had snuck out of her room to treasure hunt.

When she surfaced and saw the massive pirate ship, Ariel was intrigued and went to investigate. What she saw onboard was a whole bunch of joyous people loving life and each other.

She was watching them dance when her friend, Buttons the Seagull, came to say hello. She tried to make him go away so he wouldn't alert the pirates of her presence, but he didn't listen…like usual. As they watched the party continue, a very handsome bearded man started to sing.

Now, even the mermaids knew about Blackbeard, so as the lovely song filled the sea air, Ariel recognized him leaning against the railing. Seconds later, she watched as he went to move but slipped and tumbled backward into the ocean.

Ariel went to rescue him but found her dad had gotten there first. Guess he had figured out that she wasn't at home doing her schoolwork and had come to find her. Hmm…her dad and Blackbeard were staring at each other rather oddly.

Oh! OHHH!

And then Ariel watched as her dad transformed into a human and went with the pirate onto the ship. Blackbeard found some clothes for Stede, and Ariel smiled as the besotted man introduced her dad to the crew.

Her attention turned upward then as a new set of fireworks started. It wasn't until the last sizzle of color faded from the night sky that she noticed her dad and Blackbeard were not on deck. Wanting to be sure the dreaded pirate didn't hurt her dad, Ariel swam around and looked in all the windows for them.

OHHHH F#ck!!! She shouldn't have looked in that window! As happy as she was for her dad, that was definitely not the image she wanted to have burned into her brain!

[ismellpestilence]

OFMD episode where Stede and Ed have been trying to fuck nasty for a while but someone is always barging in with a question or a problem that needs solved, so Ed grabs Olu, hands him a shitton of money and tells him to take everyone into town in a way reminiscent of the mall trip from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

[steddie-my-love]

Please Stay

Dads!Gentlebeard x Daughter!Reader

When you and Stede finally catch up to the revenge you prepare to see Ed again, but aren’t quite prepared for what you find.

CW: a whole lot of angst, mention of abandonment, depiction of mental health and suicidal tendencies, season 2 spoilers

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You pace outside the cargo hold, the familiar sounds of the revenge a welcome relief to the last three months working as a barmaid at spanish jackie’s.

On the other side of the door stede sat with ed’s still body. You had wanted to go in but stede insisted you go and help roach take stock of the rations. It was a flimsy excuse but you knew what he meant: let me have a moment with him before i tell you he’s gone.

So here you stand, listening with rapt attention behind the cherry wood door, waiting to see if Edward Teach was dead.

the part of you still left on that island curled in your gut; anger and fear and disappointment set to a low simmer. Stede had told you everything. The kiss, the plans, the betrayal. You knew what ed must have been feeling, pushed into the deep end and casting off everything that reminded him of stede; you included.

you don’t want to understand but you do. you want to be angry. you want to hate him, but you can’t.

A sudden commotion sounded beyond the door, Stede’s excited voice rising higher and higher in what sounded to be celebration. Celebration until a shocked cry of pain.

“Stede?” you called, pushing into the small room. The blonde covered his eye, a baffled look crossing his face.

“he head butted me!” stede cried “ed just head butted me!”

“can you blame him?” you laughed, inching into the room as stede raised his hand to draw you to his side. In the last months you and stede had talked about what the both of you wanted this reunion to look like, and in all of them you belonged at his side.

Stede gave your hand a tight squeeze as you stood beside him, looking down at ed as he lay rigid on the crates below.

“ed-“ you began, voice cracking. all the things you had wanted to say seemed to dry up on your tongue as you looked down on the man, his once healthy frame pulled thin and skin paler than you had seen him before. “christ ed what have you done to yourself?” you mumbled.

He looked nothing like he used to, the light that used to shine from him reduced to a pale glimmer. Those once sharp eyes able to plan a fuckery from a mile away almost seemed dull and a crease between his eyebrows erased and smile lines that had been there before.

You sat down beside him, your hand hesitating to take his until he was ready. With a small signal from the man you laid your hand on his right hand, the left still firmly grasped by stede.

“hey kid-“ Ed said weakly, his voice all but gone. a ghost of a smile stretched across his face

“ed-“ you began, struggling to find the words “I know that you have been through hell but please, please don’t destroy yourself. We need you in our lives. If-“

You faltered, voice catching in your throat as you tried to get the words out. Stede’s now callused hand clasped your shoulder.

“Promise me that you’ll come to us if it gets this bad. Talk to us or so help me i will walk into hell and pull you out myself” you said.

Ed let out a sort of wheezing laugh, his lungs not yet recovered fully. “i promise kid.” he said with a small squeeze of his hand that you returned.

“Okay now-“ Stede began, shaking you out from the moment. “we have a lot to talk about tomorrow but in the meantime ed should get some rest. come on yn.” the captain said, but as you began to collect yourself you noticed that ed’s grip had not yet been relinquished, his gaze not yet leaving your face.

“stay, will you?” he muttered, his voice barely above a whisper. you gave a short nod and before you could say a word stede had excused himself to find the two of you some extra blankets.

“kid i’m-“ Ed began, not quite able to look you in the face.

“we’ll be able to get into all of that.” you said, brushing a piece of hair out of his face “what’s important is that you rest. That we both rest really, stede frees us from the pirate queen today!”

The pirate’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion, so to began the tale- about indigo trunks and good soup and zip lining above the pacific ocean.

Ed listened with rapt interest, but by the time he returned with blankets for you and ed, the man was fast asleep and you were soon to follow.

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Suicide is a serious issue! Please text or call the Suicide Hotline at 988, reach out to a friend or send me a message (my inbox is a completely safe space)

[thirdeyesherry2]

just waiting for fics with them fucking while ed is wearing that bell

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

(something happened onboard the ship but none of the crew will admit to doing wrong) Stede:...So, no one wants to admit that they did this? I'm giving you guys one more chance to confess, and then I'm...grounding everyone! Including Blackbeard and Izzy! Ed: Stede! Izzy: No, it's fine with me. I don't have any plans...

[purrvaire]

no guys mmmmmmmmm i think that watching STEDE THROWING FUCKING LOVE LETTERS IN A BOTTLE TO ED WHAT THE FUCK YOU ROMANTIC SAPPY BASTARD may have just broke my mind for good i wish upon you peace I'll stay unhinged in a corner

[antiqua-lugar]

anyway next season better have an episode where doug books a room at ed and stede's inn as "a surprise for the family to hang together" (family includes ed and he is confirmed so two mins into the episode so he is spending the whole episode not worrying about that but getting stede stories out of mary who is trying to get stede's stories out of ed)

[riotphoenyx]

Actually as a little treat (for myself), here:

Blackbeard is villaincoser

[almondmllkhotel]

rewatching ofmd, and everyone is such a hater in the first couple of episodes