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[septicwriters]

It's like perusing through your fine wine collection.

[arun-armand-amadeo]

Thinking about the kiss again as always and I want to point out how important the costuming is here, or rather, the lack there of. 

Stede and Ed have quite literally been stripped back to the barest versions of themselves. Stede doesn’t have the clutch of his rather expensive clothes and fine silks. He is no longer ‘The Gentleman Pirate’, a persona of himself that he wants to be. Ed’s transformation is even more obvious. Yes, he’s no longer in his iconic black leathers, but more importantly is that his beard is gone. You can’t exactly be Blackbeard without the beard now, can you? 

The decision to strip them right back meant we got to watch a kiss between Stede and Ed instead of The Gentleman Pirate and Blackbeard. It made the whole thing feel more real and important. That these are two people who see each other underneath the disguises and love what it is that they see. 

I just really loved this choice and don’t think the kiss would have been as impactful if they were dressed how we typically saw them before this point. 

[cuddlytogas]

[fic] The Great Suit Loot of 1718 (Our Flag Means Death)

The time has come, and the Auxiliary Wardrobe Zine @stedebonnetzine has come to an end! Naturally, I went over the very word limit I helped to set, so AO3 gets an extra section/extended edition.

Ed/Stede, with background Archie/Jim/Olu and Lucius/Pete; rated T, no warnings; 5054 words.

After giving up the "cursed" red suit, Stede longs for something equally fancy to replace it with. As it turns out, there are plenty of relevant skills and supplies on the Revenge, and what they don't have, well - they are pirates, after all... A little excursion into 18th-century fashion and the power of handicrafts, against the background of Stede and Ed's healing relationship. Set in a pocket universe post-2x05 where there's, like, at least six weeks between that and episode 6.

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Hugest of kudos to the wonderful @tsunderejon for coming up with and running the zine! The full thing is available for free on her Ko-fi now (SFW and NSFW editions), which you should absolutely check out for all the other fabulous works! And if you'd like to donate to Care for Gaza anyway, I encourage you to do so.

[thedarkcaustic]

Nameless Fear

I’ll be unforgivable in your wake -  The monster at the end of the book. The nameless thing that everyone fears. Speak the devil and I appear. 

I’ll be cruel and merciless -  Dousing all my meals in blood still warm,  straight from the artery, straight from the heart. 

I’ll live in smoke and shadow  and easily disappear into  night and fog and rolling mist  leaving no sound or footprint behind.  You’ll only know I was here  by the limp bodies curled on the floor, by the weeping and wailing and the gnashing of teeth. 

I will live on the edges of reality -  Enough true stories to strike fear, enough unconfirmed details to cast doubt.  My legend will be whispered in the public houses, over campfires and anytime a ship loses sight of land.  Sailors will guard up their hearts and their vessels  to keep me at bay. 

I’ll lay in the spaces between days -  the hazy twilights, the slow dawns, the fog dunked sea and the lingering crisp of autumn air.  You’ll never trace my steps, never find me back at home.  You are the reason for all this suffering -  the beast gave you its heart  and you gave it back. 

When they see the mast and that black scrap -  They’ll know the end is here.  No turning back. I’ll be the creature of myth drowning ships down in the deep. All hands on deck. No survivors to speak.

I’ll take my pound of flesh from everyone’s back- and they’ll know your name like they know my name. They’ll know better than to speak it out loud.  You’ll be like Lilith, like Eve, like Pandora -  unleashed all this misery  with no way to put it back.

[izzyferal]

Two more chapters have been added to Creep, my parasocial stalker AU!

Please remember to mind the tags!

[awhimproned]

new niche just dropped

edit: there’s a pattern of something something wanting to protect their partners from what they know to be horrible

[nicostiel]

#The nod of consent is so important to me 😭

[gutz-spilled]

I figured since cartin got me kinda popular all of a sudden and I got a lot of new followers I might post some old art that I like

ALWAYS CREDIT ME IF YOU WANNA REPOST! or just don't repost, that'd be perfect actually

[samuelroukin]

"Hiya, boys"

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022— ) Episode 2.07

[arun-armand-amadeo]

My OFMD Fic Masterlist (All Complete!)

Here are all of my OFMD fics in one place in anyone wanted something to read! All of your support for my writing has been so wonderful, so thank you all again <3

One Night In Nassau - Rated E (19,927 words) Drunken shenanigans between Stede and Ed in Nassau bring hidden emotions to the surface.

Hold Me (Like A Grudge) - Rated T (5,056 words) Set after Season 1. Stede returns to The Revenge and tries to coax Ed out of the krakens grasp.

Treasure - Rated T (2,407 words) Five times that Ed calls Stede 'Treasure' and the one time they actually talk about it.

Cold Nights Warm Hands - Rated E (7,224 words) The Revenge is sailing through cold waters and Ed notices that Stede is struggling on his own while the rest of the crew huddle together for warmth below deck.

Loose Lips Sink Ships - Rated E (33,192 words) AU - The Navy are in Barbados looking for Blackbeard whist Stede, who has always dreamed of becoming of pirate himself, goes in search of this pirate captain for himself. However the only person he finds is a lovely and kind man by the name of Edward Teach...

Deadly Propositions - Rated E (102,203 words) AU - How Stede Bonnet goes from Blackbeards personal fuck toy to something much more...

Body & Soul - Rated E (36,973 words) Kraken AU - Stede accidentally summons The Kraken in a misguided attempt to prove to his superstitious crew that monsters don't actually exist.

Champagne Bubbles - Rated E (8,605 words) Ed and Stede rob a merchant vessel with an entire wine cellars worth of alcohol. Champagne bath, anyone?

[vinnie-cha]

stede and aziraphale having a good time while ed and crowley are fighting for their lives 😔

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[edscuntyeyeshadow]

the way some people reacted to David Jenkins and Neil Gaiman saying their shows would only have 3 seasons is so funny because I saw so many feeling devastated while I am so relieved and relaxed about it. don’t get me wrong I love getting more content with the characters I love but… normalize cohesive storytelling. normalize ENDINGS. do you REALLY want another s*pernatural????

[saltpepperbeard]

going fucking bonkers going bananas going INSANE [x]

[loumandivorce]

is anyone else seeing this

[ao3topshipsbracket]

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[shiplessoceans]

Um...yep. Chauncey knows. He's RIGHT THERE WHEN ED DOES THE BOOT TOUCH LOOKING DOWN AT THEM.

Rewatching Episode 9 "Act of Grace" (because life is hard and I deserve joy on occasion) and noticed something.

Chauncey has clocked Blackbeard and Stede. He's aware they share a relationship or the least, a deep connection.

We know because he uses it against Stede to force his confession.

"Blackbeard confessed to the crime moments ago."

"He did? (Insert Ed confessing)....But that's not true..."

"Why would he lie?"

And that's the question isn't it?

Stede and Ed shared a little moment on deck with the boot touch, maybe Chauncey noticed, maybe he heard them reassure each other or noticed their inability to take their eyes off each other before Blackbeard was hauled down to the cells and Stede was taken off for questioning.

Stede is told Ed confessed to spare him. But he won't let Ed take the fall and Chauncey is counting on that fact. Why else would he still be questioning Stede if he already had the culprit?

After the Act of Grace I remember thinking it was strange that Chauncey says:

"WHY?! Why do you all show such loyalty to this....nothing?!"

He addresses the question to Stede's crew, not to the most feared pirate on the sea. I was actually expecting him to ask Blackbeard "Why? Why would you give up your life to save him?"

But he never asks and on top of that, doesn't seem shocked when Ed yells "ACT OF GRACE!". He mostly seems pissed off that Ed exercised that loophole.

Chauncey suspects. He knows something is going on between them.

Which makes his accusation that Stede brought history's greatest pirate to ruin all the more devastating.