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naranjapetrificada · 1 year ago

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So my literal first post on here was prompted by how emotionally overwhelmed I got after reading a couple of fics with the "Growing Old Together" tag. I regret to inform you that I now also have to avoid the "Domestic Fluff" tag for the most part because anything that implies Ed and Stede settling down outside of the time-space bubble that surrounds the Revenge is also too goddamn poignant for me.

I'm so normal about this show.

#it seems to happen even if the story doesn't delve into aging or mortality #I guess Big Changes = inevitably reflecting on those topics though #also I get sad about them no longer being all together on the Revenge #like this is what they wanted!#I should be happy for them!#if they're not buried under existential dread then why should I be?#that said the very first one I read was DEVASTATING #I can't remember the title and I won't go near Growing Old Together Again #but they settled in Brazil #and the Revenge came by every couple years #and they were so happy for several paragraphs #and then came the line “They got 13 years together.”#and Ed was so devastated that he had to leave their home #he moved in with Lucius and coped but I sure didn't #and then he got dementia #but Stede's spirit was there to welcome him when he died #and anyway I haven't been the same since #ofmd #our flag means death #I just want my gay pirate dads to live forever #and yes #I have brought the show up in therapy #because I'm so normal about it

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