#izzy amnesia fic

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

It's amazing sometimes how a character can haunt the narrative while still being completely alive

*cough* Blackbeard *cough*

[saintvainglorious]

10 Best Black Sails Fics I Read in 2023

In honor of Black Sails' 10th anniversary, here's a list of my top 10 favorite Black Sails fics I read in 2023, in order from shortest to longest. Most Black Sails fic rec posts I've seen are now around 2 or 3 years old (though not all, bless @jaynovz and your #jay's esoteric rec lists tag) so nearly half of the recs in this list spotlight newer fics. It's amazing to see fantastic fics still being written and updated years after the show ended - y'all are keeping this fandom alive!

I didn't read that much Black Sails fic this year, comparatively speaking, so I'm sure there's plenty of newer gems that I missed. All the fics in this rec list are Silverflint unless otherwise stated.

1 - Gone To Port Royal by Apetslife (G, 3k) - a delightful oneshot from Gates' POV where they all go to a pirate afterlife. every scene is perfect. endlessly re-readable and never fails to make me smile.

Definition of Valhalla 1: the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in battle are received 2 : a place of honor, glory, or happiness: heaven

2 - i’ll be seeing you by youatemytailor/@annevbonny (NR, 19k) - this is THEE post-canon Silverflint reunion fic. the anguish, the rage, the quiet jokes, the tenderness, it's all devastatingly in-character. particularly the chapter 5 climactic unspooling leaves me in awe upon every reread.

Silver is out of his chair and across the room before he knows it. He has a grip on the barkeep’s shirt before he knows it, and he’s pulling him up, hauling him eye-level, only to head-butt him to the ground again. The barkeep’s mouth is thrown open in a wail, but there’s no sound, Silver thinks, no sound at all, save for the blood rushing in his ears as he looks at the other man on the ground, watches him roll to his side with a groan. Flint, Silver thinks, and nothing else. It beats around the knife in his gut like a drum. Flint. And then Flint is looking at him.

3 - The Dark Lord Proprietor by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (M, 19k, Silverflintham) - a fuckin hysterical supervillain AU. Thomas has amnesia, Flint is pining, Silver tries to get them back together. what could go wrong? could not stop cackling.

A year ago, James Flint was in a stable relationship and was within spitting distance of taking over London. Now he’s single, with a dubiously loyal henchman, a lairmate determined to learn his every weakness, and a Secret Past with the new supervillain on the scene. And thanks to a new government program, it’s all a race to the bottom.

4 - the cross dimensional nassau bar of getting izzy hands laid by FortinbrasFTW/@fortinbrasftw (E, 19k ~WIP~, Flint/OFMD Izzy Hands) - a Black Sails OFMD Flint/Izzy Hands crossover. the very best kind of smut-as-character study. funny, gripping, and endlessly re-readable.

The first thing Izzy realizes is he looks absolutely fucking furious — which yeah, alright, fair enough. He’s got shorter ginger hair. A beard like Izzy’s but kept neater. Earrings like Izzy’s but worn simpler. Bleeding like Izzy but, well, maybe a bit less. And he’s handsome. Izzy realizes it suddenly and slowly somehow all at once. Bit like a bloody painting even. The kind you saw up on walls in rich folk’s houses. Only, well, no painting had eyes like that, did it? You’d have to be mad to keep a painting with eyes like that in your home. They were bright and clear and looked — honest-to-fucking-Christ — ready to set the whole damned world on fire. Izzy's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad night takes an interesting turn thanks to a completely different sort of pirate captain.

5 - frail and fragile bars by Ajaxthegreat/@francisthegreat (E, 21k) - Silver realizes, post-shark date, that he's in love with Flint. an instant, iconic fave fic. SO many delicious scenes and quotes that live rent free in my head. just read it, you won't regret it.

“I think you fuck,” Silver says. By which he means, with great intent: I think you are human. I know you are human. I see you.

6 - the whole estate of mortal man by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (T, 43k) - Creature Silver AU where he'll grant wishes in exchange for souls. first read this fic in 2020 and cried. reread it this year and cried again. the nature of the AU intersects so cleverly with Black Sails' themes, and the end result is devastating.

Silver has a limited memory, an unlimited lifespan, and a need for human souls. He spends months trying to buy Flint’s.

7 - our feast is but beginning by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre (E, 55k) - Flint teaches season 1 Silver how to cook. they're definitely not dating. no, really. this writer writes dialogue so in-character that it cuts like a knife. features sensual cooking, Flint being a queer mentor for Silver, fun genderfuckery, and Them Being Real Tender.

Flint should walk away. Silver can figure out how to feed the men, it isn’t his problem. But roasting a pig is so easy, and when was the last time he had a hand in creating something rather than destroying it? Anyway, what else is he doing, with Billy taking the crew in hand with such annoying competency? He absolutely does not think about why he is reluctant for this interaction with Silver to end. “Go get another pig,” he says before he can reconsider. “Do exactly as I say.”

8 - With Strange Aeons by Amiril/@runawaymarbles (M, 60k, Silverflint + Flinthamilton + Jackanne) - Came for the Silverflint, stayed for the Silverflint but also for holy fuck Jack and Anne are sent to Savannah and break out of there with Thomas to battle literal Cthulhu. How can you NOT read this. I don't typically read Flinthamilton, but by god Thomas is amazing in this.

After the disappearance and presumed death of Captain Flint and Long John Silver, Max smuggles Jack and Anne to Oglethorpe’s plantation. Thomas learns that not only do the three of them have a friend in common, but he is not the only one whose dreams are haunted by a strange city and a terrifying name. Meanwhile, Flint and Silver try to escape an island trapped in time, impossibly built and impossibly old. Along the way they’re forced question reality, each other, and themselves. And in his house in R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

9 - The Salt and the Sea by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre (E, 60k) - a between season 2 and 3 recovery fic. i still remembered months after reading that chapter 4 in particular left me undone. a harrowing journey into the ruins of post-leg loss Silver's mind, plus exquisite hurt/comfort.

John Silver was always able to make the best of a situation. If this particular situation had started to feel complicated, well, a vast fortune ought to prove clarifying. Whatever he might have imagined he’d seen in Flint, the reality was they had used each other. And he had been set to walk away on top. Except now he couldn’t. Now he was trapped.

10 - the straight walk home by vowelinthug/@vowel-in-thug (E, 73k, Silverflint + Jackanne + Maxanne + Billy/Vane) - A western AU and one of the best long fics in the fandom. Excellent comedy, amazing AU twists on our favorite characters, found family vibes, nail-biting action, and a fucking fantastic climax. Also, I can't believe this fic got me invested in Billy/Vane.

Let me tell you a story, about a vaquero named Vasquez...

[naranjapetrificada]

Fanfic Friday!

Looks like the recent push to do OFMD-centric fic rec roundups was just the push I needed to start doing #fanfic friday again, which is exciting because I've still been reading as much as ever. Here's some of what I've read recently and highly recommend:

Send Out the Morning Birds by foxtails, which is a post-apocalyptic AU set just as it looks like the world might recover from everything that happened. The idea of that is existentially untenable to Ed, who knows how to survive but not quite how to live, and he's making plans for an ending until strangers arrive at his settlement. Chapter 3/4 just went up, and I can't wait to see what the happy ending looks like!

Incredibly, it seems we're being given the gift of The Stars and the Sea, a sequel to the extraordinary If You Were Mine to Keep by Pamplemousse. The latter was, unsurprisingly, one of the foundational inspirations for my current WIP, but before I was even getting into the arranged marriage trope it was just an incredible read that stuck with me long, long after the first time I read it. You cannot go wrong with Pamplemousse, although if you wanted to wait until more than 3 of the 16 chapters are written I don't think anyone would blame you.

Not sure how this ended up in my open tabs, but I really appreciated My Silver Spring by @rabbitwithbutterflywings, which is a canon era time loop AU where the loop is 5 years. If you're not into ambiguous endings I'd skip it but since I make a point of interpreting all gentlebeard endings as happy I've chosen to read the one that way too.

May I also suggest the canon-divergent amnesia reunion fic Forgive & Forget by Fool_for_love? Kind of what it says on the tin, which doesn't sound like an endorsement but I promise it is? It's just very easy to describe succinctly.

And last but definitely not least, Nothing Can Touch It by @asneakyfox, in which a post-canon Stede finally learns some more details about Izzy's treatment of Ed, and understandably wrestles with how to handle that knowledge. Because sometimes you can't work everything out through meta and you have to turn to fic to fully process.

[ellaenchanting]

Hypnovember 2023 Master Post.

This year was my 5th Hypnovember! To be honest, it felt particularly hard-fought since I had a lot of life stuff happening in the background this month. (Nothing traumatic, don't worry.) Still, I managed to write about 10,803 words, record almost 50 minutes of audio, and pay tribute to a lovely friend. I'm likely not doing daily prompts next year but I'm glad I ran this marathon one more time. 5 years is a respectable amount of time to do anything so- I'm proud of myself.

Everything I wrote/created is below! Use these icons to find what looks interesting to you:

Icons- 📰- story 🔊- audio ✅-recommendation list ⭐-Ella's favorites 😍- romantic 🌈- queer 😴- regular ole’ hypnosis 🛀- brainwashing and/or hypnotist in a tub 👻- spooky ❓- bad or reeeally questionable consent  👨‍🔬 -science! 🤪 -crackfic #-#sceneideas 😭-feeeels  🦄 -mythological creatures   🔥 -explicitly sexy  🔁 switchy switches 😵‍ -intelligence play  🫥-amnesia 🏴‍☠️- Our Flag Means Death fanfic ☕- comfort 🤏-tiny fic 💌-poem 🚫- denial or teasing 🪞-autobiographical or contains autobiographical elements 🧲 old timey mesmerism

Day 1: Dazed 🔊⭐😴

File description: One Take Wonder induction designed to remind you that going into trance isn't difficult at all.

It's OK.

Just drift.

Day 2: Brain Drain M/m(/m) 📰 😴 🌈😍 🔁🏴‍☠️☕

Choice quote: "Izzy grinned too, feeling oddly proud to be trusted with this quiet moment. He and Ed had never been conventional. Maybe it was OK that Ed and Stede weren't either."

Day 3: Coils (Author/you) 📰 😴 🤏☕

Choice quote: "When I say 'my words coil around you', it IMPLIES control but what it really gives is permission. "

Day 4: Denial 🔊😴🔥🚫

File description: "Denial. That's it. That's all the description you get."

Fun fact: Unless you want spoilers- then head over here

Day 5: Maid (The author/you) 📰 🤏🛀

Choice Quote: "What if you could clean your home and clean your mind at the same time? "

Day 6: Soul Contract (Being/supplicant) 📰 🤏🦄🤪

Choice quote: "So- you say you'll give me your free will?"

Fun fact: This is secretly Good Omens fanfic about Aziraphale (with the serial numbers filed off).

Day 7: Repetition is Hypnotic 🔊👨‍🔬

File description: "Repetition is Hypnotic- what it says on the tin"

Day 8: Addicted (M/f) 📰 ⭐❓😭🛀🪞

Choice quote: "It felt like being owned. It felt like love. Then just as surely as the flood started- it stopped."

Fun fact: This was NOT a fun story to write, partially because it dug up some of my and my friends' worst experiences. I'm glad it's been helpful for some people who have been in some really bad situations, though- I'm hope I did you all justice. You (and we all) deserve so much more than this.

Day 9: Erased (?/f) 💌🛀

Choice quote: "That had all been/Erased"

Day 10: Confidence (F/f) 📰😴🌈🫥❓😍🤪🧲

Choice quote: "'No,' interrupted the young mesmerist. 'I mean- I know this is quite unusual but- I find myself quite fond of you, Harriet.'

Day 11: Attitude Adjustment/IQ Reduced (M/f) 📰⭐😴😍😵‍#🔥

Choice quote: "'That's good, honey,' he encouraged. 'You don't need to think right now. I've got all your bigger thoughts for safekeeping.'"

Day 12: Hyperfocus (The author/you) 📰😴🤏👨‍🔬

Choice quote: "I know you can focus, but can you HYPERfocus?"

Day 13: Smile (Being/f) 📰🤏👻🦄

Choice quote: "It made her smile."

Day 14: Impossibly Deep (Person/person) 📰🤏❓🛀🫥#

Choice quote: "'Not possible to be this deep, isn't that right?'

'Mmmm not possible. Too deep.'"

Day 15: Shatter 🔊👨‍🔬🛀

File description: Just a quick loopable file with a nice "shatter" mantra

Day 16: Sex Obsessed ✅🌈

Fun fact: Recommendation list of my favorite content from my friend @sex-obsessed-lesbian

Day 17: Corrupted (M/f) 📰⭐🤏❓🔥#

Choice quote: "'I can give you what you want," he said, silkily. "All the submission. All the pleasure. Everything you've been dreaming of...All you need to give me in return,' he continued, 'is your 'no'".

Day 18: Pet 🔊☕😴

File description: I'm a bit sick so- did some nice self hypnosis around the idea of being pet.

Day 19: Elevator (F/f) 📰😴🔁#

Choice quote: "Have you ever ridden the Tower of Terror at Disney World?" Ivy asked.

Day 20: Transformation 🪞⭐

Choice quote: "She didn't know that something could be both campy playacting and extremely real at the same time-the feelings, the bonding, the lingering effects-all of it."

Day 21: Forget 🔊🤪🫥👨‍🔬

File description: "Similar to the style of Samsung's website that helps you forget TV series you've watched, this file is designed to help you forget all of my Hypnovember content for this year- so you can experience it again for the first time!"

Day 22: Hypnotic Hands (F/f) 📰😴#🌈

Choice quote: "But mistress could make anything hypnotic. And today she had made HER hands hypnotic too."

Day 23: ...And Back Down 💌😴😭

Choice quote: "...And back down"

Day 24: Ready to Play (F/m) 📰😴#🪞🛀🚫

Choice quote: "The slight curve of her lip indicated she had something in mind but- had it started?"

Day 25: At Peace (Being/f) 📰🤏👻🦄

Choice quote: "It was useless to fight against it- although in the beginning she had tried."

Day 26: Shadows (F/f) 📰🌈🚫🛀

Choice quote: "Those shadows of her former self were still there- they helped make her who she was now. Who she was now, though, was happy."

Day 27: Shiny (F/m)📰🤏#😴🛀

Choice quote: "The leather boots weren't 'shiny, shiny' like in the song, but it didn't matter. "

Day 28: Workout (F/f) 📰⭐🛀🚫🔥🌈#

Choice quote: "'I'm going to challenge you a bit today, ok?' she says. 'Are you ready for that?'"

Day 29: Wholesome (The author/you) 📰⭐😂😴☕🪞

Choice quote: "It means something to us, and thus it has meaning"

Day 30: You Win (F/nb)📰😂😍😴☕

Choice quote: "'Hmph,' they responded, grumpily. 'I know what you're doing.'"

I'm entirely a hobbyist content creator and work primarily for feedback and belly rubs. :) (I do take tips on Ko-fi though if you're feeling generous!) If you liked anything I made this month, I'd be really really delighted to hear about it. Hell, I'm delighted to hear constructive criticism as well- anything to know this isn't all going to into a void somewhere. Reblogs are also very much appreciated.

That being said- here are a few people in particular I want to thank for your encouragement, your inspiration, your cheerleading, or just generally for helping get me through the month- @thekinkycocktailclub @mentat101posts @jam-and-stuff @linnybeenaughty @sex-obsessed-lesbian @theleeallure @tennfan2 @spiralturquoise @daja-the-hypnokitten @misscammiedawn @royb8772 @hypno-potion @hypno-sandwich @wellgnawed @redriotwest @egur19 @mozart32 @mys-oleander @sleepwithgiggli @telephonetrance @dommestic @subbypuppy (I know I'm leaving a bunch of people off so- I apologize if I am and know I still appreciate you a lot.)

Extra special shoutout to @emptyofbrains2 who has not only given me lots of great feedback but has also written a lot of her own great stuff this past month. Check out her Tumblr if you haven't already!

Stay tuned to this space for- whatever it is the future holds. :) I'm excited- I hope you are too.

Thanks y'all :)

[kinderartifact4]

A list of my Total Drama AUs because I love them all wholeheartedly, feel free to ask questions about any of them.

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Animal Mutant AU 🐾🧬

+this AU was just an excuse to make Noah an owl person

+canon divergence happens shortly after Action/before World Tour

+The mutations are a worldwide phenomenon, it’s happening to everyone and no one knows why

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A Bloodsucker and A Mutt🩸🐺

+Alenoco AU

+Show goes on as normal for the most part

+Noah’s a vampire

+Alejandro’s a werewolf

+Cody’s just there

+made this AU for fun

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Magic AU ✨

+Magical creatures living amongst humans type thing, but it’s my takes on them

+Like we got merfolk, satyrs, angels, demons, elves, harpies, that kinda thing

+It’s like an assimilated society thing, they’re mostly at peace with each other with some mild species specific discrimination mostly courtesy of humans

+mild feels like an understatement

+everything’s got so much lore

+and of course, we got ✨magic✨

+there is a war that happens later on in the AU, so there’s that too

Posts

Assigned Species: Gen 1 Cast, Hosts, Emma & Kitty

Assigned Species: Gen 2 Cast

Assigned Species: Gen 3 Cast

Assigned Species: RR Cast pt.1

Assigned Species: RR Cast pt.2

Assigned Species: Reboot Cast

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Monster Apocalypse AU 🏚

+It’s an apocalypse, but not with zombies, these things are smarter than zombies

+People do die, so warning for that I guess

+Almost nobody is having a good time

Posts:

Duncan’s Group

Emma & Kitty’s Groups

Shawn’s Group

Cody’s Groups

Tyler’s Groups

Gwen’s Group

Fic Snippets

Mike’s Old Group

RR Beginning Groups pt.1

RR Beginning Groups pt.2

Sky & Scarlett’s Groups

Reboot Groups

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Drider! Duncan Dunoah AU🕷

+Sort of a high school AU? Most of them go the same school since a lot are kept human for this)

+Just a clingy drider with abandonment issues and his human bf who doesn’t actually understand how he got here

+definitely more of a self indulgent AU

+I don’t remember why I made this AU but now I can’t get rid of it

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Godly Patron(?) AU ✨🙏✨

+Some of the cast each has a god that has taken a liking to them

+they’re my take on gods because I like having full creativity, so none of the ones people usually know about are here(like greek or norse gods)

+Alejandro is not having a good time

+Noah has the oldest god

+Alejandro’s got a lot more lore than he was originally going to have

+Made this AU because I wanted Cody to have a proper parental figure, then it kinda turned into this along the way

+Aleheather got that “Doomed Love Trope” vibe going on

Posts

Assigned Gods pt.1

Assigned Gods pt.2

Fic Snippet

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Wings of Fire AU 🐉

+My favorite book series combined with one of my favorite shows

Posts

Assigned Tribes: Gen 1

Alejandro’s Design | José and Carlos’ Designs

Trent’s Design | Bridgette’s Design

Heather’s Design | Cody’s Design

Tyler’s Design | Justin’s Design

Geoff’s Design | Lightning’s Design

Zoey’s Design | Noah’s Design

Owen’s Design | Fic Snippets

Harold’s Design | Gwen’s Design

DJ’s Design | Izzy’s Design

Cameron’s Design | Lindsay’s Design

Katie & Sadie’s Designs | Duncan’s Design

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Trollhunter Cody AU🧌🗡

+I just thought it’d be fun

+Cody would be the type of guy to say “crispy” wouldn’t he

Posts

The only post I have

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Project Cythraul AU💉

+The whole concept is old, like 2019 old, but it has since then been revamped

+The entire WT cast goes missing like halfway through Egypt, with almost no trace other than what’s on the plane and something left in the sand

+They stay missing for 2 or 3 years before one of them finally shows up again with amnesia

+Main premise of the AU is a secret facility that specializes in DNA manipulation

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Hidden Magic AU 😶‍🌫️✨

+AU is otherwise known as “A group of immortals build a camp in a magic pocket dimensional forest for some reason and end up with a bunch of kids”

+there are other residents but the amount of children that show up there is concerning

+humans are quite irrelevant here, we don’t see them much

+the lore for most of the characters is a bit dark, but hey

Posts

Reassigned Species

About the Burromuertos

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Nivi AU 👽

+This AU was an excuse to give Cody a best friend, and that friend is my OC Nivi!

+Nothing really changes, even though she’s in World Tour

+This AU has since evolved into “Alejandro and his gaggle of idiots™”, ie. Alejandro, Nivi, Cody, Duncan, and Lexi(OC/Nivi’s girlfriend) all share an apartment. It’s an interesting concept.

+I think of this AU often

+During Island and Action, people don’t really think Nivi exists because “Cody couldn’t possibly have actual friends outside the show!”

+This makes Nivi feel like some kind of cryptid and she loves it.

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“What If?” Mutant AU ☣️

+A small AU I came up with, sort of a “What if?” AU. The what if being “What if other people came into contact with toxic waste?”

+The people who are mutated are the same as canon (Dakota, that one intern, Ezekiel had some toxic waste exposure, it’s just more obvious here).

+Additional mutant individuals include Noah, Duncan, Alejandro, and maybe a couple others but I’m not sure.

+The mutant individuals can’t go back to their families, they don’t want them to see them like this anyways, so Chris keeps them on Pahkitew Island (in the facility for the duration of that season).

+Alejandro is lost at sea for a bit before they finally catch him and put him with the others

[khruschevshoe]

Izzy Hands and Ed Teach

You have always been there in my mind

But now I understand you

And I will not be part of your designs

I know who you are now

And I name you my enemy

I know who I am now

I know who I want to be

I want to be more than

This devil inside of me

-The Oh Hellos, Dear Wormwood

Izzy knows that if he cannot kill his god, his god will not want him around. Izzy takes the gun, wraps weak fingers around it, and tries to do his god proud.

But it does not work. The gun goes off, sending pain ricocheting through Izzy's skull, and his head does fall back on the pillow behind him. His god gives a soft sigh, says that he loved Izzy, best he knew how, and exits from Izzy's prison, this ninth circle of hell.

Blackbeard leaves. Izzy Hands remains, pain pounding excruciating through his forehead. He has lost his leg. He came seconds, a mere hairsbreadth difference in the placement of the gun barrel, from losing his life.

It is in this moment, as he tries to breathe through the pain, the weight of his god's condemnation, that Izzy finally understands that if a god demands that a man die but that man wishes to cling to life, he must learn how to outlive his god.

If Blackbeard condemned him to the ninth circle, then it is time for Izzy to earn his sentence.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, bury me as it pleases you (but these bones never rested while living)

Well, @aletterinthenameofsanity just posted a writing update and mentioned that the Dear Wormwood album was extremely Edizzy-coded so I started relistening to it (especially the songs I've never heard before, such as Dear Wormwood itself) and yep, she's really not wrong! I listened to this song and COULD NOT unsee the Edizzy of it all. As I eagerly wait for the Izzy amnesia fic, I wanted to put out another Edizzy moodboard because their toxic, religiously devoted dynamic scratches such an itch in my brain!

@possumsmushroom @yuenity @lady-of-the-spirit @bricksbloggyplace @polikate

[laceratedlamiaceae]

One of those fics where Izzy gets amnesia and has a completely different personality, except in this one he's actually way worse. I'm talking constant yelling, total self-centeredness, physical violence at the slightest provocation, and just overall dickishness. It turns out that he's just like that and it's only a lifetime of learning to restrain himself that's made him as relatively pleasant as he is in the show.

After everyone learns to deal with that version of Izzy, he gets his memories back and they realize that he's actually a precious innocent little angel and fall in love with him.

[maeglinthebold]

So in light of recent news, I hear we're re-sharing old OFMD Fanworks?

Canon-adjacent/Nebulous well-adjusted future

I hope that someone gets my... - After twenty years together, Ed is still finding Stede's messages in bottles.

Steve Bunnet - a petting zoo caper

A Vicious Cycle - playing with each other's hair

Put him on his knees, give him some' to believe in - sexy pillow talk

Codependent Co-captains - mild hurt/comfort

I'm a boss bitch but tonight we do it your way - First time Bottom!Ed

Just Resting My Eyes - Ed falls asleep in an awkward spot

I'm not wanting anything (but your loving, your body, and a little bit of your brain) - Fluffy picnic

What Ails You - edging, Top!Stede

"The Little Mermaid" - story time and queer allegories

World Enough and Time - Five times Stede and Edward try to have sex and are comically interrupted, and the one time they successfully bone

Canon AUs

Bell the Cat - the (curesed) cat bell turns the wearer into a sex kitten

Whale of a Tale - Stede turns into a merman and saves Ed from the storm

Fly By Night - Stede and Ed hook up with Mary and Doug, written with @lizzy-leo

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero - Stede sets out to homewreck Ed/Izzy...on purpose

And at last I see the light - Rapunzel fairy tale

Welcome to My Nightmare (I think you're gonna like it) - vampire!Stede, werewolf!Blackbeard

Wherever I go I'll be looking for you - WWDITS Vianton fusion

But on That Road I Took a Fall - Daemon!AU

Start Where You Are (and Change the Ending) - Amnesia fic!

Reunion Fics (written pre-actual reunion)

Warmth - hurt/comfort tag to 2x3

Everything About You - reunion inspired by the beach fight shots in the trailer

Sinking in your Eyes, Chasing Golden Nights - reunion and happily ever after written pre-S2 with @lizzy-leo

Waiting to Drown - angsty reunion on that beach from the promos

I can barely recall, but it's all coming back to me now - time loop reunion

Ask for forgiveness, never permission - angsty reunion and getting back together, written with @a-singer-of-songs

Tell me all your thoughts on God / Cause I'm on my way to see her - Fluffy taking things slow, written with @a-singer-of-songs

Hell of a Night - An actual Kraken shows up

So Why the Hell is There a Light that's Keeping Us Forever - angsty H/C reunion

How the Mighty Fall (They Fall in Love) - Edward goes back for Stede instead of waiting for him on the dock

I haven't shared most of these to tumblr at all so thanks in advance for the reblog!

[arsenicflame]

fanfic trope: only one bed and amnesia

thank u !!! ha somehow i managed to get two with these exact tropes '''':)

Only One Bed:

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

in izzy fic we jump to:

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

its a fine trope, i just, have feelings about the plausibility of it. i like it used tactically in a story, not just thrown in there for the hell of it, yknow? it gets a big boost in izzyfic mostly because of the setting. 1) options are limited on a ship. 2) options are limited in port because its 1717. cant book ahead at all, bedding is expensive, it just feels More viable to me (though then i get thinking abt historical view on homosexuality and it becomes a whole thing i take tooooo seriously)

its not exactly only one bed but im a HUGE fan of scooping an injured Izzy into the captains bed (to keep an eye on him/because its the softest/etc) and then Ed & stede curling around him anyway, because its their bed.

Amnesia:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it

i already said a little earlier how i love whump, & this especially is so good. ive read it with a lot of ships i like, but for izzy specifically, i like playing around with who he might have been in the past. its not just about the loss of memories, its about remembering who he used to be too. its about the crew seeing a new, less stressed side of izzy, its about reminders of how ed & izzy's relationship used to be, theres so many layers to it that work especially well for these guys in particular! im also fond of how it can affect the stizzy relationship too (with either of them losing memories) and thats not even touching on sam... its always so good i swear

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it

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Underrated OFMD fics, week 2!

Hi! It's me again with recommendations! :) Like in the previous post with these, I am trying to focus on less known fic writers and works that have less than 1000 (if they are older) or 500 views (for newer ones). Please give these people a comment or leave kudos if you enjoy their work and let's spread some positivity in our OFMD fic community. Reblogging encouraged!

Fruit from the Winter Garden by DMK - T, 1k words, Ed/Stede. A lovely, Ed-centered emotional piece.

Buried Alive Inside My Dreams by Catwalksalone - M, 1.8k words, Izzy-centered. A sad, emotional Izzy backstory fic. CW: referenced SA and domestic violence. F/M relationship.

Or Mind Can Hide by Petrichorca - T, 6k words, Ed/Stede, modern day medical AU. Ed is a neurologist and Stede is a patient with partial amnesia. Includes a lot of beautiful poetry.

On Barren Sands by Gwyllion - G, 1.8k words, Ed/Stede. A beautifully written piece, a real gem about Stede and Ed making their peace after getting back together.

The Lake in the Moonlight by Shadow_Side - E, 4.5 words, Ed/Stede. A first-time smut fic, with demisexual Stede.

And The Rest by Bazzle - M, 4.7k words, Black Pete/Lucius, minor Ed/Stede. A fic written from the POV of Lucius and Black Pete. Includes some whump! CW: sex work

Chain, Keep Us Together by Omnishambles - M, 7.5k words, Ed/Izzy, Ed/Jack. A pre-canon Blackbeard character study. CW: violence

Moonlight Becomes You by Shalamarr - M, 5.5k words, Ed/Stede. A modern day werewolf AU! Ed is a veterinarian and Stede has an unusual secret...

The Perfect Picture of Afterglow by Kaeruhime8 - G, 115 words, Jim/Oluwande. A criminally underrated fluff drabble about the teal oranges pair. Wholesome.

Over The Hills and Far Away by TimesBeingWhatTheyAre - G, 1.6k words, Ed/Stede. A Stede character study, getting deeper into his love for the sea. Heartbreaking but in a beautiful way.

Frenchie Knows the Truth About Cats by PolluxDevia - G, 889 words. The story behind Frenchie's belief that cats are witches.

Constant Like the Northern Star by SweetPollyOliver - T, 816 words, Frenchie/Wee John. A lovely short fic about Frenchie helping Wee John with his back pain.

The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Swede by PhantomEllie - G, 1k words. Swede-centered modern AU. A lovely story in which the Swede is NOT the butt of the joke, but instead a friendly, happy stoner-hippie man.

Botanical Splendor by Curious_Crow - G, 653 words. A cute microfic about the arts and crafts day on the Revenge.

In The Spirit of Full Disclosure by Winter_of_our_Discontent - N/A, 1.4k words, modern AU. Stede and Mary have an honest conversation, in which Stede confesses he can see ghosts. CW: mention of hanging

[izzyspussy]

Tagged by @vacantgodling to find the given words in my WIP(s). His words for me are fat, fashionable, fine, first, and fleet.

fat

At Mike's words, Richie feels such an intense flash of rage that he can feel it buzzing in his arms, in his teeth. It passes as quickly as it came, leaving behind a hollow disgust with himself and the desperate urge to blame it on a big fat waxing gibbous. But it's been long enough now that Richie knows the phase of the moon without checking, and he has no excuse.

from the idle wilds, currently 4k

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fashionable [AMNESIA]

He can easily picture Eddie hanging out with women, or maybe one in particular that he has a lot in common with. They'd critique each other's fashion sense. She'd buy him sugary snacks and he'd buy her Midol and they'd trade them like contraband. The relationship takes shape in his mind's eye so well that for a moment it's almost like it's real, something that happened and he was there to see.

from gold rush, currently 28k

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fine

Fred makes a face at her table manners. Xe fishes a fork out of the drawer and slides it across the bar to rest at Eddie's elbow. Eddie leaves it where it is and pointedly licks grease off of her fingers. She'll live, fine, but she's not going to be polite about it. Fred sighs through xyr nose, one part exasperated and one part amused. Eddie will take one part over none.

from Curse The Messenger draft 1.4, currently 15k

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first

There are sixteen twenty-two pound bags of coffee in the store room, and counting them is the first work Lucius has done on Izzy's orders in his entire tenure aboard the Revenge. It's only after he's in bed, wrapped up in Pete's arms and listening to his beloved's heinous snoring, that Lucius realizes that means he's not the only one who can and will leverage sexual favor.

from every time we touch (i get this feeling), currently 6k

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fleet

I tag @avi-why @cwritesfiction @doikayt and @gailynovelry. My words for y'all are mistake, suck, stand, brother, and coward.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Izzy Amnesia Fic Finally Posted!

AND WE'RE FINALLY FUCKING DONE!!!!!! HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT, THAT'S THE LONGEST ONE SHOT I'VE EVER WRITTEN!!!! *blows kazoo*

Hope y'all enjoy this monster, which clocks in at just under 24k words! It's angst with a happy ending, with a shitton of angst from Lucius, Izzy, and Pete, and some very intense clashes between Season1Memories Izzy and current Lucius (and Jim!). To quote my tags from another post, "Izzy is carrying the ghost of a god with him, and he ain't setting it down."

@little-bloodied-angel @possumsmushroom @sapphicsigh @khruschevshoe @fool-for-luv

[brigdh]

Five Fic Friday

Parched by @chocolatepot (3.8k) Absolutely lovely character study of Mary after Stede leaves (the first time). Her slow recognition of this opportunity to grow, and her connection with Doug, are beautifully written.

Haunt You Down by fluorescentgrey (12.9k) Ed/Stede, post-S1. Ed is in a whorehouse looking for someone who seems a bit like Stede, when who should he hear in the next room? This is funny and hot and devastatingly tragic, and the writing is just incredible. It broke my heart and wrung out the pieces and I love it anyway.

all dressed up by afterism (11.5k) Ed/Stede, post-E7, part of the kissing is what lovers do (and we're not lovers) series. I read this (and possibly recced it) back when it was first posted, but I came back to it, and knowing how the series ends, God, the extra heartbreak of it is so absolutely fantastic. 

Not with a bang but a whimper by heartroots (6k) Ed/Stede, post-S1. Reunion fic where Ed keeps thinking about how much he likes it when Stede orders him around. Not super deep or life-changing, but godDAMN is it hot! A+++ porn.  

forgive & forget by fool_for_love (44k) Ed/Stede, post-S1. Stede gets amnesia while he's back with Mary, and forgets the past few months – piracy, the Revenge, the crew, everything. But he has this idea that someone named Ed is important, so he goes looking for him with nothing more than a name... only to get captured and held prisoner by Blackbeard. Who seems really mad at Stede for some reason? Also, why will no one tell him who Ed is? So, so well-written, amazingly sharp-edged at points, and with a delightful happy ending.

The first four are Izzy-safe by virtue of Izzy not appearing in any of them; ‘forgive & forget’ I went back and forth on, but I think though the Stede POV has a shitty take on Izzy (a fair characterization choice!), ultimately the plot itself plays fair with him. 

[internerdionality]

♥️♥️♥️ WIP ask meme: Burning Like Embers Falling Tender ♥️♥️♥️

Oooh, fun one! (Okay, I admit, I like all my WIPs or I wouldn't be writing them, but... this one is fun)

This is one of my (now jossed) canon deviation fics, set after the Season 1 finale of Our Flag Means Death. In this fic (which will eventually be SteddyHands), Stede has been chasing Edward across the Caribbean trying for a reunion, but Ed's still kinda pissed about the whole abandonment thing (and locked into appeasing Izzy, who he doesn't want to lose again). After getting struck by lightning, Edward decides to pretend to have limited amnesia—going back to before Izzy challenged Stede to that duel—to get Stede and Izzy to stop fighting over him.

(No matter how fucking unhinged I wrote Kraken-era Ed—and this one is pretty unhinged—I came nowhere near matching canon).

On Roach's advice (and for their own selfish purposes, of course) Stede and Izzy decide to play along and cooperatively pretend that all the events from episodes 6 through 10 never happened.

Unfortunately, I did a really, really stupid thing when I started this fic and decided to have three POVs in every chapter, which means that every chapter takes forever. I've got almost 25K up on AO3 just from three chapters, and the fourth chapter (currently in the works) is on par to add like 10K more. Here's a snippet!

“But listen, Ed, about what’s changed in the last few months—”

“You make a finer figure of a pirate this way, I’ll give you that,” Ed said, sauntering closer. He flicked a finger against the single onyx drop earring that Stede wore, then trailed his hand down Stede’s chest. “But I hope that you and I still get the chance to play fine gentlemen now and again, hmm? Not with people like those asshats you set on fire—”

Stede spluttered a bit, finding that description of his actions a little difficult to swallow. 

“But it’d be fun to do something fancy with just us, or maybe some kind of shindig with the crew?” 

“Oh,” Stede said, distracted again from his determination to do the right thing. “That would be… lovely, Ed, truly—” 

“Yeah?” Ed slunk closer, his hips catching Stede’s eyes as they swayed from side to side. “Even if I use the wrong spoons?” 

Stede felt a grin tugging at his lips.  He couldn’t help but take hope from the memory of how they’d ended that night so in sync, despite the tumultuous beginnings. Really, when he thought back to those early days, despite how blind he’d been… Perhaps they did have a strong enough foundation to—

“S’weird to think that night was what, more’n half a year ago for you?” Ed murmured. He was still closer, now, near enough that Stede could feel the warmth of his breath as he spoke. “Was just a week or so, for me.”  

“I suppose it would be, yes,” Stede said, thinking back. 

“I wanted you, that night,” Ed said softly.

[plexxaglass]

I know I’m late to the chatter, but I am gutted to find out about how @mottlemoth was treated in this fandom. HoHW was the first ofmd fic I read and it was clear from the start that they are unbelievably talented. The fact that they shared that with us for fucking free!!?? It’s unfathomable that anyone would actually have the gal to complain about that.

I personally never saw any hate or criticism surrounding this fic, and I’m open to be given some context, but I also believe that nothing in this fic warrants the bullying they received.

Bottom line, Crew— please can we stop yucking yums? I’m the first person to call out that, I’m not a self-proclaimed Izzy stan/apologist, especially when it comes to the canon. But Christ, yall, this is a work of fiction. I can be weary of a character for the behavior they have canonically show us thus far, but also be open and curious to see how that might manage to be redeemed. Moth expanded upon this with flawless execution.

I think it’s possible to strike a healthy balance of, being aware of the reality of a character, and be able to enjoy fantasy created about them. Whether that be through fic or fan art. There are certainly those who I think take it too far, not keeping the reality in mind, but I don’t see HoHW as doing that.

This wasn’t an Izzy apologist piece and it wasn’t an Ed erasure piece. It was a redemption for both of these men, it was a story of love in all forms— toxic, complex— and how, when we allow people to sit in accountability for their poor actions, beautiful growth can happen.

HoHW had something for everyone in this fandom imo. I think there’s always a place for discussion surrounding Izzy’s canon homophobia/racism (see: white supremacy)/toxic masculinity. There’s also a place for discussion about Stede’s racism, privilege, sexism— his poor treatment of his ex-wife and the abandonment of his children. And no matter how much I love Ed, this “babygirl” persona that has been placed on him, while fun, had bred some really toxic mentalities and just flat out amnesia about who he is and what he’s done.

I don’t see anyone as blameless, although some hold more blame than others. I think Moth spoke to that. It felt healthy. It felt healing. For us as fans, and for the potential of the canon and wherever it takes us.

I firmly believe that the reason this show has blown up so big, so quickly is because of how flawed these characters are. We can see parts of ourselves in everyone, truly. That’s what makes good writing. It shows us parts of ourselves, even the painful parts that feel intimate and wrong.

I don’t know, I’m just sad. Grateful that we were given a synopsis to (so expertly) bring this story to a satisfying conclusion, but sad/angry that someone was run out of this fandom this way.

[effervescentluminescence]

inspired by i think @ourflagmeansgayrights bc i also have too many WIPs (10 i guess, which is too many) and I kind of want to put them in the atmosphere so I finish some of them.

Starting with the two I might finish:

Not Christmas fic (also inspired by an @ourflagmeansgayrights post?) where post-divorce Stede on his first Christmas alone goes to NYC for the day on impulse bc all the movies make it look festive. It's not, really, but he does meet Ed there! And then they semi-accidentally go on a 24-hour extremely secular date and fall in love and have sex and all that.

Mega long fic where Ed and Stede meet as kids. Ed works at the Bonnet estate--he ended up there after the whole killing his dad thing, becomes bffs with Stede, they do some cute teen romance stuff, and they make plans to run away together after Stede's dad starts floating marriage prospects, but Badmintons intervene and Stede is forced into the British Naval Academy and Ed manages to escape the estate and goes home to his mom. But they tell Stede that Ed is dead! And then Stede finds out that he's not! And that Ed is Blackbeard (who has a slightly different reputation in this universe)! Anyway it's a lot of fic. I've got it pretty much mapped out but I'm intimidated by it.

lol not to mention the one I have mostly published with the last chapter mostly written but haven't finished yet haha

And some that are just sparkles in my eye:

Amnesia!fic where Chauncey does shoot Stede a little bit in the head before offing himself. Stede's marked dead on the logs and the only person who knows who he is is the guard Ed got to lead him into the forest, but admitting he knows who Stede is would be bad for him, so no one knows who he is. Basically Stede doesn't remember anything about his life, becomes a privateer, ends up accidentally unionizing his ship, accidentally on purpose kills his captain who is about to kill Ed. Stede's like, hi nice to meet you, I'm Toby (or something) and then Ed realizes that he doesn't actually know why Stede didn't meet him at the docks? Whoops.

Ed pretends to not be able to read and asks Stede to teach him so they can spend more time together.

Ed's mom is doing great now, actually, and after S1 he runs into his half-sister and meets his stepdad and sees his mom for the first time in 20 years and it's all very angsty and shmoopy

Fic where Ed and Stede are reunited and immediately start arguing/flirting so Izzy stabs Stede in the guts, more angst/shmoop

Jim forgives Ed--They get a letter from Olu via Olivia saying everyone is alright, so Jim's like...how can I fix this, oh hey an opportunity to try killing someone with kindness, been wanting to try that since they heard captain say it. It sounded stupid until they realized the killing was metaphorical. Jim so rarely has the moral high ground so this could be fun.

Sequel/Companion to my Princess Bride fic, missing scenes with Jim, Inigo, and Frenchie in the Fireswamp and the Bermuda Triangle

Post reunion pre-forgiveness, Ed has basically forgiven Stede but he just can't stop being a dick and he's so annoyed at himself about it but that makes him act even more dickish. It's a vicious cycle. (but it's because he hasn't actually talked to Stede yet because he's worried about being too mean and also crying a lot and he knows Stede's going to feel bad, but then he acts like a dick and makes Stede feel just as bad. He is very aware of how ridiculous he's being but can't stop.) Then Ed catches Stede him sneaking into the captains cabin. Turns out there's a secret bookshelf that Ed didn't know about where Stede kept all his favorites. Stede asks if he can take one, Ed just shrugs. Later Stede asks Ed if he can go grab another book and Ed for no real reason tells Stede he threw them all in the ocean. Ed can see the light go out in Stede's eyes, and he's like, no no no fuck that was so mean why did I say that, but then Stede walks away so Ed goes to his cabin to kick the walls. Later that day Lucius is like "heeyyyyy, did you really throw out all Stede's favorite books. Ed's like "...no." L: "yeah, that's what I thought. Could you tell him that? He thinks you hate him now and he's starting to lose all hope, and his will to live has always been tenuous at best--" and Ed's alarmed, now, also fuck it, he doesn't actually want to hurt Stede! Ed finds Stede and drags him into his cabin and then just starts monologuing all his hurts and apologies, and by the end they're both crying but Stede is smiling again and remarks how romantic it all was. The vibe on this is more humor than angst (angst mostly from moping!Stede)