#kathyyy1997

[saltpepperbeard]

Alright well ok. It's this weird? I don't do normal anyways. Should i make it anon? I'll go anon

I wish u a very very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!🎈✨️🎊💫🥳🥳❤️🎊🌈🎆🎉🎉🎉💫💚🌈🎊

I wanted you to know that your tags (essays) brighten my days. There's not a single one i have read that hasn't made me smile (even on the shitty days i found). You just have a very sunny sweet vibe and i'll shut up now

I hope you have a great day!

ooOOAOOAAGHGHG NO DARLING PLEASE; THIS IS INSANELY SWEET AND NOT WEIRD WHATSOEVER. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED 😭❤️

Thank you so very very much, and I'm glad my silly little ramblings can provide a little bit of light! ❤️

I hope you have a wonderful day as well ❤️❤️❤️

[stargirl-and-potts]

@kathyyy1997 exactly. Stede loves to tell stories, but nobody else ever wants to hear them unless they’re not his own. And he’s trying to hold himself back, to not ask too much of Ed or the crew or the universe, to be steady and ready and easy to be with, and Ed doesn’t need him to do that. The steadiness, yes, but not the holding in. He wants Stede to overflow — he goes toward the spilling of his soul like a dying man to water. He always has. It fills him too.

It strikes me that Ed knowing Stede wants to hear “You wear fine things well” from him is massive growth. He understands now that Stede is not as steady as he seems, that he needs reassuring. He realizes Stede treasures and relies on his opinion, not just of Stede as a pirate, but of Stede as a man. He understands Stede gets panicky and is helped by comfort and praise and gentleness as much as he is. He sees that he has something to give Stede not just as a captain but as a lover.