#like somebody here has a whim problem and it isn't Stede

[cottagecore-raccoon]

"We're both whim prone" - Stede Bonnet to Ed Teach, OFMD S2

Stede's "Whims"

Left his wife and family to become a pirate (commissioned a ship and hired a crew, so likely had to work toward his plan for at least a year)

Left Ed/the naval academy to return to his family (after having been abducted at gunpoint, told he destroys beautiful things (including blackbeard), and then watches a man die)

Had sex with Ed when they were meant to be taking it slow (had just been tortured along with the whole crew and reminded by Ned of his feeling that Ed has ruined by him)

Ed's Whims

To murder or not murder the crew of the revenge (he appears to go back and forth on this repeatedly in season one)

Send Stede to "doggy heaven"

"Wait actually I really like Stede, so maybe no murder"

Leave Stede/the crew of the Revenge to be with Calico Jack

No wait actually CJ is an asshole and I need to save my "friend" ("never left")

Goes to Naval Academy to save Stede's life (very sweet gesture, still feels like a split second decision)

Let's go to China! ("Start over, reset")

Depending on how you count, most of the whole "kraken" era could probably be counted as having multiple whims, but also that seems more akin to a complete mental breakdown to me (hence it not being on here)

Ed has finally given up on piracy? (Aka how many times can one man symbolically shed his uniform of a previous era that he wants to move on from? I count three?)

I'm gonna be a fisherman!

Okay actually that sucks, I am no longer a fisherman

Let's join Zheng Yi Sao's crew!

Time to run an Inn? (I realize this feels more like a whim due to the rushed nature of episode 8, but Ed and Stede literally never - to my knowledge - discuss this one screen)

Now @wanderingwoodpecker made a good point and said that Stede may have said that they both were whim prone to lighten the accusation/get Ed to admit it. But regardless, I felt the need to prove a point.