#like yeah calling ed a coward and minimizing the fishing experience was a dick move but

[dendromancer]

no because stede is truly humanity's strongest soldier he just had sex with the love of his life, and it was the first positive sexual experience of his life. and then ed tells him that he considers last night a mistake, and you can see how much it hurts him but he understand ed is panicking so he says that they can be whatever they want to be without pressure. and THEN ed says out of the blue that he's leaving to become a fisherman apropos of nothing. and this definitely fucks with him since he believes what ned said about ed liking him only because he's an amateur

anyway if i was stede i would have fallen off that balcony hoping to get head trauma