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quillyfied · 1 year

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There’s something my dad used to very exasperatedly tell us kids about the way we did our chores, how we would “spend more time and do more work to NOT do the chore or not do it correctly than it would take to just do the job right the first time.”

Something about Ed driving the crew relentlessly from raid to raid. Something about Ed steering directly into a storm. Something about Ed taking the time to chop the wheel off the ship. Something about Ed dragging and loading a cannon to point at the mast. Something about Ed putting all his energy into forcing the crew to do something about it.

Something about putting more effort into taking the long way around and what that could mean.

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #the chore thing doesn’t have much of a deeper meaning #beyond my dad—an elder ADHD—dealing with us kids—little ADHDs #mostly it’s the kid thing of just not wanting to do the chore bc playtime is more fun #which doesn’t translate directly onto Ed’s situation #but it does make me think about the way he put so much effort into having someone else kill him #when doing it ‘correctly’ would not have taken that much effort #and the complications and implications therein #what that means about Ed and what he wants #and how fighting for your life or fighting to be heard can take some drastic measures

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