#ofmd s2 ep3

[crowleychild]

I just ask the media for a show in which a man thows himself overboard, stiff as a board, not thinking even about swimming, in order to find the love of his life

[achillesuwu]

I would like to thank David for putting a actual mermaid in OFMD because let me tell you I was STARVING to see some mermaid!Stede au and now I know some people will go insane over it

Like, can you imagine an au after the 2x03 where Stede is like « hey hum how to put this… I’m a actual merman 👉👈”

[thelosercenter]

ALL THE THINGS WE SHOULDVE SAID THAT WE NEVER SAID ALL THE THINGS WE SHOULDVE DONE THAT WE NEVER DID-

[funnyifwebothgotitwrong]

You don't understand, they didn't put the music of the scene where Ed lies on the beach in purgatory and the music of the scene when Ed comes out of the ocean in his leathers on the soundtrack! They're both just not there!

I need that music.

I want that music. It is fantastic music. Why wouldn't they put it on the soundtrack? Why make a soundtrack if you just leave the best parts out?

I know the Kraken-music is the Swede's aria from the season 1 fuckery, but it is not just the instrumental version of the original classical piece, it's very different. And they incorporated their own versions of Gnossienne No. 5 and Händel's Sarabande in this seasons soundtrack album, so why not this?

And I considered that the part playing over Ed on the purgatory-beach might be another classical piece, but now I doubt it, because no one seems to be able to identify it.

[teeny-tiny-revenge]

Thinking about the "you're safe" line again when Stede tries to wake Ed up. Because like, Ed's probably never had anyone tell him he's safe. No, it's not just that he hasn't ever been told, it's that he's never felt safe in his life I think. Not even as a kid! He grew up around an abusive father. Home was not a safe space. Then he went and became a pirate as a teenager/young man. He continued his growing up under a captain who fed life crabs to the cabin boy for being hungry.

And then he grew up all the way and became Blackbeard and that's the safest he's ever been because nobody really dares fuck with Blackbeard, but it's a safety he has to put work in to maintain. It banks on him being perceived as strong, all the time, because if he lets that mask, that fuckery, slip, a guy like Izzy will come for him with "Edward better watch his fucking step". Ed's Blackbeard fuckery works so well that he gets bored of the lack of challenges (of the safety it provides him), but the second he actually slacks off in the act it's very clear that Ed isn't safe. Never was. Blackbeard is safe. Ed has never been actually safe in his life.

And then he meets Stede, who protects him from passive aggressive aristocrats, who gives him a space to explore the soft things he likes, who forgives him and comforts him when he cries in his fancy bathtub, and for the first time in his life Ed starts to feel safe around another person. And then that person, that safety, leaves. And it probably feels to Ed like it was never real in the first place.

Like how fucking scary is that. I'm not even sure if Stede actually says the "you're safe" line or if it's part of Ed's dream/hallucination, but it's exactly what he'll need to hear, both in this specific moment and going on the next couple of days/weeks. Like, he's coming out of a severe mental health crisis that ended in a suicide attempt. He definitely needs a safe environment to find his footing in again.

[ghostyary]

he was the best guy around

[critdeeznuts]

SCREAMING. SCREAMING. SCREAMING. OFMD S2 IS SOFUCKING GOOD ALREADY

[dimity-lawn]

OFMD s2 spoiler Is the obsession with soup going to lead to Stede and Ed getting a tureen?

[achillesuwu]

I didn’t see anyone talk about it but the ‘orgasme’ comment is actually pretty interesting (because it set the tone, we will have stede and ed fucking) BUT It implies that Ed has unsatisfactory partners which a lot of women complain about (I never saw mlm complain about in any space I was but I did saw the ‘women with women/men with women/men with men topping sexual satisfaction > men with men bottoming sexual satisfaction > women with men sexual satisfaction’ graph (you know the one if someone have it please rt it))

It doesn’t automatically mean that ed is an exclusive bottom (or that he bottom at all) but it could mean that just like Stede, Ed actually have a pretty unsatisfactory sex life

[thelosercenter]

i knew the minute i saw that shot (once i stopped crying, ofc) that i had to draw it, so i did

[saltpepperbeard]

OFMD S2 Ep3-5 + Edward "Heart-Eyes" Teach

[teeny-tiny-revenge]

No but this is the perfect scene to me. Stede's quiet desperate grief as he steps into the room. The water swishing around his quiet feet. The way it feels so desolate, but then the music starts, this soft, hopeful sound of it, even when Stede is still crying over Ed, thinking he's dead. The way Ed starts fighting, trying to get rid of the rope before he see the light. And all the while the song fits so well how do they even find these things it's the perfect fit. The way Ed seems to genuinely start hearing Stede's call in his purgatory dream. And when he sees Merman Stede, his face gets so soft. Look at Ed's expression I can't - He hasn't looked like that since they separated at the academy that fateful evening. He doesn't think anyone's waiting for him sniff but he's wrong and he's being called back and all their soft moments flash before his eyes and he's waking up with the man he loves holding his hand so, so hard. I'm gonna lie down on the floor, bye.

[perplexingly]

Caught up to ofmd and s2 ep3-4 Izzy looks the way I feel going through life, and I need to know his secret hoe he managed to move on so quick 😞

[lumiilys]

I’m fine I’m fine I’m fine <- was literally brought to tears by the end of ofmd s2 ep3

[queerly-autistic]

The latest dataset in the long-term scientific study entitled 'Will Erin Ever Be Able To Watch The Merstede Scene Without Crying?' is in, and the answer is still an emphatic 'no'.

[dimity-lawn]

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