#s1e07

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the lantern died with charles

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

wait fuck ok i’m back to being sad about it now

like the thing is that ed doesn’t really hang out with anyone but stede in season one, not really. and whenever he is talking to other ppl on the crew, stede is right there. the only exception to this is in episode 8 when jack brings the party energy and everyone is getting drunk and rowdy together specifically as part of jack’s efforts to exclude stede.

and as a fandom we always make jokes and theorize about what the relationship between ed and stede must look like from the outside, if they were all placing bets for when they’d finally hook up or if they had zero belief in stede’s ability to pull THEE blackbeard

but now i’m thinking about the crew’s perception of Ed Himself. of the crew’s perceptions of The Legendary Blackbeard and how that must’ve changed over the course of the first season. because when they first meet him they’re all impressed and starstruck bc yeah, duh, this is Pirate Beyoncé we’re talking about. they’re also in varying degrees “worried he’s gonna kill them.”

but they quickly see that the real pirate beyonce isn’t all leather and murder and head made of smoke. blackbeard swaps clothes with their cringefail (derogatory) boss for fun. he dresses up and goes to a fancy party just because he wants to—he’s not even trying to get anything out of it, doesn’t have an angle the way frenchie does, he genuinely just wants to go to a very un-Blackbeardy party and have fun. he tells them scary stories. he shows them some of his trade blackbeard secrets. he hypes them all up after their first fuckery (and i will never get over how cute that is exchange is, “scared the pants off me” and “i thought blackbeard didn’t feel fear” and “and i didn’t, until tonight” and the crew’s genuine excitement and pride). he goes on a treasure hunt with their cringefail (affectionate, now) boss and lets him dig in the ground to get it out of his system. they learn that ed isn’t just a scary pirate, he also can be silly and goof off and enjoy things that aren’t exactly compatible’s with the Blackbeard Brand

and beyond just not adhering 24/7 to the Brand, they learn that ed—that blackbeard—is human. is fallible. they see his first plan to escape the spanish fail, and they get to participate in the backup plan that he and stede come up with. frenchie sees ed get hurt at the fancy party in a way that he completely understands. lucius realizes that ed is just as into his cringefail boss as his cringefail boss is into ed, and over the course of giving ed a shovel talk he maybe learns that The Legendary Blackbeard might actually be nervous about a boy liking him back.

and none of this—NONE of this—makes the crew lose any respect for him. even pete never has a moment where his perception of his idol is shattered, where he’s disappointed that blackbeard isn’t all nine guns and zero mercy all the time. instead, pete expands his idea of what The Ideal Pirate (the ideal MAN) looks like.

i think by the time jack rolls around, ed is no longer on that Pirate Beyoncé pedestal to them. he’s still on a pedestal, a bit, but instead of seeing ed as this untouchable badass legend, they see him as like. the coolest guy on the ship. still a badass, still somebody they all respect and admire, but someone they can hang out with. someone they really want to hang out with. they want to impress ed because they want him to like them, they want to be his friend. and yeah, it’s played as a “your father and i are getting a divorce but we still love you very much” joke, but they really are so sad when ed leaves with jack.

and ed showing up with no beard and no stede, ed hiding in his cabin for. a day? multiple days? ed singing a song about his feelings. ed saying he no longer wants to go by blackbeard.

the crew is confused, but they’re on board. they don’t laugh at him for his (bad) singing, they don’t think less of him now that he’s sans iconic beard. ed, to them, is still The Coolest Guy On The Ship, and they want to be his friend. they’re excited to be his friend.

they want to put on a talent show.

and ed, right after getting stabbed in the back by jack and izzy, and then stede, and then izzy again—ed, who was so affected by the jeers of the rich fuckers at that fancy party, who grew up in a culture that doesn’t allow for friendship, a culture of everyone in various stages of fucking each other over—can’t see that. he’s got fresh heartbreak and fresh betrayal that are compounding on years of trauma and he hears them all chanting his name and he can’t trust this crew. he couldn’t trust his first mate, and he couldn’t trust his old shipmate, and he couldn’t trust stede. he cannot, cannot risk vulnerability with the crew. not again.

(and like, cmon, who is ed even kidding? he’s not made for things like softness and friendship and genuine camaraderie. trying to be anything other than blackbeard is like a wolf trying to fit in a sheep’s clothing, but the clothing is too small and everyone can see right through him and they’re all laughing and laughing and he’s the only one who can’t see what a joke he is. ed’s not an idiot, he knows there’s no way the crew is up their chanting his name and asking for another song because they like him. they just want the great clown pagliacci to come out and make them laugh.

so sure, ed’ll give them a show. they think ed’s funny? well he’s about to be fucking hilarious.)

EDIT: those of y’all seeing this in the ofmd tags are missing the additions where it gets even sadder

[avasetocallmyown]

 𝟭𝘅𝟬𝟳 || 𝟳𝘅𝟬𝟭

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Skyfire is such a sweet little (massive) boy. Just a precious little (enormous) guy. Truly a tiny little (gargantuan fuckin') babygirl. I just want him to be happy

[krdc]

episode seven

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[anotherbummer]

"What are you talking about?" "Just that you and your little band of misfits might stand more of a chance than you think."

[gravity-falls-daily]

Date: June 14th, 2024

Episode S1E07: Double Dipper

Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want, but I devised a plan to make sure my night with Wendy goes perfect.

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Day 1 | Favorite Scene

House of the Dragon - s01.e07

“Blood of two, joined as one. Ghostly flame and song of shadows. Two hearts as embers, forged in the Fourteen Fires. A future promised in glass. The stars stand witness, the vow spoken through time of darkness and light.”

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June 14: Double Dipper

Here are some fantastic lines from the episode:

@gravity-falls-daily

“Alright party people… and Dipper.”

“These people aren’t going to rip themselves off.” “YEAH!”

“You’re so organized; show me that checklist again?”

“If only I could be two places at once…” [Flyers proceed to be a paid actor]

“Robbie, you’re a stupid, arrogant fraud, but kiss me anyway because you can play guitar!”

“So that’s how you got your nickname! I thought your parents hated you or something.”

[While shoving someone] “Don’t shove people!!!”

“Quit hitting myself! Quit hitting myself!”

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[expectiations]

WHAT THE FUCK LILLIA YOU ARE LOVED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

underrated detail of the “blackbeard’s bar and grill” scene is how once we get to the “that’s me :D” “awwwghh” part stede smiles and then turns his head to look at lucius

i know the scene is improv so there’s a good chance rhys didn’t really mean for it to mean anything and is just like, him checking to see how the bit is landing. but also i like the idea that in-universe this is stede actually checking to see if the bit is landing, but also checking to see that lucius is paying attention because look!!! it’s working!!!!! ed is having a fun time on this treasure hunt!!!!!!!!!

and also he needs lucius to be paying attention so that lucius can write the whole thing down later

[avasetocallmyown]

“On our wedding day, I swore to Claire she’d have the protection of my name, my clan, my family and the protection of my body as well. I will honor that promise.” - jamie :: outlander season seven

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The Gates of Avalon - Merlin assaults a senior citizen

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preview — episode 7 📷