these albums are so THEM! the lover album is full of love and insecurity and anxiety which plagues stede and reputation is all about evolving past a reputation but finding the deepest love you’ve ever had because of it which is so ED!
You can say anything
and I will not abandon you.
Unwrap the worst things you have done.
Watch me hold them up to the light
and not even flinch
- Trista Mateer
First Panel: Nigel Badmintons face is covered by the HBOMax Logo. He is standing on the beach in his captains uniform and yelling at the boat leaving. Caption Reads: "OFMD Is NOT getting Renewed!" End First Panel
Second Panel: Stede Bonnet's face is replaced by an icon that says "Our Flag Means Death Fans". He has a white shirt thats been cut open and his hand up to his ear, pretending to listen. Caption Reads: What's that now? End Second Panel
Third Panel: Stede Bonnet's face is replaced by an icon that says "Our Flag Means Death Fans" and he holds onto the rigging of the ship. Caption Reads: "I can't hear you" End Third Panel]
i'm unwell!!! because in stede's eyes, ned low was right!! ned says "he [ed] only likes you because of your bumbling amateur status" and calls stede blackbeard's "pet" just like izzy did in series 1
so stede steps up as a captain, kills the man who harmed his crew, and suddenly, for once in stede's life, he isn't a joke! the gentleman pirate is taken seriously and welcomed into the pirate community!
and what happens less than 24 hours later? ed calls their night together a mistake, AND LEAVES.
yes, obviously the situation is more nuanced, and these old men are once again struggling to communicate, but i 100% understand why stede went a bit of the rails at the end of episode 7. stede's been so focused on trying to help ed, that he's completely ignored his own ongoing identity crisis and trauma, and after the incident at the academy in series 1, this meltdown was long overdue.