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I know this has been said many many many times, but it is goddamn wonderful that OFMD did not end with Season 1 and Ed sobbing in his cabin. Like...it threaded its way through upheaval at WB, through budget cuts, through all kinds of things, and it brought their reunion and their love story to a place where they have both come to land, with each other, sure of each other's feelings and sure of their own. It gave us "I love you" spoken in the full light of day.

I will always hope for the final chapter, but man what we got is amazing.

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You know what, let's do this.

I know there's a decent percentage of Fandom Old Guard who are over here these days, but it can't be all of us. I want to know how useful a comparison it would be.

Like to numbers, reblog to sample size.

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Little ways I think Ed neglects himself when he feels like he deserves it:

eats food he doesn't like. I feel he'd have issues around food considering he grew up food insecure and likely feeling that he didn't deserve better meals, so as an adult even though he can now afford good takeout or has the skills to make a nice home-cooked meal, he'll force himself to choke down a cup of ramen noodles even though he HATES them because he thinks he deserves something cheap and nasty

wearing scratchy, uncomfortable clothes so he can be angry with himself for feeling frustrated and overstimulated

focuses so hard on not letting himself stim and bounce around in public that he's entirely unable to focus on anything else other than "sit still. sit still. be still."

chooses the longest line at the checkout so he can get mad at himself for how jumpy and anxious standing in line makes him

walks around the house barefoot instead of wearing fuzzy warm socks

And things that Stede does for him:

texts him to meet him for lunch so he knows Ed is always eating a yummy, filling meal <3

on bad days he can usually tell and offers to play a game of "you pick out my outfit, and I'll pick out yours," because it makes Ed smile and ensures Stede will be able to dress him in comfy warm clothes <3

makes sure he always has fidget toys for Ed <3

knits Ed warm socks so he never has cold feet, and frames this as entirely self-serving so that Ed doesn't touch him with his cold feet in bed <3

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This pic is so funny and cute to me

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Augh it just gets to me sometimes that Ed has been through some truly terrible shit, he's seen the worst the world has to offer, and his default reaction is still, always, kindness, and he has such a strong tendency to believe the best in others even when all evidence points otherwise. He tries to sound so jaded (and he's exhausted with his life, that's true), but he's such an optimist at heart.

Ed grew up in an abusive home and then in an abusive culture. We're shown over and over again that the people closest to him before Stede bully him, manipulate him, and hurt him. He has been so deeply hurt that he has a giant tattoo saying TRUST NO ONE on his back - like he's trying to say, even if he "trusts" someone enough to turn his back on them, he doesn't think it's real trust. He doesn't think it'll last.

And this guy. This fucking guy. Even with all that history, he's so kind and gentle. He sat by Stede's bedside and tended to him with so much care. He introduces himself to the crew and is nothing but friendly. He says he doesn't, but when he's comfortable Ed apologizes easily and genuinely. He's very easy to get along with (honestly, he's conflict-avoidant if anything) and effortlessly encouraging for others. Even after Izzy sold them out to the cops and tried to literally buy Ed, Ed's assuming the intentions when Izzy tells him he's going to speak plainly seconds before disaster in s1e10.

He's such a kind-hearted, gentle, forgiving person and he doesn't even know it.

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Today’s self indulgent thought: Stede saying “what makes you think you can talk to him like that?” to izzy during the ‘I should have let the English kill you’ scene

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i love that getting mauled to death by a jaguar was not a flamboyant enough way for stede to die, so he also had to get run over by a carriage, but that still wasn’t enough so he got smushed by a piano as well

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The funniest and weirdest bit of ofmd lore to me is that S2Ep6 was supposed to have a plot about the crew trying to give Stede a makeover so Ed would get horny enough to stop the going slow. Ed was already really into Stede when Stede was half dead, feverish and paler than his own shirt. You cannot make anyone more into someone. The makeover was absolutely not needed. Ed found Stede hot and interesting even when Stede looked his absolute worst!

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Yeah honestly if you like actually watched the show and you still hate Ed I think that's just a skill issue actually. World's most endearing and lovable man standing right there being all endearing and lovable and you're not loving him??? Could NOT be me

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Another question about how people do fandom! I've seen in my time that many people tend to have a preference along the canon-fanon scale, and I'm just curious how many people do fandom like I do!

I tend to strongly prefer canon, and don't find "canon as a sandbox to play in" fandom enjoyable. I find my fun in writing meta, analyzing the show, and writing/reading fics featuring the main characters and playing with the show's themes. I know a lot of people like using canon as a starting point, coming up with fanon headcanons, writing fics about side characters who don't get fleshed out in the show, etc. and a lot of people like using fandom as a source of fun for a piece of media where they found the canon disappointing (unlike me, who won't be compelled to engage in fandom for a piece of media I didn't already love). So:

This poll is asking for your personal opinion, it's not asking if you think it's okay to engage in fandom however. We all know you're allowed to do whatever the fuck you want, I'm asking for what you personally tend to most enjoy.

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I'm folding stuff and that's okay 🙂

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What’s a intro for a show you never skip

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A compilation of Edward Teach being the prettiest babygirl in the world for beloved Meow @blakbonnet 💗Happy birthday darling! 💗

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whump is such a strange thing for me. ‘oh im having trouble shouldering the burdens of daily life, let me play scenes in my head of someone getting the shit kicked out of them (fictionally), that’ll make me feel better’ and it DOES

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(they did it first I did it worse)

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