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Hey y'all, is the ofmd fandom actually active on bluesky or mastodon (or elsewhere)? Cause they accept nsfw art, yes?

Or do I just need to cave and start actually using twitter for horny pirate posting :/

#I lurk on twitter but I don't do much #I mean I don't use bsky or mastodon at all rn but yk #I have a weird aversion to posting on twitter for some reason #but I have horny pirates to post... #and there are good people on there so i dunno #maybe

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Teach me AU Discord is now open !!

https://discord.com/invite/E6D8aK2k

Have a drummer Ed to celebrate it :

#Mmmmmm... #can't stop staring at this #so good #aaarm #also this has such a great sense of depth and perspective I'm trying to visually absorb your skills #not my art #ofmd art #ed teach

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impure thoughts: some

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The duality of Ed and Stede's whole vibe. They're toothachingly earnest like lovesick teenagers. They're deeply emotionally stunted and traumatized middle aged pirates. They do cute little soft things like thumb wars and breakfasts in bed. They literally kill for each other. They hold and kiss each other so softly and tentatively. Stede also erotically stabs ed at gunpoint and slams him up against the wall. They have a slyly complicated butch/femme dynamic. Stede is a soft man full of pent up rage and Ed is a tough man full of tenderheartedness and sorrow. Truly ship of all time.

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Reblog for a larger sample size!

No "show results", if you're not a fanfic writer just be patient.

I saw a post about an anon saying it was embarrasing to have an ao3 account in your 30s (it's absolutely not), so I want to do a poll and see what the age range actually is.

#35 #Baffling opinions from some people...

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"You're afraid you're unlovable." (S02E03)

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socks with sandals

stede: oh. huh

ed: what?

stede: …what?

ed: you got something to say about—?

stede: oh, no. no, i. no

ed: did a little thing with your face

stede: i—support your decisions.

ed: but you sort of—

stede: i support you

ed, making the face: “oOhh i SEEee”

stede, defensively: alright, mister eyebrows!

ed: if you think, y’know

stede: it looks fine, it just caught—

ed: children are gonna point and laugh at me as we walk past, or

stede: it caught me off guard!

ed: because you think it doesn’t go?

stede: well

ed: with the rest of my outfit.

stede: i didn’t say that.

ed: but you thought it.

stede:

stede: i thought it a little bit but i’m adjusting now!

ed: man come on

stede: i’m adjusting. i see it now. it’s going.

ed: look, fucking—ok.

stede: it’s going very much.

ed: listen. it’s sunny,

stede: i’m listening

ed: i’d like to feel warmed,

stede: okay

ed: in the sunlight.

stede: that’s fair!

ed: without getting an eyeful of spiders every time i look down.

stede: understandable

ed:

stede:

ed:

stede: it’s just—

ed: it’s what

stede: it’s. i’ve never seen it done with fishnets before, that’s all

ed, gesturing to sun: Sunny.

stede: right, but.

ed, gesturing to feet: Warm.

stede: you can still see the spiders

ed: right but i’ve put them in jail

stede: …….oh i see

ed: they can’t get me from in there

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100% legit totally real facts about the historical stede bonnet

no the title is not a lie these are really REAL bc believe it or not, somehow the show made our stede MORE competent than the real one

sources: Real Pirates podcast (ep1, ep2, ep3, ep4, ep5), Dirty Sexy History podcast (with jeremy moss, bonnet's biographer, who LOVES the show, and said it changed his perspective on bonnet's and blackbeard's relationship PLUS he has the stedesrevenge handle on twt)

the library on the revenge was a real thing. the man really did that.

running away from his family to be a pirate

paying a salary to his crew

SHOWING UP IN NASSAU IN FRILLY GENTLEMANLY CLOTHES AND A POWDERED WIG

before bonnet's capture, he ran his ship aground and that's how the english caught up with him BUT the two english ships also ran aground (😭), so they fought each other with their flintlock pistols from behind their ships (until the tides turned and dislodged the english ships first. rip)

adopted an alias when he started pirating so people wouldn't know it was him but he raided ships near Barbados (where he's from), so that didnt turn out well. his solution? burning every ship from Barbados

he only succeeded in his early days bc merchant ships knew they would get off easier if they surrendered

ATTACKED A WARSHIP that whooped his ass so bad he almost died. the remaining crew steered the ship to Nassau where he met blackbeard

blackbeard stole the revenge from him but "allowed" him to stay on BB's ship (either as a guest or as a prisoner, it's not clear, but he def wasn't a crew member bc he didn't have any chores)

he was seen on deck running around in his gowns 😭😭

BB eventually reinstated him as the captain of the revenge and they sailed together for a while

"there is a 4 month period where stede and blackbeard kind of disappeared and no one really knows what they were doing" 👀

BB allowed bonnet to raid on his own which lead to him getting his ass beat by the Protestant Caesar. BB then proceeded to HUNT DOWN THE PROTESTANT CAESAR while flying the RED FLAG (which meant no mercy to anyone on board)

bonnet would raid ships and take what provisions he needed and give the other ship what he didn't need (essentially the library raiding scene lmaoo)

BB betrayed bonnet by raiding his ship and marooning his crew while bonnet was off getting a pardon

SO BONNET SWORE REVENGE AGAINST BB who was at the time, the most feared pirate

this led to him adopting another alias - "he also changes his name, at the time he goes by captain edward's. which is really interesting, I don't know if that's an homage to, you know, edward teach, but.. captain edward's with an "s", that's as if he's.. a possession of captain edward" ONCE AGAIN 👀👀👀👀

HE ESCAPED PRISON BY DRESSING AS A WOMAN

after escaping, he was promised a sloop by some rando. when the rando didnt deliver, bonnet "WROTE HIM A STRONGLY WORDED LETTER REPRIMANDING THE MAN"

that letter led to him being recaptured 😭😭

he was hanged while holding a bouquet of wilted flowers

#omfg?! #hilarious #ofmd #stede bonnet

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It's going to be so lovely for Ed, to be able to get out of crisis mode for probably the first time in his entire life.

Yeah, at first, he's going to be so relieved, but his body and brain won't quite be able to believe it. He's going to be looking for storms and expecting the worst. The first few times they see a ship that looks vaguely piratey on the horizon he's probably going to be stepping outside to watch it all day. It'll be easy for him to panic whenever he and Stede have little spats or if Stede snaps at him or if renovating their new place isn't as easy as he expected (and it probably won't be). He's going to need a lot of reassurance that he can build the life he wants to live.

But one morning, he's going to wake up late in Stede's arms, and there won't be anything big on the agenda for him to attend to. He has time to chill or read or take a walk if he wants. And he'll know that he can be sure he'll be safe all day long, and no harm will come to him or his boyfriend. He'll be warm and have a full tummy and know that Stede loves him, and none of that is going to change. And he'll get to realize that it's something he can keep.

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I don’t care if they took the knee brace away in s2 I have the headcanons to fill in the blanks myself. no knee brace in s2 due to the “I don’t deserve care I don’t deserve to feel okay” depression spiral of it all followed by the frankly whirlwind chain of events afterwards but when they’re in the inn the first thing stede does is make ed a new knee brace because he hates the idea of ed in pain. it is of extremely questionable functionality but is so clearly full of love and care that it makes ed cry and then he gets himself a new good knee brace and starts wearing it again. and also just offscreen in s2 stede is bringing ed cold compresses and ye olde pain relief gel and massaging his knee whenever it so much as twinges. btw.

#no doubt in my mind

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Very emo about how Stede, who has only known rejection his whole life, immediately opens up about his interests to the first person who gives him any encouragement at all. Oh you like that cashmere? Wanna see my secret wardrobe? Wanna look at my books? Wanna have some marmalade? How about tea? Have all the sugars you want!

This man has been so starved for friendship. He is SO delighted to have a friend. Someone to share things with and show things to, and learn about in turn. But the thing making me emo is how he doesn't even hesitate. He's been rejected all his life and still, he's so eager at the prospect of someone sharing his interests for once that he just. Barrels ahead. Opens himself up for rejection and ridicule again and again.

And every time, Ed meets him with wonder and delight instead. You're doing better than most. You're original! You're a lunatic and I like it. You've got it all sussed out. Wanna do something weird?

Like I know Stede floored Ed with that moonlight moment, but I cannot stress enough how every moment since he met Ed has been a moonlight moment for Stede.

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💕Shhh, they're in love 💕

My brain obviously also imploded when we got this picture, and it has kept hold of me for the entire 3 weeks I've scraped out time to slowly work on this.

*tired slightly manic giggle of disbelief that I actually finished it*

Anyway, please accept my humble offering of the official boyfriend picture and as always click for slightly better quality 💖💖

#so beautifully colored #nicely detailed and saturated without getting muddy #which I feel like would be hard with watercolor pencils? #been ages since ive tried those... #ofmd art #gentlebeard #not my art

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Idea by my beloved @agaywithcoffee

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if you're ok with an incessant amount of boops reblog this so I can get those other 2 badges <3

#im late to this game #feel free to boop!

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