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They’re leather and silk and they switched right from the start.

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Stede being cute and pretty in S1 🥰 For my dearest @gentlebeard 💖 Happy Birthday! 🎉

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me looking at the fire at the bottom of the Venom 3 movie poster as well as the 'til death do they part' tagline: oh they are really doing this scene huh COOL COOL COOL IM FINE IM FINE

#hello?? #venom

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Q is so gay for picard its disgustingly obvious

#tng #qcard

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been watching the hannibal show for the first time and it's incredibly funny how visibly aroused hannibal gets every time will does literally anything even slightly less than morally grey

#nbc hannibal

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ofmd x tumblr

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I did that job once.

#doctor who

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One of my favourite things about OFMD is the way that we get tiny glimpses at the little rituals that Stede and Ed establish with each other on the Revenge.

Cups of tea made exactly to each other's taste, intimate breakfasts-for-two, night caps... even just dangling their feet over the side of the ship as they laugh together.

It's sort of magical how much more depth these quiet, glimpsed-from-the-corner-of-the-eye moments add to Stede and Ed's relationship. It's almost like an optical illusion that leaves us feeling like we've seen so much more of them together than we really have.

It's just so easy to imagine them hanging out and enjoying each other's company. Their friendship is such a beautiful foundation to the love that grows between them.

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The first time we hear Gnossienne no. 5 in season 2 is this moment right here, when Stede reboards the Revenge.

We hear it again a little later, when Stede starts cleaning up the Captain's cabin.

Of course, we came to know this piece of music in S1 as Ed and Stede's love theme. It was only ever used when they were together, and it punctuated so many important moments in their developing relationship.

But in the above scenes, Stede is alone. The use of Gnossienne here deviates pretty strongly from the pattern established in S1. There were many other pieces of music they could have used, but they chose this one. Why?

I think it tells us that, when Stede looks around at the state of the Revenge's deck, and the state of the Captain's cabin, all he sees is Ed - or more specifically, Ed's pain.

Ed's heartbreak is writ large all over the ship. In a very sad way, the carnage aboard the Revenge is a love letter from Ed to Stede.

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We need to talk about this

Can we pls take a moment to pause here and talk about this scene?

Because i really think it has not been given credit enough. Everybody is going on about Aziraphale lying to save the children of Job. And how important that step was to him.

But no-one seems to talk about Crowley here.

Because the thing is: Aziraphale expected to fall. I am not certain he thought that the present angels would have noticed his lie, but MAYBE Heaven/Her and MAYBE Hell/Him would somehow have gotten to know. Maybe he thinks somewhere is an alarm going off everytime an angels lies. Maybe he expects Her to see everything. He expected to fall.

But the undeniable truth is: there is only ONE beeing to know for certain that Aziraphale lied. And that is Crowley.

He could have taken Aziraphale to hell. Going down with an Angel in a towrope, telling Satan he had a special present for him. That he did an extraordinary deed. That he made an angel fall. It would probably have made him a Duke, gotten him some further promotion.

And maybe - only maybe - would have gotten him a lifetime with a demon-friend and companion on his side. Because Aziraphale expected to fall. He wouldnt have blamed Crowley for taking him to hell.

So this also was Crowleys chance to make a lifetime with Aziraphale by his side.

And he chose not to do it.

Because Aziraphale would not have liked it.

And that is, why this scene is so important. And really this image here is my point of view on this. What Crowley is doing here. ❤️

And I really think this is so important when thousands of years later, Aziraphale asks Crowley to come to heaven with him. Because Crowley chose Aziraphale as what he is - millenia ago. He could have made them an "us" ages ago and chose not to.

And whatever the story behind Aziraphales offer* is, THIS is the moment it should be compared to. The moment when Crowley refuses to take his angel to hell, because he wouldnt have liked it there.

Crowley wouldnt have liked heaven. ❤️

Thank you for reading - its been bothering me.

*(whether he really believed the Metatron and wanted Crowley to come with him, whether he was afraid and knew his offer would drive Crowley away, ... i know there are strong opinions on that, but only Neil will tell us in S3)

PS: the first pic i got in a FB-Group, i dont know who to credit for. the second pic is available on etsy as a print

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minor thing but another point against the "ed is just a naturally violent and temperamental guy whose moods switch on a dime" interpretation is that ed always warns people when they push him too far. he's honestly trying to set up a boundary. they just never listen.

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'Fun and Games' is my favourite episode of season two, it has so much to give.

It's a wonderful balm after the roller coaster of emotions that are the first three episodes. 

The crew coming to terms with their trauma, Izzy healing with their help. Buttons transformation and Ed seeing it and realising people can change, which gives him hope he didn't have before.

But my very favourite part is heartbroken, furious, bitchy Ed barely containing his anger and annoyance at Stede. And then of course him folding like a garden chair with Stedes soft eyes and 'breathing the same air' speech. All his anger dissipates as there's no way he could resist Stedes unconditional love for him. 

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Taika Waititi vs Cohen Holloway

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[DAZED FROM BLOOD LOSS] hey not to kill the vibe completely but i think i am in love with you

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HAPPY PRIDE from the tiny pirates!!! 🌈🌈🌈 ty eli @bird-divorce for helping me figure out stede's elton john-inspired fit <3

(individual frames below the cut if you wanna see, the gif crunched the quality a lil)

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imagine if they walked in holding hands

they were so close. they wanted to

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