#and in Stede's case

[fandomfaeofveryfewf4cks]

Honestly, though, one of the things I find bizarrely relatable about Stede can be explained just by that scene where he gets stabbed and just nicely asks, "Did you mean to do that?" Like yes, honey. Yes, he did.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 1 #stede bonnet #i love stede as a character #but if there is one thing about him that annoys me #its the fact that he really should be dead by now with all the shit like this he does #and im like #yup #that's me #alive through impossible odds #and in Stede's case #a badasss murderer dude and a hardworking crew not wanting him dead #at least not yet #there's always tomorrow

[acianoh]

"And if you don't love me now - You will never love me again"

#ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #ed x stede #blackbonnet #stede bonnet #edward teach #ofmd blackbeard #ofmd s2 #no spoilers but just in case #god they're all i can think about

[shugarmelon85]

a girl, her fish, and the boy she kissed

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmdfanart #edward teach #blackbeard #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #the fish- i mean the beast #theyre taking it slow ! #my art #i really just wanted to draw the fish #the fish is a paid actor etc #uhh in case it needs saying: girl (gn)

[saltpepperbeard]

the way several characters have told ed and stede to "shut up" in some way, shape, or form. but when they're both talking to each other, they absolutely cling to every single word. they can't get enough of each other's stories, or ramblings, or little recounts of their days.

#OFMD #OFMD Season 2 #OFMD S2 Spoilers #Gentlebeard #Blackbonnet #Edward Teach #Stede Bonnet #Revenge Rambles #inspired entirely by ed rambling on about his day/about fang's actual name towards the end of ep 5 #and stede just looking at him as though he hung the moon and stars #stede looking at him and absolutely holding on to every little word pouring from ed's mouth #and i think it's resonating with me quite deeply because uh #I TALK A LOT LMAO #IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED #and i've gotten in trouble for it/snapped at for it/told i'm being too loud whenever i'm being passionate about something/etc etc #so to have someone like...LOVE you for your ramblings #love you for everything you have to say #someone who is just as excited to hear what you're saying as you are with speaking it... #man #MAN..

[garbomode]

i just wanna talk about the parallels between 1x05 and 2x07 for a minute

so both episodes start with them trying each other's thing. Stede learning how to be a real pirate and Ed trying to be a gentleman and make a nice(ish) breakfast.

thennnn we get to the meat of the episode & stede and ed each expect that they'll be the center of attention for the aristocrats and pirates, respectively

but! it ends up being the other way around!

sooo they're just absolutely killing it in front of all these people, having a great fuckin time and fitting in

they get to be a little silly and goofy :)

then, they have a little talk, saying yeah this seems great, but you need to be careful because these people can be unpredictable.

and as soon as they're apart, there's a conflict. i want to say that both conflicts happen bc they don't really understand the group but tbh i have no idea why stede did that

and everything goes to absolute shit

and then everything goes to even more absolute shit. ships on fire.

in 1x05 ofc they go back and have their "you wear fine things well" moment but in 2x07 they're separated and we just have to sit with it :(

bonus you also have frenchie scamming people:

ed not panicking:

and izzy being a little freak:

#sorry this is slightly shit #i don't know how to analyze media #just throwing this into the world in case anyone smart has thoughts #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd season 2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd blackbeard #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd frenchie #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd

[stygmatus]

ED WENT IN FOR ANOTHER KISS AND WE NEVER KNEW

#I WANT TO CRY #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ofmd #my art #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #This is from that new cap from a video max put out today in case anyone is unaware

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

I've gotta admit, the take that Ed and Stede are "running away" from their problems at the end of s2 absolutely baffles me.

The thesis statement of this show, as we know, is "a lot of the things we are taught about being a man are wrong." Harmful ideas of what it means to be a man are at the core of Ed and Stede's issues with themselves: Stede struggle to feel like as much of a man despite loving softer things, Ed's feeling forced into a hyper-masculine caricature of himself. These are the core problems at the heart of these characters, obviously there's more to it but when you boil it down that's what we're working with. This is why Stede's trying to live up the ideal pirate image in s2e7 is important; he's getting a taste of what he thought he wanted so he can choose to leave it behind for what's really important. Ed, too, is still struggling at the end of the season with figuring out who Ed is, once he can break free from the Blackbeard persona.

What would be solved by sailing away, planning to continue as pirates at the end of s2? How would that be addressing their problems or helping them live more authentically? Ed has wanted to leave piracy since we met him, and yes, Stede enjoys piracy, but the idea that piracy is the true and right end-state for him is a very basic reading of the text I think.

Ed and Stede making the decision to try building a life together in their new shack isn't running away from their problems - it's Stede prioritizing Ed over a life of piracy, because piracy isn't what he wanted in the first place. He wanted to be a part of something, he wanted to marry for love, he wanted to be appreciated for who he is. It's Ed finally realizing in the finale that he can use violence as a tool to protect the people he loves, but he's also allowed to step away from it. Will the inn idea work out? Maybe. Maybe not. Who cares? It's not the inn that's important, really, it's that they're both choosing to commit to each other and taking this step towards living more authentically.

We already know exactly what "running away from their problems" would look like, and it's the plan Ed proposed in s1e9. He wanted to run away to China so their old lives could be "gone, dead, never were." Ed just wanted to forget about his past, and Stede was riddled with guilt - wherever they go, there they are. The difference between that plan at the end of s1 and Ed and Stede's new plan at the end of the s2 is, first of all, they're both all in and they know it, and, secondly, they're both getting a lot better at meeting themselves where they're at.

#ofmd #our flag means death #also ed has more riches than you can shake a fuckin stick at i'm sure he's got money to help them out with their inn project #and if not stede will happily eat snake he's not picky #i think this is another case of people really trying to force real-world ideas into a very unrealistic show #and that works for emotional stuff i think but for plot points you kinda gotta go by vibes

[eefaevie]

Suddenly, the room goes silent as the front door opens. In walks the single most breathtakingly gorgeous man Stede’s ever seen. Everything about the man is striking; he’s dressed provocatively in a well-worn black leather jacket over dark jeans and boots, and his long, silvery hair is piled into a high bun exposing the bronze expanse of his elegant neck. Stede can see the edges of faint black inkwork peeking out from under the cuffs of his jacket and across the top of his chest, and his short-cropped beard emphasizes an absolutely stunning set of cheekbones. And his eyes, god, his eyes; they’re luminous, as vast and dark as the swath of sky held aloft by the telescope on the hill.

art and excerpt from chapter one of Wave Hello to the Void, an ofmd gentlebeard fic written by @mxmollusca and @zacharybosch with some art by me ❤️ check it out on ao3!

#ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #blackbeard #ourflagmeansdeathfanart #gentlebeard #ofmdfanart #edwardteach #ofmd fanart #edstede #blackbonnet #stede bonnet #wave hello to the void #ofmd art #ofmd fanfic #ofmd fic #ofmd fic recs #it’s got MOTHMAN #it’s got MONSTERFUCKING #it’s got monsterLOVING #“the inherent eroticism of the void #i rest my case #I made a bespoke dumpster fire gif for this fic tyvm #evie.art

[naranjapetrificada]

I'm exhausted but we need to talk about

how creepy this is:

(gif by @chrrispine)

when you remember (and are still waiting in vain for the narrative of season 2 to acknowledge) this moment, much less the entire fucked up scene it's part of:

(gif by @figmentof)

That Izzy was the one to intrude on their moment was violation enough, but I was legitimately physically uncomfortable with his eyes raking over Ed like that AND Ed's complete lack of reaction to it. I understand that there was meant to be some subtextal discomfort around this new level of intimacy for Ed and Stede but coupled with literally everything else about Izzy's fumbled arc this season, it was even worse than it needed to be. Add it to the pile of inexplicable* decisions they've made around Izzy as a character this season.

*well there are some potential explanations but they're all bummers

#ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #ofmd meta #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #izzy critical #izzy hands #posts i shouldn't have made #posts I will probably regret #to say nothing that his voice was inescapable during the love scene #in case you forgot he exists let's have him sing over this watershed moment in the relationship he tried to destroy

[poison-into-positivity]

a moment of gratitude for whichever costume designer had the piece of mind to get Stede out of that fuckass wig before “you wear fine things well”

#imagine that scene played out exactly the same way except he’s in that colonizer wig 😭😭😭 #so blessed to live in a world where that’s not the case #ofmd #stede bonnet

[pastryjay]

Hey! If you're an OFMD fan who loved S2, including the finale and posts/ reblogs mostly OFMD stuff, can you give this a like this please? I'm looking for more blogs to follow and want to avoid all negativity about the show. Especially hello if you love Ed/ Stede, they are everything to me <3.

#i'm not making this post looking for likes for likes btw I couldn't even guess my follower count. I just know likes is an effective way of #locating new people to follow in this case yk #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #please don't like this if you don't mostly post/ rb OFMD stuff or are excessively negative about S2 fjfjgjjgkdje #also i'm not going to follow you if I check your blog and scroll for a bit and see no OFMD posts <3

[dickfuckk]

A love letter to the hair team for OFMD

Inspired by and dedicated to @bizarrelittlemew You should also check out her fic Keep your 'lectric eye on me, babe that mentions Hair several times ✌️

#ofmd #our flag means death #video #tw flashing #just in case #dickpics #it's what i call hurlumhejhus (crazy house/funhouse) editing #this might be up there as one of the stupidest videos i've ever made #definitely the stupidest video i've ever published at least #ida i hope this video satisfied your need for a hair video hfdjskal #i did admittedly make it more stupid than i had to but the song is stupid ghdfjksla #also when life gives you the opportunity to form a heart around ed then you gotta take it #emotional video #as you can tell stede is very touched by the whole thing

[saltpepperbeard]

no because again, i feel like the costuming changes are so very intentional. AGAIN, i am kissing the costuming department on their mouths.

because in the last episode, stede was red. stede was the red silk. stede was a fine thing. he was closer to himself, closer to ed’s heart. he was excited to find new clothes and glowed under the light of the moon.

and he continues to wear red into episode 6 when he’s alongside of ed and encouraging him to “turn poison into positivity.”

but then a switch occurs. in episode 6, he suddenly switches to blue. when he kills a man in cold blood, when a bit more ferocity comes out, he is in blue.

others have pointed out that this color on him represents forced masculinity, that it represents him trying to fit within the stereotypical box of “blue instead of pink.” and i think that’s just it. i think it’s very intentional.

because he’s trying to be ruthless instead of forgiving. hardened instead of soft. what he believes to be a “proper pirate/man” as opposed to someone who got stoned for picking flowers.

blue, and not red. cold, and not warm.

#OFMD #OFMD Season 2 #OFMD S2 Spoilers #Stede Bonnet #Revenge Rambles #I had a feeling that was the case too lol I HAD A FEEEEEELING #MY BRAIN IS JUST SPINNNNING AFTER THESE EPISODES

[stil-lindigo]

lift me up, hold me down.

prints

#our flag means death #our flag means gay #ofmd #blackbeard #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #quite literally in this case #just their hands are involved #this was made simply because i found a cool reference on pinterest #everything else came later #id like to think that this is the same chair in the favourite engraver piece too #not that im trying to set up continuity or anything #god knows i dont have the coherence to accomplish something like that #but yes #i liked drawing this a lot #i think izzys hand in eds hair is like #simultaneously loving and possessive and also cruel and limiting #while stedes hand in eds is this mutual understanding and agreement #i think if ed let himself get pulled up by stede hed be swung into a waltz #hm #yes #many thoughts #stillindigo art #this might be the last ofmd art for a little while #i just feel like im running out of ideas thats all #thank you though #to everyone #seriously #youre all so kind in this fandom

[who-the-fuck-knows-blog]

ok izzy being eds father figure is ridiculous so i’m not even touching that, but you know who he is more of a father figure to? the crew. you know who else viewed the crew as more of his children/family and treated them like his children? stede.

they’re the dads of the ship

#ofmd s2 #izzy hands #stede bonnet #stizzy #if you squint #? #idk if anyone paralleled eds dad it was ed himself ngl #anyways wasnt it crazy that the show just ended at episode 7? what a cliffhanger amiright #zero sense as an ed father figure. he could be a daddy figure as ive seen folks say #but in this case hes stedes daddy #woah!!! role reversal!!! #actually WHO is the daddy in this relationship

[scaryhaven]

It was such a beautiful choice for Stede to say "i know, i know that" to Ed's "I love you" because its not something he would have been able to say before. Despite the fact they'd just had a fight and went their separate ways, something that would have normally made him feel insecure, unwanted and rejected, he'd known all on his own, that Ed actually does love him, he didn't need to hear it. It's a cute parallel to when Stede tried to reassure Ed that he loved him when they were at Mary and Anne's, only difference is that Ed very much did need to hear it, and it instantly made him feel better. I just love it because the obvious response would be for Stede to say "I love you" back, but choosing to say "I know" truly shows Stede's growth, he's becoming more confident and understands his man better than ever, and what can i say, I'm just rooting for those two crazy kids.

#the i know you has been done before but i think its super fitting in this case rather than being a joke its actually just beautiful #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death