#audhd ed teach

[medievill]

folks, my 20-month-long Disney World!au project has finally wrapped. it was a pleasure to write (and not just because it was so wildly self-indulgent) and a pleasure to share with you. I have hugged every single one of your comments to my chest and given it a little scritch between the ears.

if you’ve held off because you were waiting to make sure it ended, now’s your chance to binge. come for the wholesome family entertainment; stay for the Chuck Tingle discussions.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fic recs #disney world au #in that it takes place there and also it’s ed’s special interest #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ed pov #audhd ed teach #autistic stede bonnet #ao3 #autistic author #adhd author #modern au

[o-wild-west-wind]

saw someone somewhere (credit to whoever said this im so sorry I just cannot remember who or when or where) mention that their brown half was Ed-coded and their white half was Stede-coded and that’s a mood fr that I’ve been thinking about a lot

and as someone with an extra layer of neurospicy I would like to raise this: ADHD half Ed-coded and autism half Stede-coded

#they are the epitome of adhd 🤝 autism solidarity imo #to be fair I read Ed as AuDHD because. bias #but give the poor guy some meds :( #ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #neurodivergence babey

[hfrazerk]

Been dealing with a little stress in my life, few sleepless nights but nothing massively unusual for my AuDHD brain or my chaotic life.

Until Saturday when my wonderful boyfriend of six months and I finally watched episode 5, and I had a nervous breakdown over the end of the episode, because it was beautiful and loving and exactly what I see in our relationship, and it was unavoidable to not recognise not only the power of love but that I deserved to enjoy those things too.

I was only diagnosed last year after 40 years of feeling worthless and stupid and wrong, so it's all very new to me, and I'm still processing the grief.

I spent the weekend in my head, crying, very in my feelings. This then led to a week of the worst insomnia of my life, making big necessary life decisions, and having the worst day of my life in the office yesterday, feeling overwhelmed by the open plan chaos.

Ignoring all of that, very comfortable in chaos 🤦🏻‍♀️, I downloaded Ep 8 and reading spoilers which usually calms my anxiety, instead led me to the Emergency Department of my local hospital this morning, because I was shaking, heart racing, scary feelings, thought I had an infection or complications from my previous sepsis, but no. It is because my body is coursing with adrenaline, one week long panic attack, although blaming the menopause a bit too.

I haven't seen the last episode yet, but I'm taking a break. I identified with Ed Teach so much that it broke me. Dear reader, I be the bitches who cannot handle comfort in a normal human way, and instead made my body think it was getting ready to fight or run away, because I had to accept that the only person who saved me was me, and that feels like too big a responsibility for me 🫣

Thank you for attending my TED talk ❤️

#ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #ed teach #panic attack #stress #hyperempathy #chaoscore #ted talks #adhd #audhd

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

Right, so, I've been seeing some persistent misconceptions in fanfiction where a character has ADHD. I'm a man of color with ADHD and I want to clear some things up. This is specifically about how people tend to write Ed Teach, but it can apply to other characters you're writing with ADHD. And I'd love if other people with ADHD, especially other people of color with ADHD, have any additions to tack on!

These things are NOT what ADHD is.

ADHD does not make you "stupid." This whole thing was inspired because I just read a fic where Ed cites his ADHD as evidence he's "dumber" than the other characters (and this was supported by the writing in the story). There is no correlation between ADHD and intelligence, and we know that Ed is a genius!

ADHD does not automatically mean that someone can't finish school or can't succeed in demanding academic fields. I'm working on my PhD. It just means your character needs coping skills.

ADHD does not mean that someone will "hyperfixate" on or suddenly lose interest in relationships, whether romantic or platonic.

ADHD doesn't mean your character struggles with personal hygeine or keeping their home clean. Please stop making me read fics that characterize a man of color as dirty or incapable of keeping his home clean and excusing it because "he has ADHD!"

ADHD doesn't mean that your character will need someone to look after or supervise everything they do. Ed does not need a White man to take care of him or make sure his work gets done.

ADHD doesn't mean a character will be unable to sit still, focus, stay on-task, or sit in silence 100% of the time. We all have different tolerance levels and those can change depending on current circumstances.

Here are some more realistic, interesting ways ADHD can impact successful, smart characters of color, like Ed.

He might feel the need to be hypercompetent, all the time.

He might get frustrated with himself. ADHD can be frustrating! You can be on top of things 99% of the time at work and school, and have people look up to you, and then you'll realize that you've been forgetting to book that doctor's appointment for six months straight now and you'll feel like a failure.

He might overcorrect symptoms. For example, he might have trouble keeping a neat, organized space and know that messes stress him out, so he overcorrects by being a bit of a neat freak and avoiding mess wherever possible so his space never becomes unmanageable.

He might struggle with The Evil Boredom. That's when you feel super understimulated and nothing is enough to help.

He might have trouble sitting still or saying quiet when he's nervous, feeling strong emotions, or in a boring environment or trying to do a boring task (the scene where Ed struggled with being still and quiet while fishing, while also feeling strong emotions of guilt, was super relatable).

I like to write AuDHD characters (with both autism and ADHD), and it can add a fun new dimension! I personally headcanon Ed as AuDHD. When you have both, symptoms can be frustrating because they can feel contradictory (for example, my autism demands I keep a neat, tidy space and I like routines, but my ADHD means I have trouble keeping things tidy to my standards and routines are super boring).

And finally but crucially: it's obviously okay to headcanon a character as ADHD or with any other neurodivergence when you're White. However, it's important to remember that the experience of neurodivergence looks different for people of color. Boys of color with ADHD, for example, are often overdiagnosed with ODD and labelled as "defiant" or "uncooperative." I often avoid telling White friends and coworkers that I'm AuDHD because it tends to make them infantalize me, as if I haven't already proven to them I'm a capable adult. People of color often have to go undiagnosed or without appropriate medications (if needed) and/or are misdiagnosed. If you're writing about a chracter of color with ADHD, I really recommend finding a sensitivity reader.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd ed teach

[n3v3r-l3ft]

Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Title: Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Author: @n3v3r-l3ft | GrandRNathaniel

Artist: N/A

Beta reader: @zo1nkss

Characters: Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet

Relationship(s): Ed/Stede

Rating: E (Explicit)

Additional Tags: Modern AU, Sex Phone Operator Edward Teach, T4T, Trans Edward Teach, Trans Stede Bonnet, Phone Sex, Sexting, Author is trans, Edward Teach has AuDHD, Edward Teach Has Nipple Piercings, Autistic Stede Bonnet, demi Stede Bonnet, Switch4Switch, the badmintons strike again, Divorced Stede Bonnet, Typical Calico Jack warning, houseplant dad Stede Bonnet, Cat Dad Stede Bonnet, Strap-Ons

Warnings: Minor character death, depression, size difference kink ment, minor physical assault, workplace harassment, toxic relationship

Summary: Stede Bonnet has always been lonely, but opening an ad for a website meant for mingling with hot queers in his area just might change that.

Wordcount: 14 972

Link

[oatmilktruther]

16 and 46 for the ask challenge! For 46 I'm curious about your style both narratively and in voice (yours is so unique and I'm obsessed with it) and maybe how you went about developing it (if you even can answer that idk).

16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

LOL technically i have so many because none of them are really abandoned but off the top of my head the ones that i consistently think about… vampire stede, lesbian car guy ed, regency marriage of convenience and mutual pining, and fight club not Fight Club. the regency marriage of convenience one is the one im most craving to finish because i havent seen anyone else write marriage of convenience/arranged marriage in a way that really hits the spot but basically my concept is Stede and Ed meet and become friends as teenagers and as they get older Stedes parents are pressuring him to marry someone with a title to give their family legitimacy (which Ed has) and Eds parents are pressuring him to marry anyone at all (he is trans and they are worried no one will want him because hes not “a proper young lady”) and Ed knows Stede would never expect him to be anything but Ed, so he asks him to marry him so he can just live his life and Stede of course says yes. Thus ensues years of mutual pining (and Ed of course living his best life and getting to Ye Old Transition in peace). im regular about this idea and gender and intimacy (lying)

46. How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)

omg thank you for being so so kind this means a lot to me it feels good to know i offer something unique. i would say it’s very emotion driven but primarily because i get so incredibly anchored in the character whose POV im writing from. like i am an emotional person myself so when i get down to writing something im living in my characters head and feeling all their feelings so i can put them on the page. most of my plotting is driven by how its going to make the character feel.

and my voice is most often a variation on an Ed Teach ADHD special, though sometimes its the Stede Bonnet Autism Express, but as i mentioned in an earlier ask the thing that unites them most often is a sense of rhythm. And the main way that i developed this was just listening to so so so much music while im reading and writing and also reading a lot and basically absorbing a lot of language, most especially lyrics, and then actually being auDHD myself. so like a combination of the way i am a rabbity erratic thinker naturally and having absorbed so much musicality and lyricism and rhythm into my brain while associating it with “regular” written prose ive just tried to imbue as much of that as possible into my writing. and then the other thing is like. i get bored easily myself so like. i really dont want to get bored writing and i really dont want my readers to get bored either. so every time i write something new i want it to feel new in general and new for me and i want it to have as much motion and dynamism as possible. well i talked longer than i meant to but i hope this is coherent. thank you again for the ask and for being so kind 💖

#m #ask game

[nuklearis-sutotok]

Meet The Artist Request

(The chibi is very quick and low effort, sorry. Not to mention tumblr's upload quality what the heck? It blurs the second it's loaded. How rude...)

Entire subject of post under read more...

Url meaning: I share my eye colour with a relative who went by “The Fox.” Nickname: Dok/Doc Age: 31 Gender: You can call me whatever as long as it isn’t “We’re out of stew.” Orientation: Ace Relationship Status: Single Ethnic: Muddled but mostly German Cherokee Nationality: American Art Experience: 28 years and counting. Pry this pencil from my cold dead fingers. Preferred mediums: Mechanical pencils, coloured pencils, brush pens, charcoals, oil paints. What I art: A little of everything but I seem to prefer portraits. Originally one of the things I wanted to do was draw for Marvel but then Disney bought them and the thought of selling my soul to Disney wasn’t appealing. I lean towards keeping things black and white, which may come from my dad specializing in black and white photography. I tend to prefer it. Notable things: I had some paintings from a class on public display and for sale one year. I had one piece on public display in a shop before they moved. Education: Broad education in humanities and social science, including an art minor amongst various others. Currently studying acoustics and physics. Languages spoken or read: Basic German, Dutch, French, Italian, ASL, I know first year of a local indigenous language but I’m not telling you which because then you’ll know my location, quite a bit of Latin, I’ve dabbled in Romanian (I need to study this more), played with Punjabi, Russian, Mandarin, Turkish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and am looking at Sanskrit and Hungarian now. I wish this was more impressive and less convoluted than it sounds. Music theory also counts, right? It's just the adhd... I am in hell... Past jobs: Stage tech and media communications tech, campus journalist. Current: Library assistant Future: Teaching, I hope. Features: audHD, hypermobile/EDS, hyperacusis

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

kindling

by Anonymous

Middle-aged, mid-life crisis, newly divorced baby gay looking for love in Grey Lynn suburban area” doesn't really have the ring to it that Stede Bonnet (newly divorced baby gay) is looking for. Because it’s all so new, okay? New apartment. New bookstore. New life. It was easier 20 years ago— meet the girl. Marry the girl. Have two children with the girl. And that’s all well and good, but Stede— it was just never for Stede. So he’s doing something about it. Better late than never.

Running on fumes, cigarettes and sheer force of stubborn will, pâtissier Ed Teach hasn’t got the fucking time to wait for the universe to set him up. So— between his busy schedule and the weight of running a successful bakery— Ed turns to — godfor-fucking-bid— dating apps. But he’s not some bright-eyed, fresh-faced, twenty-something looking for a quick hookup, or a sweet, summer fling. He’s a forty-two year old business owner searching for connection after placing his career first for the better part of two decades— He’s bored and he’s tired and he deserves to loved, god-fucking-dammit.

Words: 2327, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Lucius Spriggs, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez, Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death), Charles Vane, Louis Bonnet, Alma Bonnet, Mary Allamby Bonnet, "Calico" Jack Rackham

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands/Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Black Pete/Fang/Lucius Spriggs

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Fluff and Angst, Idiots in Love, Jealousy, Miscommunication, Alcohol, Explicit Sexual Content, Mutual Pining, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Bakery, Alternate Universe - Bookstore, smau, Social Media, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD, Autistic Louis Bonnet, AUDHD Alma Bonnet, Author is AuDHD, Alternate Universe - Online Dating, Rating May Change, Rating will change they're gonna get it on, low angst romcom vibes

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48214141

#Our flag means death #ofmd #https://archiveofourown.org/works/48214141

[ramsaybaggins]

Stede is autistic and Ed has AuDHD and no one, no one, can convince me otherwise

#ofmd #our flag means death #its why I relate so intensely to both of them I think #stede bonnet #blackbeard #ofmd blackbeard #ed teach #edward teach #autism #adhd #audhd #autistic #op is autistic #op has adhd

[medievill]

Chapters: 14/? Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, The Badminton Twins, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), "Calico" Jack Rackham, Lucius Spriggs Additional Tags: Autistic Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard's Home Renovation and Restoration, Bonnet Creek, Warning: Badminton Twins, Slow Burn, because they're both idiots (affectionate), Blackbeard | Edward Rides a Motorcycle, Stede Bonnet Has a Motorcycle Fetish, Disney World, Epcot, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Work In Progress, no beta we die dramatically like Spaniards, Disabled Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Māori Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past Blackbeard | Edward Teach/"Calico" Jack Rackham, come for the Chapek jokes stay for the Desantis jokes, is Lucius Spriggs Chuck Tingle??, the more chapters I add the more hinges I lose, fang the relationship therapist Summary:

This guy’s so fucking pretty, is the thing.

He says, “You work for Blackbeard?”

Ed frowns a second, then looks down at the Blackbeard’s Home Renovation and Restoration logo on his t-shirt. He says, “Yeah. Yeah, suppose I do.” He sticks out his hand. “Name’s Ed.”

“Stede.” His hand is soft, but not soft like dough. Soft like silk. A fine, expensive thing that's treated that way. Ed’s got to let go before he bends over and rubs his face against it like a cat.

#guess who stayed up too late adding chapters to their wdw!au #me it was me #fireworks on a manmade beach #sexually tense monorail rides #audhd ed teach #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fic #ofmd fanfic #wdw au #jeff the octopus #cj thinks lucius is chuck tingle and I think that bit is hilarious even if no one else does

[medievill]

Chapters: 11/? Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, The Badminton Twins, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), "Calico" Jack Rackham, Lucius Spriggs Additional Tags: Autistic Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard's Home Renovation and Restoration, Bonnet Creek, Warning: Badminton Twins, Slow Burn, because they're both idiots (affectionate), Blackbeard | Edward Rides a Motorcycle, Stede Bonnet Has a Motorcycle Fetish, Disney World, Epcot, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Work In Progress, no beta we die dramatically like Spaniards, Disabled Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Māori Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past Blackbeard | Edward Teach/"Calico" Jack Rackham, come for the Chapek jokes stay for the Desantis jokes, is Lucius Spriggs Chuck Tingle??, the more chapters I add the more hinges I lose Summary:

This guy’s so fucking pretty, is the thing.

He says, “You work for Blackbeard?”

Ed frowns a second, then looks down at the Blackbeard’s Home Renovation and Restoration logo on his t-shirt. He says, “Yeah. Yeah, suppose I do.” He sticks out his hand. “Name’s Ed.”

“Stede.” His hand is soft, but not soft like dough. Soft like silk. A fine, expensive thing that's treated that way. Ed’s got to let go before he bends over and rubs his face against it like a cat.

#celebrating the return of ao3 with a brand new completely unhinged chapter #sorry not sorry I'm a little bit of a CJ apologist #she said to the surprise of no one #ed x stede #gentlebeard #modern au #wdw au #I hate chapek and desantis come read my jokes about them #eventually y'all will get your smut but these old men aren't ready yet #ofmd #ofmd fic #ofmd fanfic #ao3 #audhd ed teach #ed teach #stede bonnet #blackbonnet

[medievill]

fuck 'em, only we know: E! Stede/Ed. 6,402. Ed publicly calls Stede Zaddy. then privately calls him Daddy. events proceed as expected.

forget your perfect offering: M! Stede/Ed. 9,666 (and counting). When Ed sees a flyer on his staff’s memo board for a support group that claims the best revenge is living well!, he figures: whatever. Who cares. Doesn't matter, but maybe he ought to. Might as well just. Ugh. Go?

the harder the pain, honey, the sweeter the song: an in-progress 5-part series in which Ed teaches Stede how to soft Dom him into oblivion.

tell me something I don’t know: M! Stede/Ed. 8,312. Stede wants to give Ed everything, but that means Ed’s going to have to tell him what that is. Out loud. With words. Ugh.

hold me like water, or, christ, hold me like a knife: M! Stede/Ed. 5,391. Stede has noticed some preferences of Ed’s that he wants to talk about.

the best things in life come in threes: M! Stede/Ed. 371. Off-page sex, on-page snuggles.

kinktober 2023 prompts: E!

got no reason, got no shame (praise kink, "be good for me"): pre-canon Jack/Ed. 1,637. Jack's an idiot, but he's not stupid.

bait/switch (edging): Stede/Ed. 752. Ed invents edging. Stede's mad about it.

a more advanced trick of the trade (“let me take care of you,” face-fucking): Stede/Ed. 6,064. Stede takes his sword and runs Ed through. Again. Very soon after the first time. Too soon, probably.

the happiest place on earth (is here with you): M! Stede/Ed. 33,082 (complete!). wildly self-indulgent Walt Disney World!AU, featuring macarons at Epcot, fireworks on the Seven Seas Lagoon beach, and sexually tense Monorail rides. AuDHD Ed + autistic Stede. crack treated seriously.

kinktober 2022 prompts: E!

the romance of it all (choking): Stede(/Ed). 1,414. Stede figures some stuff out about himself on his way to Ed.

he’s so bad but he does it so well (dirty talk): pre-canon Jack/Ed. 1,787. Jack runs his mouth. Ed is into it.

we lay here for years or for hours (pegging): trans!Stede/Ed. 1,690. a little cock worship, as a treat.

it’s just that I’m constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you (wall sex + fingering): Stede/Ed. 2,598. Ed is good at everything, including waiting, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get sick of it.

carve your name in my bedpost (whipping): pre-canon Jack/Ed. 2,258. Ed submits to the mortifying deal of being known, by Calico Jack of all people.

a constellation of tears on your lashes (gags/drooling, thigh fucking, dacryphilia): post-canon Stede/Ed. 8,449. Ed asks Stede to, you know, whatever, it doesn’t matter, but what if he, like, made Ed cry. As a…whatever. As a sex thing.

it’s all good; I wish you would: E! Stede/Ed. 19,119. post-reunion and our captains have made up. it’s just that they haven’t touched yet and it’s making Ed bonkers.

taking the helm: E! Stede/Ed. 14,184. Ed’s exhausted, and Stede wants to relieve him of his decision fatigue (with pretty clothes + delicious food + [of course] sex).

a moment of weakness: E! Stede/Ed. 16,950. medium-angsty reunion fic, plus hair-washing! and banging!

#ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #blackbeard #ed teach #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd fic #gay pirates #ofmd fanfic #ed x stede #fanfic #ao3 fanfic #stede x ed #our flag means death fanfic #our flag means death kinktober #ofmd kinktober #ed x jack #jackbeard #ao3 fic #medievil on ao3 #ao3 #ao3 writer #master post #kinktober 2023

[medievill]

me, June 2022: wowowow I really identify with Ed Teach which is wild because he’s so clearly adhd and like probably audhd okay but so maybe that’s what it is but I should be id’ing more with Stede Bonnet who is clearly just real fuckin autistic and—

my psychiatrist, December 2022: how did anyone miss the adhd. it’s very clear. very clear. please eat some adderall.

#ofmd #neurodivergent representation #autism #adhd #audhd

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

podfic of Awake at Dawn by Chrometourmaline

by Kninjaknitter

Sweet vignette of Stede waking before Ed.

From the author:

Stede struggles to leave his bed. It’s early and Ed is there.

Delayed Sleep Phase AuDHD Ed vs Autistic Sensory Stede vs the clock. Ed’s not bothered. Jim might be.

Words: 8, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Jim Jimenez

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Additional Tags: vaguely post season 1, Sleepy Cuddles, Comfort No Hurt, ed's belly, Podfic, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Introspection, No Dialogue

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/42954285

#Our flag means death #ofmd