#buttons and the sea ofmd

[idontwantittobeunrequited]

i just remembered that buttons is actually a witch in a sapphic relationship with the sea. that mother fuckers got game.

#fight me for saying the sea is a lady but im pretty fucking sure buttons refered to the sea with she/her pronouns once #also fight me for pushing my everything is always gay agenda #i will bite you #ofmd #our flag means death #buttons ofmd #buttons and the sea ofmd #ofmd s2

[areyoudoingthis]

I'm never shutting up about this exchange actually:

Buttons: "The sea is my lover."

Ed: "Jesus Christ. You're still here, I forgot about you."

"But there's a cruel limit to the passion I can share with Her Majesty in this current form."

"No offense, man, but I just need you to not be weird right now."

"To love the sea as she must be loved, requires change."

"Oh my god."

"That's what I learned down in the old gravy basket."

*Buttons does his spell*

"Okay. Buttons, people don't change, not into birds or otherwise."

*Ed turns around and Buttons has turned into a seagull*

*Ed's face lights up, he has learned something important*

"Fuch yeah brother. Fly."

*Stede returns. Ed runs after him*

"Hey! Buttons turned into a seagull!"

Our flag means death is a show about how people who were miserable and stagnating alone can come together and change through the magic of community, love and support. They set up this silly joke about Buttons being a sea witch who can turn into animals just so they could have Ed witness the transformation (that Buttons needs to go through so he can love his lover as she deserves, because his current form makes the relationship unsustainable) and have his own epiphany about how people do, actually, change. If Buttons can change, Ed is allowed to change. He can trust that Stede has changed too, and will continue to change as their relationship evolves. He can learn what he needs to and go through his own transformation so he can love his own love as he deserves, so that they can have the fulfilling relationship they both want.

#DAVID JENKINS I AM KISSING ON THE LIPS #also what nde did buttons have?????? #i miss him hope he's having fun making love to the sea #ofmd spoilers #alex watches ofmd

[mothershipwreck]

Down in the Ol’ Gravy Basket

#ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #buttons #karlisthebird #izzyhands #israelhands #seawitch #gravybasket

#our flag means death #ofmd #izzy hands #ofmd fanart #israel hands #buttons #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #con o'neill #gravy basket #Karl is the bird #Sea witch #the new unicorn #moth’s own art tag

[itswhatyougive]

The only reasons I can think of for Frenchie being completely cut out of the shot during Izzy's death scene:

He was so overcome with grief that he excused himself so the trauma box would not burst open

He went running to grab Auntie's spellbook and flipped to "reversing death" and "summoning sea witches"

#frenchie does canonically believe in witches #he would totally believe in spells #i would love to see frenchie going on a wild occult trip with the help of a sea witch named buttons #auntie and frenchie 🤝 believing in witches #s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd season 2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #izzy's revenge #izzy hands #frenchie ofmd #frenchie our flag means death #ofmd frenchie #izzy x frenchie #frenchie x izzy #oh yeah #he is getting his mans back #ouizzy #frenchizzy #ofmd s2 finale #ofmd s2 #ofmd s3 speculation #buttons the sea witch #auntie ofmd #nathaniel buttons #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death s2

[suppenzeit]

So I trade licks with the muddy waters

#my art #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #also buttons is here (in a way) #dreaming of an alternate universe where he gets a burial at sea... #description taken from little pistol by mother mother btw. good song #ALSO: this will be available at museocon too. and then any leftovers will be sold through mail and such

[violetwolfraven]

The way I was lowkey not entirely wrong about this???

#i mean we still need the emotional moment #but still #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #buttons ofmd #stede bonnet #sea witch buttons #nathaniel buttons

[mikimeiko]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 - one gif per episode (with the first gif from their first scene and the last gif from their last scene) | Buttons

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #buttons ofmd #ofmdedit #i made these in order of appearance in the first episode so the order might be a little strange #i'll miss you you weirdo sea lover #we all agree that the seagull in the last scene was buttons right? #ofmd s2 one gif per episode #i made this #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

[incidentale]

Our Flag Means Death S2 – Impossible Birds & Red Flags

#alright this is more like it #hope the saga of the sea witch continues #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2e1 #ofmd s2e2 #nathaniel buttons #mr buttons #ofmd buttons #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmdedit #g

[neurosiscocktail]

Okay so here’s my pitch for the season 3 cold open-

We open to a close up of Stede’s face, he’s clearly concentrating, he’s sweating a little, and covered in blood. It’s pretty clear as we pan out to a shoulder shot that he just killed someone. He looks very sexy about it.

We switch to a close up of Ed’s face, sweaty, clearly has just been fucked. Maybe his top button is done up wrong. Who knows.

The shot pans out and we start hearing their conversation. They are outside the inn, digging up Izzy (stick with me)- they’re talking about how silly they feel for just now realizing this is the problem- OF COURSE Izzy has been so mad, they didn’t bury him with his ring! How silly of them! And they didn’t even notice until someone tried to rob them and Stede killed the robber (and they fucked about it). THAT must be why Izzy won’t stop haunting them. They tuck the ring into his breast pocket and start to rebury him.

Next shot- we find out that they think Izzy has been haunting them because of a the ~weird happenings~ at the Inn. The haunting does not stop after they bury the ring. This part of the episode starts very creepy, real horror movie vibes. However, we find out through the course of the episode that what they think is a haunting is just two whim prone chuckleheads with no experience running an Inn.

“All of the produce mysteriously went bad!” - Stede, whose experience with food preparation is putting marmalade on toast just left them too close to the fire and the heat did what it does to produce.

“The room keys keep going missing!” Nope. Ed simply cannot remember where he put them.

“The desk bell keeps ringing at night but there is no one there!” It’s buttons the seagull fucking with them.

They both think they’re responsible for the haunting and having a crisis about it. Idk, dealers choice about what they feel guilty about.

They are losing their fucking shit over this haunting. Maybe Izzy shows up once or twice in a Badminton style memory ghost.

We pan back to The Revenge. It’s a total parallel to what happened with the red suit.

They also think they are being haunted by Izzy.

The word “twat” keeps appearing carved into random places aboard the ship. Frenchie’s peanut allergy is back full swing. They keep sailing into storms by accident. Etc

They set sail for the Inn, desperate to ask Ed to control the ghost of his dead best friend or burn the body, anything to get rid of this fucking ghost.

It’s Jim fucking with them and dumb luck. (Except for the storm thing, it’s just impossible for anyone to read the weather as well as Ed)

They all meet up at the Inn, and now we have a Scooby Doo style episode where the ghost was the friendship and character growth we made along the way.

And then for an extra layer of comedy, maybe at the end of the season we see Izzy’s ghost just sort of old man loitering around the ship because he didn’t want to leave what I am affectionately deeming his kids.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #edward teach #ofmd s2 #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #gentleman pirate #blackbeard #frenchie #jim jimenez #buttons #buttons the sea witch #izzy hands #roach ofmd #I think roach knows its just Jim fucking with them but it’s funnier to let it happen #I think if Izzy’s ghost was present he wouldn’t be hovering around Ed to bully him but instead he’d be watching over his crew #eternal first mate and whatnot #blackbonnet #hey just a friendly note that if you message me “I fucking hate Izzy hands and am glad he’s dead but this made me laugh #I will respond by blocking you #I’m just here to be silly and I don’t need that negativity my dude

[edsbacktattoo]

god I love one Mr. Nathaniel Buttons. he's so wonderful to me. man has a set of metal teeth "in case he needs to chew through some poor fucker's throat". he's got another set of teeth that are made of wood. he is canonically a cannibal, he can talk to birds, and he wants to fuck the ocean. he's also a witch. incredible.

#in awe of him #not to mention he can name 1000 sea creatures #and he's likely one of the most accomplished pirates on the revenge #how do i become him #all i want to be is a scottish seaman who can communicate with birds #is that a normal thing to want #im on rewatch number 82936872 #i'm obsessed with the way he asks 'have u been CRYIN'?' to stede the line delivery is so perfect #ofmd #our flag means death #buttons

[themostdeviousbastardinnyc]

On the one hand, I'm happy for Buttons for achieving his dreams. ON THE OTHER PLEASE COME BACK TO ME I MISS YOU

we better see a seagull who everyone mysteriously seems to understand hanging around the revenge

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #i know your love is the sea but your family misses you :((( #roach is concerned :((( #they wonder what happened :(( #ofmd buttons #buttons ofmd #envyposting

[massiveharmonytiger]

So the fact that The Little Mermaid, a tragedy about unrequited love, is being alluded to in a story about reciprocated love between two men has me so emotional. Powerful scene.

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #the little mermaid #hans christian andersen #stede bonnet #edward teach #ed x stede #blackbeard x stede #black bonnet #I'm so insane about this scene actually #Ed seeing Stede as a light then a merman #this is everything #also Buttons is the sea witch LMAO

[magniloquent-raven]

underrated moment

#ofmd spoilers #ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #lucius spriggs #black pete #jokes on u you thought they were having a moment alone #honestly i'm not sure what's funnier roach looking super into it or buttons ignoring them to stare longingly at the sea #i'm NOT gonna be sad about the fact that olu and stede are probably jealous and sad about pete being the only one who got his partner back

[okayestokapi]

In no particular order, some of my favorite Buttons moments.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death s2 #ofmd buttons #nathaniel buttons #our flag means death Buttons #i love this insane sea witch your honor

[san-sebastienne]

SO important that 8 people heard this freak say "I yearn..... to make sweet love.... to the sea" and said BET

#ao3 stuff #fic tag #ofmd #buttons #our flag means death #i yearn to make sweet love to the sea

[poison-into-positivity]

“there’s no version of ofmd without izzy” “izzy is going to come back as a ghost in s3” *rattling the bars of my cell* what about buttons. WHAT ABOUT BUTTONS!!!

#CAN ANYONE HEAR ME #who gives a shit about iggy. give me my weird and offputting sea witch back #nathaniel buttons #ofmd buttons #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd #text #mine