#nor would i be surprised seeing the abysmal 'izzy is abusing ed' take from them either

[something-about-sunflowers]

We are literally not watching the same show istfg.

The man is a PIRATE. To say he would never CHOOSE violence is just. Blatantly incorrect. He reminisced fondly about gouging out somebody’s eye. Fang is SCARED of him. ‘When people see the flag they just surrender, I don’t even have to be on the boat’ is a complaint about nobody putting up a fight anymore. He WANTS a fight. I’m.

Can we please, PLEASE, rewatch the show without the rose-tinted glasses? Can we fucking acknowledge that there is a baseline of violence that is treated less seriously because this is a rom-com about pirates and its not always an indicator of who is a ‘bad evil person’ who must be condemned for committing said acts of violence? Ed can enjoy being violent and still not be okay with having killed his abusive father. The trauma there comes from the abuse and the fact that the murder was retaliation against said abuse. Killing your abuser is traumatizing. Hell, he can have trauma around murder and still be okay with violence because violence doesn’t inherently lead to/imply murder.

‘Ed doesn’t like/want to be violent and Stede is his hero saving him from the violent oppressive life of piracy’ is SUCH a flat fucking take. Its infantilizing, and frankly? Its boring. Its a boring read on such an interesting character with such an interesting relationship with violence.

#the dork is being a dork #not tagging ed #like #shit like this is legit making me consider unfollowing amuseoffyre because people with shit takes like this love their meta #and like i don't always agree with their meta but its not ever the repugnant shit the izzy haters spew #its a different perspective and i can respect that #but this shit? #this isn't a different perspective this is a misread that is being presented as fact and it colors a lot of people's interpretations of the #canon in ways that take all the onus off of ED to make himself a better person and puts it all onto other people 'forcing' him into a #lifestyle that he CHOSE and - at one point - ENJOYED #i would not be surprised if this person blamed izzy for all of ed's faults #nor would i be surprised seeing the abysmal 'izzy is abusing ed' take from them either #can we please get a little media comprehension? some actual analysis of what we see AND hear from ALL parties? #i know its a big ask but fucking christ #if we can't engage with the ACTUAL media can we at least shut up when it comes to making meta posts?