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stedebonnets · 2 years

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Ed and Stede + Stede's bed

Bonus: Breakfast in bed

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bugsbutch · 2 years

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i want them to fight for the duration of the whole s2 i want them to make up in the first episode i want Ed to attack Stede on sight i want Ed to crumble the moment he sees him i want Stede furious at Ed for what he did to his crew i want Stede apologetic for abandoning Ed without a word i want them to stab each other i want them to hold each other i want them to cry i want them to kiss what's so hard to get

#our flag means death #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #blackstede #stedward #which one will happen first s2 premiere or us settling on a ship name #ofmd spoilers #guess i'm starting a hof #1k #2k

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shiplessoceans · 2 years

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Taika Waititi's friendships are #friendshipgoals.

#ofmd #ofmdspoilers #our flag means death spoilers #our flag means death #jermaine clement in s2 as a pirate songwriter #cant you just see it #and he'd write the ballad of ed and stede

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purrvaire · 2 years

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our flag means death + tumblr text posts I had on my phone (pt. 8 / ?)

part 1; part 2; part 3; part 4; part 5; part 6; part 7; part 9; part 10

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sibmakesart · 2 years

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#ofmd stede #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #ofmd fanart #our flag means death spoilers #blackstede #omfd #edward teach #blackbonnet #ofmd finale #edward x stede #blackbeard x stede #ed teach #stede bonnet #edward blackbeard #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd

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starbuck · 2 years

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You can quote me on this: Ed’s attempt to Force The Narrative Into Drama (drowning Lucius) will be no match for Weaponized Comedy (he improbably survives by floating ishmael mobydick-style on his wooden finger).

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #i do think he’s gonna be Presumed Dead for at least one ep tho if not a good bit of s2 #but i’m certain he’ll be back #he’s one of the best characters on the show and he didn’t get all that development just to be killed that unremarkably #although i’d like to see him Come Back Wrong in some way #i mean. i wouldn’t like it for HIM but Narratively Speaking - it would be Sexy is all i’m saying #bc he’s been so nice and lovely so far that (in hindsight) he’s had a target on his back for a long time #i mean LITERALLY in ep 3 Stede identified Lucius as the person whose death would have the power to destroy the Sitcom Vibe of the show #and… There We Go #that’s (symbolically) why Ed had to kill him specifically #so his return SHOULD return things to their comedy equilibrium #but it Won’t bc he’ll be somehow Fucked Up now #so idk What we’ll be looking at at that point #but i’m VERY excited to find out!!

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a-kind-of-merry-war · 2 years

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He needs to find the lighthouse.

When he sleeps, curled into the corner of the bed that once belonged to Stede, he dreams of it. The sky behind it cracks into shards like multicoloured tiles.

He wakes in a cold sweat, and outside the sky is blue and whole.

It isn't hard to find, in the end.

He takes one of the dinghies, diligently rowing himself to shore. The ache in his arms matches the ache in his legs as he finally makes it to the top of the cliff. Across the water, he can see the lighthouse.

The only thing that's missing is the shattered sky.

He turns, observing the stark little clifftop with its spindly trees and broken foliage. It feels grey, here, even though the sun is high and bright.

And then he sees it - the yellow headstone, as stark and lifeless as the clifftop itself. He reads the inscription. Suddenly, he's on his knees, choking on air.

"Mother?" The voice sounds light and far away. "Who's that man?"

He doesn't care that they aren't talking to him. "Ed," he says, staring at the name on the stone. "I'm Ed."

When he finally looks up, he sees a dark haired woman and a pair of children staring down at him. The woman watches him in wide-eyed shock. He opens his mouth to speak - to tell her to piss off - but all that comes out is a strangled gasping sound.

Then she's on her knees too, right beside him.

"Ed?" She says carefully. "Stede's Ed?"

No, he wants to say. Not his. Never his - I tried, but he didn't--

"Yes," he says instead. "He's dead?"

She peers over her shoulder at the children. Then back to him. Her hand is on his arm, now. There's paint on her fingers.

"We should talk."

#ofmd #our flag means death #ed teach #blackbeard #ofmd spoilers #my ofmd fic #this is also going on my list of s2 predictions

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thoriffix · 2 years

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absolutely fascinated to see black petes reaction to finding out ed murdered lucius (supposedly!! supposedly. hes not dead i wont believe it). he spent so much of s1 idolising blackbeard to the point of making up countless stories and just generally being obsessed with the man and then finding out he killed lucius?? the one person whos death hes said himself he couldnt handle?? oh thats gonna be tasty

#i just. oh god he loves lucius so much #hes literally said he cant handle even the idea of losing lucius... whether lucius is dead or not the fact that ed Tried is jus #its rly gonna change how pete views him and i am here for it. more pete in s2 please #i rly want more of lucius in s2 as well so he legally cant be dead #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #black pete #lucius ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers

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asweetprologue · 2 years

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okay so some future ofmd predictions / things i'm manifesting:

Captain Stede Edwards (a historical alias he used that makes me FUCKING insane)

Lucius in the walls (obvious)

bonus: lucius convinces ed that he's a ghost haunting him

the crew is just as pissed at Stede for abandoning them as they are at Ed for marooning them. Olu takes the lead in challenging Stede over his choices

in every scene that they're raiding a ship Stede finds a new item and adds it to or exchanges it for another part of his new outfit. he's got literally no clothes so he's got to rebuild the brand, but he's doing it through a bunch of random stolen pieces. each piece is probably highly symbolic of where he's at in his journey to becoming the fully realized version of the Gentleman Pirate

Frenchie and Jim become besties. This isn’t rly a prediction it’s just an ask

Calico Jack was Anne Bonny's husband irl, so my bet is that in season 2 they'll introduce her looking for revenge - specifically in a "if anyone was gonna kill that son of a bitch it was gonna be me" way. she is joined by Mary Read, her lover

they are played by lucy lawless and renee o'connor. seriously thoughts and prayers for this one i'm truly begging--

the second season culminates in a large four ship battle - the Revenge, Stede's new ship, Anne Bonny's ship, and an English ship (possibly led by a third Badminton brother). All of these groups have been seeking Blackbeard, with Stede trying to get there before any of Ed's enemies. He manages to convince Bonny to help them fight the English, and the three pirates demolish and Bonny parts from them with an uneasy peace treaty arranged

instead of Stede taking back control of the ship, the crew votes both him and Ed off the island and promote Olu as a temporary captain until they get their shit together

Ed and Stede have to share the little room that belonged to Olu and Jim bc Olu automatically gets the captains quarters. this is, of course, hilariously awkward

this is later for a s3 or 4 beat but Stede's daughter runs away from home and stows away on the ship. the crew find her first but spend like a good day or two actively hiding her from the captains

Stede's Parenting Crisis(tm)

Edward's Parenting Crisis Deluxe(tm)

Alma wants Jim to teach her how to fight, but Jim doesn't want her to end up like them - forced into a life of violence. Alma is desperate to prove that she fits into the pirate life, so she does something reckless that puts her in danger (her dads lose their minds) and Jim saves her and decides to teach her because if she's going to do this shit anyways it pays to be prepared

#okay that’s it for now #I just love to make predictions and see what actually happens #when s2 actually comes out I’ll make a bingo card haha #ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers

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pritou · 2 years

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I see you guys worry about the show being set in 1717 and the fact that real life Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard both died in 1718.

First of all the show doesn't perfectly follow history: Calico Jack died in 1720 and certainly not from a hex executed by a seagull; Israel Hands was around 16 in 1717, Jackie around 60; Blackbeard didn't sign his act of grace until 1718 , nor did Bonnet.

But also, I like to imagine that, if we got more seasons of this absolutely wonderful show, they will both, in fact die in 1718.

Dead, yes, but not from Death itself. I like to imagine that they made up and went on following Ed's idea of running away, starting a new life somewhere, under new names.

So yes, Blackbeard and the Gentleman Pirate could die in 1718, from a perfectly well executed Fuckery, leaving Ed and Stede with the rest of their life to simply be themselves, far from made up titles and expectations. Living on a remoted island or country, maybe visiting Mary from time to time ("Oh yes, this is Stede's twin, Stu, did I never mention him? Weird! And his very good friend Eduard" ) and meeting up with Stede's old crew from time to time, just for old time sake.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 #blackbeard #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ed teach #ramblings

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eliza1911o1 · 2 years

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At this point HBO has to be just playing with us right because even from a data perspective ofmd is insanely good

Everyone else see the interview that came out this week where David and Taika pretty much said s1 ended in a place where a s2 was meant to begin?

Well, beside the fact that the show runners clearly intend for a second season, here are some factual reasons (I’m not going to go into sociological or artistic reasons because that’s a whole other essay) why Our Flag Means Death needs to be renewed:

Demand tripled by the time the finale aired and has grown into a huge fandom presence even after its ending

Became the most in-demand show in the last 100 days (dethroning Boba Fett by quite a bit)

No. 11 in US/World, despite having limited exposure

(as a note for when I say it’s been sort of exclusive to the US, I just mean that some people have found it difficult to watch in their native countries, though they might have had access through other services (as I talk about later, OFMD is exclusive to HBO Max, which is different from even HBO, meaning it has limited streaming even in the US). The international popularity wasn’t necessarily intentional unlike some of their other shows and, most importantly, I unfortunately can’t find specifics on country-to-country streaming (because HBO Europe and Asia can be different than HBO US) and any data I reference is related to what I can find for the US. But if you’ve found it hard to find in your country or it’s been easy/recently added, feel free to comment)

Here are some graphs showing the demand/ratings for the show as well if you want something more visual (cred@221Bcrow on twt and Parrot Analytics because I had trouble finding the original data and they’re nice graphs and I’m sorry if they’re blurry just know the top line is OFMD)

Not only are those numbers good, but this has been done with (from what I can tell) average to below-average marketing from HBO

If you want specifics, I included some data I gathered on the show’s promotions vs. ratings based on its rate of occurrence on the HBO Instagram accounts (I’m sorry I couldn’t do Twitter it was too much work) and ratings on popular sites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. I compared OFMD to Winning Time, which acts as a representative of other current HBO shows, since it had a similar start date, is one of their most advertised series, and has already been renewed (even though the final figures aren’t out yet for WT). I did NOT choose it to garner any hatred towards the show, which I think is important to point out since it is also a well-produced series from what I know and the creators deserve respect. Anyway, here’s the data:

Release

OFMD: March 3rd, 2022 - March 24, 2022 (10 episodes)

WT: March 6th, 2022 - present (6 episodes)

Ratings

OFMD:

90% critics score (top critics and average critics score were the same) on RT

95% audience score on RT

8/10 on IMDb (out of 11,660 reviews)

WT:

84% average critics score (72% top critics score) on RT

82% audience score on RT

8.5/10 on IMDb (out of 5,464 reviews)

(just for reference, CODA, which won Best Picture at the Oscars this year, has RT scores of 94% (critics) and 91% (audience) and an IMDb score of 8.1/10, though obviously from a much larger sample)

Promotions

(for this, I literally went through the main and HBO Max Instagram accounts and documented how many times a post related to either show appeared (rate of occurrence); there is probably a margin of error of +/- 1 post, but seeing as the numbers are pretty different this shouldn’t impact the conclusion; you can count it yourself too if you like lol)

[HBO Max Instagram]

(Started at posts dating back to March 1st, 2022; the total number of posts is 321)

OFMD: 21 times (6.54%)

WT: 31 times (9.66%)

[HBO Instagram]

(Started at posts dating back to February 9th, 2022; the total number of posts is 252)

OFMD: 0 times

WT: 32 times (12.70%)

(in case you didn’t know, HBO and HBO Max are actually two different services. HBO is a cable network, which still comes with TV bundles and can be bought through services such as Hulu, but HBO Max is HBO’s streaming platform that hosts extra content. HBO Max shows are not really mentioned through HBO the channel since they don’t air on it, as shown by the official HBO media accounts not including any mention of OFMD but heavily promoting WT)

IN CONCLUSION

Even from my non-HBO-professional pov OFMD is a very special show and the facts reflect that. I don’t even have all that much included here. As opposed to WT, one of HBO’s frontline series right now that has already been renewed, OFMD was not streamed or promoted through HBO’s main channel and had average SNS marketing (similar to Minx, another ongoing show that had a 5.30% rate of occurrence on the HBO Max account but a smaller presence overall). It has not just produced extremely positive ratings and gathered an extremely large audience (not to mention all the inclusivity and happiness it has also brought), but has done so with little conscious help from HBO. Honestly, a lot of the promotion for OFMD probably came from people randomly posting about it through tumblr and twt in addition to the casts’s/staff’s wonderful interviews, which is crazy to think about. I don’t personally enjoy Euphoria, but knowing the show’s extremely popularity, I think the fact alone that OFMD was able to top its ratings despite the mitigating factors should be a huge indication the show requires a second season immediately (and maybe a third too?)

The petitions have already begun for good reason and if you need more evidence past it being one of the purest romances ever to support the show’s renewal, then here are some fancy numbers for you

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nymph1e · 2 years

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Lol I just realized that Ed is going to break down in tears as soon as Stede manages to pull his Blackbeard/Kraken mask away.

#our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #why isnt s2 here already

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partiallyobscure · 2 years

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having gay thoughts regarding s2 Ed and Stede reuniting…

Ed shoving Stede up against the wall with his knife against his throat being like ‘give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill you right now’ and Stede with absolute adoration in his eyes answering with ‘you’re still wearing my tie’

#our flag means death #ofmd #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd spoilers #stedeward #IM NOT WELL IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT TIL S2

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zerodaryls · 2 years

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y’know, i had been thinking about how it seemed like for the next part of the series, stede is going to have to really face blackbeard and see if he can still love ed despite the horrors he’s committed. but i just rewatched ep 5 and, like... stede has already seen how dark ed can go.

“Lash him to something very heavy and toss him overboard.”

“And Fang? Skin him first. And use the snail fork.”

sure, ed didn’t carry out the violence himself, but he gave the order. and that’s some serious fuckin’ torture, skinning a man with a fork. 😬

stede knows how dark ed can go when provoked. he’s clearly disturbed by it, here. but that didn’t stop him from falling in love with him (tho he was a bIT LATE REALIZING IT, WEREN’T YOU STEDE?)

i don’t think ed going full blackbeard is going to deter stede from loving him, like ed seemed to fear. “you were always going to realize what i am.” hon, he already knew. if having a man skinned with a snail fork didn’t turn him off completely, idk what could.

of course, now we have ed going full blackbeard on stede’s crew, which might have been a step too far, because then it’s personal.

but even so, i think stede will have an easier time loving ed than ed seems to think.

the question is,, will ed let himself be loved?

#my prediction for s2 is less about stede deciding whether he can forgive ed #and more about ed deciding whether he can LET stede forgive him #ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #stedeward #gentlebeard #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #edward teach #stede bonnet #my posts

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sibmakesart · 2 years

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Don't worry he's fine, he's just trying his hand at some good ol' fuckery

(inspired by the floating sailors in Alice Madness Returns)

#lucius our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers #lucius s2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd

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fismoll7secinv · 2 years

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I'm glad that no one in the fandom seems to believe that lucius is dead. The level of trust and comfort which david jenkins built in the lgbtq+ community really is showing

#pls don't bury our gay #i wonder if he'll be the point of the ultimate falling out between blackbeard and stede's crew #bc they can take a lot but they draw the line when one of them is hurt (see calico jack and karl)#i like to imagine that lucius is either still somewhere on the ship #maybe hidden by blackbeard or his presence unknown to blackbeard #or that he paddled somewhere and will make a grand entrance in the future #*completely refusing to accept his death until proven otherwise in s2*#ofmd #our flag means death #lucius spriggs #lucius ofmd #ofmd lucius #david jenkins #ofmd spoilers #shh yzz #mine

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