#they would think ''the name doesnt MEAN anything! and we just choose stede all the time bc he's such an easy target''

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

still can't get over "there's no homophobia in ofmd!" claims, as if we don't get a flashback of childhood stede being the target of a rousing game of "smear the queer"

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #stede fucking bonnet #mine #txt #og #s1e01 #ofmd fandom crit #q slur #<-i dont usually tag this but in this context... yeah. #anyway if any of my followers dont know: smear the queer was a children's game much like tag/red rover/red light green light/etc #one kid is chosen to be ''queer'' and everyone teams up against that kid #either pelting that one kid with balls or all chasing them and trying to tackle them or something along those lines #it was before my time but my parents remember playing it. and it's the kind of insidious homophobic messaging #that gets to kids before they even know what gay means. like my parents forgot abt that game until adulthood #and they were like ''oh SHIT. that was homophobic.'' #like modern (or 70s-80s) au badminton kids probably wouldnt KNOW ''we're bullying stede bc he's gay'' #they would think ''the name doesnt MEAN anything! and we just choose stede all the time bc he's such an easy target'' #''All in good fun!'' as badminton no. 1 said