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Maternity kits, medical threads and scissors, water testing kits, anesthetics, mobile desalination units, etc do you see the pattern? Israel is not only starving the people of Gaza but it also wants to ensure the spread of disease through contaminated water and surgical tools, as well as ensuring injured Palestinians suffer through horrendous pain.

It's beyond sickening.

#genocide #induced famine #induced disease #human rights crisis #gaza

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This one is for me T___T

#ofmd fanart #wee john feeney #he contains multitudes #arson / explosives tech / knitting / drag artistry / killer makeup skills

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Very silly modern meetcute where Ed's a super famous but burnt out movie star doing one last stupid movie he hates so he can finally retire. And he's having a fucking exhausting day because it's one of those very melodramatic relationship study films and his entire day of filming is basically getting yelled at by another actor for being a terrible boyfriend.

And it just so happens that this scene in the film where the characters have this huge argument takes place in public, and it's in the middle of a park. Ed doesn't know, he doesn't care, he hates it even more because it's hot and bugs keep touching him.

But Stede always takes a walk through the park every day, and he basically saw the signs that were like "don't enter this area" and thought "huh I wonder who that's for :D" and kept living his life as normal.

Anyway Stede sees Ed getting yelled at in the middle of a crowd, he doesn't even know him yet but his "protect Ed" instincts kick in, and he just fuckin storms in there and probably headbutts the other guy to get him out of Ed's space and starts being like "what the fuck??? Why are you screaming at your boyfriend like that??? He deserves so much better! Stop it! Get out of my park!"

Eventually he realizes that he recognizes the guy he's giving a talking-to, because he's probably also a famous A-list actor, and then he realizes that Famous Actor Blackbeard is giving him these big amazed eyes. They elope that same weekend

#ofmd minific #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard

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Ed and Stede, as Calvin and Hobbes

#ofmd fanart #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #as calvin and hobbes

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ways of a gentleman

#ofmd fanart #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard

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#is that a zip-up double-breasted cargo cardigan? #i am simultaneously charmed and perplexed #rhys darby #totally normal for rhys darby tumblr association

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POV: You’re Stede and you see him, wyd

Hope this Ed’s not too hot for Tumblr lmao

#honestly we are doing whatever ed likes #b/c service top #but it will involve a lot of verbal and tactile appreciation #ofmd fanart #edward teach #good grief he is so pretty

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🇵🇸 the University of New Mexico is camping for for a free Palestine!! 🇵🇸

#university of new mexico #campus protests #palestine #anti-genocide #anti apartheid #ceasefire

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Evening stories time ✨

#ofmd fanart #stede bonnet #edward teach #storytime #knee brace my beloved!

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I keep getting stuck on something. It takes Stede so long to figure out that what he's feeling for Ed is love and desire because it doesn't occur to him that sex is fun for some people. It wasn't for him. In canon his context for sex is an arranged marriage he doesn't want. And part of why he climbs up to see Mary and Doug going at it is that he doesn't recognize what he's hearing: he has not experienced sex being loud and joyful and exuberant- either for himself or for a partner.

And he STILL doesn't have a name for what he feels for Ed until Mary's talking about Doug, and he starts to think of the moments when Ed has appreciated his idiosyncrasies, the moments when they're learned from each other, the moments when being around Ed has felt easy as breathing.

What I mean when I call Stede an Edsexual is, he experiences romantic and sexual feelings rarely enough that he needs external help identifying them. Being left by the one person you've been attracted to who has seemed to get you and appreciate you is in fact a recipe for months of misery, not for having any amount of sex with a guy who has been quite fucking clear that he hates you.

AND ANOTHER THING. Say Ed did ACTUALLY leave and never come back (which he wouldn’t, because that’s his guy). First, Stede would be wildly depressed for months. Second, when he did reach a point where he could talk to someone about it, he would not open up to the guy whose name he struggles to remember and who sold them out to the English. He’d talk to Lucius. He’d talk to Olu. He’d talk to EVERYONE. It would be everyone’s problem. He’d have group therapy sessions.

The only plausible scenario where Izzy works his way into being Stede’s confidant is the whole grooming thing that has been discussed and that is indeed something that could happen, but even then it takes a major fucking leap for that to turn into a sexual/romantic relationship, given who STEDE is. More likely he would get further isolated and we all know what happens when Izzy tries to isolate and manipulates people.

Anyway, now I’ve grossed myself out.

#and also we know from the 'i love everything about you speech' #that being near ed- the rare person who doesn't act like stede's embarrassing / wrong- *feels good* for stede #this is not what stede would say if he were turned on by being around someone who views him with contempt #trust me people who hold stede in contempt are a dime a dozen: he'd have hooked up with nigel if he were into being insulted #and you *know* nigel would keep bringing it up every time they see each other which he doesn't. so.

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meow

#ofmd fanart #edward teach #with cat ears and the bell collar #spiritually this is a screencap of ed listening to the captain voice right? #this is definitely what's going on in that scene #ofmd s2e5

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Yeah so Our Flag Means Death is one of the best things I've watched in years. I finished it earlier in the week and I'm still fucking obsessed. It's just. I'm not sure how they manage to make it so vulnerable and meaningful and diverse without labouring it, without it being an afterthought or a "quota" (as the boomers say!) but everyone should be taking lessons in how to do it. It's so refreshing to see and so fucking good. Everything should be like this. The whole cast were brilliant (as I'm sure were the crew but obvs don't get to see all the great work they do!) and it was funny and touching and I'm obsessed with Ed and Stede and will be forever. Thank you goodnight.

#‘obsessed with ed and stede and will be forever’ welcome to the club!! #prev: i think there are probably t-shirts #anywho: hi! #i am so with you op on 'everything should be like this' #ofmd

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Our Flag Means Death

 Stede Bonnet

#the st sebastian vibes #prev: did i scroll down to see if anyone mentioned st sebastian? i did #ofmd fanart #stede bonnet #somewhat worse for wear and stabbed up by some spaniards #discomfort in a married state #thirsting ed shown separately #ofmd s1e4

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Ed and Stede would absolutely be that couple with a billion little codes for when they need out of a situation.

At a social situation and they're getting tired? Stede's probably been watching for it because Ed's been getting quiet and clingy, but then Ed'll pop his head up from where he's been hiding his face in Stede's neck and mumble something tangentially related to what they were talking about, "yeah, yeah, beer's really good here, Stede and I had this orange lager a few months ago," and Stede's been looking for oranges because that's their code word, and he's able to make a timely excuse so none of their friends are any the wiser. They get to go home and cuddle and recharge.

They're in public and meet up with an old friend of Ed's, Stede's already on edge because Ed's smile doesn't look quiet right, Ed takes his hand and squeezes it three times and Stede knows it's time to talk about a very important appointment they're going to miss if they don't leave right now immediately.

Stede's on the phone with a distant family member or old business contact looking for his father, Ed's listening in because Stede's voice is getting overly polite and that's never a good sign. Stede slips in a "oh, isn't that down by the coast, there's a lighthouse there" and Ed starts loudly going "hey baaaaabe can you come in here??? That mole is baaaack and I need you to look at it" so Stede can hang up the phone.

Just giving each other the agency to choose when it's time to leave and helping them get out. Ed's felt so forced to do things he doesn't want to do for so long; Stede's used to having no one in his corner. But with their powers combined? They can finally leave situations they don't want to be in.

#i had a past partner do this with me and it was the *best* #b/c you don't always remember on your own steam that you can nope out #having permission from someone who loves you and who's less invested in the 3rd party is invaluable #gentlebeard #edward teach #stede bonnet

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William B. “Bill” Watterson II.

#the semester my composition class focused on comedy i taught a calvin & hobbes volume to kids who'd been born post-c&h #and the number of baby c&h fans on the last day of class made me so happy #(so did the number of students who told me their roommates had comp class envy)

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Our beloved microwave gave up the ghost a few days ago. The burning wire and plastic-smelling ghost. Best case scenario is that it's the waveguide. Local appliance repair places don't deal in microwaves, possibly because if it's anything other than the waveguide, it's cheaper to buy a new one than to pay someone who knows how not to electrocute themselves to fix it.

We'd given ourselves a month to solve the problem. Sure, okay, I can do less Steamed Rice With Things and more fried rice, and I can cook the occasional veggie burger in a pan, and I can eat pasta cold. What I cannot do is heat my heating pads any other way than by putting them in the microwave.

Which means my pain levels have been creeping up over the last couple days. My ankle's stiffer the first couple hours of the day. The scalp / neck / upper back / pectoral muscles that contribute to my migraines are all tightening. I woke up this morning light sensitive and thinking "all I want is to have a cup of tea, put a heating pad on my face, and go back to sleep. Fuuuuuuuck."

And then I heard clattering in the kitchen, and two of my housemates out for a morning walk had found a microwave out with a "free" sign on it and brought it home to see if it is salvageable. (Yes! It needs a fuck-ton of cleaning, but it works.)

Cleaning bacon grease out of the crevices of a microwave with a vinegary q-tip may be giving me flashbacks to working in a cafeteria, but if I get to put a heating pad on my head tonight? It will be worth it.

#have i said lately that i love my housemates? #i love my housemates #that co-op life #personal

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when hbo max crumbles in a couple years and the rights free up and we finally get a season 3 where we see ed and stede a little older and settled into their domestic life and they get pulled out of it for one last adventure. then they’ll see

#i thought about the idea of seeing them having grown older together even a few years and started crying #prev: yes #because stede has been in mortal danger *how* many times in the course of two seasons? #none of us are guaranteed old age but their chances of becoming even a little older go up when they go ashore #i'm not picky: i think their ultimate adventure is each other and whatever tf they're doing is going to be more fun & tenable as a result #though i also think stede in particular is happiest when he has a crew #not necessarily in the being in charge sense but in the sense of opportunities for ambient socializing #(thinking of all the au stedes who've hit 40 and divorced and thought 'i want to live in a queer cooperative' which- honestly same) #ofmd s3 #finish our stories #yes i am rooting for the demise of wbd and max