My most embarrassing moment on set: thinking Taika forgot to say his line because the silence was so long (he was waiting for the camera to be in the right spot, like a pro), and so to “save the shot” I said the line we were supposed to say AS A GROUP by myself🤦🏾♂️💀🏴☠️ #seasonwrap #ourflagmeansdeath #ofmdseason2
No but seriously. If you find yourself consistently agreeing with Ed's worst self-loathing thoughts, you might want to consider if you'd just been feeling something "off" or finding Ed's actions worse than those of White characters and you really just wanted an excuse to feel justified in thinking the brown man is overly violent. Because it's very much the surface-level point that we're supposed to be listening to Ed say he's unlovable and talk about himself like he's a monster and disagree with him.
We don't get a lot of shows with characters like Ed. And I get that a lot of White fans aren't used to seeing a brown man with this level of complexity who has an arc like this where he learns he was never defined by the violence he was forced into and that he is very lovable and worthy of forgiveness. But I am absolutely begging some White fans to think for two seconds about why they're so eager to agree with antagonistic characters and Ed's own self-loathing here. Is the show actually saying these things, or is it just an easy excuse to take your ""gut feeling"" about the brown lead at face value and prioritize the feelings of White characters over his?
Ed is just. He’s so happy. He’s fucking THRILLED to be back together with his boyfriend. It’s got him saying nearly incoherent shit in a room full of people. He’s rambling about cats in a life or death situation. That man is delirious with happiness after a lifetime of suffering.
This is entirely why Ed and Stede are made for each other. No one else could ever put up with them as their unfiltered selves for more than five minutes at a stretch. Not only can they put up with each other, they MAKE EACH OTHER WORSE.