#calico-fiction

[amphibious-thing]

Highly recommend every OFMD fan read Pretty Gentleman by Peter McNeil before they open their mouth about the connection (or lack of connection as they inaccurately claim) between fashion and effeminacy in the 18th century

#like either we’re using an 18th century lens to understand Stede in which case he’s femme #or we're using a modern lens to understand Stede in which case he’s femme #also people arguing that its only about class love to forget that namby-pamby was aimed at Ed #is Izzy saying that Ed is upper class? #I mean he is rich but I don't think that's something Izzy has an issue with #and also Calico Jack is the one that calls Stede a fop #so idk why some Izzy fans get so upset about people pointing out that fop is about effeminacy #Izzy could say Stede was of 'the dubious gender' or something and people would be like #'actually considering Izzy's accent this is a comment about class' #our flag means death #historical fiction

[plantwithoutplot]

Don’t let them fool you, they’re about to make your life hell

Luffy & Dot Dot, from Speak Up, Boys! on AO3

Do not repost

#monkey d. luffy #one piece #my art #straw hat pirates #cat #strawhat pirates #mugiwara no luffy #hawaiian shirt #calico #straw hat #fan fiction #ao3 #Speak Up Boys! #plantwithoutplot art

[rosenbool]

Guys is no one going to talk about jizzlord? Like... he's a calico cat???? A man???? Calico male?????????

I have decided jizzlord is a transman and no one will convince me otherwise

#extraordinary 2023 #jizzlord #calico cat #genetics of fictional cat characters #transgender #transman #transmasc #ftm

[andrewcolomy]

The Curiosity of a Cat

@billiebustupofficial @bbu-fan-blog @a-little-ray-of-fantasy

#fan fiction #billie bust up #billie the goat #cute #lily the goat #lewis the goat #elaine corso the cat #calico jack the cat #pineapple the cat #stella the siren

[psyonicknight]

My cat, helping me out with my morning writing again 😊

#cats of tumblr #calico #creative writing #fiction writing

[newmsies]

i don't write about Izzy because it's always like a "Bro would not say that" But then i saw that one babygirlified fan fiction of him and i now I've realized i can say whatever i want and people will still leave kudos

#I'm not stooping to that level thou #*though #i don't wanna talk about what the fan fiction was #i saw Calico Jack/Izzy Hands and i was curious cause i didn't even know that existed and i regret it so much #newmsies #ofmd #izzy hands

[noknowshame]

big fan of the fact that Wikipedia not only recognizes the occupation of Nassau as a civil war against Great Britain, but lists Jack Rackham’s death as a key component of its outcome as if it he went to battle with England personally

#they even use his version of the flag #lost the battle won the legacy. so who’s the real winner here #v funny how Jack Rackham the fictional character is more similar to the legacy of Calico Jack than the real Calico Jack #pirate history

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

fic link

#divorce court au #edizzy #stacked hands #gentle jizzed #fan fiction #calico jack #izzy hands #stede bonnet #spanish jackie #edward teach #blackhands #ofmd #our flag means death

[trevlad-sounds]

Mixtape 332 “Galactic Porch”

2023-07-02

Morning Library

Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

The Science Fiction Corporation-Galactic Adventures of the Outer Space Fleet 'Hope’-00:00

Kolumbo-Mysterious Femme-02:39

Natural Sugars-Offering-09:14

Philippe Brown-Conciliabule-14:51

Piero Umiliani, Wilson Das Neves-La Foresta Incantata-17:10

Roedelius-Aufbruch-20:56

Tommy Guerrero-Of Things to Come-24:28

Tyneham House-The Porch Room-27:14

Paul Ellis-Shifting Interdimensional Construct-29:02

Ray & the Prisms-Print Lab-34:21

Uncle Fido-They Begin Investigating-36:01

Psyché-Amma-37:49

Castle If-Vermillion Sunset-42:16

Mort Garson-Baroque No. 2-45:18

#The Science Fiction Corporation #Finders Keepers Records #Kolumbo #Calico Discos #Natural Sugars #Invisible Inc. #Philippe Brown #ERR REC #Piero Umiliani #Wilson Das Neves #Schema Records - Rearward #Roedelius #Bureau B #Tommy Guerrero #Too Good #Tyneham House #Clay Pipe Music #Paul Ellis #Cyclical Dreams #Ray & the Prisms #Data Garden #Uncle Fido #Binaural Space #Psyché #Four Flies Records #Castle If #Mort Garson #Sacred Bones Records #Library Music

[somecalicocat]

my husband future!raph would definitely comfort me when im insecure. he'd hold me and make reassuring words, he'd probably crack a few jokes. he'd gice me some of his plushies and blankets and reassure me and gush about me to me and id get embarrassed but hed just continue, and eventually id fall asleep to his soothing voice and forget my problems

#// calico gushes #tmnt raph #f/o #f/o x s/i #self ship #fictional other #self shipper #self insert #self insert community #self ship community #self ship imagine #self shipping #self shipping community #selfship #selfship positivity #selfshipper #selfshipping #self love

[pumpernicky-gun2000]

The Beretta 92FS inox. Notice the extended barrel,that's called the "Combat MOD".

#Black Lagoon #Revy Lee #Anime and Manga Guns & Weapons #Guns & Weapons #Actual guns #real gun #real guns #real weapons #Beretta weapons #modified Beretta 92FS inox #Guns of Italian origins #Ivory white grip #calico Jack or Jolly Roger #Real guns & Weapons #Real Weapons in the fictional world #.9mm Bullets #Semi-automatic weapons #Semi-auto #Semi-auto guns #extended barrel #Combat MOD #real gun modifications #Italian guns #Pistols

[aphtrashqueen]

-MMD Friends/Self Models Idol AU- (2022 works)

This groups name is Calico St✩rs, with Mari (Blue) as the center. They are part of 325 Star Productions along with another group, LX Code.

links to their Deviantart posts for credits are in each photo caption!

#mmd #mmd model #mmd self model #3d model #3d modeling #idol au #fictional idol community #pmx #mikumikudance #miku miku dance #calico stars

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Yorki (9th April)

One Piece

#one piece #one piece yorki #yorki one piece #op yorki #yorki op #yorki #calico yorki #fictional birthday #april #april 9th

[crunchywho-comix]

Ghost Pirate Marathon

#pixton 2 #ibbzy baker #calico thunderlily #fictional friends #the rest is real though #i'm 1 for 4 #although monsters 2010 was pretty decent #and no I have no life other than watching a shit ton of movies #actually it's Ghost Pirate Entertainment #whoops #however the Shudder list that followed was fire

[jeanhernandez]

#petfinder #catfinder #cat #kitten #kitty #walmart #calico #md #maryland #sci fi #science fiction #dystopia #orwell #facts #fact #ultrafact #https://tinyurl.com/5xn3h6vs

[celluloidbroomcloset]

I was thinking about the idea that homophobia doesn't exist in the world of Our Flag Means Death. I think it's clear that this is not the case, but it is a more complicated issue than what we think of when we discuss straightforward homophobia, and is closely aligned with how the different worlds represented in the show perceive sex, love, and desire.

(Before I get going, I want to be clear that I'm discussing the world of the show itself, not the world of the historical Caribbean in the 18th Century. Our Flag Means Death primarily uses history as a useful lens through which to filter our own time period and the things it wants to discuss, and so only uses history when it serves the show's purposes. These are all just my thoughts - I'm always happy to discuss them!)

There are two major worlds at play in the show: the English gentry that Stede comes from, and the pirate world. In neither world is homosexuality explicitly treated as illicit or unacceptable, though it is never mentioned or shown in the English world. Most of the homophobia expressed by characters lies in the perceptions of the "right" and "wrong" ways of performing gender and sexual roles. I talked about this a bit here in regards to Izzy's homophobia.

In both the English and the pirate worlds, Stede's gender presentation is openly questioned. Stede is a fop - not necessarily a sexual marker one way or the other - but he's also, in the words of the show, soft. His father labels him a "weak-hearted, soft-handed, lily-livered little rich boy" who has never done a "man's work," blanches at the sight of blood, and is only inheriting his power from better, more masculine men.

Within the world of the show, Stede occupies a role typically reserved for female characters, in which he's sold in marriage to build his family's wealth. His romantic desire to marry for love is knocked down; it doesn't matter if he loves Mary or she loves him, or if there is even any desire on either side, because the whole point is to unite their wealth and produce heirs to carry on that wealth.

In Stede's memories, the shift from getting married to having children is instantaneous. Sex is implied, but it barely exists for him - it was simply something that he had to do to fulfill his part. Again, this casts Stede in a role often reserved for female characters in fiction. The function of sex, in the English world, is procreation. Desire hardly enters into it, and love certainly doesn't. So it is likely that Stede's only sexual experiences are ones without desire and without love. They are simply to fulfill a function.

Pirate society is significantly more open when it comes to expression of sexuality, but it is still steeped in sexual roles and requirements. Stede's outward queerness marks him out, but it's his inward queerness and how that integrates his emotional core that makes him unacceptable within the masculine hierarchy represented by Izzy and Calico Jack.

I've gone into Izzy's toxic masculinity and hatred of Stede's gender presentation elsewhere, but to reiterate briefly - Izzy's biggest problem with Stede is that Stede does not occupy the correct gender role within the masculine hierarchy, nor does he occupy a properly defined sexual role. He is, in Izzy's view, supposed to be submissive to a dominant male, and he's anything but. He breaks the rules of piracy and he breaks the rules of masculinity, without seeming to be aware that there are rules to break (at least in the pirate world). Stede is "wrong" in Izzy's understanding of masculinity and homosexuality, just as he is wrong in the Badmintons'/his father's understanding.

It is Stede's breaking of those rules that attract Ed to him in the first place. He doesn't act like a pirate should. He's strange. He's off-script. He's...queer. That queerness draws Ed in - far from being repelled by it, as Izzy thinks he should be, he's fascinated by it. Stede's softness and gentleness are things that Blackbeard should either reject or attempt to dominate, and he does neither.

What comes out in Stede and Ed's interactions is that Ed himself doesn't just desire softness, but is soft himself. Beneath the masculinity he puts on, he wants to be touched with kindness, he wants to be embraced. One of Stede's first questions is if he "fancies a fine fabric." When Ed says he does, Stede doesn't laugh at him or view this as un-masculine. He shows Ed as many fine fabrics as he can, excited to finally have another man with whom to exchange this love.

Ed also wants to be submissive without being hurt. He gets Stede to stab him in a performance of sex, but the act implies even more than that - that sex and pain are closely related in the pirate world, tied to sexual roles (men who penetrated and men who are penetrated). But Stede, once more, is a gentle man who penetrates. He doesn't see the stabbing as a sexual act, nor does he get a sexual thrill from causing Ed pain. Ed submits to a man who cares that he's being hurt, and it is this softness that Ed wants and is, as yet, unable to ask for.

(It is notable that, when Ed recalls the stabbing in "Fun and Games," his main memory is of Stede's look of concern.)

The role of sex, love, and desire in the pirate world is made clearest with Calico Jack, far and away the most explicit representation of a pirate's toxic masculinity, who also highlights the reading of sex as about power and pain, not love. Calico Jack and Stede's conversation is the first time that sexual relationships between men is actually raised, in explicit and vulgar terms as Jack asks Stede if he and Ed are "buggering each other" and tells Stede "Blackie and I have had our dalliances."

Jack views Stede's response as being ashamed, but we see clearly that it's not shame but anger. Stede doesn't like who Ed is with Jack, and he doesn't like Jack's vulgarity, simplifying sex, and especially sex with Edward Teach, down to pure functions, not expressive of love or desire, just as they are in the English world. Jack's attitude that this is simply what men do to (not even with) other men when they are at sea, and he's proving his dominance by telling Stede that he's done it with Ed.

Stede is not ashamed at the assumption that he and Ed are having sex, but angry at the implication that sex between them would be "buggery" and "dalliance," not love (and, what's more, that Ed would be treated as a thing instead of a person by another man).

Stede's queerness is part of his emotional core - it is not a whim. It is not something he can discard or mask, regardless of how he dresses or behaves. It is not something that just "goes at sea," or that can be reduced to functions. It is integral to himself, and so he's been completely unable to conceal it from being perceived in either the English or the pirate world, though he has tried very hard to conceal it from himself.

Ed has also tried to conceal the emotional reality of his queerness via his performance as Blackbeard, turning it outward as violent games between men, without softer emotions. It is with Stede that his own emotional core is revealed, and the big mean pirate is shown to be a man who wants to be held and touched, to be submissive without being shamed or harmed.

They allow each other to be vulnerable, to move beyond their worlds' insistence on sex as being purely a function and to unite it with love and desire. Their romance develops out of friendship and a powerful emotional understanding that claims softness as strength.

Neither Stede nor Ed are acceptable in worlds dominated by toxic masculinity and controlled by rules of masculine hierarchy and power. But they are acceptable on the Revenge, filled with a crew of the "worst pirates in the world," all of whom openly, and increasingly, express fluid gender and sexual roles and identities that shift with relationships and feelings. Both are aligned with the queer liberation of the Revenge, itself shaped by Stede's ethos of kindness and breaking the "culture of violence" of piracy, but they have to break out of their worlds' underlying homophobia to find their way to each other.

#ofmd #ofmd season 1 #stede bonnet #edward teach #ed teach #gif #ofmd meta #our flag means death #queer liberation #rhys darby #taika waititi #my wee thoughts #long post