#our flag means death motherfuckers

[leupagus]

David Jenkins should hire me is all I'm saying

#our flag means death motherfuckers

[shiplessoceans]

Today obsessing over the scene of Ed explaining to Stede that Jack can come off a bit rough but that as far as Ed's concerned, it's all posturing and he's just a big insecure teddy bear deep down and that he and Stede would get along.

I am FASCINATED by what this says about Ed and what attracts him to a person. He's had physical liaisons with Jack, gets a bit giddy/silly around him in general and he's also fallen head over heels for Stede.

I think maybe what both men represent for him is a way out of monotony. Jack because he causes chaos wherever he goes and cannot help but engage that part of Ed that seeks drama and passion and emotion. Any feeling, even fear and danger is, in Ed's mind better than nothing.

Stede also represents a break from monotony but this time not through destruction or chaos, but through the simple act of putting himself in a dangerous situation and refusing to change or bend who he is to match the culture.

Stede is violently himself and does not know how to be different. In fact he imposes his attitude to life on others. Dress how you want! Express yourself with freedom! Don't ostracise anyone who wants to be included! Be kind! Be compassionate! Relax and practice some self care! Engage with stories and fancy preserves and nature walks and just...do what makes you happy. Even if others mock or scorn you for it.

And that's the thing. Ed had never considered what might make him happy. Since he was young his focus has only ever been what will help him survive and be safe. It's not his fault no-one told him he's incredibly smart and an overachiever and naturally he rises to the safest position there is. One where people fear you so much you never need to fear a challenge.

Reminds me of a verse from a song I love:

It's cool being the only one, but it's lonely

I could have fallen in love a thousand times before it only someone had known me

They say there's someone for everyone,

Oh but the word will be never done

When all you need is to be met halfway but nobody tries

Don't be surprised

Ed has all the riches he wants, people flee at the mention of his name and he could do anything. He knows how to survive, not thrive. But he has been on this 'grind' for decades with no relief in sight except for the occasional dalliance with a fellow pirate, alcohol and scaring rich and fancy people who think they're better than him.

Stede shows him another way of living. And Ed cannot help but gravitate to him. Fascinated, hopeful and immediately enamoured.

Stede is just as enamoured with this man he heard stories of who turns out to be a gentle soul with a big bite who seems to need reassurance and kindness and understanding and is so smart and capable and hot and against all odds, likes him and wants to spend time with him and, god forbid actually admires him for the things others mocked him for.

Stede cannot help but love Ed and Ed cannot help but love Stede and his gentle, kind optimism and foolish bravado. The way he pursues his own happiness doggedly but wants to afford others the opportunity to seek that same happiness for themselves.

They make each other happy, because they both truly see each other and love what they see without reservation.

#god i love them #this was all stream of consciousness so apologies for the rambly nature #stede/ed #edward/stede #gentlebeard #ofmd meta #ofmd #our flag means death motherfuckers

[matttheratking]

I'm deciding that Izzy comes back to life out of spite. Crawls out of the earth like WHY THE FUCK AM I ON LAND. WHY WASN'T I BURIED AT SEA. YOU MADE MY LEG A CROSS???? I'M FUCKING JEWISH EDWARD

#stalks to the inn like get ready for the haunt of your life motherFUCKER #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers

[xray-vex]

have you seen him yet today? now you have.

(edit by me, based on some hd screenshots courtesy of ofmdframes on twt)

#edward teach #edward motherfucking teach #ofmd #our flag means death #character of all time #lives were changed

[triflesandparsnips]

hey so friendly reminder

stede gives *full body* kisses

#I love it when actors just go full-body like that #because yes kisses with LOTS OF SPACE in between is a thing that happens! #but they're not the *only* kind #and there is a *very particular message* about a full-body one #especially on screen #and that message is #'somebody said we must live in two separate bodies - but my skin says it misses you - #and my blood remembers when it ran through both our veins - #and every part of me just wants to prove a motherfucker wrong - so let's kiss #and kiss - #until our bodies become one again - #and we can finally take a full deep breath of air #instead of the lonely half-measures that sustained us #for all the years it took to find our other halves again #(...which tbh is kind of a lot for one man's hip-to-hip full-dick action kiss to accomplish but like. I calls it like I sees it) #our flag means death #our flag means death s2 spoilers

[mxmollusca]

Rhys saw how we all reacted to Taika's Disney Princess Eyes and was like, "hold my shitty light beer"

#look at those sparkly motherfuckers #aotearoa i wanna fuck your dad #totally normal for rhys darby tumblr association #ofmd s2 spoilers #i would like the record to state that i saw him first #stede bonnet #ofmd #our flag means death

[trans-top-stede]

I just saw a gifset of this scene and I'm sorry but I always forget how hard Ed is giving Stede the ol' bedroom eyes here and Stede is just like "gosh it's nice to help my good friend Edward with something he couldn't possibly have done himself 🙂"

#if cross posting from my own twitter gauche i don't care #he seriously wants that steve irwin looking motherfucker so bad it's making him look stupid #ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #tts original

[crownspeaksblog]

No because I absolutely loved watching ed fight! For 2 seasons we never saw him fight, he was always making his crew do it, even when was in full kraken mode, he just fires one shot and stands back and let them do the rest.

While in 2x08 he was killing left, right and center! He casually took out two English soldiers, UNARMED and used their rifle to choke them out, in a little rowboat, then he choked and broke someone's neck with ONE fucking hand while holding and READING stedes love letter with the other! Then later, on the beach, he was fighting two soldiers, while two more were coming at him and you can see that he already took out NINE others (yes i went back and counted!) Also when he took someone's rifle and put it on their shoulder and shot someone else.. I can't.. He's a fucking menace! A hot fucking menace!

I just think it's neat he went around slaughtering the English like they're nothing after he hallucinated stede, the love of his life, yelling for help!

#although I've some notes ed stabed someone in the shoulder and pulled them back and they didn't get up.. #also the guy he took the rifle from didn't resist or anything and he just sort of let ed put the rifle on his shoulder lol #just a little observation that's all.. #no but seriously i loved it. it was fun! also ed seemed pretty okay about killing them which fair it's the English and they took his love s #no complaints from me! again he looked really fine as hell slaughtering motherfuckers with his wet hair! 10/10 #ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #edward teach #ofmd 2x08 #👑

[leupagus]

#LMAO RAINBOW CAPITALISM INDEED #I'm dying laughing #our flag means death #our flag means death motherfuckers #ofmd #eta: to be clear the timing of this announcement is 100% on HBO—none of the show creators/runners have any say in that

[shiplessoceans]

Thing I'll never be over:

Ed and Stede have sex for the first time and the very next time we see Ed he's tossing his clothes into the sea like 'Welp! Won't be needing these!'

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #gentlebeard #ed motherfucking teach #what a legend #no one is doing it like him

[laicolasse]

Joel Fry as Frenchie

finally getting around to posting some art so here's something that started as a pose study and got out of hand. trying to learn both consistency in depicting a person as recognizably themselves and variety in terms of stylization and levels of detail. there's another study already in progress (an excellent excuse to stare intensely at pictures of Joel Fry)

#ofmd #frenchie #frenchie ofmd #ofmd frenchie #joel fry #our flag means death #our flag means fanart #this motherfucker has been my fave since day one

[xray-vex]

RIP Edward Teach you would have loved eating sugary breakfast cereal by the handful directly from the box

#edward motherfucking teach #ofmd #ofmd meme #our flag means death #edward teach

[bookshelfdreams]

#I CANNOT BELIEVE I POSTED THIS WITHOUT FINISHING IT #that's what pirate brainrot will do to a motherfucker #if you rbd the other one I'd endlessly appreciate it if u could rb this one instead #anyway. still gonna explode fr. #our flag means death #blackbonnet #i wrote a thing

[captainclickycat]

*Wakes up in a cold sweat at 3am, flinging my torso off the bed* The reason Stede keeps thinking he can just abandon people and then amble back into their lives like nothing’s happened is that he doesn’t think anyone likes him enough to miss him anyway

#mull over that one motherfuckers #ofmd #our flag means death

[cat-hesarose]

Something I didn't see coming with Izzy's arc this season is our apparent collective conviction that either Izzy Hands is going to die or he's going to fill a captain sandwich

#ofmd #our flag means death #do i really need to say which i'd prefer #steddyhands #all aboard motherfuckers #izzy hands #ofmd s2

[rocketrouquine]

They came straight (ahem) for my sanity and took no fucking prisoners.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd bts #DIE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS FOR LOVE #stede x ed #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #whatever the fuck is the ship name that sunk my every waking and sleeping minutes #the gays WILL get you in the end #ofmd s2