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[bowlsnbones]

#IM CRYING THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT #THEY ARE SO DEAR TO ME #INNEFABLE HUSBANDS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA MY BELOVEDS #I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #THE ARTSTYLE IS JUST *CHEFS KISS* #ineffable husbands

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♪ love you whenever we're together, love you when we're apart

#I LOVE THEIR MATCHING OUTFITS SO MUCH #OABJAVQHWVHWBAB I’M CRYING THIS IS ADORABLE 🥹🥹 #MY BELOVEDS #AIHSKQHJAJ THE ARTSTYLE IS JUST*CHEFS KISS* #ineffable husbands

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YEESSSS‼️‼️

Jack tried so hard to make Stede hate Ed, to make him become afraid of Ed, to turn them against each other by exposing the obscure things Ed had done in the past, but that just proves how much Jack doesn’t know Stede and his love for Ed! Cause if he did he would know that his plan would NEVER work on Stede and that there is nothing he could say about Ed that would make Stede see him as a monster <33 (this makes me think of that verse from Mary on a Cross by Ghost “your beauty never ever scared me”- 😭😭)

Stede not only knows how much Ed regrets all of the violence that he committed in the past and how painful those memories are for him; he knows firsthand what the urge to free yourself from your past/old life feels like!

Stede- through the entirety of season 1- is being constantly haunted by aspects of his past that disturbed him and which he tried to escape by leaving to become a pirate: people like Jack and Izzy representing the idealized vision of masculinity that he never managed to achieve -which led to him being ridiculed by people like his dad or the Badminton’s who saw his tenderness as a weakness-, the rich assholes in S1E5 being the embodiment of the society that oppressed him and made him feel worthless, his guilt for leaving Mary and the children behind and the fear that they’re suffering as a result of the choices he made, etc

I wanted to repost these bigger, because, first, good acting choices. Second, the progression of their faces as Jack talks about Ed's past really does tell a story about how they're both perceiving the conversation.

Stede's initial reaction is surprise, but it quickly slides into trying to discern how Ed is reacting to what Jack says.

Ed never really looks at Stede as soon as Jack brings up the burning ship. He dissociates almost immediately. Even when Stede directly speaks to him, he won't meet Stede's eyes, and keeps avoiding his gaze throughout the scene.

It lays the groundwork of Ed's fears that Stede will eventually realize what a monster he is. It's also the first time that Stede is really facing the reality of Ed's past—Ed's reaction indicates that Jack's not lying—and he's increasingly distressed by it.

Stede brings up Ed having "given up the killing," a reference to their conversation in the bathtub. Stede doesn't know that Ed has only ever told him about this, but of course it resonates with Ed. And Stede does seem to be looking for reassurance, or for some explanation, since what Jack is saying and the man that Stede knows seem to be two different people.

Though Ed doesn't look at Stede, Stede looks at Ed. He looks at him more than he looks at Jack, and he watches his responses. Stede has very little emotional insight into himself, but boy does he have a lot into Ed. You can see the progress of his thoughts across his face, even as he doesn't put them into words.

The whole episode isn't just about Ed looking at his past, but Stede looking at Ed's past. Ultimately Stede's conclusion is that Ed's past is Ed's business, but it's also important Stede himself knows more of who Ed is now. He's learned more facets—Ed has indeed been Blackbeard, the man who burned a ship full of people, and who made turtles fight crabs. Stede can either accept that about him or deny it, but denying it means that he denies a part of who Ed has been.

It is not that Stede decides to ignore Ed's past violence, but to accept what it is—a part of piracy, something that Ed has done and that he's moved beyond. Because Stede does not see a man laughing and joking about burning people alive, as Jack does, but a man deeply ashamed of having done it. Stede later tells Jack that maybe Ed isn't the same man he knew, and he means that.

This feeds into Stede's love of Ed, as well as the basis for Ed's self-loathing. Where Ed believes that this is "what I am," and where his shame at bringing violence onto Stede's ship makes him want to run before he can hurt or be hurt, he misses that Stede sees him clearly. Stede neither rejects Ed based on Jack's stories, nor does he disbelieve those stories. It gets threaded into the fabric of his love—his recognition of Ed's past, his belief that Ed is a good man (because he has seen more evidence of that than anything else), and his acceptance that this good man has done bad things.

Once more, Stede does understand Ed. He does love everything about him. He doesn't excuse Ed's past violence, he doesn't disbelieve or pretend it doesn't exist, but he also doesn't treat it as the sum total of the man. Stede sees the man who murdered his father to protect his mother, the man who went on a treasure hunt for a petrified orange and who takes seven sugars in his tea, the man who has treated him and his crew with kindness and gentleness, the man who planned to kill him but didn't, the man who has cried in the bathtub and also threatened to skin a racist. Stede never sees Ed as a monster, even when told the most monstrous things he's done. He sees him as a flawed, damaged, gentle man. And he loves him for all of it.

#ofmd meta #ofmd

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so…you’re basically telling me that somewhere out there in the wild there’s a footage of stede and ed…dancing together…and that someone has like…access to it…and that they could just… share it with the rest of the world at any given moment…?!?!?!?

DAVID JENKINS YOU BETTER SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN-

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #DJ IM OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE LET ME IN

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something about season 1 stede stating that he would succeed in his mission of becoming a pirate captain if he could help his crew grow as individuals-

something about stede happily retiring from his position as captain at the end of season 2 and watching his crew sail away with the revenge-

IN THIS ESSAY I WILL-*gunshots*

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd stede #stede bonnet

[bowlsnbones]

THEY KISSED TWICE

THEY KISSED TWICE

THEY KISSED TWICE

THEY KISSED TWICE

#ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #blackbonnet

[bowlsnbones]

GUYS I’M IN SHREDS, IM LITERALLY SOBBING-

THE NEW PHOTO THAT JUST DROPPED WHERE ED CAME BACK FOR A GOODBYE KISS???????

THE FACT THAT SOMEONE LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT "YEAH NO, WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED THAT, WE CAN JUST CUT IT OFF"????????????

WHY???????? WHO DECIDED TO CUT IT OFF?????????

#ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #blackbonnet

[bowlsnbones]

IM SOOOO EXCITED!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!!! CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN I MISS THEM SO SO MUCH- OAHKWVWJWVHWVWHKAHAJ

Good night everyone!! :D

Happy OFMD-eve! Don't forget to leave a jar of marmalade out for Ed and Stede!

#ofmd

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“season 2 is proof of when fan service goes too far” honestly, i think it should have become obvious to everyone by now that this show is being made especially for the fans, for us!!!

all the dialog, the scenes, the characters, the clothes, the soundtrack, EVERYTHING, every little detail is being thought of for us!! and the best part is that this is something that none of the people who work on the show try to hide! quite the opposite, it's been said several times that neither the show nor the creators are scared of not fitting the mainstream, they don't try to sell the show as something that it isn’t or to cover up parts of the narrative just to make it seem more interesting and appealing to a wider and unspecific audience to get more views! they know their audience and, unlike many other projects and creators out there, they really, really show care and respect for the fanbase of their show! they want to let us know that they’re seeing us, they’re listening to us and that they won’t hold back, they’ll give us everything we deserve!! stede writing the most gut wrenching, earthquaking, heartbreaking letter ever known to mankind in which he claims that he can’t stop thinking about ed and that he loves everything about him and later kissing the bottle before throwing it into the ocean??? sure!!! ed putting his hair up in a bun while wearing eyeliner and a dangly earring??? of course!!! stede getting an earring, jim with short hair, blackbeard’s crew wearing emo/punk makeup, steve bunnet, lesbian pirates, izzy with a hoof, THE LITTLE CAKE TOPPERS AND ED PAINTING THE BRIDE TO LOOK LIKE HIMSELF????? ABSOLUTELY, WHY NOT!!!!

i mean, just think about the teaser and the trailer for season 2 for a second! the amount of fan service and queerness that is being explicitly showcased in both of them is absolutely marvelous!! the creators aren’t afraid of showing what their show is really about, they came to proudly promote their slow-burn romcom about two middle-aged gay pirates who fall hopelessly in love with each other in the high seas and i love and appreciate that so much!! they really just got up there and went like: “hey! check out this SUPER GAY TRAILER we’ve made for the second season of our SUPER GAY SHOW about SUPER GAY PIRATES and their silly and REALLY GAY ADVENTURES!! :D oh, the silly blonde guy and the emo guy with massive puppy eyes? oh yeah, they’re GAY, they’re BOYFRIENDS, they’re in LOVE with each other, they CANONICALLY want to KISS each other on the MOUTH if you even care-“ and i think that’s absolutely beautiful!!

so yeah, season 2 may have lots of fan service but that’s exactly what we deserve and no one can take that away from us!! :DD

#ofmd #ofmd 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death

[bowlsnbones]

the kiss™️

#IM CRYING THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL #I LOVE THEM SM #THEY’RE SO DEAR TO ME #MY BELOVEDS #THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT #IM SO IN LOVE WITH THEM #I MISS THEM SM

[bowlsnbones]

RISE AND SHINE EVERYONE!! :DD

ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT UNTIL WE GET TO SEE OUR FAVORITE GAY PIRATES AGAIN‼️‼️

#ofmd 2 #ofmd stede #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #ofmd s2 #blackbeard ofmd #our flag means death

[bowlsnbones]

look, as someone who absolutely loves Stede and who would give anything just to see him happy again, i can understand when people claim that they don’t like him very much because he abandoned his wife and kids and all that, but to say that he doesn’t care about his crew??? Stede Bonnet??? the guy who reads them little bedtime stories every night to help them fall asleep??? the guy who hung EVERY SINGLE ONE of the little flags the boys designed, like the proud dad that he is, just to make sure none of them felt upset and rejected?? the guy whose first concern and immediate reaction after waking up from a really bad fever dream/nightmare was to ask if his crew was okay and try to get up to go check on them even though he was in bed recovering from a stab wound after almost being hanged to death??? the guy who put up with Calico Jack even though he was destroying all the things that were so dear to him while also bullying and threatening him, but who didn’t even HESITATE to kick Jack out of the ship as soon as he hurt Buttons??? Stede Bonnet, the guy who claimed that he would succeed in his mission of becoming a pirate captain if he could only help his crew to grow as individuals??? the guy who encourages them to talk through their feelings and trauma and who shows them that it’s okay to be soft and to demonstrate/have emotions????

i mean, are we even talking about the same person??? 😭😭😭

#ofmd #ofmd stede #stede bonnet #our flag means death

[bowlsnbones]

I can romanticize life as much as I want, but the truth is that I’ll never be Will Byers and Mike Wheeler on Halloween of ‘84

#byler #byler endgame #byler is canon #byler tumblr #byler nation #will byers my beloved #mike wheeler is not straight #mike wheeler loves will byers #byler is endgame #miwi

[bowlsnbones]

which was more culturally significant:

the renaissance or… THIS photo:

#this photo is revolutionary #byler tumblr #byler is canon #byler #mike wheeler is not straight #mike wheeler loves will byers

[bowlsnbones]

FINN WOLFHARD CALLING MIKE AN IDIOT IS JUST SO PERSONAL TO ME-😭😭😭 HE KNOWS MIKE HAS ROCKS FOR BRAINS BAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS MAN,HE’S SUCH AN ICON-

here is the link if you guys haven’t seen the video yet :]

#byler

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heyy byler nation! :D

soo this is a little something i did based on an idea i had a while ago!

this drawing was inspired by one of my favorite songs: “Lemon Boy” by Cavetown! every time i listen to this part of the lyrics it always reminds me of these two! :]

hope you guys like it! :D

(sorry for the bad quality image 😭😭 tumblr sucked all of the resolution it had left-)

#byler fanart #byler nation #byler #byler tumblr #byler endgame #cleradin #byler art