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that post that’s like, fandom’s obsession with viewing characters as only relatable or shippable or defendable has ruined media literacy in being able to view characters through the lens of themes or narrative theory. character analysis one of my favourite forms of analysis but not at the detriment of being able to understand when a character represents something larger thematically in a story than what they would be if they were just a guy from your high school

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how are folks on this website convinced that ofmd was deliberately written to show the horrible gritty realism of a terrified abuse victim losing a leg to his tormentor

95% of the amputation scene was archie and jim having banter and kissing

he’s up and walking on a prosthesis the next day and faces absolutely no further leg related problems other than one line about ‘having to relearn the basics’ which is mostly there to justify the candles scene beyond ‘we wanted con o’neill to do a fun little twirl on the hoof while shirtless’

if this was black sails he’d have died of infected toe-itis between seasons (and also none of the rest of the entire show would’ve happened bc it would no longer be a romcom)

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Our Flag Means Death s2 is a really interesting study in how forgiveness is something that happens on a one on one level, between the people in the relationship, not on some universal weighing up of Right and Wrong.

Did Stede objectively do enough to make up for abandoning Ed? There's no answer to that. There's only, did he do enough for Ed to take him back?

Did Izzy do anything at all to apologize to Stede for trying to kill him multiple times? No. But that doesn't actually matter to Stede as long as Izzy isn't trying to murder him right now, so he gets to stay on the ship.

Relationship advice, and especially the hetero dating rules variety, makes it seem like there are objective social rules someone has to follow to atone enough to be forgiven. But sometimes you can do all that and someone doesn't want to let you in (see: Ed and Lucius) and other times it doesn't matter whether people outside the relationship think you've done enough as long as the people in the relationship are satisfied.

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"ed didn't face any consequences" um he did literally die tho. like he very much did die about it actually. which is kind of the number one consequence a person's actions can have i think

#i'm laughing my ass off #why is this so accurate #why does it make sense #ofmd

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The real truth is ofmd is the easiest show to understand and get the themes of. It is not subtle. It doesnt leave that much to subtext. It is very clear in what it's trying to say and you could figure it out with baby's first media analysis. Which is why i have so much disrespect for some of the wild ass, reaching takes that have been concocted about ed and izzy. It is truly not even that complicated and some of these readings are not valid interpretations.

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i have something to say 

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insp.

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straight friend groups be like: *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy*

gay friend groups be like: *divorced rich pirate captain* *depressed pirate known as blackbeard* *mean goth sidekick with a unicorn peg leg* *nonbinary assassin brought up to avenge their family’s death* *flirtatious scribe with a tendency of getting lost at sea* *the nice one who wears crocs in the middle of a fight* *lute player with a grudge against cats* *compulsive liar with bad taste in idols* *chef who’s definitely committed medical malpractice* *the sea goddess calypso* *a literal bird* *lesbian who really likes snakes* *pirate queen* *gentle giant who’s name is a synonym for tooth* *polyamorous woman who steals people’s noses* *poison trained husband*

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sometimes a comfort show is a black comedy about small town serial killers and the 40-something disasters that hunt them down

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.......wait. what

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i truly don't give a fuck if you didn't like season 2 of the hit television series our flag means death. all i fucking want in this whole world is for people to say "i didn't like it" NOT "i didn't like it *and here's why because i didn't like it it was bad.*" because how can you look at this once in a fucking LIFETIME show, in terms of not just canon content but cast & crew interaction and creativity in fandom, and dismiss it entirely because it did not cater to your specific fucking tastes! like! the hypercriticism of queer media makes me want to gnaw my own arm off. this show is fucking *precious.* there is NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT ON OUR TELEVISION SCREENS! you don't have to like it. but don't tell me it's not good. fuck off.

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But not your death

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Our Flag Means Death 1x9 | 2x8 ⇉ Go Frenchie!!

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Ed and Stede looking at each other in a way that makes me go insane [3/∞]

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Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet are two men in love

Show: Our Flag Means Death - Season 1 & 2 Music: Two Men In Love by The Irrepressibles YouTube

#THEY BE MAKING ME EMO FR #LIKE WHAT #op just changed lives rn #ofmd season 2

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Especially after rewatching all of season 2, I feel more confident than ever in saying that this is just a damn good show. I'm genuinely done with wasting my time being critical about OFMD when it feels like it was made with so much love and care and even though they were working with a slashed budget they gave us the best show they could. I don't ask any other media I consume to be perfect so I'd hope I can extend a little grace to my favorite show.

At the end of the day, my single biggest complaint with season 2 is that there wasn't enough of it; I wish we'd got more and longer episodes and got to spend more time with our side characters. That's a hell of a nice complaint to have, really, that the worst thing I can say about this show is that I want more.