#also izzy deserves it

[beelzeballing]

i need to see izzy make out with either ed OR stede, exclusively because whenever con o'neill gets a script that says "kiss a man" he puts his heart, breath and fucking SOUL into it and the contrast between that and taika/rhys would be genuinely hysterical. im not trying to diss taika or rhys at ALL but con is on a different level when it comes to boysmooching.

#moogsin' #ofmd #our flag means death #izzy hands #edward teach #blackbeard #stede bonnet #edizzy #stizzy #steddyhands #con o'neill #taika waititi #rhys darby #like come on u cant tell me that wouldnt slap #also izzy deserves it #for all his troubles i think he deserves to kiss one of those two morons #as a treat #also in taika and rhys' defense: #they HAVE gotten better #the 2.6 scene was honestly good

[colberine]

crying some real queer tears over how anxious and scared izzy was to have makeup on and sing in front of everyone but they didn’t blink an eye and just started dancing and singing with him

#my baby’s getting love and respect that he deserves #but fr he was so anxious #he’s just like me #also izzy and wee john???? wtffff the huuug #ALSO why didn’t we see how izzy asked to have his makeup be done? we were robbed #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers

[tampire]

"We're merely humble wanderers passing through."

#Our Flag Means Death #ofmdedit #ofmd spoilers #OFMD #ourflagmeansdeathedit #Our Flag Means Gay #Nathaniel Buttons #Izzy Hands #Butthands #Ivan #Fang #Ewan Bremner #Con O'Neill #Guz Khan #David Fane #My Gif #LGBT #lgbtedit #They deserved better #also the foreshadowing

[assiraphales]

ofmd 2 is making it LOUD and clear that ed n stede are the problematic faves. they've both lost custody of their kids (the crews). their relationship issues have turned the caribbean into a bloody battlefield. lives have been lost (and limbs). hearts broken. lots of crying. u can feel bad for them but not that bad

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #also izzy deserves to be swept off his foot by someone who can love him back

[andromedaisfree]

cirque de soleil at the lakecap skyport and lounge!

#having a lot of orym brain rot lately so i drew him because it’s my birthday and i deserve it! #orym of the air ashari #cr orym #andromeda art #fanart #critical role fanart #critical role #cr 3 #cr 3 e 42 #cr spoilers #critrole spoilers #critical role campaign 3 #also the pose comes from a bike campaign a while back featuring a circus artist named izzi kessner! #not bike it autocorrected from nike #super cool posing that inspired the art

[queerfandomtrifecta]

Izzy Hands and Mary Bonnet have so many parallels between them that it’s wild. Emotionally distant husband (Izzy is wife-coded AF so it’s fair to make this comparison with Ed) who they’ve been with for a long time. Their husbands are very unhappy with their life. They’re both having to tell their husbands to pay attention to them, do what they’re supposed to, stop being so whim-prone. Izzy is the one tending to the crew, reminding Ed about their welfare, and Ed seems too distracted to really care. Mary is the one taking care of the kids and has to ask Stede multiple times to play with them, and he seems far too distracted to care (though he does briefly). Neither Izzy nor Mary are happy either, but they’re still trying to make it work beyond what their husbands are. And eventually, Izzy and Mary’s husbands leave them for something ‘better’ unexpectedly, and in a way that’s a betrayal to Izzy and Mary. When Stede panics after Chauncey kidnaps him in s1, he goes back to Mary and tries to pick up where he left off but it’s clear he’s not wanted by Mary. When Stede doesn’t show up on the beach, Ed goes back to Izzy and tries to pick up where he left off, but it’s clear this gentle version of Ed isn’t who Izzy wants him to be. When they finally have distance between themselves and their husbands, they both find themselves and are finally happy toward their end of the time on the show. Mary has her painting and her found family of widows and Doug. Izzy does drag and sings and whittles and has his found family of the crew. They both support their former husbands’ new love at the end of their arcs.

Izzy and Mary’s husbands fell in love with each other, but only one of these characters got to be happy at the end of their very parallel arcs in a way where it felt complete to end their time on the show.

Idk. It’s something.

#imagine if they killed of Mary #and then said it was because that’s what had to happen for Stede to be free and happy #that’s insane but it’s what they did with Izzy #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd #ofmd meta #izzy deserved better #izzy hands #Ed teach #stede bonnet #mary bonnet #david jenkins #ofmd critique #ofmd critical #also I doubt Izzy is really dead but for the purposes of examining the existing narrative arc we’re assuming he is here

[phoenixduelist]

The only S3 opening I accept is Izzy literally clawing out of the grave, yelling: 'None of you absolute TWATS bothered to check for a pulse??'

In a show where every tiny movement has 26280 meanings and possible interpretations, I refuse to believe that this death has absolutely none.

And I also hope after crawling out, his first half conscious journey is into Ed's and Stede's inn, sending both into a cardiac arrest

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #our flag means death #omfd season 2 #ofmd s2 #The reactions would be slightly better if he had gotten a death he and his arc deserved. Protecting the crew or even Ed after everything #That his funeral was somewhat respectful; the crew finally verbalizing the thanks for his protection during the Kraken era; Ed who knew him #longest also saying a few heartfelt words. and bury him in the sea maybe? instead of keeping him around like a garden accessory. #idk for some reason that also bothers me. that everyone got to live the life they planned; their freedom while he's trapped underground #Everyone got used to god tier writing; so what in the Game of Thrones finale & Avengers Endgame Natasha gets no funeral fuck was this??

[glitterspaghettiketchup]

Felt like i had to make this lol

#pizza spaghetti #originally it was just morally grey teenage characters but i really wanted to include Lacey in this and uh. #the guy it's hardcore implied she killed deserved it actually #so in 'fucked up teenage characters' she goes #im also vaguely unsure of two of their ages? but they're teenage adjacent enough to me to be included #td alejandro #td izzy #aubrey omori #omori aubrey #rob tawog #lacey games #pink bitch club #meme

[izzyhandsy]

BREAKING: man who voted for the “People Getting Their Toes Cut Off Party” gets his toes cut off

(gif from @blairpfaff)

#i stole this from the responses of an anti post i’m not comfy reblogging #but i simply couldn’t let this gem just lie there #if op wants me to delete this they can message me and i will xx #also no i’m not saying he deserved it but i am saying it’s FUNNY #no discourse pls let’s all have fun #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd 2 #ofmd 2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #also let it be known he is still my baby girl and this clip destroyed me #we both can contain multitudes

[bougiebutchbinch]

God, Ouizzy is just so fucking DELICIOUS.

Frenchie is the captain, Izzy his loyal second. The two of them, over the year that follows S2, develop a far, far healthier relationship than Ed and Izzy ever managed.

Frenchie isn't the Best Captain Ever - he's still soft about the gills, and though he's... intimately familiar with the horrors of the world, with a past he likes to keep locked up in that box in his mind where all the Bad Things go, he never particularly wanted to be a pirate. He cares more about his crew than obtaining massive wealth or leaving a fearsome legacy.

Izzy is so fucking okay with that, after everything.

Sure, Frenchie is a soft touch (in comparison to Ed 'kill all pets' Teach in the pre-Bonnet era). But he also respects Izzy's opinion and is learning that sometimes, it is important to enforce orders when you live aboard a vessel whose upkeep is all that stands between you and a watery grave. He uses Izzy as an enforcer and Bad Cop when necessary (as Izzy very much likes to be used), and is intelligent enough to figure out that Izzy is a major fucking asset so long as you don't make him be literally the only one aboard doing everyone else's job, or constantly make him fear for his crew's life.

As for how he feels about him... Well, Frenchie's still shaky on that.

Like. There was that time in the Kraken era, when Izzy was feverish and dying of leg-rot and smelled really fucking gross. One day Frenchie came down to bring him water and Izzy was... crying.

He tried to cover it up, putting on his usual tough act, telling Frenchie to fuck off. But after everything he did for the crew, Frenchie couldn't not comfort him. So he crawled onto the bed behind him and just... hugged him. For ages. Until Izzy's stiff body slowly melted into pliancy, conforming to the curve of Frenchie's arms.

They lay like that half the night, one of them sweating and rotting from the inside, the other spooned up behind him like he could suck the fever-heat out of his broken, shaky little body.

Izzy was out of it, by the end of the night. Totally out of it. Frenchie can't think why else he'd rolled in his embrace and given him a sleepy, sour kiss, that felt far too much like a goodbye.

Only... Izzy lived. He's Frenchie's trusted subordinate now, the two of them running their own ship, hunting down Ricky as part of Zheng's new fleet. And that kiss stretches between them, every hour of every day, an invisible, unspoken thread.

it meant nothing. Frenchie's sure it meant nothing. Izzy was dying! Practically hallucinating! Hell, it was probably intended for Ed.

But Frenchie can't stop thinking about it. Izzy doesn't particularly like physical contact, but Frenchie is THE person on the crew who he's most comfortable with, tactilely speaking. He lets Frenchie grab his hand or sling an arm around his shoulders or rest his head on his lap whenever he wants. And he's kinda cute in a grumpy old-man sorta way. And Frenchie maybe wants to kiss him again -

But he fucking knows Izzy's still reeling from everything that happened with The Kraken, even if, like Frenchie, Izzy refuses to confront half of it. He's uncomfortably aware of their power dynamic, and Izzy's rather disturbing (i.e., kinky but entirely unexplored) relationship with authority. The last thing he wants is to push in where he's not wanted - or, worse, become a bandage slapped over a poorly healed wound.

#

Though Izzy was slightly sceptical of Frenchie's abilities at first, he threw himself wholeheartedly behind his captaincy for multiple reasons. Firstly... Izzy had his stint at captain. Izzy knows he doesn't particularly, uh, suit that role. He got mutinied on faster than even Jack's record (fucking embarrassing; Izzy's glad he's dead, if only because he'd never live that down).

Secondly... Well, this lackadaisical, supersititious musician kid seemed like just another of Bonnet's frails at first - but during the Kraken Era, he came into his own. He was fucked up by Ed, badly, like all of them were. But though it left him with a big fucking locked box that he refuses to talk about with anyone, it showed Frenchie that he could step up to the task, and use his skillset of trickery and guile to protect those he cares about (like, pretending he killed Izzy to keep him safe from Ed).

Now, Izzy's pretty damn sure Frenchie can walk the necessary line between Bonnet's softness and the hardship required of pirates. And, better yet, he thinks Frenchie might know it too. And he wants to be right there at Frenchie's side, protecting him, every step of the way.

Plus, y'know. There's that whole thing where Frenchie (who, for as long as Izzy knew him, looked out for number one) carried him into the hidden space within the ships' walls and tended to him against Blackbeard's orders. Risking his life for Izzy's worthless one, which was (so they all presumed at the time) pretty much over anyway.

And suuuuuure, Izzy was delirious. But, uh. He was also really fucking impressed. In that moment, Frenchie went in his mind from being another 'crewmate Izzy had to protect' to a 'crewmate who is protecting him; who thinks of Izzy as an equal, worthy of kindness and compassion'. Hell, Izzy may have had emotions about it, as they lay tangled on Izzy's damp sickbed, awaiting his death. He has distinct memories of a kiss.

But that's all in the past. They left Stede and Ed in their inn and sailed away to start a better life with the rest of the crew - a fresh break, a clean start. Izzy doesn't want to know if The Kiss actually happened, or if it was just a fever dream (HAHAHAHAA IT'S EATING HIM UP INSIDE). But he's sure as hell NOT gonna ask.

Look what happened the last time he fell in love with his Captain, after all.

Anyway: they are THEE recipe for traumatised mutual pining <3

#ouizzy #izzy hands #ofmd frenchie #our flag means death #ofmd ficlet #izzy x frenchie #frenchie x izzy #ofmd fanfic #ofmd #THE ENDING WE DESERVED #WAS OUIZZY SAILING AWAY INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER #ON THIS HILL I SHALL DIE #israel hands #frenchie #frenchie is just so!!!! :picks him up and squeezes him: #I know you are full of trauma but also so sweet and lovely and kind and - AHHH

[witherfide]

CRINGETOBER DAY 9: RAREPAIR

i think Jazz and Izzy deserve screentime together

they are just so fun and i think they could get up to some pretty art projects!!

close ups .•.

reblogs are appreciated!!

#mels art #mlp #izzy moonbow #jazz hooves #moonhooves #izzy x jazz #mlp g5 #my little pony #art #illustration #artists on tumblr #cringetober day 9 #cringetober #cringetober prompt #this one is lazy but im drained #i also redesigned Jazz because she deserves better than having no ears

[frooogscream]

Writing room: So what offensive trope do we want to use for Izzy’s death? The frigid wife? Out of the closet & into the fire? Redemption arc for the antagonist just to sacrifice himself? Abuse victim who “asked for it”? Queer lover demoted to family? Bury your disabled?

David Jenkins: YES!

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd izzy #izzy hands #izzy deserved better #david jenkins #is a mediocre cis het show runner who thinks he’s exceptional #like this is a joke but also it’s true #you’re telling me he didn’t see the problem/this coming across as lazy obvious writing with any of this? #ofmd critical #i guess #davids shitty writing critical

[izzysillyhandsy]

I think the tragedy of Izzy is that he is the only character in the show who is severely punished for every transgression - and even the transgressions of others.

Ed gets a cannonball to the head, yes, but he is trying to get himself killed at that point. His atonement after he comes back is a few hours of banishment and a cat bell. The crew who openly plot to mutiny (and kill Stede) in S1 get art therapy.

Compare that to the mental and physical torture Izzy undergoes in S2 - and the lasting reminders of the violence done to him. There are lash marks on his back. His first severed toe doesn't magically heal, and his shot leg has to be amputated. Even his suicide attempt leaves a visible scar, while Ed comes away from a cannonball to the head without any lasting damage. In the end, Izzy (probably) dies from a combination of blood loss and an abdominal gunshot.

No other character in this show has any lasting effects from being - in some cases mortally - wounded like Izzy (apart from Lucius, but his finger is played more or less as comedy, and it's definitely not narrative punishment).

But Izzy doesn't only have to carry the consequences of his own actions. In the end, Izzy dies of a combination of the worst traits of the people he loves/aligns himself with.

Ed's projected self-hatred and perceived unloveableness costs Izzy half a leg. Yes, Izzy hurt him deeply and goaded Ed into becoming Blackbeard again. But Ed's extreme reaction and violence towards the person closest to him is all about Ed's issues.

Stede's careless recklessness (Things have a way of working out. At least for me.) and his casual disregard for the safety of others besides himself and Ed put Izzy in the path of a bullet. And yes, it wasn't Stede's fault. But it was Stede's "suicide mission" - planned without a thought for risk minimization and a blind trust in luck (or other people jumping in to save the day).

If I wanted to be really dramatic, I'd say Izzy died for Ed's and Stede's sins. And in the end, he even takes all of Ed's faults onto himself - thereby absolving him.

Maybe the Jesus Christ Superstar thing wasn't as clear-cut as we thought. We even get the classic pietà pose of a crying Ed holding his dead Izzy in the end.

(Which would make Ed a mother figure to Izzy. I think I'll better stop here.)

#ofmd #izzy hands #ofmd meta #Izzy has his faults #Ed has his faults #Stede has his faults #but Izzy suffers exponentially more than those two #also his suffering leaves scars - and finally leads to his death #I really cannot see how on earth Izzy deserved this #this is a comedy - sure #not for poor Iz though

[izzyhandsrightglove]

when i said one of the things on my s2 wishlist was for izzy to laugh that's NOT WHAT I MEANT

#izzy hands #con o'neill #con is an amazingly talented actor who deserves all the awards #but also that rat bastard owes me therapy money #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd #our flag means death

[scordoesart]

I don't think Izzy's ring is related to Edward (or at least not romantically) because it seems like the perfect thing Jack would have lorded over Stede in ep 8 "You're a homewrecker, Stede." "I'm a what"

#ofmd #izzy hands #stede bonnet #calico jack #izzy's ring #look i can hope for bellhands because izzy deserves his very own fine things and someone who will appreciate him for him #but also if the ring DOES turn out to be a symbol of romance between ed and izzy #even though i don't think it will #that says a lot about jack #and his relationship with izzy #and also ed #and who exactly is the sentimental bastard #and how far cj would go for a friend

[avastyetwats]

The flags made by the crew of The Revenge (ft. The Swede's reaction.)

#our flag means death #ofmd #the swede #stede bonnet #edward teach #izzy hands #ofmd gifs #our flag means death gifs #pirate #pirates #my gifs #ofmd edit #our flag means death edit #i love their flags so so much #everyone on that crew is so creative okay and these flags deserved to fly #and i love that that proudly flew them after they were made fun of #not just one but ALL of them #stede was so proud of his crew's work and i think that's beautiful #also swede's reactions kill me i love him