#bro like you could theorize that maybe ed WANTS izzy to act this way and he's set this standard for izzy before the show started

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bro ed doesnt even yell at izzy until e10. whenever he talks to izzy he's level-headed and calm up until izzy hits him where the wound is still fresh with his "pining after his boyfriend" bullshit. and the first time we see ed use physical violence on izzy is in e9 when he punches him, which is like, a completely warranted response to izzy trying to get ed's boyfriend killed.

so where the fuck are all these takes coming from that ed is some kind of abusive and controlling boss?? ed is relaxed and casual in most of their scenes together, but izzy's the one either putting on a show of strict military-like professionalism or just screaming his head off trying to tell ed what to do.

like yeah, as the captain, ed is the one in charge, but we never see him use his structural power as izzy's boss to control izzy's behavior (save for making izzy invite stede aboard, aka an easy basic errand). but izzy's the one using whatever emotional power he has over ed to try and control every aspect of who ed is.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta #edward teach #edward teach born on a beach #izzy hands #dizzy izzy #txt #meta #mine #og #s1e09 #s1e10 #ofmd fandom crit #if this post is in the izcourse tag no it isnt u just dont know how to use tumblr #thats a hypothetical question btw. i know exactly where all these takes are coming from #bro like you could theorize that maybe ed WANTS izzy to act this way and he's set this standard for izzy before the show started #but there's no canonical proof of that so like. that's a weird theory with no canonical support to just Come Up With for no reason #like if ANYONE seems to want the strict captain/first mate power hierarchy to be maintained it's IZZY