#i so wish max hadnt cut the budget and episodes

[starofhisheart]

So much of the "bad" behaviour in ofmd are trauma responses and i love that they show how yeah sometimes we dont respond in the most healthy of ways, we fuck up and we hurt those closest to us, but we still deserve love and kindness at the end of the day

Just so important to me

#its just really important to me #and is why i will defend this show to my dying breath #ofmd #our flag means death #spoilers in tags: #stede's response to ed & the crew potentially leaving #ed's whole kraken era lol #there's so many examples of their actions being led by their trauma #and even the characters whose backstories we dont get #its heavily implied that a lot of them grew up either poor #or at least on the outside of conventional society #whether it be for attraction gender or class #and growing up around violence!! #thats a big one! #violence as the only method of solving problems #why they're so confused and rattled by stede #when you've never been shown kindness before its hard to show it to someone else #or recognize when its being shown to u #i so wish max hadnt cut the budget and episodes #bc s1 did such a good job of showing all this w added backstories #and more breathing room #and while i love s2 it has suffered from the reduced time #especially in this regard #i do think the post-kraken crew dealing w their traumas differently #was some of the best television ever #like they dealt w such a serious topic w the complexity it deserves #(tho again had they had more time it could have been ever better) #and sure there was some humour #but it wasnt cruel #ofmd s2 spoilers