Just thinking about how Ed doesn't just put his arms around Stede; he holds him.
Just thinking about how Stede has probably not been held since he was a small child, if then.
Just thinking about how Stede was hiding alone in his cabin and thought he would be alone that night and Ed shows up with nothing but sympathy and concern. And how Ed cradles him and wraps his arms protectively around him and says he's wanted and desired, yes, and also that he's safe.
Just thinking about how Ed heard Stede say, "I'm here, you're safe, I'll never leave again," and how Ed himself is saying that now with his arms and his hands and his kiss.
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something about two grown men acting like awkward teenagers about to kiss
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Finished them 💜
Does anyone else draw them while listening to podfics because it might be my new favourite thing to do?
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can i just say…the kisses in our flag means death are some of the sweetest, most tender, loving and realistic kisses i’ve seen on tv! <3
they’re like real kisses in real life—not the actorly type, face-battering, tongue-darting kissing we normally see in media—but realistic expressions of love and vulnerability. How lucky we are!
not to say i’m opposed to theatrical kissing—see calypso’s birthday!—but there is something to be said about gentle love in such a violent setting/era…
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Our Frames Mean Love is finally out in the world. Our baby is born ♡
This has been a wonderful experience to be a part of. Everyone's work is gorgeous, quite honestly the kindest group of people I've worked with. I'd love to work w/ them all again.
Frame 92 - Gāb aka SimpleAnarchy Oops aka burnt-scone
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happy anniversary to The Kiss
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MY THOUGHTS ON THE LAST EPISODE OF OFMD
FIRST ON THE AGENDA THEY GOT TOGETHER OMG THIS HAD TO GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET
Anywho next is
MARY.
She has to be one of my favorite characters
AND SHE DESERVES THE BEST
The fact that she lived as widowed wife and made herself a career and found an healthy relationship where she actually loves her partner IS MAKING ME GENUINELY CRY
ALSO BLACK BEARD
MY POOR GUY WAS LEFT HEARY BROKEN
I UNDERSTAND STEDE THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR THE BEST BUT HE HURT HIM SO BAD I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS GONNA BREAK
IZZY WAS SO DONE WITH HIM AND I GET IT HE WANTS TO BE A PIRATE AND HAVE BLACK BEARD BACK ALRIGHT
I cant help to hate him sometimes and then others not cause he looks like a scruffy raccoon. I cant 😭
AND THEN
STEDE REALIZING THAT WHAT HE HAD WITH ED WAS LOVE OMG MY HEART
AND I CANT TELL IF IM WRONG OR NOT BUT DID BLACK BEARD REALLY KILL LUCIUS BEACUSE IM GOING TO GO CRAZY IF MY FAVORITE CHARACTER DIED.
HE WOUDNT DO THAT RIGHT GUYS.
THE LITTLE HEART BEING STABBED TOO UGH ITS KILLING ME I NEED THE NEE SEASON YESTERDAY
I CANT SEE MY POOR GUY CRY EVEN IF HE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE KILLED LUCIUS
AND HE DID ABANDON HIS CREW AND SPLIT UP OLI AND JIM AND THEN STEDE SHOWS UP LIKE
🙋🏼♂️
THIS SERIES BROKE MY HEART ESPECIALLY SINCE I WATCHED IT AFTER THE SEASON FINALE OF GOOD OMENS 😭
I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT STABBED
Anyway I wanna watch more shows or movies so if anyone has any recommendations i would love to hear them and i would post about them!
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the "you wear fine things well" and stedes small smile and eds lil dancy dance and finally they kiss. i cant with these stupid gay pirates<3
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Day 24: Favourite Kiss
I mean, do I need to say more? The tenderness, the gentility, the mutual want, the entire season which led up to this moment, the aftermath which all of us angst lovers crave to survive another day. Brilliant. Dare I say that I'd never experienced that sort of atmosphere before, absolutely electric.
(To join this challenge, check out this post)
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I was watching this again for, y'know, reasons, and really noticed just how Stede relaxes.
(Gifs are by @edteachs, from this gif-set. For some reason I could not get Tumblr's gif search to come up with the first two to tag them that way. If there's a better way to tag, please let me know and I'll update.)
In the first moment you can see the tension in Stede's body. He's just done something so out of character, violating what they'd agreed on when they agreed to take it slow, and he's stopping himself from going further. It's this conscious choice to bring himself back after a momentary loss of control, and it's so goddamn important.
When Ed nods, he just...relaxes. His shoulders drop, his hands start to open, he starts shifting forward. He lets go. All the tension flows out of him.
And then Stede just collapses into him. All that pent-up desire and intensity - and you know that this is a man who feels intensely and didn't allow himself those feelings for a very long time - just releases and he's being held by the man he loves.
I dunno, man. It's such a short moment in the episode itself, but they put so many small movements and emotional resonance into it. It's a conscious decision and it's a relief and it perfectly expresses their relationship.
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Maybe I've ranted about this before but I absolutely love Stede and Ed's kiss in episode 9. It's perfectly imperfect, as it should be. It's impulsive. Neither of them had planned it. Ed delivered his confession so openly and honestly. He was so nervous about how Stede would react that he couldn't even look at him as he said "I reckon what makes Ed happy is you." And then he saw Stede start to smile and fumble for words and he didn't want there to be any confusion about exactly what he meant and he just went for it. And Stede was so caught off guard and stunned that at first he froze. But then he started kissing Ed back. Tiny, exploratory kisses. You can almost see him asking himself "Is this real? Am I allowed to have this?" And Ed gets encouraged by Stede kissing him back and moves closer and pulls him closer and puts his hand on Stede's face and corrects the angle of the kiss and everything is just so tender and it just melts my heart and then neither of them know what to do with their hands after the kiss. It's just so perfect, especially for two older people who really have no frame of reference for how to kiss someone that they love (well, we know Stede doesn't, at least, we really don't know much about Ed's past minus the "dalliances" with Calico Jack.) Ed obviously has a bit more experience with men and but but we don't know the extent of how involved they were or if there were any actual feelings or if he faced any sort of rejection or was hurt when he put his heart into something only to find out that the other person was only having fun, so he may he afraid of all of that again as well as not wanting to scare Stede off if this isn't what Stede wanted or expected. It's utterly perfect and acted so well.
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My brain: "draw kiss next, actually, just start now"
Me: "you have the best ideas"
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speaking of kisses, i’ve been thinking about stede’s journey of falling in love with ed & how his perspective during each kiss reflects who he is at his core being:
1. the first kiss (stede the unwitting beloved)
2. the moonlit kiss (stede the earnest dreamer)
3. the wall kiss (stede the ardent lover of beauty)
4. the beach kiss (stede the ride-or-die romantic)
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Duh
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I just- we’re all freaking out about the possibility of Stede kissing Ed in s2 and actually being the one to initiate it, but Rhys said that it could’ve been Stede to kiss Ed in ep9!!! Like!!! I remember that!!! and start freaking out!!
and I like to reimagine that scene but Stede kissing Ed. Everything would be the same but so different I’M-
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