#ofmd predictions

[earring-stede]

Another correct prediction!

BTS photos confirm the musician was Ned!

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #ofmd predictions #ofmd speculation #ofmd season 2 #ofmd bingo #Correct predictions #ofmd prediction

[girlbossblackbeard]

throwing all logical predictions for the finale out the window because this show has consistently chosen to do the most batshit insane things that I could never even dream of in a million years so here are my new theories for things that are gonna happen in episode 8:

-Ed and Stede open up an Inn together in that ramshackle house we saw in the NZ videos

-We won't get a Zheng/Olu/Archie/Jim polycule but we WILL get a Pete/Lucius/Izzy polycule but Izzy is only there to be a bitch and blue ball himself. and also whittle cool things

-Buttons and a massive legion of seagulls descend upon a navy ship and just pick it up and fly away

-Wee John gets hired at Spanish Jackie's to do a drag show every night and a drag brunch on the weekends

-Roach and Fang hookup

-Frenchie meets an honest-to-god mermaid, possibly after falling off the boat and being rescued by them

-Rick coins the term "Getting Rick Roll'd"

-A THIRD BADMINTON BROTHER APPEARS AND IT'S RORY KINNEARN ONCE AGAIN

-Anne Bonny and Mary Read show up on a dope ass ship to help kick the navy's ass and also hookup with Zheng. Calico Jack is also there with a comically dented abdomen from getting cannonballed in s1 ep8 but he makes plenty of jokes about being an inny now

-Doug, Mary, and the kids stay at Ed and Stede's Inn so Ed and Mary can bond over Stede's quirks and Stede can bisexualize Mary's boyfriend again. Also Alma just has a lot of knives

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd predictions #ofmd s2 spoilers #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #edward teach #stede bonnet #that's all I've got for now maybe I'll add more as inspiration strikes

[attractive-nuisance-esq]

Ed’s journey this season is going to perfectly mirror addiction and recovery, and I am so fucking here for it. Watching these first three episodes of S2 was like watching a highly dramatized AU of my own descent into rock bottom (except everyone was dressed wayyyyyy cooler than I ever was), so I have a lot of thoughts, reactions, and insights that I want to share with other fans. I’m sure many of us who have struggled with our mental health connected with Ed in these episodes, but I think addiction is the most appropriate lens through which to view him because addicts (more often than people who struggle with other mental illnesses) so wholly destroy their own lives and utterly devastate those of their loved ones. I want to share - from the perspective of someone who has steered her own ship straight into a storm and woke up alone to face some very hard choices - what is going on with Ed at the start of this season and what I think is coming.

Let me start by saying that Ed isn’t literally addicted to any one thing, despite his heavy use of drugs and alcohol, but his goal is the same as that of all addicts: escape. He does not want to sit with the pain of Stede leaving him on an immediate, surface level; on a deeper, more habitual level, he doesn’t want to sit with the pain of his own self-loathing. Of course the two are related: the former brings the latter to a head. Stede abandoning him dredges up and brightly illuminates all of his insecurities, and now Ed has to run. Get out. Escape. Don’t think about it. So he is fighting, stealing, drinking, snorting, shooting, killing - whatever it takes to not think about it.

“Demon? I’m the fuckin’ devil.” People in recovery often talk about addiction as if it were a separate, sentient monster living within them. Ed taking on the mantle of demon - a creature known specifically for possession, for removing the host’s free will - is intentional. So is his insistence that he’s not just any demon but the demon. The worst there is. (More on that when we get to The Innkeeper.)

Izzy’s confrontation of Ed in the captain’s cabin and then on deck is a form of intervention. Izzy is trying to help Ed, but of course this goes terribly for him and for Ed because interventions (I cannot stress this enough) are maybe the worst thing you could do to an addict. All addicts know things are bad, but they cannot be pushed to change one single second before they’re ready. Ed knows things are bad. He’s well-aware of how he’s spending his time, how his crew feels about him, how disappointed Izzy is. Being confronted with all of those truths by Izzy was always only going to make him do two things: 1) dig further into his unhealthy coping mechanisms, never mind that they don’t have nearly the effect that they used to; and 2) lash out at the person who forced him to think about it. Izzy lost his leg the moment he stepped into Ed’s cabin.

The impossible bird. You guys remember the song Chandelier by Sia? The one about her addiction to alcohol? The whole thing may as well come right out of Ed’s mouth at the end of that first episode, because that experience is exactly what he’s trying to convey to Frenchie. Nevermind that Frenchie has the temerity to tell him the bird can’t exist, that it has to come down sometime, that flying forever isn’t sustainable. The bird can come down on its own terms, or crash… but Frenchie’s definitely not going to say that much. Still, “that sounds like something that can’t exist” hits Ed, and leads us to the next episode.

Now we’ve got Ed forlorn, heartbroken, almost catatonic while playing with his cake toppers. We don’t actually see him crying in the opening of the episode, which is the point. He’s done crying now. The impossible bird can’t exist, and Ed has already resigned himself to this. He’s decided to die. The only sure-fire permanent way to not think about it.

When next we see Ed, he seems to be doing better, but this is a huge red flag for anyone who knows to look. He’s giving away his responsibility to Frenchie; he’s cleaning the cabin for the closure. He knows the end is coming fast, and the relief that knowledge brings him leaves him weirdly at peace. It is he eeriest part of these episodes, IMO.

Then he goes to find his first mate, the person who knows him better than anyone else in the world, the man he just fucking shot and ordered killed. Ed needs his low opinion of himself validated, and of course he thinks he’ll get it from Izzy after everything he’s done to him. He wants the one person who has stuck with him through everything to confirm that he’s now irretrievably broken and no longer worthy of his love. Ed wants someone to tell him that he’s right: he should die.

He doesn’t get that from Izzy. Interestingly, Izzy doesn’t tell him he should die. He says “Clean up your own mess.” Izzy has learned the lesson now that Ed isn’t ready to get better and that he can’t make him be ready. (This post isn’t about Izzy, but hoo boy - I have big feels about that man.)

Ed has been indulging in various forms of self-destruction in order to not feel his feelings, and steering the ship into the storm is his worst indulgence yet. This is the worst of his crimes - not beheading or arson or a red wedding. It’s when he tries to bring down everyone who has ever loved him into his misery, into believing what he believes. The audience generally (and Ed’s audience of Stede specifically) can forgive him for hurting strangers and for the non-specific mayhem whose victims we’ve never met; but it is much less certain that anyone will forgive him for hurting the only family he’s ever known.

The storm itself is the perfect metaphor for Ed’s attempt on his and, incidentally, everyone else’s lives. One of the most common metaphors used by friends and family members of addicts is that of a hurricane: that their addicted loved-ones tend to destroy everything they touch, anyone who was foolish or brave enough to stick around. And, like hurricanes, addicts aren’t malicious. Ed’s primary goal here is to get himself killed, not to kill everyone else. He wants the ship to go down so his death is certain. His firing a cannonball into the mast and asking Jim and Archie to fight to the death isn’t malice: it’s utter and complete nihilism. Nothing matters anymore. Nothing and no one. The end is near, and he’s so fucking drunk and high off these distractions that he couldn’t think about it if he tried. He’s manic with relief. (See also: “Finally.”)

And now for the finale: Purgatory. Buckle up, because this is where the addiction analogy gets real *chef’s kiss.* Purgatory is the equivalent of the morning after the worst, most rock bottom binge night of your life. You wake up with no one for company but the ghosts of your former selves. Now what?

Well, first - who is Hornigold to Ed? Why is he the guy Ed sees? It’s because Hornigold is another addict, if you will, but one who is (in this Purgatory hallucination) farther along in his recovery. He can impart some wisdom from that place, but he can also stand in as someone Ed can loathe because they’re not as different as Ed once thought, even if Hornigold can say he’s grown.

Hornigold tries to give him soup. He tells Ed, “Gotta get these nutrients into you,” and then literally shoves soup down his throat. That’s what it’s like in rock bottom. You don’t want to take care of yourself, but some lizard brain survival instinct takes over and makes you drink water, eat a piece of fruit, take yourself to the hospital. These things don’t really happen voluntarily that morning after, but you can still count on that instinct to kick in with some damage control.

Ed telling Hornigold how he “got here.” Hornigold says “Mutiny. It’s always mutiny.” Ed insists his mutiny was special, worse somehow. This whole scene is exactly what happens in your first recovery support group meeting. You go in thinking no one has ever been as fucked and fucked up as you are, which makes you feel isolated and alone. But then you get there and everyone else in the circle has done the same shit, been through the same shit. Ed’s not actually the devil; he’s just another demon, like many demons before him.

Ed worries he’s insane when he reflects on everything he’s done. Hornigold’s reply that “Feeling bad isn’t going to rebuild an abdominal wall” is a concept that people usually learn a little bit later in recovery, so I expect we’ll see more on this theme from Ed. Guilt is a useless emotion that only serves to conversely make the addict feel better but doesn’t help the harmed party: the addict feels like their suffering is cleansing, but it’s not - feeling guilt is just more self-indulgence, more self-destruction. Hornigold - a fellow addict in this moment - is trying to get this lesson to him early. It’ll return.

“You’ve got to move on or blow your brains out.” We’re getting back to Purgatory as the metaphor for the morning-after rock bottom, because this is the exact calculation that every person in recovery has done. They all had to answer that one big question. Your whole life is a mess, and you made the mess. Do you want to clean it up? Or quit? (Or make some soup? Yeah. That big question can’t be answered without basic needs having been met. So let’s eat. Let’s start there. It’s easier.)

Now we have Ed’s fantasy about opening an inn: This is also a common part of the morning-after rock bottom. You start thinking about the wrong turns you took, the mistakes you made, the way your life was supposed to go and all the reasons you’re not where you wanted to be. (And all the people you can blame for the fact that your life didn’t go as planned.) And when that honest part of yourself starts telling you that actually it’s all your fault… well, a) you don’t wanna hear it, and b) you can’t silence (kill) that monster, no matter how hard you try. You’ve got to face it. Face all those truths you’ve been running from for years. Now you have to think about it.

So now the big question, the inevitable math. Hornigold suggests looking at the pros and the cons. That’s the easiest way to break the calculation into manageable variables. This is probably my favorite moment of the episode, because when you’re sitting there, morning after the worst night of your life, everything is fucked - these are the exact variables that go into your equation. Do I really want to live? You ask yourself that, and because your life is in fucking shambles, you come up with the stupidest goddamn reasons to keep going. You wanna see the next seasons of Good Omens and Loki. You wanna eat your mom’s spaghetti again. Sometimes it’s nice when someone hugs you. It’s never the big things that save your life; it’s a bunch of the littlest things. The smallest comforts. The big things… they’re too unattainable. They’re too much to hope for, and they’re more than you could possibly deserve. What are the pros of living for Ed? Warmth, good food, orgasms. This is a stunningly accurate representation of the things that will keep you alive once you’ve hit rock bottom.

And then the cons: “I don’t think anyone is waiting for me.” This is why addiction is the better metaphor. There is no human experience more isolating than addiction. You are alone in more ways than you’ve ever been before. You have pushed away or pissed off everyone who ever cared about you. And even the ones who will maybe still be there for you - they can’t help you clean up the mess you’ve made. You have to do the work alone, even if they’re still willing to stand next to you. And this con… it’s the scariest one. Your list of little pros looks so pathetic next to the horror of being utterly fucking alone. Who is going to brave that for some stupid shit like Tom Hiddleston sexily flipping his hair back in that Loki way he does? Why should Ed carry on just because blankets are cozy and marmalade is pleasant?

This is where we get to the moment on the mountain, and what Stede represents. Hornigold tells Ed “You’re unlovable, and you’re afraid to do anything about it.” Ed could do two things about being unlovable: He could try to fix it, or he could end it all. Hornigold represents the worst part of Ed: his weaknesses and cowardice. And if Hornigold is in the driver’s seat, he’s going to end it all. He throws the rock off the cliff, and Ed gets dragged down into the water to drown. (Let’s also talk later about how often addiction is compared to drowning, and how nothing else in the show actually threatened Ed’s life - not Izzy with a gun, not all the rhino horn, not Jim’s cannonball - like drowning in his own mind.)

But then there’s Stede. Stede is how the pros win over that one big, horrifying con. Stede is hope. Stede is just a glimmer of hope. Hope is the most important thing you need in the morning-after rock bottom. As much as I enjoy the idea that it was love that saved Ed, I don’t think that’s a wholly faithful interpretation. Because Stede’s love for Ed doesn’t solve anything, doesn’t fix anything - it certainly doesn’t fix Ed. It cannot fix Ed. Hornigold just told Ed that he’s the one who has to “do something about it,” because Ed is the only one who can save himself. But even if Stede’s love for him in itself isn’t what saves Ed, Ed’s trust in Stede combined with that love gives him hope. Stede loves Ed, truly loves him, came back to him even though he knows Ed’s nature, knows his list of crimes, knows what he’s done to Stede’s friends and family. And maybe Ed can find in himself what he trusts Stede truly sees. It’s a “maybe,” not a certainty. But it’s hope. Someone loves him. Maybe he can love himself, too.

This Woman’s Work: I read this song as referring more appropriately to Ed’s relationship with himself, in no small part because Ed literally made himself the woman in the cake topper couple. All the things that should have been done, should have been said - they’re things Ed needs to do and say to himself. He’s got a little life and a lot of strength left. The journey has just begun.

I want to pop back quickly to a few other moments in The Innkeeper that resonated, starting with Stede and Izzy’s discussion about what happened to Ed: “He went mad. He was a wild dog.” Izzy describes Ed’s breakdown as if he was no longer the same person he once was; this is exactly what addiction does to a person. Ed hasn’t been himself; he’s been held hostage by his need for escape, and he’s become something else. Possessed, if you will.

Izzy: “You and me did this to him, and we can’t let the crew suffer any more for our mistakes.” I’m not writing an essay on Izzy (yet), but this is a very interesting perspective that says a lot about Izzy. Stede and Izzy both owe apologies to Ed, but they are not responsible for his actions. I predict we’re going to see this theme explored in later episodes as a part of Ed’s healing process and recovery. And also hopefully in Izzy’s growth.

Frenchie’s line that “We’ve been living second-to-second for a while now” is a callback to the impossible bird idea. Which, again, is just Chandelier x Sia. “I’m holding on for dear life, won’t look down, won’t open my eyes, keep my glass full until morning light ‘cause I’m just holding on for tonight.”

So what’s next? For me, it was learning to sit alone in a quiet room with my thoughts. It was apologizing to the ones I hurt, because even if I didn’t mean to hurt them - even if I was suffering also and worse - they still got hurt, and in the end it didn’t matter why. It was developing the habit of liking myself, and acting on whatever self-love and affection I could conjure up. And yes… it was new seasons of Good Omens and Loki, my mom’s spaghetti, and hugs.

So I think Ed has a lot of accountability, reflection, and breaking of old habits in his future… but also warmth, good food, and orgasms. And good for him. That’s the beauty of recovery: we get to come back.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ed teach #edward teach #blackbeard #ofmd kraken #gentlebeard #stede bonnet #izzy hands #ed teach meta #ofmd meta #ofmd analysis #taika waititi #david jenkins #recovery #ofmd predictions #ofmd season 2 #ed x stede #blackbonnet

[animoogus]

Not to get involved in Izzy discourse, but completely apart from how much I do or don't like him, I actually think that Izzy's story is going to be that he eventually, reluctantly, accepts Ed and Stede's love, and in the end plays a key role in helping them live happily ever after.

#that just seemed like an appropriate and satisfying arc to me from the start #we'll see if I'm right or way off the mark #ofmd #izzy hands #our flag means death #ofmd predictions

[larphis]

(*Inserts graphic design is my passion meme*)

Sorry guys the hyperfixation is just STRONG

*Correction for clarification: Fang being gone wasn‘t a WISH it was a prediction, because I did in fact not know that the actor said he wouldn’t reprise the role when I made this, I just came up with that „theory“ due to his absence in the teaser

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd predictions #ofmd theory #ofmd speculation #ofmd season 2 #ofmd season 2 speculation #our flag means death season 2 #edward teach #stede bonnet #Izzy hands #oluwande boodhari #jim jimenez #mr buttons #lucius spriggs #lgbtq

[talk-nerdy-to-me-thyla]

Gonna just leave this here

#oh shit here we go again #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd predictions #ofmd bingo #ofmd s2 bingo #our flag means death #our flag means death s2 #bingo card #bingo card meme #blackbeard #stede bonnet #izzy hands #ofmd fandom #edward teach #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #gay pirates

[starrynyx]

okay wild shot in the dark but it just occurred to me that ANYONE could find stede's message in a bottle and learn about his and blackbeard's relationship... and potentially use that relationship as leverage... ANYONE at all, u know, like perhaps a minor prince with a newfound grudge

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #our flag means death season 2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd predictions

[thewinter-smolder]

i was stuck in traffic for a long time and it gave me the time to let my "once upon a time i used to write fanfiction before capitalism killed my soul" self loose for a while so i'm just gonna pretend i've been granted the gift of vision

because it was weird they took the time to show us how the blackbeard outfit sank to the bottom of the sea (mind you, for the amount of light in that shot, i'm gonna assume it wasn't that deep, also it was like 5 minutes before Izzy said they docked so they were near land after all)

it was also weird to see how ed gets rid of the outfit because we see him on the preview for the season finale wearing it -i mean, actually emerging from the sea with it.

so what a coincidence it is for ed to be a fisherman now (don't get me started on "the fish is whatever" discourse because i'm 100% siding with stede on this one), because they will either show us another fisherman pulling out blackbeard's clothes from the water just as Ed decides to go back to land and check on Stede or

he's about to jump again into the water (just as we've seen him do before to rescue stede) and, with the power of gay, he will cross upon his clothes that are not just drifting through the sea: they are tied in a net and under a cannon ball to keep them down below.

so you might ask: mmmmm have we seen that image before? and i'm gonna say HELL YES.

because hornigold tied ed to a rock and then threw said rock off the cliff to make ed sink, and die, and be forgotten.

but then merman stede came to the rescue.

and now it's time for merman ed to show up (was i dreaming or did max australia confirmed that the title of the season finale was "mer-men" or something like that?). not necessarily to rescue stede (he probably will, afterwards) but to rescue blackbeard who is now drowning.

because if stede appeared to ed as a sign of hope, a sign of light, this new ed is also that for the blackbeard who shelters under the kraken persona.

for years, ed has believed that he was a monster for killing his father. but he forgets that killing his father meant his mom would be safe (and if that makes you think of black pete turning around lucius' situation to let him see that, yes, he almost got killed, but he also LIVED, well congrats because i did too)

the kraken was born the day ed killed his father saved his mother and will be born again (the symbolism of him emerging from the sea, man, what a time to be alive) now that the love of his life stede and izzy and fang and frenchie and lucius and jim and pretty much the entire community that made him feel be part of something over the years need to be saved.

we're about to come full circle and see blackbeard's swan song, when he makes peace with the kraken and sees him not as a monster, but as a guardian. and can be at peace with the idea that he is both and he doesn't have to kill a part of him, but to embrace it and

TURN POISON INTO POSITIVITY

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #edward teach #ed teach #ofmd meta #ofmd predictions #i won't apologize for my english because it's trash and it is time to embrace our trashy selves idgaf #also it's 9pm and i need to do a thing for work because i'm a child of capitalism but i needed to get that out of my system #taika waititi #david jenkins #reading into things way too much is my passion

[the-villainous-ace]

You think Izzy ever clued in or realized that Stede and Ed never got past 2nd base?

Like they haven't actually f*cked yet

Like that moment with stabbing was basically 3rd base for them but...

they hadn't even kissed yet

Or does he still think that they did do the dirty that night on the ship deck?

How mad is he gonna be when he finds out that Ed when off the rails for a guy he only kissed once?

Like Lucius is spilling the hot goss that both Steve and Ed have come to him for romantic advice about their first night together.

And Izzy is just like wait... they meant since thier reunion right?

Amd Lucuis is just like "???, no? like thier first fisrt time together, I know I was also a little surprised. now in hind sight not really but yeah, its actually pretty embarrassing but like in a sweet way I guess"

And Izzy is "?!?!?!?" Wtf

#ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd #izzy hands #ofmd izzy #ofmd theory #ofmd predictions #ofmd s2 #con o'neill #like that would be so funny #if he still thought Ed and Steded did it that night on the ship

[mooniespring]

we now have confirmation that ed has an earring and before we had some (hopeful) people theorising that stede had an earring so what if they each have one and what if when they get back together they buy pairs of earrings to split and wear one each. what if the matching earrings become their version of couple rings.

#i know stede probably doesn't have an earring but i will let myself believe he does because it makes me happy #they only ever buy earrings in pairs because they HAVE to be able to share them #edward teach #ed teach #ofmd #our flag means death #blackbeard #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd predictions

[lealu]

i feel like we’re gonna lose izzy in the finale of ofmd s2 as it would fit narratively but don’t hold me to it…i just know that there can’t be a full resolution if there’s gonna be a season three

#let’s pray that my prediction is wrong #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #ofmd meta #meta talk #ofmd izzy #our flag means death finale #ofmd finale #ofmd predictions #our flag means death prediction

[earring-stede]

OFMD finale character death prediction: you’re not gonna like it

In the behind the scenes footage we can see a funeral scene complete with grave and a makeshift crucifix. I’ve been thinking all week about what the crucifix is made as it might reveal the identity of the deceased. Now the the base of the crucifix has a similar shape to Izzy’s wooden leg, but the image quality wasn’t good enough for me to feel confident about identifying it as his leg. So I kept looking. I could see something that looked like horn or bone, but again, I couldn’t be sure, and I don’t remember any horns or bones from previous episodes. Then I looked at the tip of the crucifix, which is very clearly a sword handle.

Now the picture is fuzzy, but I could make out the general shape and gold colour of the swords handle. So I started to look at every characters sword for a match. Each character has a signature weapon specific to their character. You will see throughout season that characters will use the same sword over and over.

Now there’s only two characters I could find who have swords with gold handles and fit the general shape of the graves sword. There’s Stede’s sword, which has a delicate, ornate style handle.

And then there’s Izzy’s sword….

his sword is the closest match I could find to the sword from the grave, which leads me to theorise, that the grave must belong to Izzy

#ofmd #ofmd predictions #ofmd spoilers #ofmd speculation #ofmd season 2 #ofmd speculations #character death #major spoilers #you’ve been warned

[casa-delle-galline]

Okay, look; Season 2 isn’t out yet and I’m already creating season 3 predictions of how the series as a whole is going to wrap up.

Like maybe there’s a scenario where Ed feels that he has to leave since maybe Stede cheats death and he doesn’t want that to happen again and leaves Stede on an island where they planned to retire together, but a pirate life would never let them go. He goes with Izzy in the dinghy to set off, but then;

Izzy: You should go.

Ed: I know. I don���t like it, but you said it yourself, this is the way things are when you’re a pirate.

Izzy: You should go to Stede.

Ed: *turns* …what?

Izzy: You love him, Ed.

Ed: I know, but Blackbeard is gonna be wanted. Running away never solved problems.

Izzy: Exactly. That’s why I’m going as Blackbeard.

Ed: *confused*….. you’re not making sense, mate.

Izzy: I will take your place as Blackbeard, and you’ll have the retirement with the love of your life that you deserve. You don’t need me anymore, Ed. I don’t think you’ve needed me for a long time.

Ed: …I…you…?

Izzy: I’ve always known Blackbeard was dead. You’ve been done with Blackbeard way before Bonnet took- *shuddering inhale* *trying to hold back tears* …before Stede showed up. I just didn’t want it to be true. Blackbeard has been gone this whole time and I need to stop bringing him back-

Ed hugs him tightly, leaning his head into Izzy’s. Izzy is so stunned he doesn’t hug back, but when Ed pulls back and presses their foreheads together, he leans back into it, holding Ed’s wrist like he doesn’t want to let go.

Ed: Thank you, Iz. For everything. *pulls back* You sure you wanna do this?

Izzy: Never been more sure. *gestures out to Stede* Go on.

Ed: *nods* *turns and walks in Stede’s direction* *turns to look at Izzy one last time* Keep me up to date, will ya? I’d hate to go without knowing the adventures of Israel ‘Blackbeard’ Hands.

Izzy: I’m not using a bottle for letters. It’ll drift away to some other twat.

Ed: *smirks* *points up* That’s why we’ve got Olivia. *runs and dives into the ocean*

*A re-enactment of the ending of Tarzan here 😁😁😁*

Ed runs from the water and tackles Stede in a hug on the beach. He then kisses him, then suddenly pulls back.

Ed: Uh- sorry, I didn’t hurt you, did I?

Stede smiles, taking Ed’s face in his hands and slowly pulls him back in. Ed has a soft dreamy look in his eyes.

They both get up and turn back to the ship as Izzy sails away. Ed smirks, looking back at their former crew behind them and raises his middle finger in Izzy’s direction, prompting everyone to do the same. Izzy looks through his spyglass at them, smirking, and raising his own finger in return.

#ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #ofmd predictions

[wokeandghey]

I've seen a lot of talk about the possibility of Izzie catching feelings for Stede and there being a whole love triangle situation but what if part of Izzie's arc is accepting that he can't be with Ed and lets him go, training stede might part of this process.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd 2 #ofmd season 2 #ed x stede #izzy hands #ofmd predictions #ofmd speculation #ofmd stede

[alexisnoir]

My hopes for when we get season 3 of OFMD

This is a list that I have saved somewhere in the back of my head, hoping for those things, these people to come back for S03 if or more likely WHEN we get it.

So the list:

Mary, Doug and the kids meet Ed and the gang, either at their home or a boat

Stede gets a tiny tattoo ;)

the Inn, Ed and Stede open an honest to God Inn

Izzy becomes the captain of his own ship,

Buttons resurfaces somewhere as a human for a minute ;)

we get to see more of Ed, Lucius, Izzy, Stede and the others past, family members etc

THE WEDDING of Pete and Lucius, we were robbed of that!

SLOW DANCE of Ed and Stede, we were robbed of that too!

ANOTHER WEDDING *wink, wink*

one big villain for the season

15 episodes at the very least!

Also my other hope is this:

special mini season with 3 episode, each 45 or 90 minutes long where OFMD is set in modern times, this could be actually not so bad. They'd fit in ANY time and universe. Also can you imagine Stede and his Instagram? I can 😆

Tell me what are your hopes before we all get sucked into the season 2 finale tomorrow.

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Becoming Inn Keepers Is The Compilation Of Everything That Could Go Wrong

Those are indeed the smells of the future.

Starting with Ed: Why doesn't he want to be Blackbeard in the first place?

"Trapped" "A ghost" "No fuckin' life" Ed wanted to to be himself, to be free to be himself. And he hated the routine, even if it was a great one. He wanted adventure, as himself. Someone free.

Part of what he loved about Stede is that he was original. He introduced him to new things, breaking out of his routine.

But that's a flaw as well. He hated his pirate life so much, that he was willing to drop everything to become a fisherman. A completely random, out of his field line of work. And of course, he's not good at it.

Regardless of what he thinks would happen, sooner or later, he'd be bored to death. Especially when he's not even good at that.

At the beggning of 2×08, Ed left being a fisherman because it's just a terrible idea. A completely random, boring lifestyle. He might like that, but not for long. At the ending of 2×08... he opens a inn.

And just to remind you, it's established, very subtly, that he doesn't have what it takes to own a inn.

This is not gonna go well for him.

And either for Stede: Mary and the kids weren't the main reason why Stede was unhappy in his old life. He was willing to keep them around if it meant living in the ocrean.

Piracy called him, it was never about Mary. It was about the ocean.

The first season ended with Stede faking his death and embracing life as a pirate forever.

And the second season ended with him opening an inn.

They're not taking things slow.

Beyond just being a boundary, there's a reason to why they want to take things slow. They've been going too fast, and it scares them both. They paniced, and ran off.

Spontaneously openning an inn together doesn't tie into that nicely.

So, if the inn's so bad, how did this came to be? How could it be that Stede doesn't have second thoughts?

The stroy's been warning us.

Two people prone to whims shouldn't just run off to an inn.

Becoming innkeepers is the worst possible scenario from every angle. They moved too fast, Ed repeated a mistake he just made, and Stede followed him to where he swore not to come back to. Because they're whims to each other.

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