#ofmd s2 ep5

[whats-mine-is-hers]

clown to clown communication

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fanart #izzy hands #stede bonnet #ofmd s2 #israel hands #our flag means death fanart #stizzy #gentlehands #ofmd s2 ep5 #art #fanart #ofmd s2 spoilers #teeeechnically st3ddyhands but i don't think it's noticeable enough to tag #clown tag (honk honk) #can you tell that I started all of these before the finale came out

[cataclysmic-cathexis]

Can we take it... slow?

Because I am once again completely normal about a piece of media, here is a visual essay on You Wear Fine Things Well Take 2: Faces and What Those Faces Are Doing (It's Kissing, But Also Emotions)

(I lightened all these screenshots up so the faces are more visible)

Ed is telling Stede his very sweet fishing story. Stede is reacting totally appropriately - gasping, eyes wide, interested and adorable. He's genuinely loving spending this time with Ed, hearing about his day.

He even leans forward to examine the lil fishy. CUTE. He's just so happy to be here, with Ed, talking about their days, spending time together. ("I love being near you.")

Stede tells Ed his abbreviated "cursed suit" story, where Ed delivers the "that wasn't a long story at all" line deadpan with this hilarious face:

(Why is this face so funny? Scientists in the future may know, but alas, this mystery will not be answered within our lifetime.)

Ed then ups the ante - going from that hilarious face to this SCORCHING HOT ONE after uttering the line that ruined the life of everyone on this hellsite

You wear fine things well

Those big brown 'come hither' eyes are HITHERING (it's a word, don't Google it tho)

What I also like about the refrain of "you wear fine things well" - Ed is signaling to Stede that he is ready to take another step. In the last episode, Ed put down a firm boundary - "you don't get to say that to me." Stede, in his adorable, desperate, determined, stubborn yet respectful way, backed off (by delivering an arguably MORE romantic speech but whatever - he respected Ed's boundary and didn't say "I love you"). Ed is pulling from their shared history, from a beautiful moment where they both felt something (although it's arguable as to whether or not in the moment Stede actually knew what he was feeling - he certainly with hindsight was like OOOOOOOOHHH).

So Ed is giving Stede the ok to take a step forward - which he does, while making this face with is the human equivalent of the heart eyes emoji:

Stede then looks away - and he stays in place, letting Ed come to him, making sure it's Ed to initiate. I think Stede wants Ed to be sure, doesn't want to push, since he knows how badly he fucked up and knows how deep Ed's hurt is.

Stede looks back up, but stays in place. Ed is looking at him with such vulnerability...

..as he slowly does his adorable little teenager-about-to-have-their-first-kiss shuffle...

And he leans in for that sweet kiss under the waxing moon.

Initially it's just Ed who is leaning in, but then Stede leans into the kiss as well - and deepens it.

Ed is then like "ok weird for ME to be the one saying this but it's probably healthier if we don't skip straight to banging each other's brains out on the deck of the ship and like, make sure of our feelings first"

After Ed says "We're whim-prone, as you said," Stede goes through a little mini crisis. First, fuck why did I say that:

Then - before Ed can finish what he's saying, Stede's face falls. He's so worried he's messed this up. Ed gave him a kiss and he tried to go too fast, and he's getting rejected again.

He tries to put a brave face on it, but our lil guy is SO SAD

Then once Ed finishes his fish metaphor ("You can't catch a fish unless the fish wants to be caught") Stede realises that Ed isn't rejecting him. I think Ed's vulnerability here and how unsure he is ("we're the fish, I guess. Maybe. I think.") helps Stede to remember hey, this isn't about me and my stuff right now, this is about Ed and Ed's stuff.

Stede gains a little confidence back. He's reassured. Ed is still trying to figure out who he is without Blackbeard, and Stede gets it. And Ed still wants him to be a part of who the new Ed is ("we're the fish"). He's like ok, I got u babe.

So he pulls himself back, but he still wants Ed to feel his affection, and to know that Ed is loved. So he holds Ed's hand and asks for permission.

"What about this? Is this alright?"

"This? Perfect."

Then they have their adorable little hand moment - just happy that they understand one another, happy to be touching, happy to be together.

"You won." Stede whispers.

Ed looks away, beaming:

And, in contrast to the last time they stood on the deck, under the moon, and said "you wear fine things well", this time they walk off together.

FIN.

#cool #cool cool cool #again i am completely normal about this piece of media #did i hyperfixate and take screenshots of this entire episode? MAYBE but that's MY BUSINESS #ramblings #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ed teach #stede bonnet #ed teach loves stede bonnet #stede bonnet loves ed teach #you wear fine things well #our flag means death #ofmd meta

[sir-libearian]

I am going to eat drywall.

#ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd s2 ep4 #edizzy #blackhands #angst #izzy hands #screenshots

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

I FUCKING LOVE IZZY HANDS

JESUS CHRIST

#izzy hands #YEAH this is about episodes 4/5 #IM FUCKING EMOTIONAL- HIS ARC! I JUST- ADKHDDKHHH #OH????? AND WE GET IZZY IN DRAG IN THE TEASER? AND A FUCKING MASOCIST JOKE!?!?!?!?!? #MY FUCKING HUSBAND. MY WIFE. WHATEVER. LONG POST IN A FEW ABOUT GROWTH AND SHIT. FUCKING HELL #ofmd s2 #ofmd izzy #ofmd season 2 #ofmd 2 #con oneill #ofmd s2 ep4 #ofmd s2 ep5

[the-jedi-ninja]

We're all talking about Ed's little shoulder dip, but what about his little leg pop?! Ed Teach disney princess confirmed!

#ofmd spoilers #ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers #ed teach #blackbeard #edward teach #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd s2 ep5 #seriously watch #he does a little leg twirl right after he asks them to take it slow #its adorable

[confusedraven1]

i can’t believe david and the other writers fix-it fic’d themselves

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #david jenkins

[dimity-lawn]

Our Flag Means Death s2 ep5 spoilers

#meme #created by yours truly #good omens #gnu terry pratchett #neil gaiman #good omens 2 #good omens meme #jim #gabriel #archangel #angel #our flag means death #ofmd #our flag means death meme #ofmd meme #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #ed #ed teach #blackbeard #lotr #lord of the rings

[oboes-bos-hoes]

oh my god

#our flag means death spoilers #ofmd spoilers #IM LITERALLY GOING INSANE #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death s2 #ofmd s2 ep5 #LIKE OH MY GOD #I CANT BELIEVE LUCIUS PROPOSED AND PETE SAID YES #AND THEN BLACKBONNET KISSED #is their ship name blackbonnet or gentlebeard #theres multiple

[idontwantittobeunrequited]

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

#HOLYSHIT MY FACE I WAS GRINNING AND CACKLING AND GIGGLING LIKE A MAD MAN OHHHH #OFMD #OFMD S2 SPOILER #ofmd s2 spoiler #i calmed down #ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd kiss #blackbonnet kiss #take two #gentlebeard #edward teach #ed teach #stede bonnet

[mariasversion]

they made him wear a cat collar and he did??? why is not everyone talking about that i think my brain is broken i can’t think about anything else

#my girl was wearing her hair up and a cat collar i can’t believe that actually happened #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 ep5 #our flag means death spoilers #our flag means death season 2 #edward teach

[furiousocean]

No lucius actually loving the shark lol

#ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd s2 spoilers

[cataclysmic-cathexis]

episode 5 moments that live in my head rent free

This is a safe space ship

"The bar is on the floor"

Izzy, stealing Lucius' cigarette, taking a drag, blowing the smoke back into Lucius' face, calling him "twatty", then putting the cigarette back in Lucius' mouth

What the fuck is wrong with them I need to study them in a lab

"...but what did he say about me, specifically?"

*flirty* "Maybe I could teach you a new thing or two" SIR I'M SORRY WHAT

IZZY SLAPS STEDE'S ASS?????

Fang gonna catch some fishies

Stede asking the priest breathing his gasping last breaths if he wants a glass of water

"playing las maracas with the devil"

Jim is so hot in this episode

They're hot in every episode but this episode specifically

Why is Izzy just hanging out in a chair in Stede's room watching him twirl around, I am LOVING it

THE FLOWER

THE DOGGIE

Someone needs to post the complete sketchbook STAT

Love triangle is OUT, throuple is IN

Roach has invented peanut butter

Stede twirling and flipping his coat all over the ship, he is such a dramatic lil bitch and we love him so much for it

Izzy and Lucius again?? Flirting?? Making heart eyes at each other?? Izzy gives Lucius the little shark he's carved?? Calling him "twatty" as he walks away?? WHAT IS HAPPENING

"Don't listen to the devil suit, it wishes to deceive us"

Izzy crossing his wooden leg over his healthy leg and muttering "rude"

Archie miming stabbing the suit and Jim just looking at her like god she's so hot

The congratulatory post fight recap / compliments

Stede and Izzy's little moment <3 <3 <3 <3

Lucius proposing brb I have a TOOTHACHE this is so SWEET

THIS ENTIRE NEXT 5 MINUTES.

FANG'S REAL NAME IS KEVIN

#ofmd s2 ep5 #the curse of the seafaring life #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd

[sir-libearian]

Can we talk about Roach's "I've never heard an apology before, so, to me, it was amazing." Honey what's happening? Lots of potential angst there?

#ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd roach

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

The major win for me after this season is that fans are going to start writing horror/supernatural fiction for this fandom!

A genera or tone many of y'all probably haven't touched-but I assure you, it's SO much fun to write with the characters Canon has given us. May I tempt you with a few starting concepts I use to set the mood for pirate-specific horror? [Some spoilers for S2 OFMD]

Doldrums! A period where a ship gets no wind- can anywhere from a few minutes or potentially months at a time. unpredictable and impossible to plan for, as if you kept stock for doldrums, you're adding a TON of salted beef and green water to your stores. More supplies means less room for loot. During this time-on top of slowly losing food and water rations. Your crew could start to hallucinate, go sun blind, or grow bored of menial work. That and if your near the equator(where most took place)- the sun cooks the wood of your top deck.

It gets REALLY dark it night. Like. I don't think OFMD has shown a scene that really depicts how dark it is. The point of the night lookout is to have maybe one candle lit at night by the helm, steer the ship, and keep an eye out for any dots of light on the horizon.

I highly recommend watching videos of pirate battles. Assassins Creed 4, recreations, people reading off accounts of battle. Anything. That shit is scary as hell. A lot of praying the wind is on your side, or that a gust of wind wouldn't knock the ship out of line of fire. Many pirates were caught because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now- The psychological shit- Most first mates were chosen by their captain. While the Captain themselves were elected by the crew. If a Captain was mutinied, the first mate would be as well for fear of the first mate was more loyal to the old captain than the crew. This is why Ed's speech to Frenchie S2ep2 makes sense. Ed knows the crew was iffy with Izzy, but didn't want to risk Izzy staying alive to possibly start a mutiny against him. So Frenchie had to kill Izzy.

Most Pirates lasted *at most* 2 years at this point in history. Blackbeard lasted 15 months. Bonnet lasted AS A PIRATE from Spring 1717 to November 10th 1718. Being hung in December of 1718. Read up on how common it was to just...go overboard. Or get so drunk your crew couldn't fight back against the English. This is how Calico Jack, Anne Bonne, and Mary(Mark) Reed went down. People not ready to fight caught with their pants down. Play up how every feels like they're walking into their own noose.

Many diseases spread like wildfire among the lower crew. So crews took 'quarantining' measures very seriously for things like dysentery and malaria. Often throwing bodies overboard.

S2 ep5 (top 3 eps of the show for me) WAS SO RIGHT ABOUT WHY SUPERSTITIONS WERE IMPORTANT TO MANAGE. Again what I said about how easy it was for the crew to turn on a captain they didn't like. But any form of doubt tword your captain could be enough to start the brewing's of a mutiny.

At the time. Going overboard was a death sentence. Many sailors didn't learn to swim as trying swimming usually meant that 1.) Your ship went down in battle and your about to be captured by the authorities or 2.) You went overboard in a storm/your ship sunk. So either way your fucked. Many thought just drowning was a more peaceful death than trying to fight for your life, drowning once exhausted.

The only thing between you and the endless abyss at any point in time is a few layers of creaking, slowly rotting, wood

Ships would creak. They're made of wood and you know how houses shift? SO DO SHIPS. During rough waves or even just at random points in the day.

The sails had to manually be raised in/before storms by climbing up the mast, going out, stepping on a VERY thin peice of rope tied off at the ends of each yard(I always call them 'yard lines', but don't quote me) they'd then reach over and pull the sail up to then fasten down. This took a dozen men on a large ship. (You can see this person standing a thicker version of it in the photo below)

Masts are VERY heavy. A mast cracking and crashing onto deck could cause enough damage to sink a ship.

The Black Dot- a superstition that if you see a black dot left on your door/ or on your person (ie someone slipping it in your pocket) means you will die soon. Usually given to someone higher rank before a mutiny. We have no proof this was a real thing but a LOT of pirate media uses it.

Add more if you think of them!! [I might do a tropes based on the more supernatural elements of horror later, but for most tropes (mermaids, ghost ships, poltergeists, selkies) I think the fandom has it covered]

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death #ofmd fanfic #izzy hands #edward teach #stede bonnet #pirates #horror #horror writing #ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd horror #idk. weird tag but it might catch on????

[homohomohoe]

CRYING SCREAMING THROWING UP THE KISS. I WAS UNPREPARED.

#ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death season two #ofmd s2 ep5 #ofmd spoilers

[nightcolorz]

The title card at the beginning of ofmd s2 ep5, The Curse of the Seafaring life, where the title is written in blood that’s being scrubbed away by a disembodied hand, makes me soooooo crazy. It’s so perfect. It wonderfully captures the thematic core of the episode. Episode 5 is the washing the blood away episode. it’s the episode where our characters just kind of chill, reconcile, rebuild themselves after the kraken incident. So of course the title is blood being washed away. Ed’s arc in the episode is washing the metaphorical blood off his hands as he tries to reintegrate himself into the crew. Lucius is moving on, trying to quit picking his scabs for a change…washing the blood away. Izzy is whittling sharks. 10/10 no notes.

#This is borderline incoherent sorry I just can’t stop thinking about s2 ep5 #May be my favorite in the season #Makes sense bcus episode 5 was my favorite in the first season too tehe #ofmd #our flag means death #Ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death spoilers #Our flag means death season 2 #Izzy hands #Lucius spriggs #Edward teach