#something something about Izzy repeating the sexualized stabbing in the same episode

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Rewatching S1 episode 6 - the stabby one

So - if we see Stede stabbing Ed as a (sexual) metaphor that brought them closer together - and of course they became a couple later in the season...

Then Izzy stabbing Stede and breaking off his dagger is a metaphor for Izzy rendering himself inoperable - and he does, when he finally opens up and gets closer to Stede in S2.

From Ep5 on, Izzy and Stede get friendly really quickly and by Ep7 it seems they actually talk more openly with each other than each of them manages to do with Ed.

And then Izzy dies - because of Stede's plan and specifically Stede's idea of taking Prince Ricky hostage.

I'm not saying it's Stede's fault of course, but he did put Izzy in that position (presumably - we don't hear the plan, we just hear the end of it: "So, that is the plan. We all live to fight another day!" 🤨 Stede is talking, everyone else is listening. Nobody thought of removing Ricky's gun).

Of course there are some problems with this analogy (Izzy wanted to kill Stede much more than he wanted to "stab" him in S1), also the jury is still out on Izzy/Stede in S2, but I think it's a nice symmetry anyway if you don't take it too seriously ;).

#ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #izzy hands #stede bonnet #has this been done already? probably #I hadn't noticed the parallel before though #something something about Izzy repeating the sexualized stabbing in the same episode #but with violence only #(almost)