it’s the fact that ed doesn’t know. he doesn’t know that badminton kidnapped stede with the intent to kill him. he doesn’t know that stede was so filled with self-hatred that he ran back home because he believed what badminton said: that he defiled beautiful things. and ed is the most beautiful thing he knows of. ed doesn’t know that stede is completely in love with him and knows it now. ed doesn’t know stede concocted the most elaborate and ridiculous fuckery (with the help of his awesome wife) to fake his death just so he could sail off and find ed and be with him forever. because faking your death means you have no intention of ever coming back; stede faking his death was a commitment to ed. and ed doesn’t know that stede is waxing poetic about him and staring at the moon thinking about him and being oh so in love with him.
instead, ed thinks stede lied to him about ed making him happy. he thinks stede lied to him about how much he cared for him. he thinks stede just up and left, because he’s ed and no one good stays for him.
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If there is one thing about Stede Bonnet is he'll appear in the background to spite his ex lovers
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because the night belongs to lovers. because the night belongs to us.
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stede: i love you.
ed, scoffing: how many people have you said that too?
stede: everyone.
ed: what?
stede: i told everyone that i love you.
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Okay, so let me see if I understand correctly:
Boys wanting to write poetry is a metaphor for boys wanting the freedom to make out in the back of old bookstores and to wear lipstick while reciting Shakespearean sonnets without having to hear the constant disapproval of others
Men running away to become pirates is a metaphor for men running away from the safe, heteronormative lives society forced them into in order to start a more genuine, albeit more dangerous, life for themselves
Nerdy teens fighting monsters together is a metaphor for teens who were once outcasted by their community for being different helping each other to confront their trauma and to become the heroes of their own stories
And women playing baseball is a metaphor for women reclaiming their femininity after spending most of their lives being told they’re “not real girls” because they don’t fit the mold the patriarchy wants them to fit into
But ultimately all of them are just metaphors for a friend group being gayer than the fucking fourth of July
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The one thing I'm always gonna love about "Our Flag Means Death" is how Ed and Stede met each other.
I don't mean the circumstances (the raid, Stede getting stabbed, etc.).
I mean, when Ed first walked up on Stede (who was laying on the deck of a ship, bleeding out, barely conscious), and his first words to him were "The 'Gentleman Pirate', I presume...?"
And despite being close to death, Stede actually smiled a little and went, "you know me?"
...Because that's what Stede had been longing for, fame as a pirate, with the moniker he chose.
And when Stede later woke up (in the next episode), and Ed realized that he didn't know who he was, he put out his hand to shake and said, "...I'm Ed."
He didn't first introduce himself to Stede as Blackbeard, because there was a man in front of him who didn't know who he was, and he could introduce himself with his own name; as the person he'd wanted to be known as (instead of just "Blackbeard") for a long time.
They got to be who they wanted to be with each other, right from the very beginning.
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EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LOOK
IF THEY SEE EACH OTHER ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD AND FIGHT THEIR WAY TO EACH OTHER AND KISS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, YOU WILL SEE ME ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
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Ed to Stede, during season 2: I hate you.
Frenchie, in his head: Enemies to lovers, slowburn, angst with happy ending, 300k+ words.
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