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kjthenbee · 6 months

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MY PARENTS ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER!!! (i mean we all knew it would happen, but still)

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themistymountainscold · 6 months

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LOOK HOW FUCKING CUTE THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS

I'M LOSING MY MIND

#ofmd #our flag means death #gay #stede bonnet #edward teach #stede x edward #krakhouse #stedward #stede x ed #ed x stede #ofmd s2 #our flag means death s2 #ofmd spoilers

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zigster-ao3 · 2 years

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@p1013 this is still a WIP. Color will eventually happen, but for now, happy belated birthday

#modern ofmd au #Ed’s vibing in the lazy river #spots something he likes at the drinks cart #stede x edward #edward teach #Blackbeard #ofmd #Ofmd fanart #our flag means death #our flag means death AU #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #zigs drew stuff #fan art #Jen and I did discuss thst a photo like this probably does exist on Taika’s camera roll #he totally owns a flamingo pool float #I mean #I don’t actually know this as fact #it just feels on brand for the man

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cobbbvanth · 1 year

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@pscentral event 08: dynamics

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH: The Crew of the Revenge

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tampire · 1 year

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I love you berry much

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flashbastardsramblings · 6 months

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I absolutely love the fact that Ed chose to paint himself as the bride. It was not only because the 'male' cake topper happened to resemble Stede. He truly envisioned himself that way. If he wanted, he could have easily altered the cake topper in order to resemble a man. But he didn't. Apart from changing the bride's skin colour, he chose to alter the dress and paint it in a very specific way. He truly imagines himself as a potential bride in his and Stede's imaginary future wedding.

And I fucking love it. You have no idea how much this means to me. As a person who was assigned female at birth, I'm starting to question my gender identity and realising that I have in fact a very complicated relationship with my gender. And then I saw Blackbeard, someone who in the eyes of pretty much all the men around him (in particular Izzy, Pete and even Stede) is the archetype of the ideal masculine man, imagining himself as a beautiful bride wearing a fucking beautiful dress. It feels so fucking cathartic, so freeing.

Our Flag Means Death does a beautiful job at depicting various types and expressions of gender identity. Even the characters that aren't trans are allowed to explore and express their gender with so many beautiful ways, without being judged for not conforming to the expected gender roles (with the exception of Stede, who was bullied both as a child and as an adult and Izzy's mean comments to Ed after the break up, but I think you get my point).

But back to Ed. Ed is the 'typical' masculine man, behaving the way it was expected of him. But throughout the show, and with Stede's help, he is allowed to step out of his 'usual self' and be who he wants to be. He gets to be someone who wears frilly shirts and silk pants and does silly little bows. He gets to be the man who dresses fancy from head to toe and weaves little purple bows in his beard. For a while, he gets to be just Ed, having fun and expressing himself.

And then, in a moment of depression and yearning, he actively imagines himself as a bride. Even in his darkest, most desperate moments, his 'true' self shines through. And I think that's beautiful.

On a final note, I love the fact that Ed being the bride and Stede the groom doesn't refer to the classic ‘who's the man and who's the woman in the relationship’. It's just two men, who choose to express their gender identities in many beautiful ways, and I think that's beautiful, and exactly what a lot of us needed.

This goes to all my fellow trans, queer and questioning friends, for whom this show is also a source of warmth and much needed comfort.

#our flag means death #our flag means death season 2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #edward teach #ed teach #blackbeard #stede bonnet #the gentleman pirate #ed x stede #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #stede x edward #taika waititi #rhys darby #i love gay people

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melonspooon · 8 months

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im glad we have so much new gay media but DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO SAD

#our flag means death #ofmd #good omens #blackbonnet #bonnetbeard #stede x ed #stede x edward #gentlebeard #stede x blackbeard #ed x stede #blackbeard x stede #azirowley #azicrow #aziraphale x crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable partners #ineffable idiots #my stuffs

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edwardblackbeard · 1 year

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favorite character meme: four relationships [1/4] Stede.

What is Blackbeard like? Is he as bloodthirsty as everyone says? He is absolutely lovely.

#fcm #edward teach #blackbeard #stede bonnet #the gentleman pirate #stede x edward #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #*mine #ofmd #our flag means death

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dramamines · 7 months

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here, have some fluff

#my art shit #ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ed x stede #stede x ed #edward x stede #stede x edward #stede x blackbeard #blackbeard x stede #ofmd fanart

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bebx · 6 months

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no because when I first started watching that gay pirates show I thought I was watching something funny and lighthearted. but now I’m crying my eyes out.

our flag means death is such a beautiful, funny, wholesome, heart-wreathing show with a very important and meaningful message. I’ve cried and laughed and smiled to myself so many times while watching it.

thank you to the cast and crew and everyone involved in making this masterpiece. I’d love a season 3 obviously, but if we don’t get it, I will always love everything this show gave me ♡🏴‍☠️

#our flag means death #ofmd #taika waititi #rhys darby #con o'neill #izzy hands #blackbeard #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #gentlebonnet #ofmd 2 #ofmd s2 #stede x ed #ed x stede #edward x stede #stede x edward

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andsomemaniacgotridofthewheel · 6 months

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I am sooo glad they jumped back into the comedy. That was really necessary after the first three episodes, and a smart decision.

But I can't believe they're making Stede & Ed wait. They're making us wait. I can't... I love it. I hate it. It's cruel. It's genius! I want to go aaaaaahhhhhhhhh the entire time. I am biting the table.

#our flag means death #gentlebeard #ofmd #co-captains #stede x ed #stede x edward #ed teach #edward teach #stede bonnet #our flag means death season 2 #ofmd s2 #nikku.txt #nikku's posts #blackbonnet #stedeward

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themistymountainscold · 6 months

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I AM ACTUALLY FUCKING SCREAMING

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS

AND THEN GOING FROM THIS

TO THIS

i'm going positively feral

#i'm still shaking #ofmd #our flag means death #gay #stede bonnet #parallels #edward teach #blackbeard #krakhouse #stede x ed #ed x stede #stedward #blackbeard x stede #edward x stede #stede x edward #I AM SCREAMING #ofmd s2 #our flag means death s2 #ofmd spoilers

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kjthenbee · 6 months

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On the lack of major "heart eyes" moments from Ed this season

So one thing that I've been noticing this season that kind of bothered me at first, but that I now think may be intentional acting on Taika's part, is that something about the way Edward has been behaving around Stede since they reunited strikes me as being much more distant compared to S1 Ed. Like Rhys is out here playing Stede as the most genuinely head-over-heels in love we've ever seen him, meanwhile Edward "Heart Eyes" Teach seems very emotionally reserved around Stede, and you can see it in his face.

Like yes, Ed still clearly gives Stede affectionate looks, but he isn't giving him those blatant heart eyes like he did all of S1. Like I especially don't think we've seen him look at Stede in the same way he did post-S1E9 beach kiss yet. We've gotten some moments close to it, such as after the "I love everything about you" conversation in S2E4, and when Ed is watching Stede run into the forest in that same episode. But during the moonlight kiss in S2E5, he seems pretty reserved emotionally, and when you see that last shot of Ed before Stede closes the curtains in S2E6, he doesn't look very thrilled.

Interestingly, the one time I noticed where Ed did give off a very similar "god I genuinely love you so much" look was not even with actual Stede - it was when he saw MerStede in the gravy basket.

Overall, this lack of Edward "heart eyes" moments has made a lot of the romantic scenes post-S2E4 feel just a tiny bit off to me, and I think that's the point. It makes sense that Edward still seems distant and guarded around Stede. He was hurt very badly when Stede left him, and he still needs time to truly trust him again (hence "taking things slow").

Another thing I'd like to add is that in both S2E6 and S2E7, Stede and Ed refer to each another as "my friend" (Stede to Ned Low, Ed to the people at the crab shack). Sure, other people refer to them as boyfriends, but they don't refer to each other as boyfriends. My husband and I were just talking about this, and he thinks that this is one hundred percent intentional on the writers' end. Stede and Ed may have talked in S2E4, but they still haven't talked enough. They're still not being mature about their relationship. They were "together" again for a bit, yes, but were they ever actually together? Like did they ever have a conversation to establish the nature of their relationship? Stede even said that their relationship could be "whatever they want it to be" during that last argument in S2E7, which struck me as odd, because it just makes their entire relationship sound very vague.

They both need to come together, talk, and be honest with each other. They love each other deeply, yes, but Edward has been hurt and is still recovering, while Stede is focusing on becoming the badass pirate that he thinks everyone (including Ed, as we saw from Stede's dream in S2E1) wants him to be, even though it's not who he really is at all, nor is it the person who Edward originally fell in love with. They need to come to an agreement that their relationship is a committed one, and they need to recognize that true love requires compromise, communication, and listening to your partner to truly stand the test of time.

SPOILERS FOR S2E8 (talking about brief clips shown in the teaser + clips seen in some BTS ads)

The heart eyes actually do seem like they are going to make a reappearance in the season finale based on some of the clips of Ed and Stede we've seen from S2E8 - particularly the ones where Ed and Stede are holding each other on the beach. The way Edward is looking at Stede in this scene actually does look like a genuine Edward "Heart Eyes" Teach moment to me. Just something I thought was interesting.

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by--bianka · 1 year

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A Perfect Day

#fanart #digital art #pls give me attention #stede x ed #ofmd #ofmd fanart #our flag means death #rhys darby #taika waititi #ed teach #ofmd ed #ofmd edward teach #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #stede x edward

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cobbbvanth · 5 months

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to me the really interesting thing about the way ofmd handles piracy as a metaphor for both masculinity and queerness is this. stede sees piracy in general as an escape from heteronormativity, and the way he runs his ship specifically as a way of deconstructing toxic masculinity. both of these things allow the crew to become a safe space for him to express his queerness, surrounded by other queer folks at different stages of their various queer journeys. meanwhile piracy for ed is a space for queerness (anything goes at sea) BUT to him it's also irrevocably represents toxic masculinity, not an escape from it. and this is where their opposing arcs come from in s2, because they're at different points in their journey.

piracy to stede is about the community he's built that allows him to be himself in all his camp effeminate gay glory, but for ed it reminds him of the abuse he now knows he doesn't have to endure anymore. and ed realises this because he met stede. (which makes me so !!!! the effect they've had on each other since day one!!) ed supported stede on his piracy journey, helping stede understand that his worth as a man didn't have to be tied to how effectively he played his role in society. this helps stede put his masculinity/queerness/piracy triangle in balance, seeing his life of piracy as a positive departure from the stifling expectations of masculinity and heteronormativity of his old life.

his time with stede kind of has the opposite impact on ed though, and that's where their conflict comes from. ed thought he had a functioning balance in his masculinity/queerness/piracy triangle - because being a pirate meant he could at least have his queerness, and he'd found a way to keep performing masculinity as 'blackbeard'. but stede helped him see that he didn't need to keep performing, he showed ed that there can be room for softness even in their line of work. stede giving ed the option of a different lifestyle did lead ed, the impulsive king that he is, to attempt to cut out piracy altogether. he reacts this way because he's not quite at the same point in his journey that stede is. stede was able to reach a balance after stepping away from piracy and going back to his family in s1, and we see ed doing the same thing by leaving piracy to be a fisherman in s2.

ed's (brief) time away from piracy shows him that he can't keep neglecting one part of his piracy/queerness/masculinity triangle - he needs to find a balance and acceptance of all three. in the end ed puts his leathers back on for love, and was able to lay 'blackbeard' to rest with izzy, helping him properly understand that piracy can be a positive analogy for queerness AND masculinity. stede and ed step away from piracy at the end of the season anyway, but they both do so with a much better understanding of how piracy gave them freedom to be themselves. i just think the way the show handles all of this is pretty neat

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbonnet #stede x edward #text #**#shout out to elio for understanding my ramblings about this akjsgsl #i just. god yeah shout out to the ofmd writers

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piraatkaskdrew · 7 days

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#art #artists on tumblr #fanart #artwork #ofmd #our flag means death #stede #stede bonnet #procreate #stede x ed #stede x edward #edward teach #blackbeard

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