Hello lovelies!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful day as you read this. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here for various reasons ~but~ I have hit a tiny milestone on tumblr for a bit now and I just wanted to give back because I am grateful for every single one of you 🥰
I started using tumblr like 5 years ago and only started really posting stuff sparingly within the last 2 maybe (maybe more idk). I have interacted with many awesome people throughout my time in fandoms even though I’m very shy, and most recently, the Hawkeye/Marvel fandom has been my home and where I have gained most of my followers.
That being said I’ve been working on this next project for a few days now (like I think I pushed myself to the point of burnout 😵💫) but I’m happy to finally talk about it.
I’m going to be doing my own personal Bishlova week throughout the following 7 days 😌, meaning I have a piece of fanart ready to post for every day of the following week.
The prompts are as follows 😉:
dogs
mission
lipstick
rumour
tangled
strangers
soft
And this is in order of least favourite to most favourite. I do like all of them, but not equally 😅 the Bishlova fanbase may be very tiny (and low key dying 🥴), but the people in it are very nice and welcoming. You have all been so kind to me regarding my past fanarts and reading every comment makes my heart soar. It’s nearly been a year since the Hawkeye show came out and I’m still stuck knee-deep in this hyper fixation. I really hope you like what I have prepared for you.
Also, I would love to make more friends in this fandom so if you have any questions or discussions or literally anything, don’t hesitate to send an ask or dm 😌
Finally, if you somehow reached this far, I know not all of you who will read this even care about this fandom and the fact that you’re still here is crazy (I know exactly who you are and I want the few mutuals I have from other fandoms to know that I literally think of you daily) I hope you have a great rest of your year.
tl;dr: I am grateful for all of you so I’ve got some art for you in return.
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I have (intentionally) surrounded myself by so many kind, thoughtful, gentle people on here that it honestly surprises me whenever I encounter someone on this site who is mean, thoughtless, and abrasive. It's a rude, unwelcome reminder that I'm still on the internet, where people will say all sorts of horrible things without a second thought, and often seem to be intentionally looking for something to get riled up about.
Anyway, I just want to say: Thank you to everyone who still acts like a decent human being, even though you are on a self-proclaimed "hellsite." You make the world a better place ^_^
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STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH
In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday. What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.
Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.
Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.
Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.
Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).
Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.
Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.
Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.
Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.
The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.
Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.
And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.
There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.
Now for the the meta part
The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.
Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?
Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?
Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?
Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?
Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?
And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.
This guy,
Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)
And this guy,
Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).
And this guy,
Xerxes, 300 (2006).
And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:
Don’t respect him.
Feel free to openly mock him.
Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.
He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.
Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.
Oh and, just to be clear,
The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).
Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.
Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.
This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.
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I’m so sorry you’ve been getting grimy asks! I want to give you a large and sincere thank you for this blog. I’ve learned a massive amount about snakes and seeing your posts makes me happy without fail. You are amazingly patient and good at what you do and I thank you from the bottom of my heart 🫶🏻💜
Thank you!! This and the other messages of support I've gotten are so kind and so far outweigh any negativity.
Fortunately, it looks like things have already calmed down. I think I wasn't a very fun target because I didn't get angry or curse and then stopped posting them once I realized what was going on, so emotional maturity wins the day yet again!! I think I got maybe 10 bad faith asks altogether.
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