#the kraken crew

[sky-fire-forever]

To the people who say that Ed never harmed the Kraken Crew:

I am genuinely so confused by this take. First of all: Ed is shown to be violent even if that's not directed at the Kraken Crew specifically. He threw Lucius overboard and thinks he killed him in cold blood and he tortures Izzy by mutilating him. Even IF he never physically harms Jim, Frenchie, Fang, or Ivan directly, he is still behaving violently. He is killing people and taking out his depression on both Izzy and the innocent people (ish, they're still naval officers) that they are raiding.

Even if Izzy (and Lucius, remember) are the only direct victims of his physical abuse... they are still victims of that abuse? No matter what Izzy has done, be it threaten him, verbally lashing out at him, or even abuse of his own if you interpret it that way justifies how Ed physically takes him apart and makes him EAT parts of himself. That is beyond abuse. That is both physical and mental literal torture

And remember, Lucius was entirely innocent. He was actively trying to HELP Ed and that did not stop Ed from behaving violently towards him.

If you say since we see no signs of Ed abusing the Kraken Crew, I will remind you that the way Ed led the Kraken Crew got Ivan killed. Ivan DIED due to decisions made during Ed's time as captain of The Revenge, likely due to the constant raids making them exhausted and weakening their ability to fight.

We don't know enough about Ivan's death for me to really say that for certain, so it's speculation. But if Ivan died during a raid, the responsibility still falls on Ed's shoulders. He is their captain, it is his job to protect and defend his crew and we are explicitly told that he did not bat an eye when Ivan went down. We even see Ed kill a member of his own crew during his suicide attempt. A crew member falls overboard and we see Fang reach for them. This is directly caused by Ed sailing into that storm.

He points a gun at his crewmates and they have NO IDEA if he's going to shoot him. They're clearly afraid that he might. Fang starts crying and they all tense up. Frenchie expects Ed to kill him when he finds out that he's been hiding Izzy. They are afraid of their captain, they believe he does not care about their lives and that he could kill them at any moment.

This is abuse. I genuinely do not care if it is physical towards anyone but Izzy or not, it is abuse plain and simple. Ed behaves in an abusive manner towards his crew. That abuse actively puts their lives in danger. Constantly forcing them to go on raid after raid after raid for no reward (because he makes them dump the treasure that they believe they are earning for themselves, as Frenchie flat out asks Izzy if they're receiving "their cut") and exhausting them in the process makes them more likely to be killed on the field. Fighting while exhausted and demoralized is fucking difficult!

And before anyone says that's just life aboard a pirate ship, isn't Ed supposed to be better? Isn't he supposed to be better than Hornigold? Even Ed remembers having good times on Hornigold's ship with Jack. And the Kraken Crew appear constantly exhausted and terrified, carving out their own moments of joy just like Ed had to while under Hornigold

I have seen posts claiming that Izzy fans have a disconnect between interpretation of a character and their actual actions, but the lengths I have seen (certain, not all) Ed fans go to to completely absolve Ed of his cruelest actions absolutely baffles me. Like... Ed made Fang kill his dog and that's BEFORE he became the Kraken.

Ed is a dark character. He does twisted shit. Is that not INTERESTING to you? Does it not fascinate you that a man perfectly capable of torturing his crew and driving them harder and harder and harder until some of them die fueled by his own desire to make himself irredeemable STILL at his core is a man who wants nothing more than to be loved? Do you not find it somewhat beautiful and that this man with so much blood on his hands is still told "someone will love you. You are not a monster, but a person despite your cruelty"? Do you not think the story of a man so completely consumed by all he has done realizing that he can not erase the damage of what he did isn't a good tale to tell? Do you think there is a fundamental difference between the man who tells Stede not to kill and the man who has killed for himself?

I feel like stripping him of his horror takes away so much of who he is. So much of what makes him interesting. He CHOOSES to leave Stede's crew on an island to die of exposure or starvation. He CHOOSES to basically kidnap Frenchie and Jim. He CHOOSES to hurt those closest to him in horrible ways

And he chooses to come back from that. Chooses to try to do better. To learn. To grow. To love.

I have issues with season two, but if we had more time to watch Ed come back from this, to see him make amends with the crew he so horribly damaged, I would have thought this was the best arc ever. Redemption stories are my favorite because it shows that everyone is capable of both good and evil. Ed is capable of both too. I really wish people would see his growth for what it is: a man so entrenched in violence with a nonlinear recovery that hurts people and still keeps trying anyway. Rather than someone who never hurts anyone at all

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta #our flag means death meta #edward teach #izzy hands #the kraken crew #kraken crew #queue-no steel

[celesmaxwell]

Whatcha been up to the last week or so, OFMD fans?

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd crew #ofmd fandom #ofmd season 3 #save our flag means death #the kraken #gay twitter

[smudgeandfrank]

The Kraken Crew jam session ✨️🎶🏴‍☠️ 11x17 Prints of this Kraken Crew piece are now on my Etsy! Link in my bio! ✨️🎶🏴‍☠️

I love this trauma-bonded family SO MUCH 🖤😭🖤 I had to make some piece of fan art in their honor! What do you think they're singing? ✨️🎶

#our flag means death s2 #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #frenchie #fang #jim #archie #kraken crew #ofmd

[derekstilinski]

something something frenchie's jimi hendrix mcr welcome to the black parade emo goth marching band breakup boat kraken era dark days fit will always be famous

bonus:

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 #frenchie ofmd #kraken era #kraken crew #my gifs

[daydreaming-realist]

The Kraken takes over The Revenge while Karl's ghost and Olivia watch and report to Buttons.

Finally a good print of my linocut!

Turns out using different paint and paper does the trick.

#my art #at work #i can create stuff at work and i love it #i can do cool things and get paid for it #ofmd #our flag means death #The Kraken #The Revenge #linocut #linolschnitt #linoldruck #linoprint #Karl and Olivia #ofmd fanart #renew as a crew

[dysfunctionalcreature]

idk about yall but I feel like we need a name for Ed's half of the crew, like Izzy and Jim and Archie and Frenchie and Fang all deserve their own group title, because it's obvious that they've trauma-bonded so much and have a different deeper connection than the rest of the crew. I for one have decided to call them "the kraken's emo pirate crew™" for two reasons, 1. because it's accurate, 2. because it's funny to me

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #izzy hands #edward teach #blackbeard #the kraken #jim jimenez #archie ofmd #frenchie #fang #blackhands #izzy x fang #izzy x frenchie #jim x archie #the kraken's emo pirate crew™

[phoenixduelist]

The only S3 opening I accept is Izzy literally clawing out of the grave, yelling: 'None of you absolute TWATS bothered to check for a pulse??'

In a show where every tiny movement has 26280 meanings and possible interpretations, I refuse to believe that this death has absolutely none.

And I also hope after crawling out, his first half conscious journey is into Ed's and Stede's inn, sending both into a cardiac arrest

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #our flag means death #omfd season 2 #ofmd s2 #The reactions would be slightly better if he had gotten a death he and his arc deserved. Protecting the crew or even Ed after everything #That his funeral was somewhat respectful; the crew finally verbalizing the thanks for his protection during the Kraken era; Ed who knew him #longest also saying a few heartfelt words. and bury him in the sea maybe? instead of keeping him around like a garden accessory. #idk for some reason that also bothers me. that everyone got to live the life they planned; their freedom while he's trapped underground #Everyone got used to god tier writing; so what in the Game of Thrones finale & Avengers Endgame Natasha gets no funeral fuck was this??

[castielsprostate]

there should've been a cruise episode where they just re-enacted suite life on deck and they have to solve some mermaid/kelpie/maybe kraken case and everyone comes along. i'm talking crowley in an hawaiian shirt, rowena on the deck, charlie and claire having fun, castiel sipping on random cocktails he keeps finding, dean treating it as a vacation and going ham in the lounge, garth and bobby are along as "crew", and sam being the only one actually trying to solve the case. and at the 1:30h mark sam goes "well, maybe it's not a case after all" 1 minute later the boat gets fucking. torn in half. it's the kraken. next episode they pretend like nothing ever happened

#sjonnie.text #also case description is just 'passengers go missing in this part of the sea crew always returns oooOOOooo' #and at first they think it's just ritualistic crap or summat but the kraken just sneaks a human every now and then yknow nothing weird #supernatural #spn

[fuzzylogic-27]

Proof that Stede loves Ed even when he's in his full on Kraken persona. 😆

#ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #stede bonnet #ofmd meme #the kraken #blackbeard ofmd #long live ofmd #thank you ofmd #crew for life #rhys darby

[andsomemaniacgotridofthewheel]

David Jenkins: "Ed is a guy where you're like, “Wait a minute, you're invulnerable. You’re Blackbeard,” but then you see he's hurt, he's not getting up. To me, those are the natural journeys for those two characters. Then you see Ed come back, and he has to wear a bell around his neck, and he's gonna fix a lock on this door, and he's gonna learn to fish and just be a three-dimensional human as opposed to just a scary drawing." (Source)

Sooooooooo... is this how the Trauma Crew™️ will be dealing with Ed being still alive and onboard? Like "ok, but only if we always hear him coming from now on"!

... and why do I think this is hilarious? 😂

#our flag means death #david jenkins #edward teach #ofmd blackbeard #ed teach #ofmd #our flag means death season 2 #ofmd s2 #trauma crew #ed's trauma crew #frenchie #ofmd frenchie #jim jimenez #ofmd jim #ofmd fang #izzy hands #ofmd izzy hands #edward blackbeard teach #blackbeard #the kraken #ofmd kraken #ofmd the kraken #ofmd spoilers #spoilers #ofmd 2 spoilers #nikku's posts

[undeadvinyls]

i am so, so happy to finally be able to introduce Calamari Cookie's crew, aka the crew of the Kraken Fortune! + a quick line-up of the goofballs 💕💕

EDIT 09/05/2024: how could i not notice shrimpy and crab overlapping on the lineup lol. this has been fixed!

EDIT 09/05/2024 NO. 2: i posted this very late in my timezone and so i forgot abt it, but i want to credit and thank my best friend @/scribshade for the help with many of the design bits, like ikuras hair or crabby's color scheme. love u bestie <3

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk #crk oc #cookie run oc #cr: calamari cookie #cr: ikura cookie #cr: macadamia cookie #cr: fried shrimp cookie #cr: crab cake cookie #cr: guava cookie #phantoms art #cookie oc #cr: kraken fortune crew #please rb!!! i worked so so hard on each of them and their designs

[sherlockig]

"Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief."

#our flag means death #ofmd #stede bonnet #rhys darby #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #okay i have a fever and the dark circles under my eyes make me look like belong in the krakens crew so good night people

[haluton]

So here's my process of watching the teaser:

Watching it a couple of times feral

Watching it at 0.5 speed

Watching it at 0.25 speed

Watching it a couple thousand more times

And this is SOME of my thoughts on it:

THIS?? straight to the point crying rn

Izzy eyeliner yes plz??m girls when--😍😍

JIM. JIM. THEM. THEMMMM.🫣😳😳😳😳

am gay

The face of a gay man.

His clothes🙏🏼🙏🏼✨?? And moves 😏

This.

THIS. YES FUCKING PLEASE--

(apologies for the kinda shitty photo quality)

#and offfff I go to watch it a trilliobillion more times and then sob :) #and ed fuckin- the cake toppers-- #can't get over smoke eyed izzy n kraken crew jim tho😳😳😳😳 #ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death s2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 teaser #blackbonnet #wee john ofmd #jim jimenez #izzy hands #ed teach #stede bonnet #GOING FERALL--😭😭😭

[smudgeandfrank]

What?? Pfft- nooooo, I'm not making myself cry with a Kraken Crew piece concept!! What would make you think that?? 🥲😭😭😭

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #kraken crew #our flag means death s2 #izzy hands #frenchie #fang #jim #archie #witness the mess that is my sketching process

[spenglernot]

STORIES TELLING: HOW RECURRING MUSIC IN OFMD CAUSES MENTAL DEVASTATION IN THE VERY BEST WAY

How the Blackbeard theme, Gnossienne No. 5, and Voi Che Sapepte reveal, reinforce and recontextualize the narrative. An in-depth analysis of key scenes throughout seasons 1 and 2.

Much gratitude to pocket friends who were so encouraging and provided valuable feedback while I worked on this.

Meta by these authors (links, below the cut) influenced this video:

@asneakyfox, @asongaboutpirates, @bakasara, @doyoueverstopandthink, @chaotic-neutral-knitter, @forpiratereasons @fresne999 @gaypiratepropaganda, @jaskierx, @medievill, @mxmollusca, @piratecaptainscaptainpirates @veeagainsttheday, @57flagsofdeath

Gnossienne No. 5 doyoueverstopandthink - i will literally never get over about how fantastic the transition from robert schumann's "träumerei" to erik satie's "gnossiennes: no. 5" is

Voi Che Sapete asongaboutpirates - Another little detail about OFMD that makes me go feral

Transformation in OFMD fresne999 - Half way through the journey of our analyses mxmollusca - The transformation from object to subject, from something that has things done to it versus someone with agency.

Ed's & Izzy's Relationship asneakyfox - you have to understand i have always felt the key thing that makes blackhands interesting...

chaotic-neutral-knitter - Izzy telling Stede "I know you think you understand him," and Stede immediately describing Ed's emotional state perfectly accurately... gaypiratepropaganda - On Izzy saying "because of your feelings for Stede fucking Bonnet"

Ed's Arc veeagainsttheday - Ed, Killing, and the Kraken in Our Flag Means Death S1 and S2

piratecaptainscaptainpirates - I've been thinking about how Ed starts directly killing people in s2e8 57flagsofdeath - Still thinking about this scene. Ed lights the fire place, puts a blanket on the floor to lay on, and puts the two cake toppers next to each other before rolling over and bursting into tears. asneakyfox - i've talked a fair bit about how i don't think "anger issues" is a very useful way to describe how the show frames ed's relationship with violence

Izzy's Arc bakasara - Trying to parse my thoughts on Izzy's death and why I had a different reaction to it than I thought I would. forpiratereasons - all right. i'm ready to talk about izzy.

Love & Relationships in OFMD jaskierx - posting some thoughts from the discord about how many 'irl relationship' things they're dealing with in ep7 and how much i am eating my mattress about it medievill - ofmd does not give a fuck about reality or history or anachronism but it draws the line at magic dick.

#The effectiveness and attention to detail of the OFMD sound crew's use of recurring music to emphasize the narrative is incredible #If you love the music in OFMD you'll probably enjoy this #OFMD is an absolute treasure #gnossienne no. 5 #blackbeard theme #voi che sapete #kraken theme #ofmd music #Mark Mothersbaugh #maggie phillips #OFMD sound crew #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s1 #ofmd s2 #ofmd s1 s2 music comparison

[celesmaxwell]

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#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd fandom #ofmd crew #cosplay #izzy hands #ofmd cosplay #kraken crew #long live our flag means death #long live ofmd #izzy #angry little izzy #izzy cosplay #ofmd izzy #ofmd season 2 #I'm the f'in devel and these are the kids #blackbeard