#wherever you go there you are

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

no matter how many times i watch episode 10, the “namby pamby in a silk gown pining for his boyfriend” line never fails to completely turn my stomach.

the entire scene is probably one of the most enraging moments of television i’ve ever witnessed tbh. this show is so good at making you feel shit oh my god.

“i should have let the english kill you. what you’ve become (queer/feminine) is a fate worse than death.”

nobody besides ed in canon knows that this is what actually went down. and nobody besides ed ever will! because They Cancelled My Fucking Show!

punching a wall

#im in a rage mood sorry #ofmd #our flag means death #genuinely how do some people think this isn’t tinged with homophobia in any way shape or form 💀 #edward teach #wherever you go there you are #ofmd meta

[brenna]

-I hope you find that. -I think I have.

#our flag means death #wherever you go there you are #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #love #aziracrow #stede bonnet #mary bonnet #our flag means good omens #mary and stede bonnet on love #(words from ofmd 01.10)

[ecoamerica]

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[ofmd-ann]

S01E10 - Wherever You Go, There You Are 🍊

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #alma bonnet #louis bonnet #my edits #ofmd gifs #ofmdann edits #S01E10 #wherever you go there you are

[iris-in-the-rain]

The parallel here is killing me. Might look similar, right? Wrong, obviously. Completely different motivations for Ed cleaning up. There is hope in his eyes in the first gif. He wants to try and live through his heartbreak.

Well, feels nice to tidy up a little (maybe I can do this)

He's a part of his found family, and they're there for him, and they're going to do a talent show, and Ed will try to see a way forward, because he's not alone.

Second gif? Ed is a man with a plan. Everything in his head is already decided, and all hope is gone from his eyes, regardless of what he's saying. He's trying to sound over-confident, but

Feel like a million bucks, actually. (i've never felt worse)

Yeah, I had a very rough night last night. (help me help me help me)

It's easy to overlook things when you don't know what to look for. The fact that the episode is called Red Flags is obviously deliberate with more than one meaning.

Gifs by @unearthlydust

#ed teach #ofmd #ofmd s2 #wherever you go there you are #red flags #ofmd meta #🥺🥺🥺 #tw sui ideation

[xray-vex]

oh --

oh, ok --

(OFMD s1 ep 4 vs. s1 ep 10)

#our flag means death #ofmd #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #discomfort in a married state #wherever you go there you are #we need to be a lighthouse

[shiplessoceans]

Look, Izzy is a complex character. I understand this.

But that man really looked at a 'just beginning to heal from a heartbreak' Edward Teach who was finally up and about, cleaning his living space and beginning to fully embrace himself with honesty and vulnerability and just ....CRUSHED him.

"I should have let the English kill you."

The hurt. That hurt look on his face! Remember, Izzy sheltered him from the crew for those few days, covering for him and sending in Lucius, keeping everyone else at bay. Ed thought he understood. And this is where he begins to realise Izzy only ever cared about preserving the image of Blackbeard. Not his dignity as a person in pain.

"This...whatever it is you've become, is a fate worse than death."

You can see him try to recover enough to be 'tough' and laugh it off.

"Well, I am still Blackbeard."

And Izzy responds loudly and aggressively, encroaching on his space, shoving the mocking cartoon image of Ed in his face and saying that this is the only version of him that is acceptable.

"NO. This! This is Blackbeard. Not some namby pamby in a silk gown PINING FOR HIS BOYFRIEND."

Izzy mocks his pain. Proving he never understood, merely tolerated and humoured him. He mocks Ed's very real affection and love for Stede and belittles the hope he held onto that Stede might come back.

The betrayal stings and Ed explodes, throwing Izzy back against a wall by his throat.

"CHOOSE YOUR NEXT WORDS WISELY, DOG!"

But this of course is exactly what Izzy wants. And he doesn't only approve, he tries to initiate physical affection immediately afterwards. Attempting to cradle his face.

"There he is."

Edward smacks his hand away and if you listen carefully, gasps in dismay before physically stepping back, distancing himself. He's disgusted. His emotions are being toyed with, not just as a means to an end, but for Izzy's own gratification.

He expected the angry outburst would pull Izzy into line but it played directly into his hands. The shock and anger is clear on his face and he takes a few deep breaths here, trying to get his bearings again.

Izzy doesn't let up, speaking as he takes a few steps closer, slowly encroaching on Ed's space again.

"Blackbeard is my captain. I serve Blackbeard, not Edward. Edward better watch his fucking step."

Con O'Neill makes the acting choice here to glance downwards a few times while speaking, not to avoid eye contact but instead doing the same thing he did with Lucius during the "Have you ever been sketched" scene. His eyes are flicking down to Ed's mouth. Body language for "I am thinking about doing intimate things with you." Objectifying him at the same time as he threatens him.

The words here are important as well, Izzy just stated that Edward, who he is and who he has settled into as a person, is no longer safe around Izzy.

When Izzy leaves and we hear the door close you can hear Ed let go of a long breath, sighing as he instinctively attempts to pull the robe closed because in that moment he felt exposed and vulnerable and didn't like it.

His expression at the beginning of the scene and at this moment are polar opposites. His face was open, happy and calm. Now it's tight, closed off and troubled.

And the final nail in the coffin comes when we hear the men up on deck calling for "Eddie" to come sing them another song.

In my head, this is the moment Ed realises that those men could get him killed.

Taika and Con absolutely slayed the acting in this scene and the whole arc for season 2 arguably pivots off it. Kings.

Having said that, Izzy Hands it is ON SITE for what you did to my boy.

#ofmd meta? kinda? #our flag means death #gentlebeard #edward teach #israel hands #izzy hands #con oneill #taika waititi #ofmd 1x10 #wherever you go there you are #ofmd #blackstede #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #ofmdspoilers #ofmd meta

[the-jedi-ninja]

Wherever You Go, There You Are is just the 'came back from the dead wrong' trope, except Stede was never actually dead, his wife didn't want him to come back and it's Stede realising that he's come back wrong.

#ofmd #stede bonnet #mary bonnet #wherever you go there you are #our flag means death #came back wrong #trope #writing trope

[irate-iguana]

“Peasants marry for love”

A quick little Stede painting. Click on the image for better quality.

#stede bonnet #wherever you go there you are #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd fanart #ofmd art #stede bonnet fanart #fanart #art #esmer draws things #well technically paints #original post #digital painting

[chicago-geniza]

It's so funny that my reputation at work is basically "takes directions/instructions too literally Amelia Bedelia-style, vomits on the clock, and reads newspapers from the 1920s"--identical to my reputation in grad school. I am nothing if not consistent (have autism and gastroparesis)

#Wherever you go there you are

[sirtadcooper]

Fifteen icons of Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death).

250 x 250px.

Please like/reblog if you use or save them, thank you! ♡

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My other Our Flag Means Death icons are tagged with #ofmd icons.

My old icons are available via my icons page and icons tag.

Icons under the cut:

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmdedit #stedebonnetedit #wherever you go there you are #stede bonnet #ofmdaily #ofmd icons #rhys darby #iconsnetwork #*mine #*icons #my first ofmd thing!! #i just fancied this icon for myself #i did my best with colouring but the lighting was very difficult to work with #but look how cute he's sleepy and not murdered and thinking about love

[headspacedad]

do you know what being an adult is?

It’s learning to be who you are.

Other adults will tell you its taxes and having kids and going to work but -

its learning to be who you are.

It’s learning to be the you that you couldn’t be when you were a child.  Because the adults in charge of your life made those decisions and told you who you could be.  It’s learning that you don’t have to be the ‘you’ they said you were (and sometimes that’s a very hard lesson to learn).  It’s learning to take the ‘you’ you were told you were and trimming off the parts that you decide aren’t you (and sometimes that a very hard thing to do).  It’s adding parts that you always wanted but weren’t allowed.  It’s finding the stifled, hidden, undeveloped parts of you that you had to hide or ignore as a child and bringing them to the surface, to nourish or just learn to deal with.  It’s learning how to work around the parts of You that you don’t want but that are a part of You all the same.  It’s learning to accept those parts and realize that - today they may be a part of you that has to stay but maybe they don’t always have to be - or maybe they do but you’ll find better ways to make them You as you grow. 

Yes, there are taxes and going to work and, maybe, kids as well but that isn’t what makes you an adult.  Being an adult is realizing that you make the rules, good or bad, for yourself now.  Being an adult is realizing that sometimes the outside world is going to make rules for you too whether you like it or not.  But being an adult is realizing that those rules don’t make you You.  Only you get to decide who You are. 

It’s a little bit scary.  It’s a little bit hard.  It’s a lot bit ugly.  It’s not something you ever stop having to do. 

Working on You.

Being an adult is being responsible for who You are.  And yeah, it does get easier each decade.  Practice will do that.  It never stops, but you do get happier, year by year, decade by decade, with who You are.  If you’re doing it right.

#adulting #growing up #growing old #you are who you are #wherever you go there you are

[girl-mercury]

I can make that happen. Just let me know. Remember, my Marcus was the undertaker. He was so lazy, he would report every death as natural causes. Murder's a natural cause.

#our flag means death #ofmd #evelyn #widow evelyn #fanart #ofmd fanart #our flag means death fanart #watercolor #gouache #watercolor portrait #watercolour #quote #wherever you go there you are #our flag means death 1x10 #painting #my art #evelyn higgins #widow higgins

[luuuna-rambles]

Our Flag Means Death gifs - 50/?

1x10, “Wherever You Go, There You Are”

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[ipomoea-batatas]

Just got a mental image of newly minted besties Mary Allamby and Stede Bonnet workshopping his Romantic Hero look

Mary comes in to let him know that the deposit for the piano movers is all set and sees the familiar sight of Stede holding up clothes in front of himself in the mirror and frowning

In the past, this would have annoyed her—Stede always seemed to care about things like this at the expense of more important concerns—but this time she gives him a small smile and asks “and what vibe are we going for?”

Stede, used to her (maybe misplaced but not entirely undeserved) exasperation, hesitantly returns the smile in the mirror. “That’s just it,” he says. “What DOES one wear to find, confess to, and grovel before the love of one’s life?”

Mary’s face rearranges itself into what he suddenly realizes is a thinking frown—he usually assumed it was an angry or disappointed frown, before—and suddenly puts up a finger. “I’ll be RIGHT back. I have just the thing.”

She comes back with a book of etchings. “Have you seen Fragonard’s The Bolt?” She asks, flipping to a page and turning it around to place into his hands.

“Oh. Well, that’s…” he flushes. “I admitted I had thought of leaning into a rather more…libertine angle than my usual sort of dress, but…don’t you think this may be a bit…forward?”

“Stede.” Mary puts her hands on her hips. “You’re running off to sea to chase your true love. If there was ever a time to lean the fuck in, I’d say it’s now.”

Stede gives her a wavering smile as he hands the book back to her. “Well, the shirt I can certainly do…” his eyes take on a faraway look. “What about a sash, do you think? I always find a sash rather adds a touch of romantic mystique, don’t you?”

“Oh!” Mary puts a finger up again. “I have a bit of fabric left over from a figure study that would be perfect. Be right back.”

(Yes this painting and etching are from several decades in the future. Mary Allamby canonically has an art time machine)

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #mary allamby #mary allamby bonnet #autistic stede #fragonard #s1 ep10 #wherever you go there you are

[xray-vex]

OFMD S1 ep10 cut scene

#ofmd #ofmd meme #wherever you go there you are #ofmd jim #jim jimenez #edward teach #ofmd ed #low effort meme

[torturedpoetemotions]

Izzy really is hanging on by a THREAD in 1x10. 🤣🥺

#ofmd #wherever you go there you are #izzy hands