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ofmd-ann · 6 months

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Bonus:

You can say anything and I will not abandon you. Unwrap the worst things you have done. Watch me hold them up to the light and not even flinch - Trista Mateer

#STEDE LOVES ED SO MUCH #get loved loser #so much #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #ofmd #our flag means death #my edits #gentlebeard #edward teach #ofmd gifset #you wear fine things well #ed x stede #blackbeard #ofmdann edits

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livelovecaliforniadreams · 7 months

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#You Wear Fine Things Well

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where-our-stories-start · 6 months

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1x05 vs. 2x05

#ofmd #our flag means death #parallels #blackbeard #edward teach #ed teach #stede bonnet #the gentleman pirate #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #rhys darby #taika waititi #you wear fine things well

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thinking-about-fiction · 7 months

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No because when Stede said "You wear fine things well" to Ed the first time, he just said it like all the other nice things he has said to Ed, and I don't think he fully knew how much it meant to Ed UNTIL Ed said it back to him when they were in the same place and he realized how much that one line stuck with Ed all this time and I'm not losing my mind you are

#ofmd #our flag means death #Blackbonnet #Gentlebeard #stede x ed #stede fucking bonnet #you wear fine things well #ed x stede #stede bonnet #edward teach #Blackbeard

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chaotic-neutral-knitter · 7 months

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Izzy telling Stede "I know you think you understand him," and Stede immediately describing Ed's emotional state perfectly accurately with "He was either going to watch the world burn or die trying, so which was it?" is everything to me, by the way.

Like, Izzy still doesn't get it. He's clinging to this idea that he's the only person who knows Ed, because he's seen the darkest parts of Ed and thinks that is who Ed is. He thinks that Stede is an idiot who only loves a projection of Ed, the sweet and open version of him that showed up around Stede on the Revenge in season 1. He doesn't understand that Stede might know about the dark shit and care about Ed anyways, because he doesn't really understand that love is more than just putting up with someone's bullshit.

But Stede KNOWS Ed. He's seen Ed crying in a bathtub about killing his dad, order a man skinned for an insult, and cheerfully fold socks after it seemed like everything important had been taken from him. Unlike Izzy, he can see through the facade to the whole human person underneath - not a myth, not a monster, just a man. He clocks everything Ed is doing as a cry for help, and all he wants is a chance to offer that help.

(also - this is the second time this season that Izzy makes the claim about being the only person who knows Ed, and I bet a big part of his arc this season is going to be learning that maybe he didn't know Ed at all. [And maybe if Ed can be loved wholeheartedly, despite all the horrors of his past, Izzy can be loved too?? chew on that you tiny weirdo])

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #you wear fine things well #trickier topics like izzy hands #stede bonnet #ofmd meta #my nonsense #my meta

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zulizenz · 24 days

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So I posted an Instagram reel as I was working on this because oil pastel is fun to work with. And Taika liked it, and I panicked...and now here's the finished piece.

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celluloidbroomcloset · 5 months

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Stede's memory of the "you wear fine things well" moment is also so goddamn moving. First, because we know what it meant to Ed - how the red silk was a connection to his mother, to the fine things he wanted and thought he could never have because they weren't for "people like us." Stede just reaching out to him in that moment, without knowing or needing to know all the layers of meaning behind "fine things," touching him just briefly after he had once again been rejected and mocked by that world, is certainly one of the things that made Ed fall in love with him.

Nothing that Stede does is condescending; the entire episode, he tries to lend Ed support and teach him what he knows and warn him about the people he's meeting, but it's never to control him or to "educate" him or to say that Ed's inferior in some way because he doesn't know what a snail fork is. Stede himself thinks that world is terrible, and that spoons are stupid, but he goes anyway because Ed wants to. And then he's there to hoist the aristocrats with their own petard, because they were dicks and they deserved it. It means so much to Ed to have someone - anyone, but especially someone from that world - stand up for him.

But that memory says that it meant something to Stede too. He doesn't recall anything that happened on the ship, but he does recall putting the handkerchief in Ed's pocket and what he said. Nor does he recall that Ed smiled at him, or the little explosion of breath that we see in the original episode. So what made this memorable for Stede? Because he was falling in love too. He didn't, and still doesn't, know what it meant to Ed. He doesn't remember the smile because he didn't know the smile was for him, the breath was for him, Ed was falling in love with him. He just remembers falling in love with Ed, and it's something he remembers lying on the deck of Zheng's ship with tears in his eyes. He's the one that sighs.

Which makes that second "you wear fine things well" even more powerful. It is Ed remembering what that moment on deck meant to him, and it's Stede learning, maybe for the first time, that Ed was feeling the same thing he was. That the smile was for him. The sigh was for him. That love was reciprocated, even though neither of them knew it at the time. And the second time that line is spoken, it has so much meaning for them both.

#ofmd #ofmd season 2 #our flag means death #stede bonnet #edward teach #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #rhys darby #taika waititi #gif #you wear fine things well

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blueberreads · 5 months

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You wear fine things well.

#i should have been at my job's christmas party but i got COVIDed so instead i made this #our flag means death #ofmd #you wear fine things well #ofmd fanart #pixel art #also i have heard all the guybrush allegations and i might take it through a bit of fuckery 👀

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cataclysmic-cathexis · 7 months

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Can we take it... slow?

Because I am once again completely normal about a piece of media, here is a visual essay on You Wear Fine Things Well Take 2: Faces and What Those Faces Are Doing (It's Kissing, But Also Emotions)

(I lightened all these screenshots up so the faces are more visible)

Ed is telling Stede his very sweet fishing story. Stede is reacting totally appropriately - gasping, eyes wide, interested and adorable. He's genuinely loving spending this time with Ed, hearing about his day.

He even leans forward to examine the lil fishy. CUTE. He's just so happy to be here, with Ed, talking about their days, spending time together. ("I love being near you.")

Stede tells Ed his abbreviated "cursed suit" story, where Ed delivers the "that wasn't a long story at all" line deadpan with this hilarious face:

(Why is this face so funny? Scientists in the future may know, but alas, this mystery will not be answered within our lifetime.)

Ed then ups the ante - going from that hilarious face to this SCORCHING HOT ONE after uttering the line that ruined the life of everyone on this hellsite

You wear fine things well

Those big brown 'come hither' eyes are HITHERING (it's a word, don't Google it tho)

What I also like about the refrain of "you wear fine things well" - Ed is signaling to Stede that he is ready to take another step. In the last episode, Ed put down a firm boundary - "you don't get to say that to me." Stede, in his adorable, desperate, determined, stubborn yet respectful way, backed off (by delivering an arguably MORE romantic speech but whatever - he respected Ed's boundary and didn't say "I love you"). Ed is pulling from their shared history, from a beautiful moment where they both felt something (although it's arguable as to whether or not in the moment Stede actually knew what he was feeling - he certainly with hindsight was like OOOOOOOOHHH).

So Ed is giving Stede the ok to take a step forward - which he does, while making this face with is the human equivalent of the heart eyes emoji:

Stede then looks away - and he stays in place, letting Ed come to him, making sure it's Ed to initiate. I think Stede wants Ed to be sure, doesn't want to push, since he knows how badly he fucked up and knows how deep Ed's hurt is.

Stede looks back up, but stays in place. Ed is looking at him with such vulnerability...

..as he slowly does his adorable little teenager-about-to-have-their-first-kiss shuffle...

And he leans in for that sweet kiss under the waxing moon.

Initially it's just Ed who is leaning in, but then Stede leans into the kiss as well - and deepens it.

Ed is then like "ok weird for ME to be the one saying this but it's probably healthier if we don't skip straight to banging each other's brains out on the deck of the ship and like, make sure of our feelings first"

After Ed says "We're whim-prone, as you said," Stede goes through a little mini crisis. First, fuck why did I say that:

Then - before Ed can finish what he's saying, Stede's face falls. He's so worried he's messed this up. Ed gave him a kiss and he tried to go too fast, and he's getting rejected again.

He tries to put a brave face on it, but our lil guy is SO SAD

Then once Ed finishes his fish metaphor ("You can't catch a fish unless the fish wants to be caught") Stede realises that Ed isn't rejecting him. I think Ed's vulnerability here and how unsure he is ("we're the fish, I guess. Maybe. I think.") helps Stede to remember hey, this isn't about me and my stuff right now, this is about Ed and Ed's stuff.

Stede gains a little confidence back. He's reassured. Ed is still trying to figure out who he is without Blackbeard, and Stede gets it. And Ed still wants him to be a part of who the new Ed is ("we're the fish"). He's like ok, I got u babe.

So he pulls himself back, but he still wants Ed to feel his affection, and to know that Ed is loved. So he holds Ed's hand and asks for permission.

"What about this? Is this alright?"

"This? Perfect."

Then they have their adorable little hand moment - just happy that they understand one another, happy to be touching, happy to be together.

"You won." Stede whispers.

Ed looks away, beaming:

And, in contrast to the last time they stood on the deck, under the moon, and said "you wear fine things well", this time they walk off together.

FIN.

#cool #cool cool cool #again i am completely normal about this piece of media #did i hyperfixate and take screenshots of this entire episode? MAYBE but that's MY BUSINESS #ramblings #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 ep5 #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ed teach #stede bonnet #ed teach loves stede bonnet #stede bonnet loves ed teach #you wear fine things well #our flag means death #ofmd meta

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googoogojob · 8 months

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#ofmd #ofmd fanart #stick figure #gentlebeard #ed x stede #you wear fine things well

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piratebluebeard · 6 months

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now guys.... what does this fat ass rock on ed's bloody ass finger have to do with anything....

#ofmd s2 spoilers #i know he has been wearing this ring but why would we be needing to see it up close and personal like this #i mean so literally what does this ring have to do with anything #ofmd s2 #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #edward teach born on a beach #our flag means death #ofmd #you wear fine things well

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breathing-the-same-air · 6 months

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You know what really warms my heart about the innkeepers idea - the softness, the talking, I mean imagine these men finally getting to talk for hours about themselves and their pasts and figure things out together and just lay under the stars next to each other speaking earnestly because they can finally be vulnerable knowing they'll be loved just as they are, and making love softly and without all the despair of the first time, and Ed gets to be all domestic as he always wanted to, and Stede gets to see a face of married life he hasn't seen before, and yes I know if we get a S3 they won't stay innkeepers forever and it's surely gonna be really fun and they'll probably mess up at some point but just for a moment they get to slow down and allow themselves to be soft without having to fight for their lives every other day and I just find this so heartwarming :') they deserve it so much

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jennaimmortal · 6 months

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I’m rewatching the show from the beginning, and it’s REALLY clear to me now that there are major parallels between Stede’s enjoyment of his sudden fame at Spanish Jackie’s & Ed’s enjoyment of the same adoration from the French aristocrats in 1x05.

There’s even that moment where Ed is telling bullshit stories to the crowd, saying that he was “living as a sort of god-king,” which is so similar to Stede’s shouting, “I am a sea god!”

I absolutely love all the parallels!

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmds2spoilers #ofmd stede #you wear fine things well #stedeward #stede bonnet #ed teach #ed x stede

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byebyeiwannadie · 6 months

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I didn't move from this scene