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uh oh just made myself sad thinking about how ed said his favorite thing about the seafood shack was that he’d never been stabbed there

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ed wearing these ok thanks bye

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I’m playing some games on insta asking people to give names or OC’s and drawing them, if you want to play, come see me there 🗡️

Deathlywounded insta

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Quick little picture of our pretty sunshine boy 🥰💕

(Guess who he’s looking at 💕)

Based on that one picture of Rhys )

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the problem with everyone becoming a reviewer and essayist now is that, plainly and gently, a lot of these people are not smart enough for the position

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For me another essential component of Ed and Izzy's dynamic is Izzy actually does 100% think he's "doing what's best" for Ed, but it's in the same way that pageant moms on TLC think they're "doing what's best" for their three-year old daughter who has a crying meltdown about being forced to parade around on stage in big poofy dresses

And this has an element of "tough love" to it of course. I genuinely do think that Izzy is convinced he's in the right for telling Ed he's better off dead than happy. He's absolutely sure that he knows Ed better than Ed knows himself, no matter how ridiculous that is. Izzy cares less about what's actually good for Ed than he does about Ed continuing to perform a set of behaviors Izzy approves of and reinforcing a view of the world where Izzy is somehow integral to Blackbeard's success. So while Izzy's over there at the end of season 1 happy as a clam, thinking he's made Ed himself again and all is well with the world, Ed's barely keeping it together because, for him, Izzy just confirmed for him that he was never allowed to be happy and he must keep re-traumatizing himself and defining himself by acts of violence forever.

Anyway, translate this into modern AUs with the foundational premise of "Izzy doesn't understand Ed at all but wants certain behaviors from him and thinks he's doing what's best for him," and you can't go wrong. Izzy has a sort of entitlement to Ed that you can't ignore, I think - he thinks he has the right to butt into Ed's personal life, scream at him, and tell others how to refer to him. Izzy will see Ed out on the town happily holding hands with his boyfriend and wearing some Claire's earrings and he'll hunt Ed down the next day and say "you basically deserve the death penalty for this." Bullies Ed into working twenty-hour days at his Michelin star restaurant where he's not allowed to get too chummy with any of his staff, and Izzy's like "Blackbeard is finally himself again" while meanwhile Ed's trying to climb out the breakroom window

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If you receive this, you make someone happy. Go on anonymous and send this to ten of your followers who make you happy or some that you think need cheering up. If you get some back, even better! 💗

got several of these very sweet messages, thank yooouuuu <33333

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Doggy Stede getting so excited when he sees Ed that his whole butt starts wiggling and he knocks over everything in his vicinity with his wagging tail send post

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him

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first sex a little bit like first kiss in that one of them makes a major life-altering decision and immediately feels driven to cross a new threshold of intimacy but then the other one is like “we’re moving too fast i can’t do this” and just gets the fuck out of there

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While clowning is fun we’d like to provide some additional context about Netflix and their history of reviving canceled shows on their platform.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/entertainment/lucifer-and-netflix/index.html

After a robust, fan-led renewal campaign on social media, Lucifer was rescued by Netflix after cancellation by Fox due to budgetary concerns and a slight decrease in ratings. Lucifer went on to have 3 more successful seasons.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lucifer-netflix-tom-ellis-20190513-story.html

Lucifer was inherently expensive to produce because it is a DC property which requires licensing through WB, and because it was produced by an outside studio, however, Lucifer was a major ratings boon for Netflix and well worth the price tag.

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/netflix-lucifer-season-5-nielsen-streaming-ratings-1234646785/#:~:text=The%20premiere%20of%20the%20first,by%20Netflix%20in%20June%202020

Cobra Kai was initially produced by YouTube Red, but when the platform moved away from more expensive scripted programming after the second season, Netflix swooped in to save it, and it is now in its 6th and final season.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cobra-kai-moves-netflix-1299581/

Longmire was highly rated on A&E, beating out other cable shows like Mad Men. A slight drop in ratings by the S3 finale and less interest from advertisers due to an older audience led to cancellation. It went on to do well on Netflix with 3 more seasons.

https://www.looper.com/371526/the-real-reason-longmire-season-7-was-cancelled/

Designated Survivor was canceled on ABC after reduced ratings, budgetary concerns, and issues behind the scenes. Netflix ordered 1 season, but it was canceled again after ongoing issues behind the scenes.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1314648/why-designated-survivor-cancelled/

Manifest was canceled by NBC in 06/2021, then added to Netflix. Its surge in popularity once added to the platform prompted Netflix to order a fourth and final season, and while the writers had a 6 season arc planned, they were able to finish their story.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a41984394/why-manifest-canceled-season-5/

You was initially produced by Lifetime, but it didn’t find its audience and they didn't order a 2nd season. When it streamed on Netflix a few months later, a boom in popularity and chatter on social media prompted Netflix to order subsequent seasons.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/you-was-ignored-on-lifetime-then-it-blew-up-on-netflix-what-does-it-mean-for-tvs-future/2019/01/17/900fab9c-1a86-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html

While licensing on Netflix can lead to a revival of a series, this is not always the case. There is a threshold of streaming hours weighed against the budget, and recently it was announced that Warrior failed to meet this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/09/23/some-disappointing-news-about-warrior-season-4-on-netflix/

Heels has recently been added to the Netflix roster, with hopes from creators that high viewership numbers could lead to a third season, although sources caution that logistical challenges may make this difficult.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/heels-licensed-netflix-season-3-hopes-1235869552/

While the dream is that Netflix buys OFMD with the intention of producing an additional season, even just acquiring the licensing rights for streaming leaves room for hope. Until we know more, we can keep our beautiful show alive by doing what we do best, talking about it.

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Ok, but DJenks was SO quick to clarify what he meant in this tweet, and not let us get our hopes up…

But with the latest ones he’s not just letting us hope, but he’s actively stoking the clowning without telling us not to stop …

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heartbroken...... thinking about how stede has probably never gotten any head scritches before.... please someone (ed) do something (give him lots and lots of head scritches every day like he needs and deserves)

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listen, I just think he’d love Art Deco 💛 I had to paint my boy, Ed Teach

listen, I just think he’d love Art Deco 💛 had to paint my boy, Ed Teach

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Slammed in the face by the idea of another grindr meet cute. Ed's gotten totally fed up with the guys who message him taking one look at his pictures and getting mad at him for not being a cis dom leather daddy type when he just wants to be tenderly railed. Meanwhile Stede has been working up the nerve for a full week to text Ed one (1) very polite "hello beautiful 😍." Ed gets the grindr notification, assumes it's one of the other guys, that message is Ed's last straw and he messages him back "I DON'T HAVE A DICK LEAVE ME ALONE."

Stede's like holy shit, I don't know what I did wrong but it must've been SOMETHING, they start chatting and hit it off, and Stede doesn't put together that Ed's trans until a few dates out because given what a sensitive subject it seemed like it was he just assumed Ed lost his dick in a car crash or something and he didn't want to be insensitive by bringing it up