#Conbert

[sunnibits]

YOU’RE TELLING ME THIS WHOLE TIME WE’VE BEEN JOKINGLY CALLING HIM CONBERT OR CONATHAN BUT THE ORIGINAL FULL VERSION WAS LITERALLY CONELIUS

[edgeworthsdumbpinkpajamas]

The Izzy Hands Is Autistic PowerPoint Essay

(this is the essay i submitted to the above all else zine (@izzyhandszines ), the exclusivity period of which just ended. enjoy!!)

Hello!!

I would like to start off by saying I’m absolutely fucking terrified to write this essay for a variety of reasons. But I want to express my love of Izzy Hands and how important he is to me, and the best way I’ve found to do so is to express the weird ways I relate to him as an autistic person. I’ve joked in a couple friend circles that I was going to make a PowerPoint presentation about why Izzy’s autistic (hence the title) but I decided to write an essay instead.

Disclaimer: I’m not diagnosing anyone, nor do I want this essay to be used as a diagnostic paper. This is by no means an academic paper, it cites exactly one (1) study, it’s based on my own experiences, light research, and the experiences of my fellow autistic friends. I’m just a dumbass who likes imprinting themselves onto the characters they hyperfixate on.

Reason one why I think Izzy is autistic: because I’m autistic and I said so. *cue end credits*

I’m kidding.

The real first reason comes from Izzy’s interactions with Stede FUKIN’ Bonnet. For one, Stede hates Izzy almost the second he meets him. Now, you could argue that it was because Izzy “stole” his hostages but we’ll set that aside for a sec. It’s been proven that people inherently don’t like autistic people if they don’t realize they’re autistic (Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism Based on Thin Slice Judgements by Noah J. Sasson (2017)). Traits that are often put towards “untrustworthy” or “creepy” people tend to describe autistics too. It’s entirely possible Stede caught a vibe and hated Izzy because of it. Stede is kind of an asshole after all (and we still love him for it). Another reason is Stede’s entire existence throws a wrench in Izzy’s routines as a First Mate. He whisks Edward away to do pirate-y things while Izzy is left to deal with a crew who frankly want nothing to do with him because he’s introducing structure on a ship that didn’t have any to begin with. Sure Izzy came off as an asshole (emotional regulation is a bitch) but he’s just a lil guy trying to follow his routines so nobody dies. He has the worst case of sense of justice. He’ll complain that an ambush is “unprofessional”, he’ll play fair in a duel even if it’s to his detriment, he’ll chase Edward around asking for a plan because Bad Things happen without a plan, the list goes on.

I’d like to dedicate this section to his stimming/eye contact/other little habits that make me think he’s autistic. Izzy has a tendency to touch his face when he’s stressed. Not just that, he’ll wrap an arm around himself and rest his hand on his chin so he can fidget with his beard, as if to self soothe. When he’s talking to people, unless he’s threatening them or yelling at them, he doesn’t look them in the eye. Often he’s not even facing them. When he is facing them, he often looks down at their lips, as if he’s struggling with eye contact. He walks around with his hand resting on his sword either because he’s short and the sword will touch the ground if he doesn’t or because it’s more comfortable for him to have his arm up near his chest. This is often referred to as T-rex arms and a lot of us find it more comfortable than letting our arms rest at our sides. He’s a little pyromaniac, he seems to use candle fire to soothe himself. He’s done it at least twice, once while he was lying to Edward about Stede’s response to meeting Blackbeard and once while talking to Spanish Jackie about Stede in her bar. He sleeps in his underwear like a WHORE (affectionate) which could be argued is temperature regulation because a lot of autistics (myself included) H A T E being overheated. Then there’s the ooh daddy scene. From my little list I made prior to this essay, “ooh daddy scene (thank u conbert), yes i have an explainiation for this. a weird ass intimidation tactic? sure. however what if he can’t read social queues and doesn’t fully realize how fucking weird it was to do that”.

Then there’s his glove. I could dedicate an entire essay on speculation on that fucking glove. Is it hiding something? Is it just to look cool? Is it a sensory thing where he doesn’t like the texture of his sword so he wears the glove to make sword fighting easier? We may never know. Or we might in s2 who knows. Speaking of sword fighting it could be argued by me that because Izzy is supposed to be the best swordsman in the world, sword fighting could be his special interest. He probably spent hours perfecting every move until he got to the level of carving his name into a man’s shirt without leaving a single scratch on him.

We’ve seen Izzy have at least one meltdown re: the duel. He’s losing the duel, the crew are jeering at him, Stede isn’t helping, he finally screams at him before his sword breaks. We’ve also seen him have a shutdown where after Edward goes below deck after realizing his plan against the Spanish isn’t going to work because it’s a leap year, Izzy is in the foreground of Frenchie and Lucius staring off into space. It’s possible that after everything he went through that day and the realization that he’s going to die made him completely shut down.

I have no proof of this since we never really see izzy by himself but I don’t believe in the entire time Izzy has been subjected to the constant torture of being alive and autistic in the late 1600 early 1700s he has unmasked even once. When living in such close quarters with other people and being First Mate to the physical embodiment of ADHD he probably doesn’t get a lot of time to himself. Therefore he has to cope with his existence in other ways, as mentioned above. And the crew of The Revenge have ruined almost every way he uses to cope and manage his autism. We’ll have to wait and see what other horrors unfold for this poor little autistic man, but for now all we can do is pick him apart and see what’s under the hood.

[fredastaire55]

It's a '59 Impala

It's conbertible

It's a lovely color

........ I couldn't agree more @elegantstrings

1959 Chevrolet Impala

[jonny-versace]

[tawakkull]

ISLAM 101: Spirituality in Islam: Part 24

The Fifth Letter

In His Name, be He glorified!

And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.

In his Letters (Maktubat), Imam-i Rabbani (May Allah be pleased with him), the hero and a sun of the Naqshbandi Order, said: “I prefer the unfolding of a single matter of the truths of belief to thousands of illuminations, ecstasies, and instances of wonder-working.”

He also said: “The final point of all the Sufi ways is the clarification and unfolding of the truths of belief.”

He also said: “Sainthood is of three sorts: one is the ‘lesser sainthood,’ which is the well-known sainthood. The others are the ‘middle sainthood’ and the ‘greater sainthood.’ ‘Greater sainthood’ is to open up by way of the legacy of prophethood a direct way to reality without entering the intermediate realm of Sufism.”

He said also: “The spiritual journeying on the Naqshi way is with two wings.” That is, “Through having firm belief in the truths of faith and carrying out the religious obligations. If there is defect in these two wings, the way cannot be traversed.” In which case, the Naqshi way consists of three ‘veils’:

The First and most important is direct service to the truths of belief; Imam-i Rabbani travelled this way in his later years.

The Second is service to the religious obligations and Glorious Sunna under the veil of the Sufi way.

The Third is to work to eliminate the sicknesses of the heart by way of Sufism and to journey with the feet of the heart. Of these, the first is the equivalent of obligatory, the second, close to obligatory, and the third, Sunna.

Since the reality of the matter is thus, my conjecture is that if persons like Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir Gilani (May Allah be pleased with him) and Shah Naqshband (May Allah be pleased with him) and Imam-i Rabbani (May Allah be pleased with him) were alive at the present time, they would expend all their efforts in strengthening the truths of belief and tenets of Islam. For they are the means to eternal happiness. If there is deficiency in them, it results in eternal misery. A person without belief may not enter Paradise, but very many have gone to Paradise without Sufism. Man cannot live without bread, but he can live without fruit. Sufism is the fruit, the truths of Islam, basic sustenance. In former times, through spiritual journeying from forty days to as much as forty years, a person might rise to some of the truths of belief. But now, if through Almighty Allah’s mercy there is a way to rise to those truths in forty minutes, it surely is not sensible to remain indifferent to it.

Thus, those who have studied carefully the thirty-three Words state that they have opened up just such a Qur’anic way. Since this is a fact, I am of the opinion that the Words written about the mysteries of the Qur’an are a most appropriate medicine and salve for the wounds of this time, and a most beneficial light for the totality of Islam which has been subject to the assaults of darkness, and a most right guide for those wandering bewildered in the valleys of misguidance.

You know that if misguidance arises from ignorance, it is easy to dispel. Whereas if it proceeds from science and learning, it is difficult to eliminate. In former times, the latter were one in a thousand, and of these only one in a thousand could come to the way through guidance. For such people fancy themselves. And they do not know, but they suppose that they do know. I think that Almighty Allah has bestowed the Words at this time, which are flashes of the Qur’an’s miraculousness, as an antidote to this atheistic misguidance.

[karin1027]

Soaplife August/September 2015

[veryveryverytemporarily]

Just going to assume that’s a yes  😂 😂 😂 

So links to some of old conbert fics, definitely dubious quality, but they were fine fun days when possibilities felt pretty endless, I know, I know time distorts... 😂 

Con-flict 

Aaron hooks up with Connor at Bar West. Robert sees them together.

  Harrogate

Controversial dive into Robert and Connor's connection. Robert has gone on a trip to Harrogate, He meets Connor but will he be tempted to take their lunch date further? How does he feel when he meets Aaron later?

Favours

After the plea hearing Robert is devastated when he thinks that Aaron actually shot him after all. He seeks out some comfort in the way he knows best from a familiar face. 

Birthday Kiss  

No one seems particularly bothered about Robert's thirtieth birthday. He gets a voice message which takes him on a trip down memory lane remembering his twentieth birthday. How will his current birthday compare?

Making Contact

A version of what might have happened when Robert got in touch with Connor to set up the September scam against Lawrence. Robert and Connor have not seen each other in a long time so there's a lot to catch up on and inevitable tensions. An attempt to show more of Connor's POV.

[bartsugsy]

Why would Aaron hire a hit man for something he could probably just get Cain to do honestly

yes let cobron rise again

[rcbertsugden]

Robert Week 2017

Day One: Robert Ships

I’m b i s e x u a l, I like b o t h

[aaron-fan]

Robert Week Day 1 -  Robert ships

[iwillsendapostcard]

Lizzie!!! Just a reminder that I have such a crush on your blog, your fics are the best and your love for conbert makes me so happy, I wish I saw you around more!!! Keep being fab 🎄

Awww thank you christmas tree nonnie! I’m so sorry it took me so long to reply (work is killing me) but I was cautious about giving away too much about your identity! Us conbert shippers are a select and exclusive club ;)

I hope your Christmas is filled with joy, dear nonnie; no one deserves it more than you 💙

[crimmson-sight]

HIS REAL NAME IS ROBERT !?!

[dasoni]

🌺 Send this to ten other blogs you think are wonderful. Keep the game going. 🌺

So it took this opportunity to draw Connor and run with it xD I enjoyed your fanfic a lot  :D

[trashmouthsugden]

@wycombewanderer haha you thought that Robert/Connor/Lawrence scene was hot?!? That was nothing, I can get way dirtier than that! You should see some of the kinky fics I'm working on ;) But I'm super happy you liked it, it just means so much to me coming from another smut lover 😘

[jonny-versace]

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[tawakkull]