#ofmd s1e5

[animoogus]

Reblog for a larger support group

[insteading]

When Pete is telling stories about working for Blackbeard in S1 E2, "A Damned Man," Stede Bonnet is the only one who believes him. Stede asks, if Blackbeard's head is made of smoke, do his eyes float?

Pete replies, No, they're just normal eyes.

And that's how you know Pete never worked for Blackbeard: no one who has spent time around Edward "Invented Eyes" Teach could describe these expressive and soulful eyes as normal.

[niti-who]

Watching: S1E5

The moonlight scene is currently playing, which is one of my favorite parts of the first season. And I'm very melancholic and a little sad right now. 😭

[some-anonymity-preferred]

He really does go through an evolution, doesn't he?

Responds with a tone-deaf quip.

Uses inside knowledge of the aggressors' weaknesses to get them to set themselves on fire.

Defends Ed's honor as he understands it without clocking Ed's changed reaction to such a slight or listening to Ed's request to not do this.

Uses Ed's honor as an excuse to pick a fight that he was already misguidedly gunning for on behalf of his own butthurt feelings.

The S1e5 party ship is the peak of Stede's skill in defending Ed's honor so far. And even then, Stede was sowing his chaos almost as much on his own behalf as he was on Ed's. (Not that I dislike that; I feel it adds spice, honestly.)

I want to see Stede regain that peak and maybe even surpass it.

They're gonna have to talk some things through, though.

Stede + defending Ed's honor

[ourflagmeansbts]

Source (Season 1 - April 2022)

[bizarrelittlemew]

isn't it interesting how the episode we know went through extensive rewrites was not the episode with the most violence but the one that was supposed to have high sexual tension between the leads (two middle-aged gay men), a gay wedding, and outright confirmation of the polycule

[insteading]

For a sweet little goldfish, who doesn't have to stop wearing twirly outfits and grow a beard, his boyfriend is smitten with him as he is:

"When we grow up, will I be pretty? Will you be big and strong? Will I wear dresses that show off my knees? Will you wear trousers twice as long? Well, I don't care if I'm pretty at all. And I don't care if you never get tall. I like what I look like, and you're nice small. We don't have to change at all. ...

When I grow up, I'm gonna be happy and do what I like to do, Like making noise and making faces and making friends like you. And when we grow up, do you think we'll see That I'm still like you and you're still like me? I might be pretty; you might grow tall. But we don't have to change at all."

[unhingedpirates]

This is so sweet but also I think it's very funny that Stede's just catching up to the meaning of the romantic gestures they shared in the past, since they all went over his head at the time.

Can't wait for him to find out what the stabbing thing meant for Ed.

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

[ofmdee]

All According to Plan (5677 words) by gaydeviants, pirate_captains_captain_pirates Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Set During S1e5 The Best Revenge is Living Well, Explicit Sexual Content, Trans Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has a Praise Kink, Stede Bonnet Has a Praise Kink, they both just like to be praised okay., Blackbeard | Edward Teach Wears Fine Things Well, First Kiss, Getting Together, Porn with Feelings, they are so down bad for each other, Blow Jobs, Face-Fucking, Tender Sex, NSFW Art, Embedded Images Summary:

Blackbeard always has a plan. That's how these things work. And from the moment he met Stede Bonnet, the ending was already decided, the plan was already in motion - but maybe, just maybe, plans can change.

What if Ed really had kissed Stede under the moonlight in s1e5?

This fic contains embedded NSFW gifs!

kicking my leggies @piratecaptainscaptainpirates and i have a new collaboration for ya'll and i think u will love it!!!! first collaboration of the new year and we're not even a week in yet, we are killing it!! 😤

pls enjoy!! 😘

[doyoueverstopandthink]

GENUINELY FUCKING SCREAMING OVER THE ENDING OF EPISODE FIVE WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT I AM LOSING MY FUCKING MIND MY ROOMMATE IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT ME CAUSE I WON'T STOP FUCKING SCREAMING OH MY FUCKING GOD

[epersonae]

11 and 16 for the fandom ask game!💛✨

11. if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

I'm incredibly proud of Hungry for love, ready to drown - the work that I put into it both in the watching and rewatching, and in the writing.

16. a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

speaking of that, all of Rhys Darby's amazing acting choices while not the focus of a scene, but in particular his whole face journey while Ed is dealing with the racist French captain. there's so much emotional depth in such a small thing.

[fandom ask game]

[galadariel]

'you wear fine things well' please excuse me while i scream into a pillow

[ourflagmeansbts]

Source (Season 1 - April 28th 2022)

aaronepstein: here was also sweat, but no tears... amazing makeup work by @somemonsterism and designer @nancyhennah

[knotwerk]

ofmd fics by me, knotwerk!

okay you got your alternate universes, your rpf, your canon era, and a podfic. browse, click, win! as always, mind the tags & notes.

alternate universes

lux 14k, E. modern au Gentlescribed pwp, trans Lucius POV. Lucius has a stellar time at the gay bathhouse TM4M night. posted 3/11/25

and prosper 4k, E. modern au established relationship Ed/Stede t4t fluffy pwp. t4t sex is neat and Ed and Stede have some before bed. posted 12/15/24

Proper Hydration 208k, E. Ed/Stede. A 7-part modern au that explores the question, "what if they met after coming home to themselves a bit first?” the first installment has an incredible podfic by @lindie-kninjaknitter! here's my Proper Hydration masterpost with links to each installment and related blog posts. fics posted 10/13/22-8/28/24

Happy Accidents 1.8k, E. Ed/Stede, modern AU. Stede wears his new remote-controlled vibrating butt plug to brunch with friends... and loses the remote. proud to be the first fic in the extended butt plug universe lmao. posted 12/24/22

The Ylp's Tale 20.6k, E. Ed/Stede, medieval AU for AUgust 2023 prompts 'restaurant,' 'medieval,' and 'cryptid.' sweet delightful collab, with delightful art! posted 8/13/23

rpf

rhys never breaks 2.7k, E. Rhys/Taika. messy, angsty Taika POV, post-"zaddy" improv moment. posted 4/21/24

character research 11.7k, E. Rhys/Taika... Ed/Stede. once again a messy Taika POV, once again inspired by a behind-the-scenes drop (the "tangy/zangy" improv, this time!). i both lol'ed and yelled nooooo a number of times while writing this one. posted 10/2/24

canon era

if stede is not mistaken 6.4k, E. Ed/Stede. post-S1E5 "you wear fine things well" scene. gorgeous podfic available by @sierrajanesims! written fic posted 10/3/23

Pinch Me 5.4k, E. Ed/Stede/Mary (actually Stede/Ed/Mary, heyooo), silly horny Ed POV in a happy post-S1 setting. an Ed Sandwich fic. posted 3/27/23

stede knows 0.6k, Teen. Ed/Stede. the S2E5 kiss, from Stede's POV. wrote this after watching these gifsets five million times. posted minutes before S2E6&7 dropped on 10/19/23

Tomorrow's Almost Here 9.2k, E. Ed/Stede. post-S1 reunion. plus tentacles. posted 9/20/22

Choose Your Own Adventure: Reunion! E. Ed/Stede. what it says on the tin - and then some! collaboration with an awesome group of writers and artists. i wrote a couple scenes, contributed to a hidden scene that is absolutely worth the price of admission, and beta'd a good chunk of this delightful fic. posted 5/20/23

Crescendo 4.4k, E. Ed/Stede. bby's first fic[tion] ever lol. post-S1 post-reunion. posted 8/10/22

podfic recorded by me

[Podfic] Ink by zemph147 aka @gaypiratebrainrot. (link to written fic here.) "a twist on Ed-is-literally-the-Kraken, where instead of having tentacles, Ed ejaculates squid ink." this fic changed my life lol. (the author's pretty great, too.) podfic posted 5/4/23

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

1, 2, and 16 for the ask meme

list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s)

I'm going to start off with my main non-OFMD fandom currently which is Unsounded, the thing I love about Unsounded fans is the obsessive attention to worldbuiding details to the point where I can go in the discord and see people earnestly debating very esoteric applications of the magic system, or translating conlang vocab for people like me who have not learned the conlang. I mostly lurk there but it's fun. For OFMD I love how accepting the fandom is of weird shit. People are out here writing incredibly niche AUs and monsterfucking and orgies and magical realism and surprising POV characters and it's all so fun. Let's get weird!

Another really cool thing about the OFMD fandom is how generous people are with putting their time and money towards important real world causes. The craft fair was huge, but there have been so many other instances of fundraising, charity events, activism, and mutual aid. It reminds me that there are people in the world who just want to help.

2. a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

Ed projecting a bunch of his issues with his dad onto Izzy. When Djenks first mentioned it (imo even if the creator says it it still counts as a headcanon, sorry djenks) I was like "...huh" and then after it percolated a bit with the hornigold stuff I was like "...huh"

16. a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

in s1e5 stede wears a wig for the whole party scene but in the rowboats on the way back he's holding the wig in his lap and his hair is perfectly fluffy. I love that Stede sort of brings the romcom muppet vibes with him wherever he goes, and that includes perfect hair, always lol.

love your fandom ask game

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

So I was going back over OFMD in my mind because of the whole scene with Fang and I was like "I'm pretty sure Ed sits with himself canonically actually." But then, maybe Fang is right because in s1e3 hes higher than a fucking kite, in s1e4 hes either with Stede staring at tits or hes analyzing the weather. In s1e5 he's having a flashback so I guess he is alone with his thoughts but his thoughts are emo and have mommy issues so idk if that really counts, in s1e6 he sits alone in the tub after he had a full ptsd style flashback, s1e7 and s1e8 hes not alone or quiet at all really, e10 he's having a cry both times so once again idk if that counts on the same principle as 5. Does brooding count you tell me? In s2e1-3 he's either high or suicidal and he doesn't really in s2e4 so..... But then, he's folding socks in e9 and that's the one moment where you can't be like "this guy doesn't ever sit with himself."

So I guess for Fang, Ed doesn't sit still unless he's high off his ass or he's brooding, which doesn't tell us who Ed innately is, it tells us who Ed is in an environment where he's expected to be Blackbeard. But he can sit still and quiet with his own thoughts after he's signed the act of grace and he thinks he's gonna get a break from all that for a while. Which means that he's like that because Blackbeard, being Blackbeard, being on a pirate ship, puts him on edge, it makes him nervous, it makes him feel like he's about to be stabbed in the back, he talks and makes sure that other people know he's alert. Even if it's just to Fang.