#ofmd s2 e2

[larphis]

!MAJOR OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2 REUNION SPOILERS AHEAD!

Okay so I don‘t know who needs to hear this but guys. I’ve cracked the code:

So as we all know this is a photo from the offical Warner Bros Press Release that says that it was taken from the second episode, right?

Now I want you all to look at the outfit.

In this VERY SAME episode we will have: the Lucius reunion. Don’t believe me based on this speculative piece of evidence? Just wait. There’s more.

In the same episode, they try to get on board of the Revenge.

And after Black Pete says he doesn’t feel like shooting the arrow for the improv zip line they sent sent Buttons.

But who is that covering up Buttons with his head and standing next to Black Pete? That’s right: Lucius

BUT THAT’S STILL NOT EVERYTHING.

The beard, the haircut, the outfit… Stede is having another gay on gay therapy session with Lucius before they execute the plan to enter the Revenge.

And well guess what? Guess what also happens in the SECOND (!) episode of this season?

Once they get on board… Ed and Stede reunite.

So let me recap this: We were all so scared that they would take 5 episodes to even see each other again but guess what? 2 episodes. 2 episodes until the crew of the Revenge is properly reunited.

(Of course that still leaves the storm that will probably happen that very next day and seperate them once more to leave us with some unresolved tension, but still. PROGRESS. So much progress already in two (2) episodes)

[fishtimeyall]

DAVID JENKINS I LOVE YOU

[critterofthenight]

currently rewatching, and with all the heavy shit that's going on with Ed, i think people aren't talking enough about the ACTUAL FUCKING SHIPS getting towed ON LAND by their crews

like

what was that all about 💀

[vampirebutterflies]

HI I JUST CAUGHT UP ON THE FIRS TTHREE EPS AND IM DYING HERES MY FULL LIVE REACTIONS

GOOD FUCKIEN NIGHT

[n3v3r-l3ft]

"You indestructible little fucker" me too lmao

I love that Izzy shot him though 😂 he's being fuckign crazy crazy

Theyre gonna mutiny his ass and he's gonna deserve it

Ily though babe hope you learn from this lol

[fuckyeahourflagmeansdeath]

right so saw people do a tag list i tag loads but primarally

- ofmd s2 spoilers

- ofmd s2 e1

- ofmd s2 e2

- ofmd s2 e3

(ect)

i might live blog some of it but yeah hello! block these ones thanks

[fuckyeahourflagmeansdeath]

do you like me

yes []

no []

ALIVE AND YES []

pls respond ed xxxxx

stede circling the 'alive' part of the wanted poster like it's multiple choice or something

[iggy-hands]

If I had a nickel for every time a goofy Nat Faxon character had to massage a woman in order to allow his associates to sneak into the room and steal something, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[blue-b-bro]

(about Izzy as tragic character, just a warning)

after drying my tears, I have another complaint: if they really wanted Izzy to be the tragic character (it would still hurt and made people mad probably), for him to die and take the blame on himself and all that, they should commit to this goddammit it. Do it properly like s2e1&2. If they haven't really reconcile, at least Izzy never truly addressed his trauma, they didn't have the talk or anything, they should go that tragic path full force. Edizzy dynamic until now was incredible, complicated, fucked up, codependent and if they had to kill him without letting him to fully grow, they should fuckin commit to this. It was too short, too sudden and too short again. We didn't get a heroic death nor a fully tragic one. Yeah, Izzy's speach was skickeningly sad (when it made sense, it not always did) but like, compare this to their scenes in s2e1&2. It just looks like nothing, it looks pathetic

[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.

[godasfarasyoureconcerned]

they did it. they actually did it. they turned him into waswas hands

[strong-reader-slash-writer]

Both the ends of episodes 2 and 3 gave me visceral reactions like jaw dropping swear dropping hands shaking the rest of the season is going to RUIN me

[critterofthenight]

THIS SHOW REALLY IS HIGH BUDGET FANFICTION

I read *so many* fics that had "Ed steering the ship into a storm just to feel something" as a plot point

and it just HAPPENED

it's CANON

(((o(*°▽°*)o)))

[n3v3r-l3ft]

OH FUCK YEAH LUCIUS TELL HIM OFF

[seikilos-stele]

There are many different ways to define the “main character” of a story, but the one I found most useful growing up is this: “the main character is the one who grows the most.” Sometimes, that means your POV character isn’t the main character. By nature, whoever grows the most will be the one audiences are drawn to; this is why audiences frequently gravitate toward side characters in ongoing tv shows; because we sense the capacity for more growth in Sidekick #3 than in Hero #1. To cope with this, the writer’s room will typically push Sidekick #3 out of the story entirely or will coax him into the spotlight and develop storylines just for him, thereby making him into a main character.

This is what we saw in OFMD. Ed and Stede were the main characters of S1. They had plenty of growth ahead of them and audiences were excited to see that teased out. Stede — selfish, out of touch, gentlemanly — longed to remake himself into a fearsome pirate. Ed — jaded, bored, infamously badass — longed to leave piracy behind and find something more meaningful. He didn’t yet know what would be most meaningful for him, and we were excited to watch Ed and Stede meet and figure it out together.

However, at the same time, the writers gave us Sidekick #3 — Izzy. Humorless, snarling, rage-filled, Izzy was your stereotypical henchman. This put him at immense odds with the rest of the cast. While everyone else, including Blackbeard, Fang, and Ivan, took to Stede’s management style, Izzy chafed under it and lashed out. Already, we can see that he has a lot of growing to do before he can get on the same level as the rest of the crew. That alone makes Izzy interesting, from an audience perspective. But what really enhances it is Con O’Neill’s performance — he brings an interiority to Izzy that’s lacking from the other characters; from his expressions to the intonation of dialogue, Con is always hinting that there’s something more to Izzy than what meets the eye.

Fans noticed. What exactly is going on inside this weird angry little rat? Why is he so furious all the time, and why is he so loyal to Ed? What will it take for him to let go of that anger and be part of the crew? By setting Izzy apart from the cast, the writers automatically set him up for an arc of growth. In S2, we watched that growth arc come into full swing. From E1-6, Izzy is on a constant climb up that hill to be part of the crew. We watch him take a bullet for the crew in E1, then attempt suicide in E2; we watch him try and fail to save the crew from execution in E3; in E4 Izzy is given a new leg and embraces his role as the ship’s figurehead. In E5 he works to train Stede and gives advice to Lucius on letting go of trauma. In E6 he embraces drag and performs in front of the crew. We see him, throughout S2, physically leaning on his crewmates and even crying in their arms — acts that S1 Izzy would never do. And we see him grappling with his relationship with Ed, admitting his love for him, mutinying against him, finding who he is without him.

By contrast, in S2, Ed’s and Stede’s growth hit a roadblock. As an Ed fan in particular, it was tough to watch him stagnate and backslide in this season. He makes no effort toward growth or change, and his efforts to leave Blackbeard behind are displayed not as growth but as a form of cowardice — running away from his problems rather than facing them head-on. Stede, at first, seems to be making progress. He makes strides as a pirate and even attains fame. But this progress toward his goals does nothing for his personal growth. Instead, it seems to catapult Stede back into his least-savory self from S1: selfish, out of touch, and vain. He and Ed enable each other in their determination NOT to grow, while Izzy fights for growth in every episode leading up to the finale.

This, essentially, is why so many fans believed Izzy was a main character. And it’s a good part of why so many fans were shocked when Izzy was killed off to service Ed’s growth, and his relationship with Stede. We spent a whole season watching him be the main character, only to be told at the end that he was really just Sidekick #3 all along. This strikes me as dishonest and unskilled, like the writers were working off intuition — good intuition, granted, for most of the season — without any real understanding or intentionality behind their decisions. They were working off what “felt” right without interrogating why it felt right, and when they hit the season finale, all those instinctive, thoughtless decisions came crashing down. The rubble left behind is difficult to sort through and honestly doesn’t make much sense. And, as an audience, we’re left with a season-long growth arc that was bafflingly cut off before it could culminate — and a prospective S3 where one of the main characters is dead and buried, after only a single season to shine.

[mattsucks-kra]

Alright but can we talk about the fact that on 5th october are coming out (haha unintentional pun) both ofmd s2 and idkhow' s new single "what love?"

AND the next day we're getting Loki 2

ON SCHOOL DAYS

LIKE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING

FUCK

edit: new single's a banger and ofmd s2 e1 made me cry. good morning

second edit: married lokius vibes, also I can't believe they named e2 "breaking Brad" 😭

third edit: (yes I'll keep going even tho nobody asked) loki 2×04 was a fucking roller coaster and ofmd's season finale... I dont know if I really wanna talk about it, if ykyk

fourth edit: it's been two weeks from loki 2×06 and I can still hear the clowns' song playing, but it was better than last season's finale, so a win is a win I guess