#ofmd stuff

[vonyalkin]

😨😨

[ships-galore]

I haven’t been keeping up with OFMD meta so forgive me if this has already been talked about.

I want to talk about mirrors in OFMD

Calico Jack was an obvious mirror for Blackbeard. He wasn’t a mirror for Edward Teach though. Calico Jack represented all the wildness and debauchery that was the Blackbeard of legend. He brings out the absolute worst parts of Blackbeard and encourages the crew to engage in the same actions that the old Blackbeard would. It’s beautifully shown that Ed is torn between his new life on the Revenge and his old habits when he leaves the Revenge with Calico Jack. By returning to the Revenge, Ed narrowly avoids succumbing to his old ways, which die with Calico Jack. From that point on Ed has fully shed his former identity. Calico Jack dies by a British cannonball just as the legendary Blackbeard falls to British captors a few episodes later. In a way, the identity of Blackbeard is taken away from Ed whether he wanted it to be or not. It’s a convenient excuse to get away from causing terror by name alone, which is what Ed has been looking for.

The less obvious mirror is Ned Low and Stede Bonnet. Ned is what Stede from season 1 wants to be: an infamous pirate known for his dramatics and love of high society. Ned’s treasures are his records and his music just as Stede’s are his book collection and his extensive clothing. He is Stede’s first true murder, a symbol of Stede choosing to throw off (quite literally) the expectations and pressure that he put on himself of upholding the traditions of high society and seafaring life at the same time. Stede’s first step towards this was leaving Mary once and for all. After this, Stede truly starts dressing as a sea faring man as opposed to a nobleman on a ship. We get a small taste of Stede’s love of high fashion with the cursed jacket, but his murder of Ned Low was the final step towards fully embracing being a pirate. It’s possible that Stede could have ended up like Ned had he not had a crew that cared for him and Ed to guide him. The crew gently pull Stede away from upholding the expectations of high society, but Ed is the one who reigns him in from becoming a full blown, bloodthirsty pirate.

[kaijuerotica]

me: yeah ed is super darksided rn but im a ride or die stan. everything he does is so babygirl. the more pathetic the little meowmeow the more blorbo they become.

the reincarnated corpse of israel hands: please what the fuck are you saying

[hot-sweet-coffee]

my mom showed me the OFMD S2 trailer and during the 0.2 seconds that they showed Jim she was like

VICO 🥹😭😫

[hot-sweet-coffee]

[ID: a digital fanart of Stede and Ed from Our Flag Means Death.

It shows a table with books, a cake, maps and other things on it.

Ed dressed in his usual leather jacket and half bun, and Stede wearing a white shirt and his red robe, decorated with birds and plants. Both are sitting at the table, with a ketle and two cups close to them. Ed is grabbing one of the cups as Stede leans to kiss him, hands on top of Ed's free one, both have their eyes closed.

A ray of sunlight comes in through the window and pours yellow lighting on a part of the scene, giving it a warm feeling. /end ID]

morning tea  ☕️ ☕️

[vinnie-cha]

a pirate, a serial killer and a demon walk into a bar after a break up Pt 1 -> (x)

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[gay-fae]

a fun fact that people may not know about me is that i’m regular about media. i’m so normal about things i enjoy. i never ever get weird or obsessive about them and I consume and enjoy them completely normally. also im a fucking liar

[captain-flint]

this is literally fanfiction on screen

[livwifeofkarl]

¸·´¨¯¨`·¸ (¯¨`·¸ `·-·* ) A love like ours can't `·¸ `·.,¸_¸,.·´ disappear in an instant. (¯¨`·¸ ) We're joined to one another. `·.,¸)_¸,.·´ Intertwined. ¸.·*¨¯¨*·¸ ♥︎ ¸·´ We wrote our names on each `·..,¸_¸,.·´ ( ¸·´¨¯¨`·¸ other in permanent ink. `·.,¸_¸,.·´ `·.,¸_¸,.·´

[vonyalkin]

stede and hyacinths

spent 10 hours on this

[suffersinfandom]

They are a set, do not separate!

[kaijuerotica]

if wangxian knocks out gentlebeard i will laugh SO HARD, all that to lose to the most annoying man youve ever met in your life and his absolute simp of a husband

[cliopadra]

*laughs nervously* Izzy? Dead and gone for good? Naaaah, of course not, he’s just in the gravy basket…or on his way to get sea witch necromancied back by seagull Buttons. He’s ok, he’ll be back…he’ll totally be back 🥲.

[vinnie-cha]

stede and aziraphale having a good time while ed and crowley are fighting for their lives 😔

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[gay-fae]

it’s the fact that ed doesn’t know. he doesn’t know that badminton kidnapped stede with the intent to kill him. he doesn’t know that stede was so filled with self-hatred that he ran back home because he believed what badminton said: that he defiled beautiful things. and ed is the most beautiful thing he knows of. ed doesn’t know that stede is completely in love with him and knows it now. ed doesn’t know stede concocted the most elaborate and ridiculous fuckery (with the help of his awesome wife) to fake his death just so he could sail off and find ed and be with him forever. because faking your death means you have no intention of ever coming back; stede faking his death was a commitment to ed. and ed doesn’t know that stede is waxing poetic about him and staring at the moon thinking about him and being oh so in love with him.

instead, ed thinks stede lied to him about ed making him happy. he thinks stede lied to him about how much he cared for him. he thinks stede just up and left, because he’s ed and no one good stays for him.

[captain-flint]

Ed and Stede: out here living our best lives 🥰👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Guys, Zheng is under attack Ed and Stede: this ain't about her