#s1e04

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He really said h̷̙̞̙̳̩̀͑̀̑́͐̀̚̚͜͝ẽ̷̢̗̰͉̤͖͖͉̈́̎̋̀͑̈́ ̵̧̝̜̞͐͊̈́̀͑̾̄̕h̷̭͎̱̑̈̓̈́͝͝ͅé̷͍͖̯̥̦̞̉̈́͛ ̸̖̣̻͖̝͕̐͝h̷̭̘̬̻̃͆̅̓̎̓͝ę̵̧̜͚̰͚̅̃̕͠

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

incredibly mild fandom pet peeve that doesn’t actually bother me but i do Notice™ when it happens: when a fic (usually an AUs but sometimes a post-canon fic) borrows the “hey. you wanna do something weird?” line and then ed and stede go and do something completely normal like go on a cute date or some shit like that. weaksauce odd behavior. those two should be making random people stare at them in confusion. the audience needs to be Perplexed. make those men weirder.

[carriebratshaw]

[gifharbor]

You dragged me here for your own ambitions. You only invited me because when Sneed takes over, he won't allow you anywhere near a surgery, and you thought that I might. Why don't you just admit that?

— THE ARTFUL DODGER | 1.04 The Stitch Up

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You have to get somebody to say the word "vis-à-vis."

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[krdc]

episode four

[anamazingangie]

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell." ~Joan Crawford

I think everyone but me has posted edits of this scene, but I never got around to it. So here is my take, with some framing changes, baby hairs, etc. to try and make it a little more unique ^^

If you repost please link back to this post! More edits here!

[gravity-falls-daily]

TWO THINGS FROM TODAY’S EPISODE:

(Note: Thing One is so long I’m sending Thing Two as a second ask because the tonal whiplash from the two things I noticed when watching the episode today would be horrendous)

Thing One:

Holy smokes- I forgot how this episode really dove into the issue of when a girl can’t say no to a guy despite being uncomfortable. I’ve been in Mabel’s situation many times, and needless to say that story is incredibly personal to me.

But also, like, the idea that Mabel, OUR Mabel, the one that fell for several guys in the span of just a few days of being in Gravity Falls, knew for a fact she wanted to only be friends with Gideon. If she wanted to fall for Gideon, she totally could’ve.

But Mabel had her priorities set, and Gideon decided to take advantage her using the fact that he was a prominent public figure. I mean, for crying out loud, he gets the first date by asking for just one to give him a chance. He gets the second one by asking in front of people in a very busy, fancy restaurant. He then gets the third one by showing an elaborate display of affection with fireworks.

Gideon knows how to manipulate people. He even manipulates his own father… like when he yells “I can buy and sell you, old man!” and that’s seen as a valid argument for Bud. Then, there’s the other time where a whole contract between two whole adults is torn up because the child is throwing a tantrum over losing Mabel.

And that’s in THIS EPISODE ALONE.

We also get to see Dipper being the world’s best twin brother ever. He at first doesn’t comment on Mabel having a friend, because who is he to butt into who Mabel wants to hang out with, but when she brings up the date, Dipper casually says that, as a guy, Gideon was going to fall in love with her. He was being upfront and honest, like Dipper does. Then, when Mabel said she wanted to say no later that night, Dipper advises her on how she should just say no. And lastly, when Dipper realizes Mabel couldn’t do it on her own, he offers to do it for her. It was, like, the perfect way for Dipper to handle things.

If Dipper had taken the relationship into his own hands at any point, it would’ve played out like how Gideon saw it- that Dipper was simply getting in between them and that Dipper was being too controlling over Mabel. Instead, Dipper tells Mabel what could happen, advises Mabel on how to handle it, LETS her have a chance to do it herself, and asked to step in when Mabel was distressed.

Good for Mabel for gaining the confidence at the end, but I’m also unbelievably happy with how Dipper supported Mabel throughout the whole relationship.

this is SUCH a good read on mabel & gideon's dynamic and the way dipper supports mabel :] i don't understand the people that say shit about mabel taking advantage of dipper sometimes tbh. like they're siblings, dawg. siblings don't always agree but that doesn't mean they don't care about each other!! this episode is such a good example of the ways in which they care about each other, both with dipper doing his best to help in the beginning and then mabel helping out at the end... truly the siblings of all time <3

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[juneandnick]

1x04 - Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum / 1x10 - Night / 2x05 - Seeds (Same Music)

- Panic Attack 🎵

- Somethings Wrong 🎵

Bonus: - Refusing To Stone Janine 🎵

Source Pictures: Screenshot (by me)

[crystalmatrix]

every now and then in season 1 there’s a scene that just looks hilariously 80s anime

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

wait fuck ok i’m back to being sad about it now

like the thing is that ed doesn’t really hang out with anyone but stede in season one, not really. and whenever he is talking to other ppl on the crew, stede is right there. the only exception to this is in episode 8 when jack brings the party energy and everyone is getting drunk and rowdy together specifically as part of jack’s efforts to exclude stede.

and as a fandom we always make jokes and theorize about what the relationship between ed and stede must look like from the outside, if they were all placing bets for when they’d finally hook up or if they had zero belief in stede’s ability to pull THEE blackbeard

but now i’m thinking about the crew’s perception of Ed Himself. of the crew’s perceptions of The Legendary Blackbeard and how that must’ve changed over the course of the first season. because when they first meet him they’re all impressed and starstruck bc yeah, duh, this is Pirate Beyoncé we’re talking about. they’re also in varying degrees “worried he’s gonna kill them.”

but they quickly see that the real pirate beyonce isn’t all leather and murder and head made of smoke. blackbeard swaps clothes with their cringefail (derogatory) boss for fun. he dresses up and goes to a fancy party just because he wants to—he’s not even trying to get anything out of it, doesn’t have an angle the way frenchie does, he genuinely just wants to go to a very un-Blackbeardy party and have fun. he tells them scary stories. he shows them some of his trade blackbeard secrets. he hypes them all up after their first fuckery (and i will never get over how cute that is exchange is, “scared the pants off me” and “i thought blackbeard didn’t feel fear” and “and i didn’t, until tonight” and the crew’s genuine excitement and pride). he goes on a treasure hunt with their cringefail (affectionate, now) boss and lets him dig in the ground to get it out of his system. they learn that ed isn’t just a scary pirate, he also can be silly and goof off and enjoy things that aren’t exactly compatible’s with the Blackbeard Brand

and beyond just not adhering 24/7 to the Brand, they learn that ed—that blackbeard—is human. is fallible. they see his first plan to escape the spanish fail, and they get to participate in the backup plan that he and stede come up with. frenchie sees ed get hurt at the fancy party in a way that he completely understands. lucius realizes that ed is just as into his cringefail boss as his cringefail boss is into ed, and over the course of giving ed a shovel talk he maybe learns that The Legendary Blackbeard might actually be nervous about a boy liking him back.

and none of this—NONE of this—makes the crew lose any respect for him. even pete never has a moment where his perception of his idol is shattered, where he’s disappointed that blackbeard isn’t all nine guns and zero mercy all the time. instead, pete expands his idea of what The Ideal Pirate (the ideal MAN) looks like.

i think by the time jack rolls around, ed is no longer on that Pirate Beyoncé pedestal to them. he’s still on a pedestal, a bit, but instead of seeing ed as this untouchable badass legend, they see him as like. the coolest guy on the ship. still a badass, still somebody they all respect and admire, but someone they can hang out with. someone they really want to hang out with. they want to impress ed because they want him to like them, they want to be his friend. and yeah, it’s played as a “your father and i are getting a divorce but we still love you very much” joke, but they really are so sad when ed leaves with jack.

and ed showing up with no beard and no stede, ed hiding in his cabin for. a day? multiple days? ed singing a song about his feelings. ed saying he no longer wants to go by blackbeard.

the crew is confused, but they’re on board. they don’t laugh at him for his (bad) singing, they don’t think less of him now that he’s sans iconic beard. ed, to them, is still The Coolest Guy On The Ship, and they want to be his friend. they’re excited to be his friend.

they want to put on a talent show.

and ed, right after getting stabbed in the back by jack and izzy, and then stede, and then izzy again—ed, who was so affected by the jeers of the rich fuckers at that fancy party, who grew up in a culture that doesn’t allow for friendship, a culture of everyone in various stages of fucking each other over—can’t see that. he’s got fresh heartbreak and fresh betrayal that are compounding on years of trauma and he hears them all chanting his name and he can’t trust this crew. he couldn’t trust his first mate, and he couldn’t trust his old shipmate, and he couldn’t trust stede. he cannot, cannot risk vulnerability with the crew. not again.

(and like, cmon, who is ed even kidding? he’s not made for things like softness and friendship and genuine camaraderie. trying to be anything other than blackbeard is like a wolf trying to fit in a sheep’s clothing, but the clothing is too small and everyone can see right through him and they’re all laughing and laughing and he’s the only one who can’t see what a joke he is. ed’s not an idiot, he knows there’s no way the crew is up their chanting his name and asking for another song because they like him. they just want the great clown pagliacci to come out and make them laugh.

so sure, ed’ll give them a show. they think ed’s funny? well he’s about to be fucking hilarious.)

EDIT: those of y’all seeing this in the ofmd tags are missing the additions where it gets even sadder

[carriebratshaw]

[doctor-cunt-phd]

THEY GOT STUCK??? LOL??? LMAO???

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every impractical jokers episode → season 1 episode 4 "boardwalk of shame"