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Yeah given that the OFMD team gave us s2 with a 40% budget cut, I think I'm done nitpicking and complaining about s2 actually. That's not to say that any show is above criticism, just that all of my complaints now seem incredibly trivial given that they pulled off a fucking miracle to give us such a nice season not only with incredible fan pressure but such a massive cut.

And there were so many incredible things in s2! Ed and Stede's story was always written very well, and we got technically very impressive things like the mermaid scene, and every shot was always filled with so much care. They gave us so much to love.

Thank you @davidjenks and crew, you wrote us a lovely season of television!!

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Never going to forget my very polite great-aunt’s reaction upon being asked if shes watched deadloch, quote ‘I just wanted to give that poor woman a thesaurus and a shower’

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Stede taking a drink.

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you have to understand:

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Straight to the to knit next list 🐙

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why is noone talking about buttons calling the revenge a whorehouse in the 2x04 post credit scene. he really said they're all GAY and they're SLUTS ABOUT IT

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If Aziraphale and Crowley are ineffable husbands, Stede and Ed are insufferable husbands. Truly the most unsubtle, most disgustingly in love couple on earth.

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enough about that other guy, i want to talk about stede in season two.

i want to talk about how he didn't even care that all his things had been destroyed, that his only concern was what that destruction said about ed's state of mind.

i want to talk about how he mucked right in with the crew at jackie'z and on zheng's ship.

i want to talk about that excellent belly flop into the fucking ocean when they found the revenge.

i want to talk about that absolute romantic hero moment on the rocky shoreline, giving the bottle a kiss before tossing it into the sea

i want to talk about how completely he understands ed, from burn the world or die trying to i know (you love me). i know that.

i want to talk about how he remains his bitchy, hapless, cringefail self while still growing as a person and getting better at things. His better may still be worse than other people's good but he's getting there.

i want to talk about how he gave up his swishy red suit because the crew needed him to.

i want to talk about how much more palpably comfortable he is in his own skin this season, with none of the finery that was a shield and a prison for him his whole life.

i want to talk about how he never, ever gave up on ed no matter what. Because stede was in Love, goddamn it, finally, and he was not going to lose that, to death or mutiny or anything else.

season two stede bonnet--i just think he's neat.

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I wanna talk about Izzy’s death. This will by no means be the only post I make about this, I just wanna get my feelings out, while my initial thoughts are still fresh in my mind.

I think his death was perfect. And this is coming from someone who loves him so fucking much. Everyone who is saying his death was unnecessary and cruel needs to listen and I mean ACTUALLY LISTEN to what he said to Ed while he died.

“Blackbeard was us”

“I wanna go”

“Just be Ed”

How do you listen to that and then call his death pointless and say it’s “burying the gays” and a cheap narrative choice.

FUCK OFF

Izzy had a life, he spent time with the people he loved, he made mistakes, he was forgiven, and he got closure from ed and stede. He was always going to die the way all pirates die. Because deep down that’s what he is. A pirate.

He’s not like Ed and Stede, who both have a complicated relationship with piracy and all it involves. He’s a pirate. He’s been narrowly avoiding and escaping death every day of his life up until this moment.

Izzy is piracy, it makes sense for him to die like a pirate, gunshot wound to the stomach, wooden leg and all.

Now that I’ve got all that out of my system I’m going to grieve on my own in the darkness of my room.

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Marrying Stede...

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'oh it must be so fun and cool knowing how to knit-'

it is. but I also experience the Madness

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Soulmates, but with the British meaning of “mate.” Two homies bound by a platonic string of fate.

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losing it losing it losing it losing i—

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For when you want to transfigure into a bird, help confuse two star crossed idiots reconciling and rise some bread dough *

*Can only provide a personal recommendation for the third option.

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Huh. That'd explain the midnight biscuit decorating thoughts...

ADHD is so silly because you can think about wanting to do something for like 2 weeks but nothing happens then all of a sudden you’re chilling and minding your own business and you get a freaking Inspiration Jumpscare

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HIM!!!!!