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hey y’all, sorry for my silence recently, but my friend wanted me to share this here!

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There's so much negativity around Izzy's death so I wanted to address some of the points I keep seeing thrown around.

"Izzy's death was pointless"

No, he just had his big speech about how basically they can kill him but they cannot kill the movement. That is a clear paraller to a lot of real life protestors of unjustice. He died protecting the community, he died so the community could go on.

"Izzy's death made his healing pointless"

No it didn't. Healing is always good, feeling happiness and belonging are ALWAYS worth it. We never know how long we've got, doesn't mean we gotta stop trying to be better or happier. His healing was still real. It still mattered.

"Izzy's character arc was left unfinished, it's bad writing"

Oh my god. If you open any writing guide about how to write impactful deaths, and the first thing that comes up is to leave some part of their arc unfinished. And his arc did go through quite a beautiful line, sure there could've been more but his story didn't end like, mid arc. As a writer, of course you want to make the audience sad when a character dies. It's good storytelling. Good stories are supposed to make us feel.

"Izzy died on the arms of his abuser"

Where the hell did this idea come from? Ed and Izzy have been in a toxic codependent relationship way before this show started. You could argue that Izzy was Ed's abuser, but that is not the argument I want to make here. Yes, we saw Ed driven to madness shoot Izzy on screen, but we know Izzy's the one that forced him to be Blackbeart when he didn't want it anymore. There's turmoil all around them. But the final moment is them finally meeting as people, not as componenta of Blackbeard.

"Izzy's death was unnecessarily awful"

His death was sad, yes, but it was quite beautiful as far as deaths go. He was surrounded by family who cared for him. He was loved, and accepted as he is. He knew his legacy will be carried on.

"They killed off the only character that showed us healing is never too late"

Did we watch the same show? That begins with then unhappy 40+ year old Stede deciding it's finally time to reach for his dreams? Where we see Blackbeard slowly gaining back his humanity? Where Black Pete starts off as toxically masculine dude but ends up in a soft gay marriage? Where most of the crew wanted to mutiny but then they realized being soft is good, actually. Jim's whole purpose in life being revenge but them learning to let that go and instead concentrate on love and fun and family. And so on. Izzy's arc is beautiful, but he's not the only person healing who thought it was too late already.

"Izzy's death was bury your gays trope"

No, what, no. In a pirate show where everyobody is queer some queer people will die. Bury your gays is about only having one or few queer characters and killing them off while the straights get their happily ever afters. This is so far from that.

Also, I want people to be aware of the phenomenon, where creators of diverse shows are subjected to more critism than those of non diverse shows. If this intrests you, Sarah Z on Youtube made a great video on it called Double standards and diverse media. Our flag means death has given us so much, queer love story with a happily ever after, finding community, nonbinary character. And the creators have always been so kind to fans, so let's show them tht kindness back. Because critizicing this one aspect can easily turn to seeming like the whole story is just unwanted. That stories like Ed and Stede's aren't worth telling. And I'm so aftraid that will happen, when just now for the first time in years we are finally getting queer stories.

Also, I understand people are sad. I am sad too - Izzy was an amazing character and his death was sad but that's just. Good writing. You can grieve, but trying to turn it into a moral or dramaturgy issue is just not a good look. And attacking the creators of this wonderful show is just horrible.

Remember - this fandom is a safe space ship 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

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well this aged like fucking milk

it’s so wild to me how if and when Izzy kisses someone this season, it’s LITERALLY anybody’s game. I can think of like six people just off the top of my head who are totally in the running and on top of that, with the shit in the promo photos for the new episodes? This is ANYONE’S game

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literally made myself sick to my stomach today thinking about ed and stede at work so thats how im doing

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prev because yeah if they separate them again at the end, even if it’s amicable, idk how I’m gonna handle it. I just want them to be together so bad and it’s gonna be genuinely hard for me to appreciate s2 as much as I have been if that’s how it ends

I’m not worried about Ed and Stede’s relationship. I know full well by the end they’ll be together and things will be better. I know that they’ll probably apologize for what was said on both sides and talk like adults like they did in e4. What I’m worried about is the twenty five fuckin minutes they have to execute that, and everything else

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Omg I love making silly little lists okay

last song: The Bomb by Florence + The Machine

favorite color: purple, definitely. Or maybe a nice deep navy blue

last movie/tv show: OFMD s2 (I am totally fine :D)

currently watching: OFMD, good omens, WWDITS, Yellowjackets

sweet/spicy/savory: savory most of the time but sweet every once in a while

relationship status: single :(

current obsessions: OFMD and also like good omens but OFMD is winning the brain wars rn

last thing I googled: okapi

tags (no pressure!!): @saltpepperbeard @ancientbread @uozlulu @edsbacktattoo

9 people I would like to know better

Thank you for tagging me @drewstarkeysbae!!

last song? Heartbeat, Childish Gambino

favorite color? Red

last movie/tv show? The 100

currently watching? Invasion

sweet/spicy/savoury? Spicy

relationship status? Talking

current obsessions? Jack championnnn

last thing you googled? Jessica Lord (bc Matt Rife is dating her lmfaoo)

No pressure tags: @reychvmpion @runningfrom2am @rvfecamerons @serial444killer @corpsebasil @heavensghost @heavenhillgirl @11133 @polishlolita

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I’m not worried about Ed and Stede’s relationship. I know full well by the end they’ll be together and things will be better. I know that they’ll probably apologize for what was said on both sides and talk like adults like they did in e4. What I’m worried about is the twenty five fuckin minutes they have to execute that, and everything else

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Ed & Stede calling each other my friend (2.06 + 2.07)

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David Jenkins is really about to have to pull one of these to pull off the finale

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I know Ed and Stede will get back together in the finale, it’s clear from the promos. but that’s a week from now, which is basically a year. which, if you think about it, is actually 10 years. this is cruel

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#I need them to stop accepting job offers on a whim, it's okay to be unemployed 🙏

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I DONT SEE ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS??? FUCK IS THIS….

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you would serve cunt that’s what you’d do (but also probably explode)

OK but what would happen if you wore the Laszlo Cravensworth Cursed Hat and the Stede Bonnet Cursed Jacket together

Would the curses counteract each other or would you just explode immediately

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you’re laughing. Stede kept the cursed shirt and you’re laughing.

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SHARE THIS AROUND, THE LAST ONE BARELY GOT TO A HUNDRED

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#foreshadowing

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the amount of times I’ve rewatched the You Wear Fine Things Well the Sequel scene is so totally average. I want to eat it for breakfast. I want to breathe it in like air. I want to inject it into my veins. I want to open up my head, shove it into my cerebellum, and close it back up again. I want to tattoo it on my corneas. I want to graft it into my skin. I am a perfectly normal and well rounded individual with no mental uhohs whatsoever