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Honestly sometimes I can't believe the cast&crew of OFMD is real.

Vico publicly begging for Jim/Oluwande/Spanish Jackie to become canon while cosplaying as Izzy?

Con publicly sharing steddy hands and horny bondage Izzy fanarts in between his anti-conservatives rants?

Alex Sherman (one of the writers) liking tweets about Stede and Ed having sex in S2?

Rhys liking nsfw Stede art?

Samba not only creating and sharing a recipe for the 40 orange glaze cake but also keeping track of and cataloguing each and every fan made cake? All 700+ of them?

David Jenkins going feral over medieval cat paintings on twitter from time to time?

I don't know what we did to deserve these people but I love them with all my heart.

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TAIKA WAITITI Variety TV Fest 2022

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steve harrington and tony stark are the most bambi looking guys ik. (and it’s adorable)

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Billy used to lend Steve his denim jacket when Steve would get cold. Max caught them making out once, Steve wrapped in the jacket, but never tells them what she saw.

When they all presume Billy to be dead, Max gives Steve Billy’s denim jacket. Steve tries to say no, that he couldn’t possibly take it. But Max can see the sadness and longing in his eyes, so she plays it off as if it’s a waste of a perfectly good coat for it to just sit in her closet. Steve accepts it, and after that, Max rarely sees Steve without the jacket.

When Billy returns, Steve tries to give him his jacket back. He just winks and tells Steve to keep it because “It always looked better on you, pretty boy.”

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to me this feels like a gesture that was made out of appreciation for Pride, not as a corporate pride™ move

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3 tags I will dodge like the plague:

Ambiguous/Open Ending

Major Character Death

Hurt/No Comfort

Like, no, bestie. Real life is tragic and uncertain enough.

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All of the veteran Johnlock and Destiel shippers watching the Stranger Things fandom post about why Byler is definitely requited and also endgame.

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MoM spoilers—-

”i love you. i love you in every universe”

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Parts of the Revenge

For Fic Writers and Fans of Our Flag Means Death

The historical Stede Bonnet’s Revenge was a sloop-of-war, one of the smaller types of men-of-war, or fighting ships. Unlike merchant ships, they carried multiple guns (i.e., cannons); merchant vessels were usually also armed, but not as heavily.

Basic Nautical Terms

fore: The front part of the ship.

aft: Towards the back.

bow: The frontmost part of the ship’s hull.

stern: The backmost part of the ship.

starboard: If you’re facing forward, this is the side of the ship on your right. If you’re facing aft, it will be on your left.

port: If you’re facing forward, the side on your left. If you’re facing aft, it’s on your right.

hull: The outer body of the ship. What you scrape barnacles off (assuming you’re not flirty enough to get out of the job).

Decks

The Revenge has four full decks. Plus there are several partial upper decks with weird names.

Main Deck

Also called the upper deck or upper gun deck. This is the deck where everything happens: flag-sewing, sleepovers, duels, fuckery, etc.

Forecastle (Fo’c’sle)

Pronounced, and sometimes spelled, fo’c’sle. The partial deck in the ship’s fore, from which Blackbeard swings off a rope to impress the crew. A few steps above the main deck.

Quarterdeck

You know the sweeping staircases Stede descends like he’s Ginger Rogers in an MGM musical? Those lead between the main deck and the quarterdeck. The quarterdeck was traditionally where the captain, and sometimes his officers, hung out and kept an eye on things; regular sailors weren’t allowed up there, except in the course of their duties. It’s also the location of the wheel, or helm, which steers the ship by turning its rudder.

Poop Deck

Named after the French word for stern; nothing to do with poop. Even higher than the quarterdeck, the poop deck is perched over the stern. Its height makes it a good place to make observations from. The handrail around the poop deck is called the taffrail.

Gun Deck

Also called the lower deck. This deck is under the main deck. You know how from the outside of the ship you can see cannons poking out from their little hidey-holes? Those are gun ports, and the guns (cannons) live along both sides of the gun deck. (The Revenge also has cannons on the main deck, which is why the main deck is sometimes called the upper gun deck.) In some ships, the crew would sleep on this deck, between the guns. In OFMD, this is the deck with the kitchen and the crew’s table, as well as the jam room and the rec room; you can see the gun ports in the hull.

Orlop

The deck under the gun deck. Where coils of rope and other equipment is stored. It’s below the ship’s waterline, so the stuff you store here has to be able to withstand some damp. Has a low ceiling. Historically, was often used as the ship’s surgery during battle.

Hold

The lowermost deck. Where supplies are stored and cargo, if there is any, is carried.

Masts

The masts are the big poles that hold up the sails. Different types of ships have different numbers of masts. The Revenge has three.

Foremast: Frontmost mast. Emerges through the fo’c’sle.

Mainmast: The one in the middle, coming through the main deck.

Mizzenmast, or mizzen: Aft mast. Comes through the quarterdeck.

There are about a million sails, each with its own name, and about a million ropes, ditto. I’m not covering any of that here, because life’s too short. Suffice it to say that the ropes, cables, and chains in general are called the rigging.

Other Parts of the Ship

Head

Generally speaking, the front of the ship. More specifically, the area in front of the fo’c’sle; also called the beakhead. Home of the figurehead(in this case a unicorn) and the bowsprit (the pole that sticks out in front of the ship). This is where Blackbeard throws Lucius overboard, which means Lucius has the whole length of the ship to be thrown a rope by Fang and pulled back on board, which is totally what happened. The head is also where the crew’s toilet was located (head has since become synonymous with toilet.) The captain had his own toilet—sorry, en suite—in the stern, near his cabin. 

Tops

Short for fighting-tops. The little platforms about a third of the way up each mast. Ed and Stede pull their lighthouse trick in the top on the mainmast, i.e., the maintop. This is also where they bond over quality marmalade.

Capstan

The big cylinder that sits on the main deck. The crew turns this to move ropes and cables for heavy work, like weighing (raising) the anchor or hoisting a foresail. Its wooden bars are removable when not in use. Fun historical fact: sailors often sang sea shanties while turning the capstan, to keep them all in rhythm, and if one of the crew had a musical instrument, like a fiddle, pipe, or drum, he might play it while sitting on top of the capstan.

Great cabin

The biggest cabin on the ship, usually the captain’s quarters. Often had a row of windows facing aft and a library. Directly under the great cabin was the wardroom, where the officers ate their meals. It looks like this is where the Revenge’s crew entertains Captain Nigel Badminton and his officers during their memorable visit.

Everything I know about ships I learned from Patrick O’Brian and Wikipedia. If you see any errors, please let me know.

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Bonus

Bonus++

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022-)

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Buttons and Izzy are BFFs I don’t make the rules

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thor 4 press tour is gonna be interesting to observe with taika waititi still coming off the high of ofmd being the most in-demand show for weeks and chris pratt sitting next to him seething homophobically like he's living in izzy hands' worst timeline

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Kate: Do birds get sad for not having arms?

Clint: Well, do you get sad for not having wings?

Kate, tearing up: Every single day.

Clint, also tearing up: Same.

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sam: im not very strong... but ill fuck you up if youre mean to bucky >:(

bucky who is, in fact, very strong: *cowering behind him*

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i miss sam and bucky so much like you guys don't UNDERSTAND

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i could talk for hours about everything i love about this show, but honestly i can’t stop thinking about the way ED is in love with STEDE?? like let me explain what i can’t get over, it’s the way that stede is the softer, more feminine, ‘weaker’, more stereotypically queer coded one and it would’ve been so EASY for them to make it stede who had an obvious crush on ed. like play it up that he’s a fool in love and everyone sees it except ed but they wrote it the opposite way!!! ed meets stede and it’s love at first sight!! this scary, masculine pirate captain falls so hard and so fast for stede fucking bonnet and stede has no clue!!!!! ed knows he has a crush the whole show and he just embraces it!!!!!! fuck i just love this show so much and i love that ed loves stede it’s literally the best possible thing they could’ve written