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I will find you, Ed.

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DID THEY KISS LIKE THIS? DID THEY???

RELEASE THE TAKE WHERE THEY KISS LIKE THIS ‼️

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GOD IM SO GLAD WE GOT THEM THOUGH. IM SO HAPPY WE HAD THEM. IM SO HAPPY ED AND STEDE GOT TO EXIST

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🔔

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You'll never know which way to turn, which way to look, you'll never see us

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#Love literally brought him back to life

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At this point, I need David Jenkins to tell us to give up, and enjoy what we have (2 beautiful seasons)…or to keep going and keep pushing for that third. I feel like I’m living in this horrible limbo.

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I've been turning over the 'boyfriends' deleted scene in my head all day, rotating it gently in my hands to get a good look at it from all angles, trying to figure out why it hit me in such an emotional place, and I realised it's because it's so...young?

It just perfectly captures that wonder and surprise and joyfulness of being in love for the first time, and realising that you can suddenly use words like 'boyfriend' and they mean something tangible to you - testing out the language and definitions of your relationship for the first time and being absolutely giddy with it all.

And the fact that it's two middle aged men, who have both been on their own specifically queer journeys, gives it a whole other layer of meaning and importance.

As queer people, so many of us were denied the opportunity to have these experiences when we were kids; standing on the sidelines and watching our peers go through all these rites of passage, whilst never quite able to reach out and touch it ourselves. And I think many of us live in perpetual fear that because we didn't to get to have this as kids, then we've missed out, and we will never get the chance to have those experiences in the same way.

But it isn't too late.

My mum came out as gay at 50, and I watched her go through the same thing when she met her first ever girlfriend (who is now her wife): the absolute excited youthful joy of being in love and getting to do all the things she never got a chance to do when she was younger. As a twenty year old, I was a bit annoyed and embarrassed by my mum suddenly turning into a lovesick teenager, but looking back on it now as a thirty-something, it actually makes me well up slightly thinking about how absolutely beautiful it was.

And that's why the 'boyfriend' moment puts me in such an emotional headspace. Because what this silly show did was cup my face gently in its hands and say 'it's never too late to have this'.

I'm so, so glad that we have so much representation for younger queers these days; that young queers get to see themselves represented on screen, having all these experiences that every young person deserves to have. But it's so much rarer for us to see older queers represented in this way, too. Older queers getting to have this is so important, and watching these two men in their 40s experience this, being allowed to revel in the giddy joy of first love - omg we're boyfriends! - like the happy lovesick teenagers they thought they'd forever lost the chance to be, it's just everything to me.

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This is Ed and Stede

And this is Taika and Rhys

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Extra scene from OFMD S2 Episode 3, courtesy to Samba Schutte on instagram!

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OFMD Season 2 + text posts

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OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH | 2.08 "Mermen"

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listen whether you like it or not they are all holding the memory of stede like a talisman against all hurt and fear, izzy trying to remind ed of his love so he'll come back to himself, fang can't stop crying so jim starts telling him Pinocchio and doing the little voice like stede does, 'talk it through as a crew.' is uttered like an anti-curse, like a magic spell that will keep them from harm.

stede gives them hope, if you even care.

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How Ed & Stede say I love you

For @blakbonnet 💕 Show: Our Flag Means Death - Season 1 & 2 Music: Nuvole Bianche by Ludovico Einaudi YouTube

Happy Birthday, Meow 💕 What can I even say? How can I put into words how incredible you are? First of all, you’re a fantastic human being and an amazing friend. Your presence here and in my life is something I cherish very much. No matter what, you offer support, you listen to my complaints, you encourage me, you give great advice, you cheer me on, and - most importantly - you tell me when I’m being an idiot haha. And OMG, you’re so insanely talented, there’s nothing you can’t do!! Thank you for being hilarious, and lovely, and kind (and kind of a bitch sometimes lmao). I’m honestly so grateful for you and so thankful we’re friends. I love you!!

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art done, time for rigging :^)

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real pirates do cry.

is there anything more powerful than taking a chracter/historical figure that's tradionally been depicted as "straight cis man who can't show vulnerability because that would be considered a weakness" and not only making him gay but also making him cry and show vulnerabilty on screen without turning it into a sign of weakness? in fact, ed's vulnerability is repeatedly shown as a good trait and that's done so little on tv that it was almost startling to see. bless this show.

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OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2

I know we're not through. 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.