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evening plans

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ough…

(inspired by this post by @piratecaptainscaptainpirates)

[ID: A digital drawing made to look like a selfie of Ed and Stede at pride. Stede’s smiling in a smoldery way, wearing rainbow aviator sunglasses and an unbuttoned teal shirt with rainbow stripes. Ed is smiling widely, eyes crinkled, wearing a purple tshirt and a trans flag tied around his shoulders like a cape. Ed has on rainbow eyeliner, small pink, blue, and purple heart stickers on his right cheek, and a trans flag in facepaint on his left cheek. Stede has a matching trans flag on his right cheek. Behind them is a blurred background of buildings, blue sky, and various rainbow flag decorations. There’s an overlay on the image to give it a rainbow light leak effect at the left and right edges.]

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Taika in full Ed wig and makeup but in a regular t-shirt with a cup of coffee

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I think one of the biggest patterns we've been seeing in critical reviews of OFMD is just this very blatant refusal to engage with the show on its own terms.

Obviously, it's fine to not like a show for whatever reason. OFMD hits the perfect sweet spot of emotional, dramatic, and funny for me, and not everyone is going to feel the same way. More than personal preference, though, I've so often seen a failure to understand the show on the most basic level.

OFMD is a romcom. The relationship between the two leads is The Point of the Show. That's why it absolutely baffles me when I keep hearing people say "there's no plot" - yes the fuck there is! It's right there! You wouldn't get mad turning on a romcom and being like "why are they focusing so much on the relationship between these two characters >:( where's the plot?"

I think part of the problem is there's not a lot of Western shows that are so focused on a storyline like this, but OFMD is very clear about what it's doing. It's a character-driven story to the extreme. The big end-season plots about the English aren't actually about the English, so the action beats and villian characters don't get the same attention they would in another show because they're not the point, they exist only to tell us things about Ed and Stede and force them into situations to drive development for our central relationship.

OFMD never compromises from what it is. It's a campy queer romcom, and it's about pirates but it's not about pirates. And if you refuse to engage with the story it's trying to tell you about the relationship between these two guys, if you're not willing to try to empathize with them, then yeah. You're probably not gonna like the show because you're not interested in what it's giving you and you're demanding it give you something else instead.

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[takes u all gently by the hand] conspiracy theories, misinformation, and reactionary posts are just as dangerous when they are about something you agree with. even more so, actually. be careful not to spread something just bc you think it SHOULD be correct to further your stance on something. that does not make it true.

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hey… don’t cry… look… two seals kissing

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ty for the tag!! this was a really fun challenge

⋆ ★ Design what your blog would look like if it was a person ★⋆

tagged by @eddiepeaches @lumiilys and @harrylovesspaezle thank youuu ☺️💗💗

the clown nose is crucial to my vibe 👇 we’re inseparable

💗 No pressure and sorry if you’ve already done it! @thechastefreeballer @youshouldseemeinadeerstalker @lacefuneral @edsbacktattoo @stedesearring @as-a-creww @beautitudes @stedesparasol @sleepystede

As well as anyone else who wants to do it!

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Harry and Kim HAVE explored each others bodies but in that very awkward and somewhat unsettled way that only a man who’s confident in his sexuality and a man who’s TRYING to be confident but is like a deer in headlights can

Old man yaoi occurred but it was messy and happened like a firework

I love this website. I left this question in the replies of that awful taylor swift ad and it managed to reach its target audience. life is beautiful

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When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

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he has autism in his eyes

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the happy smiler

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my schnauzer/chihuahua mix, benji. he's very smart, kind of a cranky old man. he is also a sweetheart that gives people hugs.

I would like to draw some chihuahuas show me your chihuahuas

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I would like to draw some chihuahuas show me your chihuahuas