when people talk about ed being abusive specifically because of izzy's toes i always imagine a scene where daffy duck and porky pig are talking to wile e. coyote and they say something like "we think you're in an unhealthy relationship with the roadrunner, he's dropped at least two more anvils on your head this week" and then i come on the internet and find people complaining in completely serious tones that this means we the audience were meant to think the roadrunner is a domestic abuser
also if that's how ed talks sober imagine what happens after getting some wine in him. tipsy stede giving tipsy ed physically impossible heart eyes while ed talks for 2 hours straight.
Ed tries to propose to Stede at a fancy restaurant. He's planned it all out. Spoke to the owners ahead of time. Super nervous but so excited to spend the rest of his life with his boyfriend. He's planned it all out so they'll get a cake at the end of their meal with will you marry me written on it in icing.
It's been a lovely date, but Ed's palms start to sweat when he sees the cake approach. He knows what Stede's gonna say, but it's still a huge moment, y'know?
And they sit the cake down. Tell them to enjoy. And Stede's face is very blank. Ed was expecting a huge smile and a yes and a hug by now.
Ed starts to freak out.
Stede looks up, looks between Ed and the cake, and leans over to whisper - "Ed, we need to leave, I think the waiter just asked me to marry him and I'm so not interested in marrying anyone but you"
I don’t care if they took the knee brace away in s2 I have the headcanons to fill in the blanks myself. no knee brace in s2 due to the “I don’t deserve care I don’t deserve to feel okay” depression spiral of it all followed by the frankly whirlwind chain of events afterwards but when they’re in the inn the first thing stede does is make ed a new knee brace because he hates the idea of ed in pain. it is of extremely questionable functionality but is so clearly full of love and care that it makes ed cry and then he gets himself a new good knee brace and starts wearing it again. and also just offscreen in s2 stede is bringing ed cold compresses and ye olde pain relief gel and massaging his knee whenever it so much as twinges. btw.
ed’s the kind of person who would carefully arrange the letters in alphabet soup to spell out “I LOVE YOU BABE” before setting the bowl down in front of stede