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"Fucking cocksuckers"

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Ed asking Izzy to stay at the end of season 1 episode 4 vs. Ed telling Izzy he's replaceable if he can't do the job in season 2 episode 1

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(thanks for requesting, @cononeillbreastingboobily!)

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Con O'Neil's answer to "As a main character, Stede is still getting like a lot of disdain from a lot of other characters, so what is one nice thing your character would think about Stede Bonnet?"

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He's a badass, as well. Umm- you know, he's hunky, he's capable, he's a swords smith, you know, and um, he's a really good pirate he knows his shit, and uh... and he's loyal, and loyalty is a massive thing. People fall in love with people who are loyal.

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I wanna talk about Stede's muse. Specifically, I want to talk about how Stede's muse is Izzy.

This scene in episode 6 opens with Stede asking for his muse, and who answers?

It's Izzy. Izzy who introduces himself by asking Stede how the fuckery is going, trying to encourage Stede's endeavor.

Stede at this point is ready to give up. He thinks he's been forsaken by his muse, and declares to Izzy that "the fuckery is canceled!"

But Izzy, for reasons, cannot let Stede cancel the fuckery. So he tells Stede to do it in the most Izzy way possible: "You can't cancel it, I went out on a limb for you, you little shit." Very convincing 10/10.

It is Izzy's intention to get Stede to go through with the fuckery, but he manages to do so, not through his pathetic attempt at a pep talk, he inspires Stede completely unintentionally by doing this:

But boy howdy does it inspire Stede, look at his fucking face as Izzy leaves:

And the fuckery is back on, Stede goes back to the crew and tells them he "may have something," and what do we see in the fuckery?

A shadow scene behind a curtain.

The scene is literally Stede asking for his muse and Izzy entering the scene and inspiring Stede, much like a muse.

But this is not an isolated incident, this is simply the moment that made me realize that Izzy is the driving inspiration behind Stede's whole pirate persona.

In the second episode, Stede is having a bit of a crisis of self. He's wracked with the guilt of "killing" Nigel (but moreso he's feeling the guilt of abandoning his family.) And before Stede's encounter with Izzy, he's asked:

In the previous episode, it became quite clear to Stede that he wasn't fit for being a pirate, he is feeling inadequate at this point. He manages to drum up enough confidence to take on Izzy and Fang and Ivan, which led to this:

Stede getting the upper hand in a confrontation with a badass pirate. We know how much Stede admires piracy, and how cool he finds them, and so to take on and win against another pirate was enough for Stede to get over his guilt and to build up his confidence.

This confidence carries over into the next episode where Stede is excited to make his big debut in the Republic of Pirates

and then there's the way Stede interacts with Izzy and only with Izzy. Stede likes to act nice, even when he's not actually being nice, he has an air of politeness about him, even when he's trying to be threatening

But with Izzy Stede has genuine, occasionally unprompted aggression towards the man

Izzy is bringing out the pirate in Stede. Around Izzy, Stede is inspired to be the pirate he's wanted to be from the beginning.

Izzy is Stede's muse.

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izzy fans, can i interest you in some unhinged con o’neill audio from DS2?

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a knife? are you flirting with me?

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My favorite part of OFMD is when Izzy said this.

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with my apologies to Rhys Darby. From Kristian Nairn's instagram live with Rhys Darby and Samba Schutte.

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I just realized that Ed is making a jab at Izzy.

Throughout this episode, Izzy has been imploring Ed to make a plan to deal with the Spanish Navy on their tails, telling him at one point "if you don't make a decision soon we're going to fucking die."

And now Ed is, in front of Izzy, pressuring "Blackbeard" to come up with a new plan. "The crew's gonna die. [...] It's all gonna be your fault! All of the men who trusted you all their blood's gonna be on your hands! It's going to be your fault!"

Like, he's demonstrating how it feels to him when Izzy is asking for a plan, he's sharing his own anxieties with a level of distance that allows plausible deniability.

And Izzy can tell