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WHY does the foot touch STILL make me want to cry?!

They know. They love each other.

AGH!

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Ed is stronger than me because if I met a silly little guy who lit up my life like never before and some loud angry manifestation of my daddy issues tried to kill him I would simply commit patricide by proxy.

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Always baffles me when I see a take about how Ed (in canon) "totally wants to fuck Izzy", because like. Gonna be honest, I don't think he does.

The most physical contact they have is when Izzy is struggling to get him out of the harness and the most intimate we ever see them get in canon is during Ed's suicidal spiral when he's trying to make Izzy kill him. Ed's response to Izzy's "I have love for you" is basically "??? fucking what??" and the most Ed can muster after he thinks Izzy killed himself is "I loved you best I could". And every time Ed thinks Izzy is dead (after shooting him in the leg, after he thinks Izzy shot himself) Ed isn't really...effected?? The only time we see Ed effected is when Izzy literally dies in his arms during the season finale, and yeah, that makes sense?

I think if Ed and Izzy had sex (in canon), neither of them would enjoy it. I think Izzy, who (canonically) has a kink for being tortured would probably not enjoy having sex with the guy who wants to have very basic intercourse while probably doing a running bit. I think if Ed and Stede (for some fucking reason) invited Izzy for a threesome Izzy would leave and never come back directly after Stede explains "anyway so me and Ed like to do this sexy roleplay where he pretends to be a flower and I'm a very horny bee--"

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I love and appreciate any and all headcanons/fic/art about Ed and Stede getting up to all kinds of kinky shit.

However!

In my heart of hearts, I do think that, in the canon world, those guys have really amazing, loving, and basically vanilla sex. Like, yes, maybe Stede gets all “I’m your captain!” once in a while, but they can both keep that up for maybe ten seconds before fully dissolving into a fit of giggles and then getting down in one of their several tried and true positions that would impress no one else, but who the fuck cares about impressing anyone else?

It is, of course, great sex. They have a great time, 12/10, will do it again, probably in an hour or so, gonna have a thumb war and do the washing up first.

(Inspired-ish by this post!)

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Long night?

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“Ed’s past is Ed’s business, and I respect that.”

First: Hot.

Second: He engages a certain element of his class. He’s an absolute gentleman, Jack is being deliberately crass and trying to provoke a reaction, and Stede is both honestly saying “I don’t care” and pointing out that Jack is gauche and gross. Jack wants Stede to be shocked and to judge Ed, and Stede is neither. He does judge Jack for being an asswipe, tho. 11/10 for aristocratic passive aggression.

Third: Haughtily putting his dick away while saying he respects his boyfriend co-captain's sexual autonomy.

Fourth: Hot.

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Bucky: If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same.

Alexei, with a mouthful of takeout: Kill two.

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ya gotta stop caring what people think and start being extremely weird. but never cruel. i think that might save you

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I love pilot Stede so much. Look at him in his cunt little blue outfit and shoes with the little ribbons!

And the tricorn hat! We only got a couple of shots of him wearing it before he raids the tiny fishing boat for the plant but omg!

I understand why Ed was fascinated

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Mark Twain loved to travel and once wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people...

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Magnus: Isn't it amazing how I can feel so bad and still look so good?

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We don’t talk enough about how brilliant Magnus is.

Invented the portal and implied many other things!!! That we were robbed of knowing.

Can make potions.

Can fight without magic.

Can fight WITH magic.

Genuinely known for his ability with mind magic (something incredibly tricky this means he’s on par with a neuroscientist or surgeon).

Is fashion in a way that fashion wishes it could be.

Is powerful enough and skilled enough to take care of one of the most powerful Insitutes wards.

Is capable of redirecting and channeling the angelic core and leylines.

Can also heal.

NOT ONLY MAKES HIS OWN POTIONS AND BODY PRODUCTS.

Is powerful enough that his very very prideful father wants him in his side.

Still manages to have empathy and care for his own people and people who should be enemies.

Is Magnus Bane.

Owns a popular club while fulltiming as the High Warlock of Brooklyn.

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I do sometimes wonder about how we decide what’s canon and what isn’t when it comes to character traits. By which I mean: those polls saying that Stede is canonically bi or not canonically autistic…what does that really mean? At no point in OFMD is the word “gay” or “homosexual” ever spoken. Jim doesn’t label themselves nonbinary, Olu doesn’t propose a polycule, Ed never states “I’m a gay man.” The most explicit coming out scene is Stede’s, and that’s couched via him telling Mary that the person he’s in love with is a him: “His name is Ed.” That tells us explicitly that Stede is in love with a man named Ed, but nothing further about Stede’s sexuality.

And even in the David Jenkins School of Historical Accuracy, it would come off as very strange for characters to start making speeches about their sexualities or using contemporary labels for their experiences. Stede would never recognize himself as autistic—that’s not a word that would come up, no matter how far we really stretch historical verisimilitude. In fact, part of the point there is that no one ever stops to make speeches or clarify pronouns; it’s about queerness and divergence being accepted as part of the human condition.

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I do think that there is still this strong underlying discomfort with femme men in parts of fandom. And Stede remains femme throughout, even when his style shifts. It’s intrinsic to his character, it’s the thing that he cannot conceal from his bullies no matter how hard he tries. His femmeness is integral to who he is, and even his most masculine posturing can’t hide it.

And maybe that’s the discomfort. Stede can’t mask himself, and some fans seem to conclude this makes him laughable, or cringe, or deserving of mockery. He is queerness that can’t be hidden, and especially femininity that can’t be suppressed. In a lot of ways, he expresses a lack of shame with typically feminine attributes, and socially we often view the feminine as being inherently lesser and shameful.

I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but there’s this femmephobia running through some reads of Stede, even positive ones, and that in turn feeds into some of the more prevalent Ed ships with other characters. I’d love to hear other thoughts, if any of this makes sense.