#Frenchie and izzy deserved a romance plot

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theorizing that the ship is now frenchie’s revenge because izzy’s death was the one thing he couldn’t lock away in his mental box.

you can’t tell me frenchie didn’t love izzy when he kept him alive behind ed’s back, knowing what kind of punishment he was putting himself at risk for. he took the chances anyways to save is. the box won’t close for frenchie until he gets revenge for his late love ):

[knowlesian]

ofmd meta masterpost

because somehow i have written... a lot of it!

categories under the jump, etc.

character-specific

stede in the finale, from stede’s perspective ( part one and part two )

izzy in the finale, from izzy’s perspective ( x )

ed in the finale, from ed’s perspective ( x )

the lighthouse and the kraken as metaphors for expected performances of masculinity ( x )

stede and trauma responses ( x )

izzy and masculinity and sunk cost fallacy + why lucius and stede irk him so much  ( x )

ed/blackbeard and masks we make real because we wear them ( x )

izzy sucks and it’s sad because sometimes we suck and it’s sad: a case for why he exists in the narrative and is Like This ( x )

stede and fear of opening up ( x )

ed as jeff and why that funny joke is a sad character beat too ( x )

izzy and toxic caretaking ( x )

ed and playing the game when you feel like you can’t do anything else ( x )

ed and the white world + lucius and homophobia ( x )

ed and “farewell, bonnet’s playthings” ( x )

izzy hands buys all his own trouble and stede broke his world, and i just think it’s funny ( x )

stede thinks he deserves to be punished ( x )

frenchie the thematic codeswitcher ( x )

izzy and a redemption arc ( x )

yelling about stede and why i love him/he makes me sad ( x )

stede and a life of zero positive reinforcement ( x )

ed during the duel ( x )

jim and slapping the stupid little cup ( x )

izzy and the dick clouds ( x )

izzy the unreliable narrator ( x )

frenchie and ed and the spoons ( x )

ed and power dynamics ( x )

stede and little kid comparisons/joy ( x )

lucius and being the Gay Best Friend or a gay best friend ( x )

ed and boredom in e4 ( x )

does izzy know ed doesn’t kill? (the evidence says nope.) ( x )

the use of olu as a nickname (aka it’s okay and real people do it too) ( x )

relationship specific

ofmd and mutual + stede and mary in the finale musings ( x )

why ed and stede are simultaneously both sides of one of my favorite ship tropes ( x )

ed and stede putting each other on pedestals ( x )

jim/olu (rough cuts) e7 thoughts ( x )

ed and stede, throwing away their hearts ( x )

jim and olu: this is my beloved, and this is my friend ( x )

ed and izzy’s dynamic makes me crazy, the short version ( x )

proof the moment i met ed and stede i went insane ( x )

they. KNOCKED? BOOTS!!! ( x )

things i would want for the blackbonnet reconciliation moment in s2 ( x )

ed and stede and the finale and making Understandably Poor Choices ( x )

ed and lucius break my heart: the short version ( x )

ed and stede and forgiveness ft neruda ( x )

ed and stede: what do we mean when we say forgiveness? ( x )

why it’s gorgeous/perfect stede can’t pay anybody in s2 ( x )

olu and jim at the end of e4 is going to kill me news at eleven ( x )

episode specific 

stede-ed-izzy finale parallels ( x )

the duel is Very Funny (and secretly a sex scene) ( x )

e7 and mi media naranja ( x )

analyzing the closet scene in e4 ( x )

the use of ‘wherever you go, there you are’ ( x )

drowning the books in the finale ( x )

quick thoughts on the toe scene and catholic imagery ( x )

ofmd and new money via the party in e5 ( x )

general show analysis

consider the humble (and made up!) silk moth ( x )

muppets, moths, and metaphors ( x )

ofmd and how it uses sexuality ( x )

ofmd and how they handle the unhappiness of their most privileged characters ( x )

ofmd Just Gets Humans ( x )

ofmd and toxic relationships ( x )

ofmd and mutual need ( x ) 

ofmd and class/wealth 1.0  ( x )

ofmd and class/wealth 2.0 ( x ) 

the use of revenge on a thematic level ( x )

muppets as a metaphor for marginalization ( x )

ofmd and the rule of ‘nobody thinks they’re the villain’ ( x )

ofmd and intersectionality ( x )

muppets/piracy as a metaphor for queerness ( x )

ofmd is Doing Romance Different ( x )

considering the humble lighthouse ( x )

omfd and balancing character/plot with themes ( x )

ofmd and finding your people/joy (aka, we should all be olu) ( x )

ofmd and revenge vs redemption fantasy ( x )

ofmd and empathy + the world’s endless demand for compassion from marginalized groups ( x )

ofmd and textured writing ( x )

ofmd is emotionally realistic (and gloriously illogical) ( x )

joke analysis

why frenchie’s joke about crystals is The Perfect Joke ( x )

half-oranges and subtext pith helmets: my second favorite joke ( x )

explainers/the more serious stuff

snippet from an academic paper on hawai’i and the after-effects of colonization ( x ) 

a link to the paper itself ( x )

ofmd and climate racism ( x )

ofmd and nuns v priests in catholic culture ( x )

yes, ed is māori (and why it matters) ( x )

yes, ed is māori (and why it matters) ( v personal reflections ) ( x )

olu and frenchie’s names and the commentary they provide on the history of enslavement ( x )

enslavement and show stede v real stede (and why i prefer to keep them separate) ( x )

izzy’s white, ed’s not: we can’t ignore it. ( x )

tapping my ‘we can’t be raceblind when izzy’ sign ( x )

izzy and ed and erasure ( x )

clarifying enslavement required more than just active enslavers and those groups share culpability, and that canon subtly argues stede’s money is from enslavement regardless of their change on degrees of remove ( x )

my meta co-starring or started by other people’s meta!

lighthouse and kraken as metaphors for stede and ed’s expected performances of masculinity ( 2.0 ) ( x )

ed and his moral line on killing ( 2.0 ) ( x )

stede and trauma + ed and wealth ( x )

izzy and toxic caretaking ( 2.0 ) ( x )

why the duel is fucking hilarious (and about fucking) ( 2.0 ) ( x )

consider the lighthouse + ocean vuong quote and context! ( x )

izzy hands: homophobia by any other name is still homophobia ( x )

toxic caretaking 2.0 ( x )

bits and bobs: aka i cannot decide where else this goes

ofmd/the gd moth/how we process history ( x )

spiraling in realtime when i realized they made up the moth ( x )

empathy and accountability because Us Humans Are Weird ( x )

THE MOTH IS A LIE ( x )

ed and the white world ( x )

gdi they made a montezuma’s revenge joke this fuckin team ( x )

liminal space ship is my fetch ( x )

ofmd and violence as a tool ( x )

ofmd is about decolonization and asks us to decolonize ourselves by colonizing the colonizer: my dot over the i ( x )

ofmd and Message Media v media with a message ( x )

found family in ofmd when you throw nana and mary in the thematic mix ( x )

ofmd and on-purpose accidental racism (vs tv’s usually just accidental accidental racism) ( x )

“knives are knives, meat’s meat” is a very good line so i yelled incoherently about it ( x )

holy fuCK i like my toes on my feet holy fuck: the power of image/expectation ( x )

ed the anxious entertainer is something that can be so personal ( x )

weird random shit that doesn’t quite fit anywhere else

transcription of izzy’s drunken bar rant ( x )

olu says cake better than anyone has ever said cake ( x )

the call to muppet’s inception ( x )

the exact moment i saw The Boots ( x )

stede and ed shifting from delicate (taylor) mode into delicate (damien) mode is PEAK ANGST MOMENTS ( x )

frenchie and the sign of the cross ( x )

diverse rooms make better stories ( x )

izzy is easiest because i hate him (affectionate/disgusted) ( x )

can buttons talk to seagulls ( x )

who would win in a fight: doug or the swede ( x )

things i want from izzy’s backstory ( x )

ofmd and the good place are that solidarity hands clasped meme ( x )

ofmd hits extra hard on may day ( x )

this show fucking loves layers ( x )

ofmd loves sexual stabbing ( pls sing that to the tune of sexual healing ) ( x )

stede’s endless lack of gaf when izzy is amazing ( x )

jim cleaver in one hand, drink in the other is perfection ( x )

haiku bot??????

stede bonnet is the elle woods of piracy: or, i shall never top this post ( x )

[ourflagmeanssteddyhands]

we deserved at least one scene where izzy gets flung and carried across somebody’s shoulder.

izzy drinking himself to a messy stupor, struggling to even begin the small yet treacherous journey back towards his cabin. out comes frenchie to the rescue, he knows that picking up izzy is as dangerous (if not more) as picking up a cat, but that never stops him. frenchie knows his height advantage makes it nearly impossible for izzy to fight him off anyways.

a few moments of cursing, biting, and clawing never bothered frenchie anyways. and underneath izzy’s facade, he loved knowing frenchie cared for him.