#HBO pls just renew the series so I don't have to write this

[czo-tired]

Some things I will put in my version of season 2 of Our Flag Means Death which I'm going to write to suit my own needs if it doesn't get renewed by HBO:

-Stede calls Blackbeard "Edward" when they see each other again and he says "I am the Kraken" and they have a very homoerotic duel, possibly to Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

-This is my version of season 2 and nobody is paying me so I'm allowed to be gratuitous, and therefore Stede finds the bit of red silk floating in the water before he gets back to The Revenge, and at some point gives it back to Blackbeard in an effort to repair their relationship, or maybe Blackbeard is snooping through Stede's belongings and finds it or something, idk. Maybe it falls out of his pocket during their duel or he's just subtly wearing it in his outfit, the way Blackbeard started wearing Stede's necktie in season 1

-Before Stede makes it back to The Revenge, Jim causes some manner of havoc on the ship involving knives and Izzy Hands

-Izzy actually cannot deal with Blackbeard going sicko mode because he is the primary target of Blackbeard's ire, and he perhaps tries to help Stede repair their relationship to mellow Blackbeard out

-Lucius is alive somehow (maybe Anne Bonny picks him up or something while he's floating on some driftwood) and the crew is going to run into him at some point either at Spanish Jackie's or some other place. Pete is going to freak out and when Lucius tells him Blackbeard tried to kill him and he survived, Pete is going to pog super hard and then tell everybody that story all the time for the rest of both their lives. Lucius will sheepishly allow this behavior.

-Izzy's crisis of faith/masculinity comes to fruition and he kind of gives up on keeping Blackbeard in murder mode because Blackbeard's new favorite hobby is making him miserable. Izzy perhaps gets a hobby and discovers some things about himself

-Stede and Blackbeard are doing their big homoerotic reunion duel and they're interrupted by the arrival of Anne Bonny looking for her husband Calico Jack, and when she finds out he's dead (nobody survives a cannonball, are you kidding me), she's a little fucked up about it and remains on the ship

-Very Important To Me: Stede tries to explain himself to Blackbeard after he's stopped trying to murder him, Blackbeard does NOT immediately forgive him but doesn't try to murder him again. Stede actually puts in effort to repair their relationship over the course of at least one episode, preferably a few, and they eventually make up.

-The crew comes across Mary Read at some point and Anne Bonny is absolutely stricken and they are allowed to love each other and not die