#Izzy Du

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Izzy Du

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DSCENE Exclusive Interview With Designer IZZY DU

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“Terranova” Collection

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Izzy Du | Spring/Summer 2023

Winter fashion can still be fun!

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Game Changer + Season 4

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capt. whiskey dick

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just some guys being pirates being dudes :D

s2 is consuming my every waking thought 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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GAME CHANGER: BATTLE ROYALE - OLD GUARD vs. NEW BLOOD

Launches April 3rd on Dropout.tv

This 4 episode event series features host Sam Reich, contestants Ify Nwadiwe, Rekha Shankar, Ally Beardsley, Adam Conover, Vic Michaelis, Tao Yang, Anna Garcia, Izzy Roland, Lily Du, and Jacob Wysocki, with guests Rick Devens, Andrew Fuller, Clauda Sandoval, Laganja Estranja, and Howie Mandel.

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it's past time!!!

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part one

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oh izzy the woman you are 🫶

[IMAGE ID’S: six screenshots from game changer season 5 episode 11, battle royale pt 2. in the first one izzy is standing by sam, and sam is reaching out to shake her hand. in the second one sam still has his hand out, but izzy is doing a fake out where she just pretended to go in for a shake. in the third she has completed the fake out, having instead made a motion as to brush hair out of her face. she is turned to the camera and the captions show her saying “psych”. in the fourth one izzy has turned around and is walking off set, while sam is doubled over laughing. the captions say “(all laughing and cheering)”. the fifth and sixth screenshots show the other contestants, either laughing, cheering, shouting, or looking shocked. tao, rekha, and lily have jumped out of their seats and are jumping/dancing. /END ID’S]

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Why I think Izzy’s death was actually necessary despite me being sad about losing my favorite* character…

So I am once again looking to reframe a moment/scene involving Izzy around Ed because as much as Izzy was his own character (with a wonderful redemption arc) his function in the narrative imo is as an extension of the Blackbeard persona and therefore Ed and his perception of himself

Ok so this is gonna be long but I think it’s necessary to frame this properly

Izzy and Ed’s relationship is one of misery loving company and instead of finding ways to legitimately pull each other up and heal from whatever brought you to that place it turns to one of toxicity where you either repress the trauma (Ed never telling anyone that he killed his father, that he feels like a monster) or express it in ways that only perpetuate the misery. At this point that constant cycle of misery is so familiar it can be difficult for the participants to recognize what they’re doing to themselves and each other and it’s difficult to not fall back into those patterns.

So while Izzy is making strides and having his arc, instead of saying to Ed maybe don’t go looking for darkness when you’re standing in the light, don’t look for trouble or problems that don’t exist just because that’s what you’ve come to expect he says maybe you’re just a mopey twat and there isn’t a fuckin storm, when Ed does apologize for his leg Izzy’s only response is fuck off.

They can’t communicate with each other effectively and it’s already caused issues. When Izzy tells Ed to listen to the feeling of throwing away the trappings of Blackbeard, Ed does but he has also been told by Izzy that Ed isn’t good enough so why would Stede want him now that he’s not gonna be Blackbeard. I think Izzy meant well and had the right sentiment but the fact is that the damage of what they do to each other has already been done. Izzy doesn’t just represent the devil on Ed’s shoulder, he’s the voice in his head telling him he’s worthless without Blackbeard.

So could the narrative have just said Izzy went off on his own or went with the crew in the end? imho no they couldn’t because in order to have a healthy relationship with Stede, and just to be a generally well adjusted person Ed needs to love himself and the constant knowledge that his self loathing can just pop up out of nowhere (something explicitly shown as an Izzy staple) won’t allow him that freedom. (I recognize this isn’t how self development/self esteem works irl but this is a dark comedy rom com just let some things be hand wavy.)

Sometimes the best way to help each other grow and be whole is to recognize that you need to let the other person go. That’s true for BOTH of them.

Izzy dying was the only way they could finally communicate honestly without the jibes and the looming Blackbeard of it all they could just talk to each other as family as people who love each other (this is not my ship and I have a serious issue with the lack of nuanced takes on love in this fandom but that’s a separate issue).

To give Izzy some grace here I would like to point out that his story can also be seen as one that tells the audience that toxic people in your life or people you have complicated relationships with are allowed to grow on their own and make positive changes for themselves BUT that does not mean you have to accept them back in your life, you are not required to give them space after they’ve wronged you. You can celebrate their growth but you don’t owe them anything. Ed can recognize that Izzy has changed but he was never going to fully excise Izzy from his life he’s too familiar and too much a darkness to hide in and it would have created more toxic situations. So yes Izzy had to die.

*I always mean favorite side character because my favorite character is EdStede/StedeEd. If you don’t love them, together and separately then you don’t love the show because this is their story

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Favorite moments from the finally of Game Changer Battle Royale

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You don’t know him like I do and for the record he is THE poorest and THE littlest meow meow

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Crossover

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When it comes to old men, “Nasty little whore” and “babygirl” are but two sides of the same coin