#blackbonnet prompt

[wolpertingerprompts]

Ed works as a process server. You probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that most people aren't exactly happy to have Ed knocking on their door, since his presence usually coincides with the delivery of unpleasant news: (divorce petitions, court summons, eviction notices, etc.).

So imagine Ed's surprise when he's tasked with delivering divorce papers to one Stede Bonnet, only to have the man act excited at the news and invite Ed in for a drink to celebrate.

[mischievous-thunder]

[gentlebeard]

All Gnossienne No. 5 Moments - A Compilation

OFMD WEEK 2023 - Day 3 - Recurring themes/symbols

Show: Our Flag Means Death - Season 1 Music: Gnossienne No. 5 performed by Olga Scheps YouTube

[tropetember]

Enemies / Friends / Strangers To Lovers

Police / Detective / (Super)Hero // Crime / Mafia / (Super)Villain

Hurt/Comfort / Sickfic / Whump

Coffee Shop / Tattoo Parlour / Flower Shop / Other Retail AU

Rockstar / Actor / Model / Famous AU

High School / College / University AU / 80’s Teen Movie AU

Historical (Regency, Ancient Greece/Rome, Prehistory, etc) / Modern / Futuristic AU

Time Travel / Time Loop (eg. Groundhog Day) / Amnesia / Coma

5+1 / 3+1 (Five Times + One Time)

Accidental Confession / In Vino Veritas (Drunk Confession/Drunk Dial)

Business Partners To Friends To Lovers / Competitor Businesses / Office AU

Huddling For Warmth / Sharing A Bed / Touch Starvation

Slice Of Life / Domestic / Found Family

Monstrous (Human/Monster Romance) / Cultural Differences / Language Barrier

Marriage Of Convenience / Arranged Marriage / Matchmaking / Blind Dates

Future Fic / Reunion / Childhood Friends / Friendship Centric

Getting Together / Love Confession / First Kiss / Break Up/Make Up

Body Swap / Psychic Link / Soulmates / Bonding (eg. ABO, Sentinel AU, etc)

Apocalypse / Zombie / Locked In Together / (Natural) Disaster

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Space Opera / Horror

Genderswap / Rule 63 / De-Aging / Age Changes AU

Canon Rewrite / Fix-It / Everybody Lives / Everybody Dies / Major Character Death

Mythology / Supernatural / Fairytale / Wingfic

Accidental Baby Acquisition / (Single) Parent AU / Babysitting

Mutual Pining / Requited/Unrequited Love / Angst With A Happy Ending

Fake Dating / Didn’t Know They Were Dating / Accidental Dating / Accidental Marriage

Repression / Emotional Constipation / Sexuality Crisis (Gay Panic)

Holidays & Celebrations / Proposals / Prom

Fusion / Crossover / Harlequin / Rom-Com (eg: Hogwarts, Pacific Rim, Daemons, Hunger Games, The Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice, Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, etc)

FREE SPACE

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[ayumi-honda]

*stabs you homoerotically*

[srapsodia]

the dangers of trying to pickpocket tight pants (based on this joke from  rhys darby's stand up!)

[actual-changeling]

had a rough couple of days so if anyone feels like it, i'd love some fluffy aziracrow or other fluff prompts to cheer myself up with tomorrow. gonna turn poison into positivity!!

(pet pictures are also always accepted)

[saltpepperbeard]

I cant stop thinking about the end of episode 6, specifically the Stede and Ed of it all.

Just the look on Stede's face when he pulls Ed in kills me. I need to know everything in there, in words.

Also, what do you think wouldve happened if instinct hadnt taken over? Would they have actually talked it through (as a crew?) Or would Stede have just brushed over it again and Ed accept it?. This is pretty much the only time he tries to actually help stede like this.

Also, because im rambling, why doesnt Ed defend Stede properly when people insult him? does he think it just doesnt affect him or something?

Pardon the tardy answer on this one, anon! I was in the void, only to get decked upside the head by Leslie Jones once I crawled out of said void lol. BUT OKAY OKAY-

*rubs hands together like a fly*

This face absolutely kills me too. And I feel like it says so much without saying a word at all. I feel like it says, "I'm so happy and relieved to see you right now because the true torture of the night was seeing you get threatened." And, "I love you so much for checking up on me, but I don't have it in me to use words right now, and can't really express what I'm feeling any other way than through actions." And, "I'm so terrified after what just happened, but having you here is such a grounding force."

Like just...the glassy sheen to his eyes but the relief to his overall visage...Mr. Darby I'm billing you for damages <3 sdjksldls. I think he was just so so happy to see Ed in that moment, and so relieved to have him after nearly losing him again.

And as far as talking things through goes...I honestly feel like Stede still would have stayed clammed up. I have a feeling it would have been like how it was when he initially opened the door, ie Ed doing the talking/leading the conversation while Stede stays quiet. Maybe Ed sharing such deep feelings and vulnerability would have eventually pried his shell open and gotten him to express a few fears? But idk, because at the same time, Stede witnessed Ed's bathtub moment, and it didn't really shake any of his own personal walls.

I just think he has such a complicated thing going with his own self-image, masculinity, and trauma, that it would have been very very difficult for him to openly admit to pain/terror/etc etc—especially weakness. Especially the thing that earned him vitriol and stones and death threats. And especially not to the man he respects and looks up to so much.

And SPEAKING of which, in regard to your last question, I think Ed doesn't step in to defend him for two reasons. One, he's the protector against physical abuse, whereas Stede is the protector against verbal abuse. This lovely post here [x] explains it beautifully; "they're both protecting each other from the dangers they know." Ed acts very quickly if some sort of physical harm threatens Stede, whereas Stede acts very quickly if some sort of vitriol threatens Ed. Neither of them want the other to experience the pain they're so acclimated to, and subsequently are each other's defender from such.

And two, sort of along those lines, I don't think he recognizes the hurt that can come from it, just as Stede maybe doesn't recognize the hurt that can come from all the violence. Maybe he doesn't realize how deeply it has cut Stede, just as Stede doesn't really recognize how deeply violence has cut Ed. I don't know how to word this properly lol but like...they view what hurts the other as almost a non-issue.

You can see their varying reactions and differences a few times in episode 6 actually. When Ned is physically torturing them, Stede doesn't really react when Ed is burned, but Ed reacts strongly when Stede is burned. And when Ned is flinging vitriol about prior to the violence, Ed doesn't really react to it, but Stede scowls and fights against his restraints.

And then when they're on deck, Stede doesn't think to take cover when the attack is starting, but Ed immediately flings himself in front of him. And when Ned is trying to goad Ed into getting upset, Ed doesn't take the bait whatsoever, whereas Stede steps up and gets upset on his behalf.

Not to mention also, Stede being like "Haha escaping violence? Not bloody likely" the morning after. I know that's episode 7 lol, but my pOINT STILL STANDS. They both expect those things respectively—Ed expects insulting talk from other pirates, and Stede expects violence in their line of work, but they're actually rife with trauma for the two of them.

TLDR, they balance each other and ground each other so well, but imagine how much more they would if they shared all these deeper thoughts. I'm still holding out hope that Stede will have his bathtub moment in season 3, or even just show a lick of vulnerability around Ed. Maybe the domesticity/concept of marriage will scare him enough into opening up a bit more/talking things through, or even just settling into a more mature relationship with Ed will give him the grounds to do so.

REGARDLESS, they are just a broth that's....*Roach voice* beautiful, complicated, balanced...

[embrose]

Fic idea~!

For Blackbonnet this time!

So, I was listening to Other Side, right? From the Greatest Showman. And I got an AU idea for them (or any other ship that fits).

Stede doesn't ditch his wife and kids and become a pirate. Instead, he stays, and remains miserable. Until one day Ed rolls into town. He could get stranded, or raid the town, or just visit, writer's choice. Either way, they meet, get to know each other (either casually, or Ed kidnaps and ransoms Stede, another writer's choice, depends on what kinda vibe you wanna give the fic). And once they get to know each other a bit Stede reveals that he is miserable, and Ed tries to convince him to abandon his life and come with him. Thus, Other Side.

Any takers? Do you like it? I personally like how there's so many options as to how the story will go~

[wolpertingerprompts]

Fic idea up for adoption. You're welcome to use what I wrote verbatim, or re-write.

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Lucius is screwing around on the website Fiverr one day, inputting random search terms and trying to find weird freelance work offers to laugh at.

Technically he’s supposed to be working, but it’s been slow this afternoon and Lucius isn’t exactly one for pretending to be busy if he doesn’t have to.

He scrolls past someone willing to record messages while doing a Mickey Mouse impression, someone offering to draw kink art with the disclaimer that ‘nothing is off limits except for underage and non-anthropomorphic bestiality’ (Lucius supposes it’s good to have hard limits), and someone claiming to have the ability to psychically make your ex come back to you. Then he strikes gold.

The title reads: “I will record your message from a pirate.”

It’s posted under the username BlkBeard75, and the thumbnail is of a brown skinned man with long black hair shot through with grey and an almost entirely grey, curly beard. Lucius can’t see the guy’s entire body from the thumbnail, but he appears to be decked out in some sort of leather getup.

Immediately intrigued, he clicks on the listing.

“Ever wanted a personalized message from a pirate? Perhaps well-wishes for a loved one’s birthday, or even a silly message just for you? Commission a video from the one and only Black Beard!

Willing to record anything ranging from family-friendly messages geared towards kids, to a flirty message for your mate who might just be a little too into pirates. (Will not record messages of an explicitly pornographic nature without first giving consent before the time of purchase. I reserve the right to turn down message requests without having to justify my reasoning for doing so.)

Book Black Beard today!”

Sure, this guy is hot, but Lucius doesn’t really know any children and he certainly doesn’t need a pirate video for himself. However- his boss Stede’s birthday is coming up, and he has been moping around the office a lot lately.

If Lucius was on the fence, his resolve that this is a great idea is solidified as soon as he clicks on one of the guy’s example videos and finds our that he has a New Zealand accent.

[mischievous-thunder]

Person A: I'm so sorry... I was just trying to flirt with you.

Person B: You roasted me. For half an hour straight.

Person A: As I said, I was just trying to flirt.

[beansprean]

[ID: Modern day Stede and Ed crouched on either side of an adorable German shorthaired pointer - a white dog with red-brown spots and freckles wearing a neat purple cravat and happily lolling his tongue as he is pet by four hands. Stede, wearing a blue short-sleeved button up, khakis, and dad sandals, looks excitedly up at Ed and says "We should call him...Revenge!" Ed, hair up in a high pony and wearing a pink tank top, gray cargo shorts, and white slides, smiles uncertainly back and says "Uhh..." /End ID]

For the July #AsACrew Challenge Day 12: Revenge

"It's short for 'The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well'!"

"...We will keep that as an option."

[we-r-loonies]

enemies to lovers where A is cleaning a cut on B's face really gently, and then B's pupils dialate

bonus points if it's childhood friends to enemies to lovers!! and they weren't on the same side when this happens!!

[naranjapetrificada]

I have seen more than one Ed/Stede fic recently that insisted on reminding me of the existence of time as a staggering, inescapable concept (e.g. "actually it was someone with initials S.B. who invented Chopin's piano exercises in 1717" or "Stede enjoys seeing a moth that he doesn't know will be extinct in 100 years") and while these moments are undeniably beautiful I will be giving my therapist your details so he knows where to forward his billing paperwork

[mastercherry]

Let's see if I can do another popular trope.

Fake/pretend relationship? What about this?

Real relationship grows cold but they haven't had a chance to tell their friends and families plus a big event is coming up so they don't want to worry anyone or ruin anything so they agree to keep up appearances until AFTER the big event so they force smiles and hold hands and act like they aren't shaking apart at the seams and then the big event happens and they both have to catch their breath a little bit because WOW you look amazing and then it kinda feels like their first date all over again and they kiss for the first time in a while and it's like everything snaps back into place

[theheartchoice]

That fucking red neckerchief—that's what started this whole thing. I still have it. Don't even know if Cas would remember, but I couldn't just leave it to the wind and the wildlands. Maybe I should've. Maybe that's where it belongs, just like Cas. Damn foolish tryin' to hold onto things not meant to be held. Like tryin' to catch a stormcloud with a lasso. Lightning in a bottle. 

#suptober22 day 16: red