#edward teach ofmd

[ringogoboots]

the queer rep in ofmd is spot on. after eleven episodes of blatant homoeroticism, two professions of love, one hook-up, and three breakups, these fucking guys are STILL calling each other "friend."

[smoothedsmoothie]

no thoughts just them

[bragginball-z]

The way a canon queer ship with two middle aged characters actually made it onto a BILLBOARD in Hollywood and made it to MFING TOWN-SQUARE is so so so special :)

This silly little gay pirate show is everything to me <33333

[clairebearsparkles]

Did some Our Flag Means Death doodles for season 2! I'm really enjoying it so far!

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

"hello mister latch, it's not your fault your broken, you didn't break you, you were just trying to do your job" what if I threw up, what if I vomited. He's talking about himself he's talking about his fucking self.

[soggycowboy]

ofmd w tumblr&twt posts

part 1

[poisonheartfrog]

Ed stealing a groom cake topper while murdering an entire wedding party because it reminded him of Stede, cursing Stede out to it, painting the bride to look like himself and then tossing them both into the ocean is some truly next level angry pining. The rituals.. they are intricate

[cursed-coat-of-homosexuality]

Listen, I know we're all talking about the beautiful editing in this scene right now. However, and that might be just a guess, I think Ed is killing someone here.

First off, look at the background. They aren't fighting anymore. This isn't an action packed raid scene where everybody is fighting against one another amidst the chaos of bloodshed. It's quiet, normal even. The fighting is over, and everyone is either checking their newly acquired loot or looking at Ed, who seems to be at the center of ship. Now see where the gun is pointed - it's down,

almost as if he is shooting someone who's kneeling.

That's not a warning shot and neither is it a fight, that's an execution. Ed is killing again (by his definition of killing I mean)

And I DEFINITELY am not implying that he has become super violent and angry or something like that (which I think is a very stupid, racist take and not in line with his previous characterization at all, but that's a whole other post), tbh I think it's exactly the opposite. He isn't angry at all, that's what's worrying me. There is a stone cold dead calm in him. I think he has given up.

That is, by letting go of one of his core principles (not killing), and therefore becoming the Kraken - he is personafying himself as his father's killer, trying to become the monster other people and himself believe him to be. I mean, LOOK AT HIS CLOTHES!!

He is wearing nine guns and is very much looking like a vampire clown. He's dressing up as a caricature of himself. He is doing all of that because - deep down - he thinks that's why Stede left him. Because when he finally laid his soul bare in front of him, Stede rejected him (so that surely must mean that he saw something he did not like in there). To Ed, Stede finally "sees him now" as the monster he really is. A monster who isn't deserving of fine things, or luxuries such as not killing. So when he becomes the Kraken, after Izzy does That Whole Thing, he gives up trying to fight for them.

Thing is, the Kraken is not really killing other people, at least narratively speaking (sorry Lucius). Killing is a tool he is using to let go of the part of him that longs for Stede, love and all the fine things that he can't have - and the part of him that is just so, so hurt by not having them. The Kraken isn't killing others, it's killing Ed.

So it's no wonder that we see him kill at a wedding of all places. It's the embodyiment of everything he has ever wanted and lost so far. Extravagant dresses, good food, fancy stuff and, most of all - love.

[brokebat]

Season 2 of Our flag means death is coming in October! I’m so excited I can’t wait!!

[ughau]

I love her I love her I LOVE HER

[demyonic]

Some self-indulgent sketches grew into a little narrative. Just practicing some more minimal sketching, quite like how it turned out!

[ringogoboots]

I'm actually glad blackbeard was off fishing for most of episode five bc if he'd seen stede in that suit I stg he would have climbed that man like a fucking tree

[smoothedsmoothie]

i just had to draw them

[bragginball-z]

[ritalacochona]

Ed, Stede and Izzy together make one perfect captain.

Ed is a brilliant naval tactician, a master sailor, and an excellent warrior. He understands the psychology of fear. He knows how to win over a crowd. He could be a cult leader in another life. People flock to him, and he knows how to cultivate that.

Stede knows how to build a community. He gets even a rag-tag group of strangers, most of whom have been surviving on murder, to call each other family. To fight and die for each other. He has a passion for piracy but is not beholden to any rules. He looks at what piracy could be.

Izzy is excellent at running a ship. He cares about all the unglamorous details that keep them a float. He is extremely hard-working and loyal. The first one awake, the last one to rest. He understands the history of piracy. He values molding pirates. He is a teacher.

Separately, Ed doesn't value the lives of his crew, Stede doesn't know how to do anything, and at bare minimum, Season One Izzy couldn't get anyone to follow him across the street.

The end of Stede captaining without these two ended with him being hung and stabbed by the Spanish. The end of Izzy’s short time as captain was mutiny. Ed is solo as a captain at the beginning of s2 because he no longer trusts Izzy. They murdered him.

What I am saying is maybe it's a good thing Ed and Stede stayed behind, and the crew moves on with Zheng. I don't think Gentlebeard could effectively captain without Izzy.

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

It's been a fat minute since I've done one of these

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / Ed / Lucius / Goon Shelter