hi hi okay imagine. stede wants to brush out ed's hair the way izzy always does. maybe izzy is busy on deck taking note of damages after a raid. maybe they had an infestation and he's going over ration spoilage and inventory with roach. ed is tired and cranky and absentmindedly separating sections of curls and tugging them apart at the bottom where they get stuck together in knots. stede offers to help with the tangles, says he would love to give it a go and help ed relax
izzy walks in a few minutes later and immediately comes up and tells stede he's doing it all wrong but also gently takes the brush from him and shows him the right way - where to hold the hair, how to start at the bottom with little sections and work his way up, when to start with his fingers instead of the brush. neither of them can see it but ed is smiling so much his face might actually burst
The tonal shift with Jiara in that clip is already so predominant. Like they really made JJ’s reaction to Kie’s answer the main focus to highlight just how important it is to him that she’s happy to stay with them (him) on the island.
listen shen yuan is a clever, hyperfixated virgin who remembers plot details so stupid their own author self-protectively blocks them out, he can tell this isn’t his luo binghe. (okay, subconsciously! that’s where he gets most of his thinking done!)
my guy saw a chance to goo over OG luo ‘i’ll fuck your mother’ bingge and he took it.