#izzy is their family

[oatm3al-c00kies]

currently thinking about the crew as a family and the "they love you ed" line???? like yes they do but it would be a lie to say that they didn’t love izzy as much or even more than they love ed.

(this ended up being extremely long so the rest is under the cut <3)

in season one, most of them were on stede's crew while ed became like the cool stepdad they all adopted. he was a beloved member of the crew but was never quite as close to them as stede was, considering stede was their captain first. at the end of season 1, he forced them to work for him, left some of them abandoned on an island to die, and !!! "killed" lucius, traumatizing him with that experience and with all of the things he had to go through in the time following that.

in season 2, he continued to force the crew into terrifying and traumatizing situations they didn't want to be in simply for his own gain and to deal with his grief. he forced jim and archie to fight to the death for his amusement, shot izzy for standing up to him and just generally created a horrible atmosphere on the ship. because of all he put them through, they killed him (or at least tried to). the crew then had terrible trust issues, were extremely paranoid even when surrounded by (former) friends, and expected the worst from every situation. once ed was back, he gave a half-assed apology (which I dont believe he ever actually remedied?), had a one-on-one conversation with fang, and then just like.. went about his business. i think they cared for him to some extent, but (at this point) did they trust him as much as they used to? was there really much love left there?

izzy on the other hand... izzy they loved. in season one he was, lets be honest, a bit of a shit. but in season 2?? everything changed. he continually put himself in between the crew and ed when he was at his worst, taking the brunt of ed's anger and allowing himself to take the punishments for their wrongdoings, all the while not saying a word (or at least trying not to). when ed was so far gone he was unreachable, izzy was the one in charge of the crew, trying to lead them through it all.

the crew cared enough about izzy to talk to him about his relationship with blackbeard, explaining why it was toxic and unhealthy, and that he shouldn't have to deal with it.

he confronted ed when no one else could, bringing up the concerns of the crew because they were too scared to say anything, putting himself on the front lines yet again.

fang was unable to stop crying after ed shot izzy, and frenchie risked ed's anger to try and get medical supplies for him. they all cared enough to spare his life when they were ordered to kill him, hiding him away and not letting him die even when he yelled at them to kill him. jim defended izzy when archie mentioned that he was kind of a dick because yeah, he was, sure, but he was their dick.

he shot ed when he was about to shoot off the cannon and doom them all, forced himself to get above deck — bleeding and weak with one leg and a head injury, having just tried to end his life — because he knew the crew needed him.

when his wooden leg broke and he was obviously struggling, the crew found a solution and gave him the leg of the unicorn from the front of the ship, making sure it would hold his weight, writing the note to him saying that he was their new unicorn, and showing him that he was one of them, a part of the family, and the thing that led them forward.

he carved the wooden shark for lucius and helped him move on from his trauma with ed. he worked with stede to make him a better pirate captain and validated the crew's fear about the cursed clothes.

izzy shot sarcastic quips at ned low's crew when they were being tortured, trying to lighten the mood and direct some of the anger on himself rather than the crew. he did the same thing when they were all stuck in the jail cell, correcting banes on a technicality and calling him a twat, making a fool of the man holding their lives in the balance to try and make things seem a little less dire.

when he came out in drag to sing at calypso's birthday, the crew danced along, listening to his performance with smiles on their faces, happy to see izzy so free. they made him feel comfortable and allowed him to heal and discover who he was on his own and become the great izzy hands again.

and sure they care about ed and yes he's a part of the crew, but izzy hands was more their family than ed ever was.

[cliopadra]

*laughs nervously* Izzy? Dead and gone for good? Naaaah, of course not, he’s just in the gravy basket…or on his way to get sea witch necromancied back by seagull Buttons. He’s ok, he’ll be back…he’ll totally be back 🥲.

[toboldlymuppet]

broken but not destroyed

WHAT A DISAPPOINTING AND HEARTBREAKING FINALE? To have the man who was abused, mutilated, and disabled for protecting the crew, to have a suicide attempt survivor who crawled on the ground, to have someone who battled depression and alcoholism, to cement his role as the 'Ship's Unicorn" (the figurehead that protected the crew) only to reduce him as someone who "had to die" because he had no more narrative feeling, what a slap to the face. DJenkins said he didn't want to fall back into old tropes and burying your gays, but there's an elder disabled queer man you just buried for what, to absolve Ed of his abuse? Izzy died thinking he DESERVED the torture done upon him. What a disgrace. Izzy fans rallied and kickstarted a S3 renewal Campaign. And many of us are heartbroken and grieving for a show who promised kindness but only justified the abuse we've gotten the past months? We stayed and hoped better because of kindness and belonging. "This show is kind" has never rang more hollow. I'll still love and create art for him, but I don't think I can trust any other queer show again. I thought this would be different. Do you want a queer show full of kindness and found family, for all queers, the disabled and survivors and the rough around the edges ones? It's not Our Flag Means Death.

[kyoukamybeloved]

i love these kids a normal amount *i am lying*

[daftmooncretin]

richard siken (crush.)

[confusedraven1]

my favorite thing so far about season 2 is how, no matter what, the crew of the revenge actively chooses their found family, over and over again

• swede loves and is married to jackie, but double crosses her anyway because of his love and “life debt” for his family

• stede leaves ricky at jackie’z, despite ricky being inexperienced, because he’s fucking around and they all need to leave. stede’s not gonna risk his family just because ricky wants some sort of recognition for something he barely helped with

• oluwande leaves zheng yi sao because he’ll be damned if he leaves jim, who he’s reiterated that they’re family for him

• frenchie and jim disobeys ed’s orders and save izzy’s life because, as jim says, “he’s THEIR dick.” archie follows along cause she knows it’s fucked up and wants to stay by jim’s side

• izzy has chosen ed over and over again, and would’ve continued to if ed had accepted the help he desperately needed, but ed isolates himself and pushes izzy to the point where he HAS to choose the rest of the crew instead

• roach, wee john, and pete all get jobs on the red flag that play to their strengths and they enjoy IMMENSELY, but they go back to the revenge cause there’s no world where they wouldn’t. buttons had the opportunity to probably get more sea witch info and tools from auntie, but he also wouldn’t ever choose that over the crew

• lucius is PISSED at stede, and has a ton of ptsd to work through. i imagine he probably felt somewhat safe finally on the red flag. but after talking things through with stede and pete, i know that it was a no brainer for him as well. he’d never give pete up again after that kind of separation

• even though stede is loving the experience of seeing zheng yi sao doing what she does best and the (seemingly) warm and comforting environment on the red flag, he chooses to rescue the crew, even izzy, and take back their ship. because he knows they would choose him (and did during the act of grace, minus izzy). he’s bringing their family back together despite everything else

• i would say that the crew still with ed DID choose him, constantly. any other crew would’ve mutinied WAY before they did, but they love ed and hoped things would get better despite his behavior saying otherwise. the only times they didn’t choose him was out of self-preservation

• ed became a self-fulfilling prophecy and isolated himself. i would argue that he’s the one exception here. he actively chooses to disregard his family because of his self-loathing and deluded himself into thinking they wouldn’t choose him. BUT, in the end, he finally does because stede cast him that line. he chose to live for himself, of course, but i like to think that that decision was also to come back to the one person that truly felt like family for him

i am so fucking excited to see all of the other ways they’re going to choose each other, yet also keep each other accountable for the things they do. because they’re family

[isabellaofparma]

Our Flag Means Death | 2.02 - "Red Flags"

[incorrectbatfam]

How's retail Steph doing during the Valentine's Day sales?

Previous: Margie | Batkids | Rogues | Justice League | Retail batkids | Retail Bruce | Young Justice | Black Friday

[restaurant] 

Kory: *lovingly stares*

Barbara: *lovingly stares back*

Steph, who's been standing there for 2 minutes: ...I'll come back later.

———————

[grocery store] 

Duke: Where do I find chocolates for my girlfriend?

Steph: Not at this store if you care about her.

———————

[drive-thru] 

Steph: Welcome to Batburger, how may I help you?

Jason: We'll take the Harley and Ivy Couple's Combo.

Roy: And make the fries extra Jokerized.

Steph: Please go up to the window.

Jason and Roy: *drive up*

Steph: That'll be $23.51.

Jason: *pulls out a gun*

Steph: *sighs*

———————

[call center] 

Steph: Wayne Enterprises account support, how can I assist you?

Damian: We would like to inquire about purchasing a toilet.

Jon: A skibidi toilet. 

Damian and Jon: *snickering*

Steph: I'm telling Cass.

Damian and Jon: *hang up*

Steph: That's what I thought.

———————

[coffee shop] 

Steph: What can I get you guys?

Tim: We'll take a large frappuccino. 

Bernard: With two straws.

Kon, popping up out of nowhere: Make that three.

Bart, zooming in: Actually, four.

———————

[furniture store] 

Steph: Need any help over here?

Dick: Yeah, what's your most durable mattress?

Steph: ...Durable?

Dick: Yeah, so Wally and I can both jump on it.

———————

[clothing store] 

Renee: How does this dress look?

Steph: It looks great.

Kate: I think it'd be better on the floor.

Steph: I'm taking my fifteen-minute break. 

———————

[at home] 

Steph: Hey guys—

Steph: *walks in on Bruce and Selina*

Steph: *turns around*

Steph: Guess I'm working overtime today.

[stitchologist]

I need the time between.

Gimme amputee Izzy and the crew. Gimme the first storm after everything and not only is the crew competent and listening to him but also make sure he's dry and safe after. Gimme Izzy feeling so secure that he falls asleep on crewmembers in odd places. Gimme dopy, lopsided smiles as the crew visit an injured Izzy while he's high on whatever Roach and Auntie have cooked up. Gimme more songs. Gimme Ed not understanding any of this, because the good changes are only supposed to be for him. Gimme Stede and pirate lessons! We should have gotten more lessons! Gimme tiny whittled animals all over the ship, the crew start trading them like Pokémon. Gimme therapy and breakdowns and the community we were promised by this story.

I just need to know Izzy got his community after so long without experiencing a healthy one.

[scarrletmoon]

izzy hands is a pageant mom who’s stopped seeing her eldest daughter (ed) as a person

in this essay, i will

[godasfarasyoureconcerned]

tonight i’m thinking so hard about the fact that stede killed ned low and immediately dismissed himself and when ed went in to check on him he took ed by the collar and slammed him against the wall to give an outlet to some of his energy and bad feelings. what i’m thinking about in particular is the moment where ed stopped at izzy’s suggestion, and more importantly the moment where he pushed forward against izzy’s suggestion

thinking about izzy saying “give him a minute. first kill’s always a mind fuck” and about ed ignoring his advice. thinking about the fact that izzy could probably tell stede would be feeling bad after this, or at least “mind fuck”ed enough to need some space from people, something that izzy frequently takes for himself when he feels bad too. thinking about ed disregarding the suggestion and getting real actual fucked by the mind-fucked guy. thinking about whether or not they would’ve rushed into sex if ed had truly given stede the space and time that izzy was suggesting. thinking about how he knows that it’ll be hitting stede hard and about the fact that he cares enough about that to try and lessen the blow. thinking about izzy giving an order to ed for the sake of stede, rather than giving an order to stede for the sake of blackbeard. thinking about ed ignoring it because they’ve long grown out of any semblance of that relationship where izzy offers advice to blackbeard. thinking

[dyke-will-graham]

Okay but on a serious note. I love how unapologetically queer the world of Our Flag Means Death is. Like it isn’t just the characters, it’s not just their actions or attitudes or anything. Like the world itself is just this modge podge melting pot of every kind of human being and not once is anyone ever asked to apologize for it. Not once is anyone persecuted for it, because what the show does is immerse you in this queer landscape of pirates and found family and relationships while judging it’s character solely on their actions and who they are as people rather than their sexuality or identity. And soon you’re watching the show, of course invested in the romance, but also in the hope and growth of the characters and how they grow not just further into their queerness but also further into themselves as human beings.

Like I adore it, it’s so refreshing. We never have a “oh he’s gay?” Or “are you gay?” Or “what?! You’re together?” Moment it’s just like yeah whatever we have bigger things going on like childhood trauma, relationship trauma, growing as people, being happy and having hope.

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show. It's a comedy show.

[nocofamilyau]

Are Izzy and Owen still together in ur au? Idk if u have already been asked something like this but, yeah, just curious 🤷‍♀️

I mean, technically from a living standpoint yes, they ended up reconnecting not too long after Total Drama following an incident involving a taco truck and a pack of stray dogs (don't ask), and that led to them living with each other in the same apartment. I guess they'd consider themselves close, but it keeps flipping between being platonic and romantic, think back to what they had in season 1

fun fact: im pretty sure Ozzy was the first Total Drama ship I was ever interested in as a kid, good to know that didn't change

[laceratedlamiaceae]

Izzy holding a bottle

[dailydadoodles]

Shh! You didn't see her!