#just a letter stede writes to ed when ed goes off fishing and is only gone for like 4 fucking hours

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

Oh my darling, Your laughter feels like home.

I feel it reverberate deep inside my chest where my insecurities used to lie.

How many years have I spent drowning? Siphoning water fruitlessly through my gils, only to learn that when I breathe you in, it is lungs that blaze with life.

Your words... the cadence of your voice, the earnestness of your passion...I feel it, like the blood in my veins, rushing to keep my heart from ceasing to beat. I feel every enunciation like a stamp, temporarily branding me with your thoughts, your fears, your loves...

It's so easy to fall into step with you... back and forth we go, bouncing one thing after the next off of each other-- two poets weaving threads of wonder into an elaborate tapestry of words.

"I long for you," every moment we're apart is an uncomfortably lacking statement. The sentiment is apt, but lacks the intensity at which I pine for every instant we share.

The numbness of being not quite right has left me cold for so long, and yet you ignite in me an inferno of acceptance and affirmation that has transformed me. I am no longer the cracked shell I once was-- nay, I am a shining entity of love and awe that blossoms in the wake of your brilliance. The pattern of your heartbeat, the warmth of your skin, the thirst quenching taste of your breathe mingling with mine...I am not myself without you Edward. I pray that you do not linger for longer than necessary-- for your absence has left me bereft.

[remypat]

Finale Predictions...

Please don't not read if you want to avoid spoilers...

Going into the S2 Finale of OFMD...I'm a writer myself and am quite afraid of which direction they will be tackling the ending. They've proven to us that a cookie-cutter version of a happy ever after isn't as easy as it seems, especially with two characters with such different dreams. And yet with the looming threat of not receiving a third season, I know that they still want to deliver some sort of closure. My thinking is...

-Ed will finally give up on piracy. We see in the sneak peeks of the finale that Ed is back in his leathers but we all know that the man is only doing it to save Stede and the crew, but after that? My man is dipping and probably into that crappy lil shack we've seen in the stills. Maybe Ed is gonna repair it, turn it into a home, or an inn or a fishing equipment shop. Who knows? Ed sure as hell doesn't but one thing is for certain. Ed needs to step away from everything to find himself and find out what he wants to do for the rest his life. A nice parallel that I'd like to see is for Ed to be the one that has to plan his own death. The world needs to think that Blackbeard is no more. Mary's last words in the final episode of Season 1 always manage to make me tear up, 'To Stede Bonnet, complicated , hard-headed, really quite irritating at times and now free. Long may he roam.'

It's Ed's turn to be free, time for him to roam and find himself.

-Stede will not be joining him. Unlike Ed, Stede knows what he wants. He wants to be a pirate captain! To sail the seas and go on fun adventures! His love of Ed aside, Stede does not want a monotonous life. At least not any time soon. I have an inkling that the image of the two merman holding a heart and a spear is the new jolly roger of Stede's ship. Why else would the two merman be making out the word 'Ed' with their fingers? It's a proclamation of love for him, a promise that Stede will return to Ed and wherever he goes, he carries Ed in his heart.

-I dont think that Izzy is going to die. (BITCH THEY BETTER NOT KILL HIM OFF, I JUST STARTED LIKING IZZY)i know that its typical in film that when a character goes on their heart-wrenching redemption arc, they are often killed and become a sort of martyr. Izzy's death makes the most sense but he deserves a jab at happiness and a life aside from Blackbeard. Izzy deserves silly adventures and to be loved. I just hope that the writers keep Izzy alive and make him Stede's first mate, but....its probably not likely....Some silly things I'd like to see are -when Ed finds Stede's letter I want us to find out that Stede did some silly shit like sign off on his letters with 'Sincerely, Your Stede' or to write 'P.S, I love you and always will'. i just cant wait to see Ed's reaction to the letter!

-How much of a fucking gag would it be if a seagull is perched on top of one if Stede's bottles, because literally no one BUT Ed knows for a fact that Buttons is a bird now, so he'd definitely take the seagull as a sign or something, so that's how he finds Stede's messages.

- If Izzy does die....they name the ship 'Izzy's Revenge' , a lil call back to when he took over after Ed and Stede left but this time, its to honor his memory and continue with his legacy. -Black Pete and Lucius wedding?? I mean, what better way to close off the show? We've been getting a lot of parallels with Stede and Ed's relationship vs Black Pete and Lucius's relationship. As Ed and Stede's relationship has sort of bittersweet ending, Black Pete and Lucius get the truly happy ending.

Gosh, I don't know what else to expect from the finale, its only 25 mins and weve got so much ground to cover. its literally driving me insane.