#ofmd break up robe

[deaderthandoubledead]

After spending weeks in my last post regarding the fuchsia/bird robe, trying to figure it out... I finally have a usable pattern and am done with my mock-up!

Now I just have to finally decide what I want to use as the lining so that I can finally start working on the real deal!

(for those of you interested in the pattern, I might do a post once I finish the actual velvet robe BUT this YouTube video by Shannon Makes wonderfully explains the patterning process and arrives to the same conclusion as I did!)

[sugashook]

commission

[youshouldseemeinadeerstalker]

sobbing and shaking because i’m once again questioning if the pink floral robe survived Ed’s krakification

[nordarknessdimsthesky]

I was always able to write my way out

The song always made sense to me

Now I find that when I look down

Every page is empty

There is nothing to describe

Except the moon still bright against the worrying sky

My take on depression robe Ed on the cover of Florence + the Machine's Dance Fever album from @epersonae's galaxy -brained post

[seaweed-brainz]

Me finding out our flag means death was canceled on my birthday of all days is the fucking worst like whyyyyyy

[zigster-ao3]

Has anyone else purchased the “break up” robe off of Etsy from the show?

I’d love to know the care instructions for washing. It just says “wash separately” on the page, lol, but it’s cotton velvet and I want to treat it with care. She’s so pretty.

[thischapstickaddict]

How I spent my birthday

Thank you so much @ardentlyalien — you did an amazing job 🌿💜🪶

[loonymagixart]

So I finally got around to reading a few fics I've had bookmarked for awhile and uuuum I liked this one a lot by @p1nkwitch

[yuecrafter]

I needed a Bird Robe mask so there are also mugs and phone cases and pins and coasters and

[eye-scream-girls]

I found the break up robe velvet onsale... dare I? I would love to make a dressing robe! Its expensive but it's so cute! Maybe a pinafore?

[wehaveacat]

Incoherent screaming

Or, in other words, look what arrived

[neonvqmpire]

edward teach coded

[youshouldseemeinadeerstalker]

Edward ‘Baby Girl’ Teach

Perfume advertisement version

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

04/12 - 04/13/2023 Daily OFMD Recap

Hey all, sorry for the delay, I finished my taxes finally (well the federal state ones) and it just took a really long time. Will try to do a catch up today and pick up at the original times tomorrow!

= David Jenkins =

Chaos dad sending some love his IG to @andrew__deyoung. Src: David Jenkins Instagram

= Samba Schutte BTS =

Samba gave us some more exciting bloopers! Src: Samba Schutte's Instagram

= Guz Khan =

Sounds like tickets are running out, so if you wanna see Guz! Definitely get them soon for the Apr 24 and Apr 26 shows!

= Rachel House =

Do you have Netflix? You can check out Rachel in one of her latest roles of Heart Break High!

Source: Rachel House's Instagram Stories

== GLAAD REMINDER ==

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== Why Watch OFMD ==

Art by our dear @snejpowa and CTA by our darling @lamentus1

= Eros The Artist =

@saveofmdcrewmates have been asking the fans to send them some stories for #WhyWatchOFMD! Our crewmate @erostheartist started us off with a lovely piece of art as well as their story. You can check it out here on Tumblr or Instagram

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Today's Cast Cards by @melvisik are The OTHER pirate that invited Stede for a drink (Shayne Martin), and Papa Jiménez (Jonathan Medina)!

== Articles ==

Underated TV shows that People Absolutely Swear are the Best Ever

== More Reasons to hate WBD ==

New Zealand screen sector crisis as TVNZ, WBD confirm job losses

Thank you Adopt Our Crew for the breakdown. See their Twitter page.

More links from their thread:

https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/international/showcase/our-flag-means-death-season-2-0

https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/incentives-co-productions/nzspg-nz

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies. I am spent on brain power. One more night of love notes from others and then I'll try to get back to writing some myself. Today I'm going with just one artist @/kateyabey on instagram because they have some amazingly cute things and I love them.

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Can't remember if I've done this one already.. but tonight's theme is robes.

Darby Gif Courtesy of @fandomsmeantheworldtome

Taika Gif Courtesy of @tehtariks

[edandstede]

some thoughts about ofmd 2x07 and the “break up” (it’s not, it’s ed being an impulsive sensitive fool (affectionate) but i digress) so spoilers abound, just wanted to share my pov

ok so!!! ed panicked. he’s still trying to figure his shit out, trying to heal from literally dying, from losing stede and getting him back and every dark thing that happened with the crew. so much has happened in such a short space of time that his head must be spinning. we see him flashing back to it, he’s still processing, and it’s all going so fast.

and then the revenge gets boarded and he has to watch stede be tortured, watch stede take a life purposefully for the first time, be reminded of killing his own dad, and then they fall into bed together after ed went to him to see if he was okay. they have sex, and ed makes stede this lovely breakfast, and he throws his leathers overboard whilst wearing his nice blue robe. he immediately wants to shed blackbeard for good and live in this new bliss where he can be soft and safe, but that’s interrupted when stede says that near-death situations are hard to avoid in their line of work. he’s brought crashing back to reality and thinks, shit, this isn’t gonna work is it? what have i done?

his head and heart are being pulled in so many directions and he really is facing an identity crisis, a personal dilemma, trying to answer the question “what do i want?” while all this is going on, while he’s faced with the fact that they’ll never truly be safe doing this and they could lose each other again. he might never get proper peace and bliss with stede, and he wants it so much. he wants a life where he doesn’t see stede in danger ever again.

and ed is insecure too, is the thing. he’s so highly sensitive. about the twine on the tray, the fish he caught. stede isn’t the only one who runs and buries his head in the sand when shit gets tough, ed does it too. whim-prone. this time, running off to be a fisherman is ed’s blanket fort. he’s like, okay, i’m feeling bad so that must mean last night was too fast, a mistake, and i don’t wanna do the pirate thing anymore but stede is loving his new fame, so that must mean i should leave. it’s almost like he’s rejecting himself before stede can, before stede realises this isn’t gonna work, that they want different things; they’re not compatible after all and it’ll hurt less if he walks away first this time. he’s trying to save himself the heartbreak.

i don’t think ed truly thinks them sleeping together was a mistake, i think so many feelings are just being mixed inside and that’s the conclusion he’s come to. he got to have this little taste of what their life could be like if they were safe and out of harm’s way together, settled down, but he doesn’t think it’s possible. he’s pissed off with himself for giving in to that temptation when he already knew he wanted to retire.

stede tells him their relationship can be whatever they want it to be but ed isn’t listening because he’s already made that impulsive choice and he’s stubborn, he’s afraid, he’s spiralling, he’s angry it has to be this way. he doesn’t even stop to think that, actually, it doesn’t have to be this way. they could find their middle ground, it doesn’t have to be one life or the other, but they cannot do anything without talking it through.

ed feels doubt, uncertainty, and takes a job on a boat rather than actually telling stede what’s going on in his head. what he wants. he wants to retire, has this fantasy in his head of owning an inn with stede, having quiet domesticity away from a fear of death. clearly he doesn’t think they can compromise, it probably hasn’t occurred to him or it has and he just thinks it isn’t possible to have the best of both worlds. but it is, and they’ll get there, and i think s3 will see them really find the life they’re going to keep.

honestly they should just look at their crew, really look, at how they look after themselves and each other. they could learn a thing or two.

[follows-the-bees]

OFMD filmmaking analysis!

The camerawork, cinematography, and blocking during Blackbeard and Frenchie's "impossible bird" conversation at the end of 2x1.

There is so much to discover and deep dive with the scenes between Blackbeard and Frenchie.

Since the ship does not physically move this season, the production crew had to utilize other techniques to show the rocking of the ship on the ocean. From what I've observed, the primary one for on the main deck is to move the rigging and sails like the wind is blowing through them. They also move the camera in an up-and-down or side-to-side motion to simulate the oceanic waves; that is the method they use in this scene, especially since they are on the front of the ship and no rigging can be seen.

This motion of the camera in this shot is not only used to simulate the waves, but also to show the mental state of the characters. This headspace (figuratively and literally) camera framing is used throughout the season and especially on Blackbeard in the first three episodes (as talked about in my other analysis of the "this ship is poison" scene in 2x1.)

The scene starts with an overhead establishing shot tilted to the side, making the audience already feel off-center. Frenchie crawls out of the hold - showing him lower physically than Blackbeard (I talk about this same framing and camerawork between these two in 2x2 here) and stays in front of the door- leaving him room to escape. Blackbeard stands on the opposite side of the bow, with his hand on the railing.

They then cut to a two-person frame with Blackbeard large and in focus in the foreground and Frenchie small and out of focus in the background. This closeness to Blackbeard means the audience can see every micro expression, witness the dead eyes, and hear every shuttering intake of breath and shaky speech. It is intimate and the audience can sense all the pain and discomfort Blackbeard is emoting.

The camera moves up and down as Blackbeard makes the speech about a bird who never touches ground, very clearly showing that he is that bird who never wants to land. The floating camera cuts into his forehead while he speaks because just like how Blackbeard's head is breaking the frame barrier, his mental health is broken.

As Blackbeard speaks, a heavy fog starts to roll in from the sea, surrounding him. It alludes to the fogginess of his brain/emotions as well as the shrugged on public persona of Blackbeard. He is wrapping himself in this bleak cover, but his Ed self is still hidden underneath, the fog isn't thick enough around the shroud of the Kraken persona. Like the cover of the robe or blanker fort, but the fog/Kraken smokescreen doesn't offer a comfort from the harshness of the world, instead only offering the pain and self-destruction of his inner self.

The other major shot in this scene is of Frenchie. He is center framed in a clean shot; Blackbeard doesn't dirty the shot because he isn't important here, the camera is focusing on Frenchie taking in this information, revealing his emotions and mental state, and ultimately serving as the conduit of theaudience. The framing is farther away than with Blackbeard, still a medium shot but it doesn't move to allow Frenchie's head to be cut off by the frame. The camera is moving more side-to-side motions than up and down, still offering that discomfort of the situation but it suggests a different mindset than Blackbeard. Frenchie's mind isn't broken (his spirit on the other hand) he boxes up his emotions here, so he is just taking in Blackbeard's words, just like the audience is. Listening to the contradictions and trying to find out what is really being said.

The cinematography of this scene is also something worth looking at. We have the light of the ship behind Ed, something he never turns toward or seeks out. Instead, he is looking at the vast darkness in front of him, it enshrouds him and complements his mental state. The only time he looks toward the light is at the moon when he addresses Stede-symbolizing the light in the darkness.

During this entire conversation with Frenchie, Blackbeard does not turn around to talk to him. Instead, Blackbeard's broken words and grieving are spit out into the dark abyss of the ocean in front of them, the wind carrying them back to his new first mate. Ed chose to be vulnerable with Lucius (and some of the crew - though there is an argument that most of that was in a disassociate state). He cried and let all his heartbreak and despair out in front of Lucius. Only to have to get "rid" of that vulnerability by pushing him off the ship. He doesn't turn around here because he won't let anyone else see that side of him again, won't let them leave/hurt him, won't let Frenchie see the state of his distress.

The end shot surrounds Ed in the dark blue of the sky, only the moon lighting the way as the camera pans to Stede looking up into the same night sky. The symbolism of the light in the darkness for both characters, even if their words "F you, Stede Bonnet" and "Good night, Edward Teach" evoke warring emotions.

Overall, all forms of production, from cinematography, camera framing, blocking, and especially the acting (give Taika awards for this alone - I have never seen him act like this in any other role) are used to show the mental state of the characters.

Note: I purposefully use the name Blackbeard here whenever Ed is in this mental state, though "Kraken" might be more accurate.