#ofmd ed teach

[fuzzylogic-27]

[ohmyglobwhatthefrickamievendoing]

the way we've reached a point where somehow izzy's the healthiest person in this dynamic

[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."

[abirdsnest]

[blakbonnet]

Ed + Smiling 😊

[captainsvscaptains]

Battle of the Captains

Round 3 Part 4 Poll 2

Propaganda

Ed's a master tactician! He's a terrible flirt! He's got the eyes, the beard, the fit, and the sexy lil voice! Tummy and arm! He's gay and has daddy issues! What more could you want from a man???

Jonny's the self-proclaimed captain of the starship Aurora (though everyone else calls him the first mate), and one of the lead singers in The Mechanisms, a spacefaring cabaret of immortal pirates with lovely voices and extremely gray morals. He hails from New Texas, he's got a heart made of metal, and he likes to play the harmonica and shoot things.

[blackbonnet-ruined-my-life]

Guys! They’re wearing garlic because Ed came back from the dead! They think he’s a vampire!

I mean, to be fair to them…

[periken-art]

‘Cause I want you

Yes, I do

[leonsgotit]

OFMD S2 SPOILERS ‼️

listen. i KNOW what ed meant when he said he and stede having sex was a mistake. i know he meant that things between them were moving too fast and that they shouldn’t have slept together so soon because in the long run, it didn’t help their relationship. i know what he meant, ed knows what he meant, but do you know what i bet stede heard?

mistake. what they did was a mistake, they were a mistake, stede was a mistake.

stede ran away at the end of season 1 because he was scared. because badminton told him that he ruined ed, that he ruins everything and everyone he comes into contact with. and stede believed him.

and for a brief, spectacular moment when he was with ed, maybe stede didn’t believe that anymore.

but then ed called it a mistake, and he left—all for valid reasons on ed’s part, because he needed to find himself, he needed to take that time to really figure out who he is and what he wants—but all stede heard was “it was a mistake” and “i’m leaving.”

and right after that, he finds out some of his crew potentially wants to leave, too.

and i think maybe that broke him.

[theswordnthepen]

WIP— I got an urge to see Ed with Daenerys’ braids so I sketched this out real quick.

UPDATE: I did a full color version of this if you’re interested.

[ohmyglobwhatthefrickamievendoing]

The fact that izzy apparently just hangs out in stede's room doing his own thing is so funny because what's he gonna do when stede&ed start fucking?? they're gonna have to lock him out of the bedroom like the family dog that's yowling at the door

[dean-winchesters-clit]

DO NOT HOUND THE ACTORS FOR INFO ABOUT SEASON 2

This SAG strike is a no promotion strike, meaning that if any actor who is a part of the guild promotes a show or movie in any way, they will be kicked out of the union.

This also goes for the writer's strike. The writers being on strike means that the editing for the show has most likely come to a complete stop. Any edit or change to the show requires approval from the writers, and if they give any feedback during the strike, they can be kicked out of the union.

This is why we haven't heard any news about Season 2. The editors and effects people literally CAN'T do their job during the strike.

IT'S TIME TO STOP COMPLAINING AND START SUPPORTING THE WRITERS AND ACTORS AND EDITORS WHOSE LIVLIHOODS ARE AT STAKE!

[mumblers-lobby]

cinematic masterpiece.

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

Rewatching all of OFMD today (#Renew As A Crew) and one thing that's sticking out to me immediately -

Until we see in s2 how relieved Ed is to lose the responsibility of being captain, it doesn't really stick out how fucking...tense Ed is.

When he meets Stede's crew, look at his body language! He's trying to be cool and smooth and everything, and he's charismatic enough he can pull it off, but his body language is borderline nervous, honestly. He's very stiff and cautious in his movements, always keeping at least one hand on his weapons, always glancing around. It's striking to compare it to how he acts when he's alone with Stede - you can almost see the weight grow on his shoulders when he's in front of the crew. No wonder Lucius thinks he doesn't know how to relax!

He's also extremely theatrical and showy, and part of that is Ed being tied with Stede for Most Dramatic Bitch on the Seven Seas, but it's also immediately obvious that he expects every eye to be on him, always. He acts like he knows he's the center of attention, always. Almost every movement this man makes seems so calculated.

You can see some of the weight lift when he tries telling everyone to just call him Ed, although a lot of the time he still looks pretty guarded and often holds his hands in front of himself almost protectively. Sweetie pie is trying so hard to be vulnerable but his body language still reads like he's not fully comfortable. It has to be very scary for him but he's being so brave and trying so hard anyway!

We don't see the big change until he's back on the ship in s2e5 and the crew have put him on probation. Although many of the crew are still pissed at him, Ed is, very explicitly, no longer captain. The crew don't hate him (they're mad at him, but he never lost their love), but they'd push back against orders even if he tried giving them. And what a relief that must be! Ed looks so light this episode! It's no longer his job to make the decisions, all he has to do is fix things up. He gets to talk with Fang as friends, not as The Legendary Captain Blackbeard and Loyal Crewmember. He gets to play, doing a cannonball off the ladder, and have a good time learning how to fish. His body language is absolutely night-and-day.

And after he gets out of probation? That stays consistent. In s2e6 he gets to play along with the crew, encouraging "the moving of the tub - it's a sacred tradition!!!" getting him a cheer from the crew ("yooo, this dude's devout as fuuuck!!"). He just gets to have a good time. Compared to the first time he meets the crew in s1e4, he's obviously so relaxed and willing to unwind in front of everyone - they were about to dance, and Ed doesn't even fucking hesitate to agree when Stede suggested they join everyone (fuck Ned Low for stealing that from us, honestly).

Ed wants so fucking badly to be free of the massive responsibility that's been weighing on him - think about what he said to Stede in s1e4: "they're all going to die, all the men who trusted you, and it'll be all your fault!" He has been living with so much weight on his shoulders, not just incredible responsibility but feeling unsafe to be the softer, gentle, sweet man we know he is.

He just wants to be free to be Ed.

[cursed-coat-of-homosexuality]

I just love how everybody is panicking and screaming their lungs out. Izzy's giving a full chested wail of "KILL ME!!! KILL ME NOW!!!!", only for Ed to be like "hmmm 🤔 something smells fishy🤢😡". truly the most well built, soundproofed ship of all, it's the brazilian cherry wood if you ask me.

[helloiamunwell]

just a point that my sister made to me about the pacing

if you feel like the pacing is too fast in season two, imagine how ed feels!

like i understand that there were budgetary restrictions and two episodes were cut, but i actually think the sightly uncomfortable pacing is a great way to show the audience that this whole thing really is moving too fast

like most of this season has happened over the course of about 4 days

that isn't slow! and so if course ed is going to freak out about it, he wanted slow and he's very much not getting slow, and so neither do we

the pacing of the show is making us, the fans, panic in the same way ed is, and i have to believe that that's a list a bit intentional