#ofmd inspired

[lightasthesun]

okay okay but Cody in one of these shirts after the republic won the war (no order 66) and when Obi-Wan sees him again for the first time after Cody got his new wardrobe he's all flustered and says:

“you wear fine things well, Cody” :''*

[ahma-art]

Finally, it's done! Started this piece like, 3 weeks ago and I just kept tinkering with it without being 100% satisfied, but I actually liked the sketchy, unpolished aspect, so I thought what the hell, let's just post it.

Huge thanks to @madou-dilou for helping me place the lights and shadows!

[lilspriglibrary]

I've been feeling VERY inspired lately ✨ cheers 🥂

[madootles]

dramatic eyes. dramatic lips. drama on the cheeks.

sketch

[cndarts]

the crew stoping by a market to fill their supply, sirius is in awe since his life in the palace was very different

loved doing this after fighting with lack of motivation for so long 🤧

[raibk]

The Water’s Edge

In my dreams, I stand at the water’s edge.

In my dreams, there is sand stuck in my shoes.

In my dreams, there is sand beneath my fingernails.

In my dreams, I can feel the grinding of sand stuck in my teeth.

In my dreams, the sea breeze combs my hair like my mother use to.

In my dreams, I smell not but salty water and…

In my dreams, I am calm..?

In my nightmares, I gasp for air.

In my nightmares, my lungs fill with salted water.

In my nightmares, my hair is my last thought.

In my nightmares, it is dark and cold and wet.

In my nightmares, the sound of crashing waves deafens me.

In my nightmares, that which deafens me swallows me whole.

In my nightmares, I am horrified..?

I wake, and I can see only the glow of a hand-me-down salt lamp.

I can smell it.

I can practically taste it.

I wake, and I can hear my fan.

It whips my hair into my eyes.

I wake, and my teeth ache.

I wake, and my lungs heave.

.

.

.

I find that it is not until I wake that my dreams and my nightmares collide and I remember,

I am petrified of the ocean,

And yet I wish to be a pirate.

[akitalockwood]

Obligatory Little mermaid redraw with my favorite pirate cringefails 💜

Commissions OPEN btw

[eddiepeaches]

conducting scientific experiments to see just how tiny I can make him

[lacefuneral]

cunty stede fancam ✨

[ruffaloon]

hilson - feels like we only go backwards ⏪️

[saltpepperbeard]

"I actually thought about, uh, opening an inn."

[mikacanica]

Napping boys 💤

I feel like these two would probably nap all of the time now that things are better. Just happy they get to be with each other. 😭

[spenglernot]

STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday.  What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.

Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.

Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.

Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.

Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).

Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.

Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.

Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.

Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.

The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.

Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.

And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.

There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.

Now for the the meta part

The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.

Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?

Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?

Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?

Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?

Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?

And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.

This guy,

Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)

And this guy,

Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).

And this guy,

Xerxes, 300 (2006).

And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:

Don’t respect him.

Feel free to openly mock him.

Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.

He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.

Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.

Oh and, just to be clear,

The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).

Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.

Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.

This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.

[soapbubbles511]

Stede is out shopping for fabric for various inn projects. In a pile of scraps he sees a piece of red silk. It's not Ed's but looks pretty similar.

He has still never asked the story behind Ed's silk. And he hasn't asked what happened to it. All he knows is Ed used to have it and it was important to him and he doesn't have it anymore. So he gets Ed a new red silk.

Ed immediately starts crying when Stede gives it to him. Stede is briefly afraid he has made a terrible mistake until Ed assures him that he hasn't.

[apllecrash]

I may be landed gentry, but I’m thrilled to be granted entry!

[poison-into-positivity]

"i'm going to put on ofmd in the background while i do the dishes/cook/clean my apartment" FOOL!!!!! that is the DEVIL talking! you will inevitably be absolutely transfixed by it and be unable to do anything other than sit mesmerized in front of the screen, no matter how many times you've seen it. and you can't do anything about it