#ofms s2

[merverse]

of course stede is getting high on the attention he's receiving he was an outcast all his life and his dream of becoming a pirate was always taken as a joke so him getting praised over blackbeard? his crew cheering him on before killing ned? getting fans among the very people who used to make fun of him? i fucking hate it here but ugh love it when characters are consistent and well written like fuck yes gimme flawed and stupid decisions that are made according to their backstories and personalities

[bumidoodles]

Practicing for calypso's birthday

[piratesmyass]

They privated the BTS video... That can't stop me from reuploading it, though, because I've SAVED it >:)))

YEET!

[tvxqmylove]

Let's raise our glasses to Izzy and OFMD creators

I just have to get it off my chest, I understand Izzy's death came as a shock and very upsetting event for many, and a lot of people are going on and on about how he deserved a better fate and how he was not just some tool to serve someone else's story. Please try to calm down and see the bigger picture. 

It is now clear that he was always meant to die. It was foreshadowed in the first minute of the second season, a ridiculous, villain's death. Being the symbolic obstacle to Stede and Ed's happiness. 

Of course that was the wrong way for him to go. When he confessed to his crush Blackbeard he got shot by him, almost died, begged to be killed, and then he even tried to kill himself. Still didn't work. It wasn’t his time yet and that was the wrong way for him to go. When he learned that he was loved and cared for after all, just not in the way he expected, he changed. He became positive, he became forgiving. Then he stopped being miserable he started genuinely wishing for the happiness of others as well, instead of being bitter about it. His death might not have a point but his life did. He had the crew's and Ed's and even Stede's back, and they knew it. As David Jenkins stated, he played the role of a wise mentor that was passing along his life experiences to others. Then it was his time. Also, as foreshadowed, he symbolically took away Blackbeard, and opened a way for Stede and Ed as well.

A happy ending is not only walking off to sunset with a lover, taking up a new job or walking into a house of your family and petting your dog before you close the door. A good death, and a life well-lived is a happy ending. Leaving behind people that loved you is a happy ending. This was a happy ending for him. 

He lived the way he wanted, as a pirate, an infamous one that has received respect and recognition. Then he resolved the parts of his life that became problematic and toxic, he repaired the relationships

that was broken, he forgave the people he needed to forgive. After going through hell, he was basically a bubble of positivity, going around giving solid advices, encouraging people and partying. He was done. He gave the best damn speech of his life at a bar like giving his own eulogy and it was awesome. He died at the arms of the person he loved the most. 

Yes he could have had more, everyone that ever died could have had more. But he died gracefully and complete, surrounded by people he loved and cared about, knowing that they will be fine. That was his story. I am sad that he died, but he died beautifully, best you can hope for in a pirate life. And he will live on, in the hearts of the people he touched by his existence. 

Finally, never harass the creators. It is their hard work that gave us Izzy in the first place. Trust their creative process, and afterwards take it or leave it, do not harass them and try to put them in a box of your personal demands. If so, what kind of 3rd season can we even expect?

[blakbonnet]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 on October 5

[lumintsu]

you wear fine things well

[postsfromthedark]

If you didn't love Isreal Hands at his season 1 jealousy arc, you don't deserve him in his season 2 self-growth arc

[pharlapcartoonist]

I love how S01 of OFMD begins with

"Stede Bonnet is the worst pirate captain! If only we could work for the genuine pirate like Blackbeard. Bloodlusty with no mercy."

and S02 begins with

"We keep going and care for each other because of Stede Bonnet. Because we remember the gold times when he and Blackbeard captained The Revenge. It was the best. Not like working for bloodlusty and mad Blackbeard now."

It's so beautiful and important to me

[andromedism]

haven’t even finished the trailer yet and came here to say, taika’s delivery of this is already very possibly my favorite thing ever. the exasperated sigh, the eye acting, the way his shoulders settle. if this is their first time seeing each other again i am going to laugh so hard i cry. all of this angst and build up just for “*giant breath* hi!” i’m obsessed.

[erm-you-see]

It’s 2am and I can’t sleep and I need this image but it’s the shinji chair meme. Like it’s a comic and panel 1 is this pic and panel 2 is him in the shinji pose

[yourchocolatenachostudent]

I came to this fandom with a sincere hatred for Izzy Hands and I leave with a broken heart and a desire to drown David Jenkins in the sea. Izzy deserved his happy ending more than anyone else and what he did to him was damn unfair

rest in peace, Izzy, I love you

[manicpunk98]

The whole intervention scene with Izzy about Ed being abusive. I would bet money that making this scene was at least in part them spelling it out for some of the show's fans.

It really did need to be said, aside from Izzy being the type to internalize things, especially for Ed's sake and needing it pointed out to him, the way some people behaved about this was straight up victim blaming.

[bleusappho]

I don't know if someone said this but Stede being a mermaid and Rhys having cryptids as special interest is actually wonderful.

[minghio]

Stede mermaid tail details

I love so much to see all the work for his tail, it makes me appreciate the team even more

I hope i find someone talking about the process of creating it

[thatskindarough]

Okay but the next episode teaser, when Stede slams Edward against the wall.

It’s giving Crowley and Aziraphale

(Someone with skill make gifs of these and put them together)