#our flag means polyamory

[black-stede]

after stede recovers from the heartbreak and they regroup and he sees that somehow there is peace, happiness between jim, archie, olu and zheng yi, that somehow something that should have been by society’s standards convoluted and messy and painful turned out quite lovely actually, he thinks

he thinks of ed. it’s always been ed, since the day they laid eyes on each other as stede laid bleeding out on the deck of his ship. it was ed when they crashed the party and watching the ship go up in flames and saying he wore fine things well and as he was stabbed through his stomach after not going to doggy heaven and through acts of grace. through the shaving of beards and miscommunications and backslides to old habits

it was ed when he threw love notes in bottles into the salty waves and when two women were poisoning each other and the house went up in flames and buttons turned into a fucking bird. as they celebrated calypso’s birthday and they were being tortured and when stede killed the man who hurt his crew and insulted ed. when he slammed him into the wall and ed nodded and they slept together under the fireworks. even when he left, it was still ed

except now there’s a man with a horse leg who he kind of loathed for months but now is something like a friend, a confidant even? who has trained greats and might even have something to teach stede. who slaps his ass to get him to rope swing and tells him like it is and guides him to be the captain he can be. who commiserates with him about falling in love with the same broken man. who sings as he and ed make love and congratulates them in the morning. who is there after ed leaves. who stays by him, watches over him when no one else does.

and the thing is, stede had never anticipated ed. even on his whim of piracy there was never anything beyond that. except then there was ed and maybe he is capable of love after all. and then there’s this annoying man that he doesn’t hate anymore and then ed leaves him and he is lost.

there is a way out, he knows. this can’t be the end for him and ed he is sure. except izzy is the only one at his side when he challenges zheng yi and he is grounding him when the attacks happen and suddenly if ed is his ship, izzy is his anchor. or something like that in this weird analogy he thinks up.

and then he sees archie’s arm around jim who is leaning on olu who is holding zheng yi’s hand gently and they are all covered in soot and blood and panting with exhaustion but together. he doesn’t know exactly how it will work, but apparently they do because they all seem content, happy to simple be in the others’ presences

and he thinks

and he thinks

and he lets himself hope

…

maybe this isn’t the end

maybe it’s the beginning

[nortism]

jim jimenez and their girlfriend working together to get jim’s boyfriend a girlfriend, truly no one is doing it like them

[trinity-trouble]

A Comparative Guide to OUR GOOD SHADOWS

A simple guide for queer (masc) people in search for some new show to watch!

23/08/29 UPDATE! - I've added Leverage and another question to the table.

List of series for future updates.

I hope you find this useful or at least entertaining, I thought of it while lying in bed half awake at 8am :)

[ohswampey]

nobody's gonna see this but fuck it

the reason I love ofmd is because it shows what it means to be queer and trans and neurodivergent. like that's it. everyone is a little into each other, any kind of relationship goes and there's no questioning from everyone else. their identities don't get in the way of their character arcs. jim gets to be trans and poly and there doesn't need to be 3 episodes to explain it. stede and ed? bro that's literally autism4autism. there's no male gaze or female gaze. that soft ass ponytail ed was rocking is straight up queer gaze. the love story gets to progress beyond what any queer story written for/by straight people could do and way beyond the typical hetero romance. I love the humanity of it all. I love the way people can do bad things but they can still be loved. they can be in the wrong and need to change their actions and mindsets but still be loveable. that's what makes me love it. unconditional acceptance

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Imagine all the poly drama now that starts with someone sending this to the group chat:

[art-b-y-eden]

I'm a big fan of polyam Jim, Olu and Archie (and Zheng??) and I really hope they continue it in s3!!

[beansprean]

[ID: Two muscular arms clasping their hands together in solidarity. One says "Jackie and her non-guy husbands" and the other says "Nandor and his non-girl wives" /end ID]

Loving this new trend

[nimviridis]

I need to say I think some people don't understand this yet, but this couple:

Is as queer as this one:

Because gender is not on our goddamn chromosomes or any of that shit, Jim is non binary, a couple composed by a cis guy and a non binary is queer and a couple composed by a cis woman and a non binary is also queer and even if they were all cisgender, a couple composed by bisexuals/pansexuals is also queer even if it is F/M!!

None of these people are straight!

[cashewpilk]

Give a man a fish and then when he's full, teach him to fish. Sail the seas. Teach more men to fish. Steal from the rich. Become a polycule. Engage in piracy. Finally, a consistent DnD party.

[sibmakesart]

Happy pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[vroomvroomwee]

I just find it so goddamn funny how Taika poured his heart and soul into delivering that speech about diversity and inclusivity and how it's unrealistic to have every character in the group be a different race/gender/sexuality etc. And then star in/co-direct a show where there is a polyamorous relationship between four people who somehow manage to check off every single demographic

[black-stede]

ed is a kraken this and stede is a mermaid that

did you ever stop to consider izzy is literally their unicorn?

[khruschevshoe]

Y'all all the polycule bts pics are making me go feral bc WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL-

*goes and screams into the ao3 tags/rereads my favorite fics to soothe my wretched soul*

[confusedraven1]

archie complaining about the “fucked up sleeping arrangements” even tho she’s got a room with jim & olu now

“plz we’re a throuple now we need more than this twin long. sandwiching is nice when it’s kinky, not so much while trying to catch some Z’s, y’know?”

[everyoneislgbtpride-edits]

Jim Jimenez from Our Flag Means Death is poly, bi and transmasc!!

[genderless-crisis]

Okay okay hear me out:

Ofmd polycule with stede, Ed, and izzy.

OR Archie, Jim and Olu.

Or Both. Both is good.