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'I was just gonna say I could put it to the crew, and if you wanted to stay one more night on the ship, you know, extenuating circumstances and all that.'

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Rhys Darby - Desert Sparrow - Karma (Music Video)

Oh if only I were a sexy Sasquatch 🥺😅

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My zine for #ofmdzineweek over on bluesky, check it out if you haven’t yet, there are SO many cool zines to see and print out

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Happy Birthday Stede Bonnet, the fanciest of boys

July 29, 1688

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Circumstances mean Stede can’t say goodbye to his children the first time he leaves. Other than Ed, they are the only people for whom he openly expresses love.

So I find the ‘divorcing parents’ speech parody quite moving. Stede is empathetic. He understands the pain the crew must be feeling over the separation of their pseudo-parental figures. And even though Stede is in unfathomable pain, he tries to take care of the crew’s feelings publicly, only privately falling apart. It also means he understands how his children felt, waking to find him gone from their lives.

Which is why I’m glad Stede gets a do-over with Alma and Louis. He apologises to them that things haven’t worked out between their mother and him. He takes responsibility for the ‘mess’ he’s made. And even if they don’t fully understand everything now, they will remember their father’s time and kindness.

And when Alma says their mother was happier without him, Stede doesn’t character assassinate Mary, or talk of his own need for happiness too. He nods and says this:

There’s pain here. Stede knows he’s failed at traditional family life. He knows he’s hurt his wife and children. He might not love Mary as spouses should, but he no doubt loves and respects her as the mother of his children. It’s not Stede’s or Mary’s fault that they are living in a comphet society; and that they both have newfound loves doesn’t make the journey to this point any less painful.

Similarly, when Stede tells the crew Blackbeard and he will no longer be sailing together, he doesn’t cast anyone as the villain. He tries a little bit of face-saving contradiction and tautology - ‘it was a mutual decision which I initiated first’ - but he doesn’t blame Ed, and he doesn’t even single out Jack. He tells the crew (and himself) ‘Chin up, okay.’ Sometimes these things just happen. I will never understand any read of Stede as a selfish character. He is as flawed as any decent human, tunnel-visioned sometimes. But he is patient, kind, and empathetic on so many occasions, sometimes altruistic to his own detriment.

And I love when AU fic writers capture how good a father Stede is too. Because he is, he’s wonderful. He talks to the children on their own level without patronising them, and I adore modern iterations of Stede’s characterisation which allow further exploration of this.

What else can I say? Stede will always be the character of all time for me.

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Our Flag Means Death 1x1 | 2x8 ⇉ fighting skills

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some wise words from DJ on this fine thursday morning

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Taika Waititi | Jojo Rabbit Interview | Raffy Ermac

 - thanks to @edsbeard  <3 for the inspiration of this gifset (this post:))

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I feel that Stede's fantastic soap opera delivery of "Actually...SIBLINGS!" should be appreciated.

Bonus Superior/Cunty Expression:

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dont mind me, just posting another ofmd fanart :p

prints / instagram

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He caught a fish once 😌

Prompts: Rowboat and Fishing

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Every Ed Teach Scene (82/?)

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Mirror mirror on the wall (bear with me here), who is the dorkiest of them all?

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Royal based on a very inspiring Jinkx Monsoon photo

| stickers+prints || apparel+gadgets |

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I just finished reading “The Burger Ring Door” and I loved it so much that I had to make a few edits for it! Thank you to @thehitcherismydaddy for the lovely story and the inspiration for these edits!

If y’all haven’t read it yet I highly recommend it! If you have, why not read it again?!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41648025/chapters/104468598

After serving 24 years in a small New Zealand community, the minister realizes something is missing. He goes to look for it.

(All pictures for the backgrounds are pics of the New Zealand/ Aotearoa wilderness that I found online. Pics of Taika and Rhys I got from google as well)

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It wasn’t a “yes and” prompt, Stede 😭