0 thoughts in brain !!!!!! only stede’s smile!!!
Stede:
Me: π₯°πππβ€οΈπ€π€π€πππππ§‘ππππ
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ALTThis is what I think of every time I see Stede squeeing about the prospect of doing a crime.
Please tell me I won’t be this sad by the end of the episode?
I saw all of 2.6 and up to the point in 2.7 where Oluwande is about to meet ZYS again.
And I am in a CRISIS about how that “You’re panicking!” / “I’m leaving” conversation went.
I have lots more thoughts about a conversation our boys need to have with each other about what they want, but I have work in a few minutes and am going to have to self-soothe by lifting heavy things.
Post-work having watched the whole episode, why yes, I am indeed this sad. Maybe sadder, because of the whole bar fight.
About Stede getting in a bar fight with Zheng Yi Sao: I’m sort of undecided: is this
The only thing I’m glad about was that Zheng Yi Sao wasn’t on her ship.
Of course Ed is smug about being Stede's boyfriend. He knows what no one else in the world knows or will ever know:
Stede Bonnet FUCKS.
Moment of appreciation for Stede, who heard Ed was dead, then came up with a plan to steal (and fix!), his ship and rescue two crews, from the pirate queen and then pulled it off seamlessly.
His reaction to complete devastation is girlbossery of the highest order.
That’s why the fight with Zheng felt weird in my opinion…
Ok, he was drunk and just dumped and he’s not the perfect pirate but he pulled off the escape of his whole crew and took his ship back (while believing the love of his life had just died) and freed himself from Hellkat Maggie before ensuing a mutiny with just words and then killed the fucking cunt Ned soooooo… let’s not try and pretend like he’s not competent.
He also flipped a fucking cigar and lit a guy on fire so the guy got aim (why would he flung a bottle and dirt way off) and we saw that his body does take control when it needs to so when he jumped on those guys and got immediately down, it felt forced.
I’ve come around to thinking Stede’s fight with Zheng in s2e7 was attempted self-harm on his part: Ed had left, and his crew was fracturing, and he was miserable.
Also his competence really shines in situations where he’s defending other people– the crew in s2e3 (even though he thinks they’ve had a hand in Ed’s death, they’re still his crew) and both Ed and the crew in s2e6. He’s pretty relationship- and community-driven. I wonder if defending himself– and himself alone– even feels worth it.
this is literally fanfiction on screen
Ed is literally fondling that cake topper as he tells it “Fuck you, Stede Bonnet.”
I don’t cry during the first five minutes of Up. Mortality comes for us all. If we are lucky, there is someone to hold our hand at the end.
What devastates me is when communication problems or hurt / emotional reactivity get in the way of a relationship between people who want to hold hands at the end.
We live in a society that treats medical care as a for-profit venture and that demands people so much bandwidth to making money for people who (inadequately) compensate their labor to make finding and maintaining to-the-end connection harder. Especially for those of us who don’t engage in the hetero marriage and kids script.
That’s the context for how much I have cried about OFMD 2.6 and 2.7.
I’ve now watched s2e6 and s2e7 all the way through and am just sad.
The sort of quiet fond look Ed has on his face before Izzy says “Having a think, are you?” is one we’ve seen many times on Ed’s face before, mostly directed at Stede. In this instance, he’s looking at people selling fish, and by extension, looking at possible new directions his life might take. It’s right for him to want to do things that make him feel fucking great. It’s right to walk away from a job that’s been killing him. Ed has been through a lot and deserves a life with more contemplation and peace built into it. He deserves to be in love with his own life. Fuck yeah, brother, fly.
Meanwhile Stede is so stoked to be getting affirmation, which he has craved for so long, that he’s chasing it wherever he can find it. And I love that Stede is getting affirmation– he deserves to be affirmed– even though I wish he were pickier about where he looks for it and what it’s extended for.
And I think Ed, in saying “Last night was a mistake,” meant “I had reasons for not wanting to sleep with you yet, and I wish I hadn’t ignored them.” But I also think that’s not how it sounds to someone with self-worth problems.
I don’t think anyone’s really WRONG here. Sometimes people’s needs and wants are in conflict with each other. Sometimes hurt and frustration get in the way of hearing each other and solving problems collaboratively. Sometimes people who are hurting or scared respond really ungenerously to each other. And it isn’t always the end, because people don’t have to be perfect to be worth it.
Please tell me I won’t be this sad by the end of the episode?
I saw all of 2.6 and up to the point in 2.7 where Oluwande is about to meet ZYS again.
And I am in a CRISIS about how that “You’re panicking!” / “I’m leaving” conversation went.
I have lots more thoughts about a conversation our boys need to have with each other about what they want, but I have work in a few minutes and am going to have to self-soothe by lifting heavy things.
do we think ed played with the cake dolls? do we think he made them argue? do we think he made them make up? do we think he made them kiss? do we think he made them fuck?
At the moment Ed tells the blond cake topper “Fuck you, Stede Bonnet,” he is also fondling the blond cake topper.
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