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i wish i could write one of those posts going into depth about what ofmd meant to me personally. i don’t think i’ll ever be able to articulate it. i just don’t have the words.
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Anonymous asked:
At BOF2, there were several interesting things said re: Stede's arc.
- Fernando Frias said that they filmed another morning after scene where Ed and Stede gaze into each other's eyes, but they thought the tone didn't match the plot of the episode
- David Jenkins said, when asked about stede's arc in S2 and masculinity: he gets the fame that he longed for, but realizes that what he really wanted, he already has - he has Ed, he has an equal relationship with someone who understands him, and wants to build a home with him
- Went on to say that S3 will be about the work of a relationship and learning to communicate, especially for Stede
- Zayre Ferrer and Nat Torres said that the cut makeover arc was Stede initiated, with the aim of "I'm going to get my man TONIGHT," to be confident enough to ask Ed to dance. Noted that all the costume changes that were going to happen in that scene, happened elsewhere (earring etc).
Curious on your thoughts on how this info plays into your understanding of Stede's storyline, especially around masculinity and wealth!
so i don't think there's a LOT very new here. i am as feral to see the gazing-into-each-other's-eyes take as anyone else but i'm not surprised that was at least considered as the vibe for that scene. the firmest really new information i think is that we now know stede was an active participant in the makeover bit; all the previous information we had left open the possibility roach and wee john just offered him a fun makeover without explaining what it was supposed to accomplish. but of course that fits very well into the arc stede already seems to have about thinking he needs to do something to impress ed in order to woo him.
to expand on that further and get a little speculative i do think it's kind of interesting djenks specifically talked about stede realizing he already has "an equal relationship," which obviously that's something lots of people want so maybe that's all he means. but i've always thought there's this very muted throughline in 2x06-2x07, the sort of thing that looks like the remnants are just barely left after cuts, about stede being specifically concerned about wanting to feel the relationship is equal - like, not that he thinks ed looks down on him or anything, but he feels like he has to prove himself worthy of being an equal partner to ed in order to deserve ed's love. there's ned low saying "that's why he likes you, you're like a pet," which seems to really get to stede, and he kills ned despite having already neutralized the situation in order to prove that he's a real pirate not a pet at all, and it's a bad move, and then the next day when stede's talking to his groupies in the republic of pirates there's a bit where one of them asks why didn't blackbeard kill ned low and stede's like "well, blackbeard and i are a partnership." so you put all that together and it looks to me like you have an arc about stede really wanting to feel that he's an equal partner to ed, and believing he has to be a cool badass pirate who kills his enemies (like the romance novel hero from his dream back in 2x01) in order to do that and worthy of his love.
and then of course that little mini-arc doesn't really resolve but that's because mermen's such a mess, of course the resolution would have been stede realizing that he is already an equal partner to ed; it's ridiculous to think he needs to do anything to impress him because ed already thinks being stede bonnet is the most impressive thing anyone's ever done, he knows lots of killers but there's only one gentleman pirate. so it's nice to hear david kind of reinforce that at least as the intent by saying the arc ends with stede realizing he's already got an equal relationship. but like i said that's reading a lot into word choice that could easily be coincidental, i already thought this was pretty much the shape of the arc.
Reblogged celluloidbroomcloset
aw shit lucius snapped
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It's funny when people in the fandom complain about us "woobifying Ed" or whatever because in my experience it's more like
Fanon!Ed: Cool Confident Guy Who Fucks Like a Machine
Canon!Ed: total dork, refers to sex as "intercourse", came up with an elaborate scheme to make the guy he likes hold him (getting stabbed), theater kid, definitely practiced that dramatic entrance ("The Gentleman Pirate, I presume?") in the mirror, gets flustered when Anne and Mary ask if him and Stede have fucked yet, switches clothes with Stede after knowing him for less than a day, got stuck hanging in his own harness, scared of spiders, proudly shows Stede the small fish he caught, definitely would have a Tumblr blog.
I love that Ed gets to be more than one thing, you know? The whole reason that being Blackbeard has become so torturous for him is that, yeah, maybe it highlights some parts of him, but it obscures and cuts off other parts-- like his silliness, his fears, the ways in which he is kind of shy.
And it feels like a missed opportunity when fic or art shoves Ed into the kind of constrained identity that he found so hard to cope with in the show.
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It's funny when people in the fandom complain about us "woobifying Ed" or whatever because in my experience it's more like
Fanon!Ed: Cool Confident Guy Who Fucks Like a Machine
Canon!Ed: total dork, refers to sex as "intercourse", came up with an elaborate scheme to make the guy he likes hold him (getting stabbed), theater kid, definitely practiced that dramatic entrance ("The Gentleman Pirate, I presume?") in the mirror, gets flustered when Anne and Mary ask if him and Stede have fucked yet, switches clothes with Stede after knowing him for less than a day, got stuck hanging in his own harness, scared of spiders, proudly shows Stede the small fish he caught, definitely would have a Tumblr blog.
I love that Ed gets to be more than one thing, you know? The whole reason that being Blackbeard has become so torturous for him is that, yeah, maybe it highlights some parts of him, but it obscures and cuts off other parts-- like his silliness, his fears, the ways in which he is kind of shy.
And it feels like a missed opportunity when fic or art shoves Ed into the kind of constrained identity that he found so hard to cope with in the show.
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sretna nova godina!!!!
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no show cancellation has effected me emotionally like ofmd i pray before bed every night that it gets magically renewed and i get to see my pretty princess blackbeard once again
Reblogged arun-armand-amadeo
Stede and Ed <3
Reblogged arun-armand-amadeo
Husbands! I finale watch this beautiful show
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also i probably can’t explain it right but i love that the first time ed and stede hold hands properly, it’s the way childhood friends hold hands. there’s something so earnest about it, right down to ed’s wide-eyed look when stede first touches his hand. it’s not quite innocent but it’s definitely searching, a shy connection, so sweet and gentle and perfect for them both. they don’t thread their fingers together - although i’d love that later, absolutely - stede just slips his hand into ed’s and they hold on, and then it becomes a little thumb war which leans further into the very core of their connection: just wanting someone to love and play with. they’re always seeking to have fun together, even at their most intimate and emotionally vulnerable. it’s something i absolutely adore
(sidenote: also love that this means they end up holding the fish together after ed’s whole “can’t catch a fish unless it wants to be caught” speech, we love metaphors upon metaphors)
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Hey guys, do you think they’re being normal about this??? 👀
Just…cause I’M not.