jesus fucking christ i can't stop thinking about them saying it together, intertwining their voices gently, basically talking about their names being tattoed on each other whilst ed's face cracks a sincere almost surprised but loving smiile I NEED IT ON MY BONES
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do you ever think about how the revenge's crew was constantly mocking stede for being an idiot and a lousy pirate but when things got really dark we're shown through jim how everyone was really happy under stede's care and love for them? cause i do and then i cry
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we don't talk about this phrase enough. stede may look like he sees ed through rose-colored glasses which is fair cause he's in love, but here he says something that you wouldn't hear from him on a regular basis. he knows ed is fucked up. and he still loves him.
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i can't cope with the fact that stede is ride or die for the revenge crew even though he realizes they killed ed cause at the end of the day he mainly blames himself for everything that happened
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the fact that izzy never said this phrase to stede's face so stede remembers this phrase from when he witnessed ed's emotional breakdown in the bathtub, and back then he didn't really understand what it meant but now he says it without hesitation is KILLING ME
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this scene makes me go nuts cause the way ed almost mocks his past self as if him being vulnerable was the absolute worst thing on earth, the way he speaks as his old self in the demeaning whiny voice showing us how he thinks of himself as pathetic FUCKING HELL
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can you believe that all the things ed lists as worth living for were given to him by the man he loves and he still thinks that isn't a sign that stede indeed loved him and there was a reason he left and not because ed doesn't deserve to be loved
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imagine if we ever had a scene in s2 where ed and stede have an ugly fight and ed continuosly says that stede left him and he can't forgive him for what happened and stede's at his limit so he just suddenly screams back at him with "YOU LEFT ME FIRST! YOU CAME BACK AND SO DID I!"
ok y'all if no one else saying it I fucking will
if stede was a woman no one would call the mermaid scene cringe, a woman coming to a man's dream as a mermaid would've been seen as gorgeous and breathtaking but stede is a man therefore it looks "weird" huh
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the way archie reacts finally seeing THE man that made ed go this insane is the best thing on earth like look at her, she went through hell and back working under ed who was depressed and edgy and absolute monster for this lil cute gentle guy?? i'd react the same
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lucius did everything in his power to be there for stede during the first breakup and for ed during their second he was the one who spoonfed ed that stede really likes him licius was there to support all their doubts and fears LUCIUS IS THE ULTIMATE KID OF DIVORCE
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ARE YOU MEANING TO TELL ME THAT OUR BABY EDWARD TEACH WENT BACK TO KISS STEDE GOODBYE MEANING HE KISSED HIM TWICE AND STEDE STILL LEFT???? AM I A JOKE TO YOU PEOPLE WHAT THE FUCK
was rewatching this and it literally HITS me how much stede has grown, he's not driven by his impulses anymore he waits until everyone is safe on their ship before finally allowing himself the moment of grief, allowing himself to finally think of his feelings
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honestly one of the most underrated moments of the first episodes cause lucius deserves so much more than this he was ride or die for these two dumb fucks and he was supportive of them whenever needed and helped through their breakups and told ed stede likes him
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ok so in the first three episodes we got stede having sex dreams about ed, ed was on a cruel suicide mission, he thinks he's unlovable and that's why stede left him, and he got brought back to life by imaginary stede mermain AM I REMEMBERING THIS SHIT CORRECTLY
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can we talk about how visibly distressed stede was next to cheerful very-much-in-love ed and how scared he was at the idea of them actually being together? to love each other? and how in the last scene he IS distressed but not scared anymore? i'm losing my mind
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can we chat bout how ed could've chosen any phrase to describe why he doesn't wanna live like "nobody loves me" or "nobody needs me" but NO he chose waiting because he was waiting for stede that night he was waiting for hours on end hoping stede'll show up
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if i had a nickel every time rhys darby played a mythical creature that just needs to fuck it out with taika's character to make it all better i'd have two nickels which isn't a lot...
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a friend: hey have you heard there's a new pirate show coming out i heard taika waititi is playing blackbeard there it should be quite fun huh i think maybe you should check it out?? it's 2022 there's nothing else to do anyway
me, year and a half later:
we really let ourselves believe stede is just a silly guy who doesn't understand the complexity of edward teach when he managed to calm him down, almost screaming at him for wanting to kill everyone on that party ship, after only knowing ed for idk couple of weeks
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anybody else is laughing at the fact that since the first time archie and jim kissed was after cutting izzy's leg off that means they were just hooking up and having the time of their lives whilst ed was actively running their ship into the storm to off himself
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LOOK AT HIM. HOW THE FUCK DOES HE LOOK SO TERRIFYING WHILST GIVING OUT THE SOFTEST HEY???WHAT THE FUCK RESPECTFULLY TAIKA SIR I'M LOSING MY MIND
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feeling absolutely FUCKING normal that in the scene where ed goes off the rails referencing his past self as a whiny pathetic man he's wearing the necklaces he gave stede when they swapped their clothes and he felt smth exciting for the first time in ages FUCK
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so remember the way ed was upset when jack started describing ed's past actions in front of stede cause stede was always seeing ed as good no matter what now imagine how he'll feel when he wakes up and realizes stede knows EVERYTHING that happened when he was gone
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so remember when the trailer came out we all thought it's just him dreaming about stede yeah how are we feeling now knowing that in this scene he was peaceful cause he knew that the last time he'll ever see the light of day or be trapped within his tortured self?
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i'm WEEZING at the way he's polishing the door handles after having a major manic episode the night before he's truly one of us depressed girlies
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ed not wearing stede's cravat in the purgatory is one of my favorite tiny details cause if he chooses to live he has to choose it himself he has to believe he can be lovable and then if he does, then stede will be there, proving it to him every fucking day
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no but these 5 seconds mean so much to me cause it's so straightforward and explicit without actually being explicit, like we know what's going on, we know alex doesn't move until henry directs him, shows him, t r u s t s him and it's so perfect
the first deep conversation ed and stede had was ed sharing his existential thoughts and how he feels trapped in the life he created for himself, describing it as drowning, so the fact that in the purgatory his way out is the same is absolutely fucking diabolical
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do you ever think about the fact that while ed was suffering and thinking he's all alone stede was working shitty jobs trying to earn some money to get a ship, drawing maps and thinking of plans how to get to ed as soon as possible so he can tell ed he loves him
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in desperate need to talk about the fact that ed starts fighting for his life the moment stede lifts a cloth off his face cause he still doesn't hear stede's voice but he feels SOMETHING he feels he needs to fight to his last breath to get back to life for HIMSELF
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the way after two episodes of ed torturing his crew we finally see the way his mind full on tortures him: burning hell 24/7, him replaying shit he did wrong with stede and his mind forcing him to believe he's unlovable?? chef's kiss. poetic fucking cinema.
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so i've been rewatching this you know absolutely not important scene and the way ed speaks here with so much excitement about the names makes so much sense since we realized how playing pretend is his ultimate safe space and it makes me wanna SCREAM at what happens next, please
isn't it interesting that in his dreams about ed stede looks like a "real" pirate as if stede thinks him not being a real pirate in s1 is the reason why he left and why he "destroyed" ed and if he only had the guts to be like that it would've been different
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ed was so excited to play make-believe as it's his safe space and the one thing he should trust the most aka his mind is firing back at him, showing him that he can't be himself EVEN in his own head, he can't be free of his old self, can't escape.
fucking hell.
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something something them removing cloths off each others faces tenderly as fuck just mere moments before death giving both of them hope for a brighter future something something
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they way ed is so proud of his tiny fucking fish and he knows that the only person in the world who'll genuinely be proud of him too is the man he loves AND STEDE IS GENUINELY SO FUCKING PROUD OF HIM ED IS SAFE AGAIN OH MY GOD I'M SO SICK OF THEIR LOVE PLEASE
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i just find it so hauntingly beautiful that one of the most romantic moments they've shared was whilst standing under the moon together and now they are parted, not knowing if they ever find their way to each other, yet they are still staring at the same moon.
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we truly got one of the most famous and succesful people on earth care so fucking much for a tiny lil queer show it's now an enormous part of a whole COUNTRY'S tourism campaign like how the hell did this even happen
remember this scene in s1 where stede just made the greatest pirate in history follow his orders on a whim? I just want him to use the same tone when he starts care for ed after everything and ed just being a petty lil bitch
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as a fat girlie I too wanna be desired by a pirate queen so I can swing my legs back and forth whilst she's doing whatever she wants with me
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haven't seen anyone really talk about it so can we please discuss this absolute fucking brilliance of a scene where you can literally see the way ed's gaze softens?? right before he remembers how hurt he is?? taika for fuck's sake spare us please
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the whole purgatory sequence makes my brain explode with all the details, i mean did you think how ed being scared to eat smth warm and healing is basically him being scared to be vulnerable again so he better suffer than accept care and become soft again??
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so let me get this straight we started to watch a small pirate show full on believing it'll be queerbait to then have two absolutely breathtaking actors do water stunts to deliver us one of the most insanely beautiful scene for a canon queer couple did I get it right
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season 2 episode 3 was filmed and talks more about Taika Waititi’s performance on Instagram
imagine being bored with life out of your fucking mind then meet a person who brings light to your existence and makes you fall in love with living again to then being dumped by this person which makes you believe that in the end life wasn't worth living anyway??
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ED INITIATES A LITTLE GAME CAUSE HE KNOWS STEDE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT ALL HIS LITTLE PLAYTIMES HE MISSED IT SO MUCH MY GOD ED'S SMILE WHEN STEDE JOINS THE GAME ED IS FEELING SAFE AGAIN I'M HYPERVENTILATING Y'ALL
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so you mean to tell me we had ed trapped behind broken window of the revenge thinking he's alone and unlovable to now have him having a broken window behind him knowing he's loved he's free and he'll never be trapped again huh
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the way ed touches stede's palm the first time he sees him vs the way stede touches his palm when ed is convinced he'll never see stede again
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so when are we gonna chat about the fact that stede left because he thought he destroyed ed by making him soft as fuck and one of the reasons ed leaves stede because he maybe thinks he's responsible for turning stede into a *real* murderous pirate
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the fact that stede looked at the dead body of the man he loves BRIEFLY for the first time, not saying anything, not being visibly angry, came up with the plan to save others before thinking about what he has to face afterwards is a diabolical choice and I LOVE IT
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the moment he teasingly tried to shut the door on him and henry just smacked that thought right out of his brain alex knew he's there to look pretty and allow henry to do whatever he wants
if stede was a woman it would've been seen so differently. no one would've called it cheesy or over the top. it would've been extremely on theme with pirates and the sea. but ed, a middle aged man, imagines the MAN he loves as a mermaid and it's "cringe"
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ed truly made an agressive scene to then just go hide dramatically under a blanket pretending he's not there to deal with the real world go off relatable queen
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as a huge taika lover i see and feel that he is struggling to not bring any sort of comedic charisma to everything he does even the most serious roles are always with the tiniest hints of unseriousness and here??? he's bare. he's like he never been seen before.
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ok but rhys saying that fanfiction authors are here to keep the show going is actually one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard in my entire fandom life
his childhood was harsh and practically not existent because of his abusive father so there's something so pure and precious how in the moments of biggest devastation his trauma response kicks in to show him something terrifying but also ethereal and breathtaking
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face of a man realizing his side suicide mission did in fact manage to kill something, just not him as he once hoped but a tiny part of someone he dearly loves
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djenkins: so the show is canceled
the fandom: no the fuck it's not
djenkinks: the show is definitely canceled i swear on the revenge it's dead the deadliest of dead
the fandom: but are you 100% sure tho cause it doesn't sound like you're sure
you can see the way life's flashing before his eyes cause he knows where this shit's coming from, he was pushing ed to kill stede, he knows how responsible he is for everything that happened and if he just could've let go earlier, ed would've been alive and well.
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so we all agree this is the most genius way to show stede and ed what would've happened if they followed through with their plan and ran off to china without any deeper background on each other and building something more solid first right
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THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED THIS WAS IMPROVISED I FUCKING KNEW IT
me every time i'm coming with another heartbreaking detail i just noticed because the show is called OUR flag means death therefore we suffer together
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hey can we chat real quick about how ed takes a shaky breath in here when he thinks that's it? then swallows hard? he's thinks he's ready but he still loved life he still is SCARED to be gone, he WANTS to live, he just wants to shut his torturous mind down more.
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remember when archie was shocked as fuck that our stede bagged the one and only blackbeard just imagine what she must've thought when after months of witnessing the devil himself it took stede a couple of days to get ed teach into the cutest form known to mankind
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the decision to cut back to stede's map with the words "my heart beneath cloud(s) breaks as the storm" and a little painting of the rainy cloud whilst ed is actively trying to kill himself in a fucking storm was an insane fucking decision and i have chills each time i see this
stede's reaction to being congratulated on fucking ed teach is honestly absolutely hilarious like the way he goes from appalled and frustrated to "fuck yeah i banged that dude" *satisfied slurp slurp* "i fucked the coolest pirate of the seven seas yep that's me"
the most legendary scariest pirate aka blackbeard turning into a soft obeying kitten in front of his boyfriend altered my brain chemistry ngl
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really quick need to chat about the scene that actually broke me cause it shows how growing up with cruel captains and abusive dad affected ed's normalization of cruelty and how he finally starts to realize the fucked up reality of how it affects him and others
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