someone on reddit pointed out that throughout the show ed and stede have their own distinct color palettes but when they finally kiss they’re wearing the same neutral colors and i
i feel like black pete would be into crypto/NFTs but then the moment lucius is like “babe, no, see those actually aren’t good for the environment—“ he be like “oh shit babe!!! i didn’t know!!!!” and immediately become vehemently anti
au where stede is on vacation and he sees ed surfing, stede has always wanted to learn and asks him if he teaches lessons, ed says “for you? sure.”
cue stede’s horrified face when he googles ed later that night and finds out he’s the captain of the
#1
surf team in the world.
convinced there's gonna be a moment where stede meets anne and mary and he's like "oh! my wife's name was mary :)" and they're internally like ???? WIFE???
y'all. i was thinking a lot about the bunny from the trailer, and....
i think ed might just be the velveteen rabbit in season two, just like stede was pinnochio in season one.
let me explain. long thread i know, but stick with me.🧵(1/17)
ed, nudging stede awake at 4 am: do you like me
stede: of course i do, i married you, darling
ed: yes but did you marry me as like, a friend or like—
stede: go back to sleep, dear
a minor but upsetting occurrence framed as a whodunnit. like, someone accidentally breaks stedes favorite vase and there’s an entire absolutely ridiculous, completely illogical investigation that spoofs csi…then it turns out stede kicked it over in his sleep or smth
au where ed and stede meet in a dnd group and their characters happen to fall in love in the game but both of them have very different ideas about what this means irl. ed thinks he’s being subtle, stede is oblivious, and everyone else is painfully aware of what is going on
modern au where stede gets cold feet and leaves mary (arranged marriage) at the altar. he ends up in a bar, still in his tux, trying to drink away his guilt for the night, and ed’s the bartender who shirks his job duties in favor of talking to him all night
#ofmds2spoilers
ed saying he’s like that impossible bird, that he was gonna keep sailing forever and ever and never touch land again, then choosing to reach out to stede, his lighthouse…
he chose to run his ship aground, y’all 😭
concept: s2 ed starts attacking wealthy passenger ships out of rage. one day while doing so he encounters a nobleman who looks too much like stede. ed tries to cut him down. he can’t, and instead lets him escape. izzy sees this and gives ed a look before killing the man himself.
au where ed isn’t much of a reader but one day he walks into the library and sees stede, the cutest librarian he’s ever seen in his goddamn life. cut to ed reading 2-3 books a week but only checking one out at a time so he keeps having an excuse to go back
you wanna know why i know the auxillery closet is still full?
we only see ed throw away things that are replaceable—stede’s books, his trinkets, his furtniture.
clothes are replaceable too.
what’s not replaceable, however, is scent of lavender on his robes. of stede.
“Ed, where the fuck were you yesterday? We had practice!”
“Calm down, Iz. I /was/ practicing.”
“Not with us, you weren’t.”
“Duh. I was having a lesson with Stede.”
“Who the fuck is Stede?”
Stede waves from behind Ed.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me, Edward.”
so we started with her responding to this wonderful picture powerpoint (guessing characters) made by
@nobledemonsxo
,,, please be warned, she was so, so, so incredibly wrong 😭
as an adult, seeing minors start stupid discourse on the tl makes me feel like an old southern farmer watching dust being kicked up in the distance b4 i settle back down in my rocker cause that’s not a dust storm, it’s just the williams boys at it again, damn those whippersnapers
#ofmds2spoilers
i think we moved past “open up for the cargo ship” too fast. i can’t string together the thoughts in a coherent way but something about parentifing hornigold +“daddy issues” + “it’s poison” + ed’s brain mocking him for never receiving/still needing gentleness
me thinking of jobs for modern!ed: rockstar. artist. researcher. chef. engineer. professor. mechanic. movie star. RN. internet personality. professional art thief. racecar driver. pilot. hacker. attorney.
me thinking of jobs for modern!stede: idk man his job is business i guess
kinda convinced that hornighost's costume (assuming he's a figment of ed's imagination) is inspired by a christmas carol. like, does this not scream nautical jacob marley to you?? if that's true too there's so many implications about his purpose story wise and i'm eating it up
au where stede is modern royalty who is finally being handed the crown at age 40-something and for his coronation invites his fav (and slightly burnt-out) rockstar ed teach to perform, turns out they had posters of each other on their walls as teenagers and it’s cute
ed, sliding $5 across the table: is this enough to ask your dad to see barbie
alma: why not just ask him yourself
ed: i can’t the the first to cave—
stede, entering in all pink: good morning my darlings! how does barbie sound for this afternoon’s outing?
ed: …nevermind
1. so no mojo dojo casa house (horses)?
2. he was sitting next to stede and they had a flower in front of them he was sitting next to stede and there was a flower he was si—
📸🏴☠️🖤 — crew! let’s take a moment to appreciate where our new fav pics come from.
aaron’s work on s1 was stunning, and the ones we’ve gotten so far from s2’s stills photographer, nicola dove, are just as incredible.
let’s give her some love :) links to her pages below !
i am so excited to see this scene play out because ed and frenchies reactions in these pics really don’t give the same exact vibe and it makes me wonder which is more like the final cut
#OFMDs2spoilers
- it's by no means perfect but here is my attempt at editing out the text from this shot because it's too pretty to wait for!!! i love him deeply
and now for her episode 1 thoughts:
- pretty solid so far!
- the british will be back
- oluwande is her fav and will eventually defend stede (so true bestie)
- lucius is more devious than anticipated
- pete will grow to like stede
- buttons is insane
- “is jim wanted??”
holy shit, i think that’s izzy giving the finger! considering that seems to be stede tied to the mast too…i agree with people that this was a party trap for ed specifically that got intercepted by torturers. (1/4)
@SkirtedGalleons
@SkirtedGalleons
Can I throw something into the mix? I threw a max screenshot into photoshop/camera raw, then killed the shadows/blew out the highlights as much as I could. Here's what came from 2 different techniques:
i’m won’t qt anyone directly, but with the increased promo happening it’s really important we foster a welcoming space for new and returning fans. it’s tough to break into a fandom and jumping on attempts to make friends and creating division is the last thing we should do. 🩷
the way we actually aren’t 100% certain what ed thinks happened to stede. all he knows for sure is that stede didn’t show up. is there any doubt it was for mary? regardless him counting the days means he probably hasn’t seen the obituary. i—