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bree. 29. she/her. mainly whatever i’m hyperfixated on at the moment.

[leincendiaire]

this is so random but all of you who think will is the dog and hannibal is the cat. have u seen the show. have you purposefully closed your eyes when will graham smacked away all the affection hannibal gave him for five years only to come back with a quiet little "please" demanding that he help. have you completely missed how dr hannibal the cannibal lecter follows will around loyally, literally three seconds away from sticking his tongue out and growing a tail just to wag it. do you see. do you see

[hideoussundemon]

PSA for any writers who need to hear this, having a character finally remove themselves from a toxic relationship that naerly drove them to suicide, letting them learn how to enjoy life again and love and be love outside of the narrow world they had been living in for so long, and then killing them anyway to further the emotional arc of the person they were in a toxic relationship in is not, in fact, narratively satisfying at all

[theunicornpirate]

My first post on here, with a Stizzy edit I made using Procreate :)

[foetp]

well. i rewrote that bit at the end there

izzy is dying in ed’s arms. a seagull circles overhead as the crew mourns him. buttons? the light is leaving izzy’s eyes and he stops breathing. the bird lands on him. a few moments pass. then, miraculously, izzy jolts awake. his bleeding slows and then stops. he’s gonna need some time to heal, but he’ll live.

zheng forms an alliance with the crew of the revenge, and they wind up being a little mini-fleet of 3 ships - one captained by zheng, one captained by stede (with izzy as first mate), and one captained by spanish jackie. the crew of the revenge stays together (except the swede who’s with jackie), but of course there’s plenty of time for them to mingle with the other ships.

ed starts his inn by the sea, neighboring mary and anne. he gets frequent visits from the zheng/stede/jackie alliance, and slowly his place becomes something like a new, more peaceful version of the republic of pirates. lucius and pete decide to quit pirating and start a family, and they get jobs working for ed at the inn. and, after many years of pirating and adventuring, stede settles down at the inn as well.

fin

[0shawotts]

it’s not just because they killed izzy. the way the writers pushed all other characters who mind you had very prominent roles in s1 and stripped them of their personalities and basically had them become comic relief was really disappointing. s1 was so beautiful. it really felt like every single one of us was represented in some way on screen for the first time. there was so much depth like i genuinely don’t know how they managed to undo all that work. we felt safe and loved and created such a beautiful community. i know some will think it’s dramatic but i honestly feel so betrayed.

[0shawotts]

unpopular opinion but stizzy would’ve been so fucking good

[izzy-hands]

#they're bbfs now your honor

[ulgapodatkowa]

I have so many thoughts but I at least want to address the "for the new unicorn" note. because first of all it's so incredibly gratifying for izzy to finally be accepted into a community. it was shown before that the crew cares for him in some way but it was the first time he really saw that. that he isn't useless and alone, that he still has a place on the ship. even more so the crew WANTS HIM to be on the ship. and also that they want him to embrace his disability which doesn't make them think any less of him.

but also the choice of words. because inherently it rings queer, unicorn as a symbol of queerness. and even if it may have a negative sound when you use it differently here it is extremely positive. izzy is not only accepted to the crew, he's also accepted to the queer community, to the family. the unicorn on the revenge was also the one that was leading the ship, so one can argue that they want him to take that role in their dynamic.

and you can see that he does so immediately. he puts himself together and starts helping the crew. he's still bitchy but no longer violent and cruel. he helps stede and lucius immensely because that is what he does now. he's part of the family. twat.

[prof-grace-aspen]

The season ended claiming Ed had gone through a "found family" story arc, except he didn't.

Izzy did. The Revenge was Izzy's family, even more than Stede's. Izzy became defined by his love for the crew, and by their love for him.

Ed? Ed hurt them, got half-murdered by them, was voted off the boat by them, and then offered a shitty non-apology. And I guess that's supposed to be good enough??

Meanwhile, Izzy was shown on screen advocating for the crew even when he knew that meant he'd lose another toe. He stood up for them and got shot for it. And the crew sees that, and respects it, and they bring Izzy into their family. And then, finally, Izzy says enough. He ends it with Ed. He drags himself back up on deck and shoots his former captain to protect the crew, his new family, and he lets the crew do what they do. He even watches, unlike when Ed turned away during the Stede-Izzy duel.

He continues to protect the crew. They gift him the leg, showing him that they will literally support him, both as a person and as their figurehead. He opens up, relaxes, and settles into his new home. He's able to express himself now that he feels safe for the first time in years! He has an entirely new identity, and the crew loves him.

And sure - he's still struggling a little, he's still drinking, but recovery isn't a one-and-done thing. He had so much life ahead of him, so many new experiences to have.

But sure. Ed is the one the crew "loves". Sure, Izzy "wanted to go".

Give me a fucking break.

[attractive-nuisance-esq]

If you’re a cishet person telling queer stories, the Supernatural ending and what it did to queer fans should be mandatory homework. You need to know how we watched the angel and the hunter die without ever finding peace in life. You need to know how fans were told to shut up, because the angel being allowed to be queer out loud for less than 30 seconds after 12 years on the show was a win for diversity, obviously. You need to know how within 72 hours of the finale airing, fans had donated over $60,000 - in small amounts - to organizations dedicated to uplifting the marginalized groups SPN gave the middle finger to with its conclusion. You need to know about the Castiel Project. You need to know about “They silenced you.”

You need to know these things so you stop doing this to us. We need the people who come out late in life, who survive abuse and depression, who are just starting to find themselves - we need them to live.

Whatever else happens, whatever other joy you think you’ve given us to make up for it… it’s not enough.

We need them to live.

[0shawotts]

obviously the season is still fresh and my feeling are very raw, but Izzy's death being used as a bandaid for Ed's New Unproblematic Fresh Start really pisses me off bc even if that was a choice that made sense, Edward doesn't fucking deserve it. I really did Not like him this season and that's probably due to the pacing making his arc rushed but still. He never learns about Chauncey and we never get a good apology from him. Like it feels so undeserved especially since Izzy tried So Much Harder than he did. Like I don't hate him, but dammit he and Izzy both did shitty things and, let's be real, Izzy did most of those things bc of a toxic environment Ed created.

YES LITERALLY!!!!!!! i agree 100%. i really wasn’t fond of ed this season at all, especially after what he did to his crew and izzy. and it just doesn’t make any sense to me why they would build up izzy’s character and give him this redemption/healing arc only to fucking kill him. he deserved so much better. he tried so SO hard this season surviving his trauma and learning to move on from his old life and make a new healthier version for himself without blackbeard. i’m so heartbroken for him and con. izzy was so important to so many of us and it was incredibly disgusting how they handled his death/burial scene. but as long as ed gets his happy ending right? who cares that half the fucking characters were an afterthought!! 🙄

[himbotheninth]

It would have made more sense if whenever Stede and Ed stayed on land, Izzy became the new captain of the Revenge. As a parallel to season 1, except this time he has the crew's trust and is ready to take on the position without Blackbeard. THAT is what they could have done with his character development instead of throwing it away for a cheap emotional scene. Like he could have still been gravely injured so he and Ed could have that heart to heart but actually killing him was just unnecessary

[plantsjustwannahavefun]

"Ackshually Izzy had to die because he was a symbolic embodiment of the old ways of piracy" Yeah ok, you know what else Izzy was a symbolic embodiment of? The Revenge ship. And you know how else he could have served a symbolic, metaphorical purpose in the finale? By surviving and living on while the Revenge got destroyed. Its indestructible spiritual unicorn.

[themistymountainscold]

izzy crying when he is given the leg is just so fucking meaningful

he saw the note, he saw the leg and he realised the crew actually care for him. enough to make him a new fucking leg. he realises he isn't alone anymore, he has people in his corner now.

like this cute ass mother fucking smile, like fuck you can see how much it meant to him. and he literally stops drinking, he stops isolating himself, he hangs out on deck showing off his new leg proudly because others had done something for him.

[raggedy-spaceman]

Spare a thought for Con O'Neill who, for months, went to comic cons and had to listen to people telling him how important Izzy is to them, how they see themselves in him and how, if something bad happened to Izzy, they would be absolutely devastated. Man deserves an award.

[samuelroukin]

CON O'NEILL as Izzy Hands in OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022— ) Episode 2.08

[0shawotts]

here’s what i don’t understand. izzy was put through some of the most traumatic fucking experiences a person can go through survived it all and was learning to love himself without edward and instead of setting him up to become the new captain of the revenge and create a safe place for his little found family they use him for what? a tear jerking ending to blackbeard’s story? izzy hands was worth more than that and he deserved better