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Just noticed in the BTS video, the chair is all stitched up from where it had been stabbed.

I've seen people talk about how Stede removing the knives is an act of love, especially with Gnossiene No 5 playing over it. So seeing the chair stitched up feels like they're healing broken hearts?

Argh! 💔❤️‍🩹❤️

(Also I'm usually just a tumblr lurker. This is my first post because I haven't seen anyone mention this yet and it has to be talked about!)

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd

queerly-autistic

God, the moment when Ed fights desperately to swim up to the surface before being dragged back, pulled down by a weight that he can't disentangle himself from, is one of the most simple but gut-punchingly powerful symbolic representations of mental illness that I've ever seen.

I appreciate it so much that Ed's suicidality is not just portrayed as 'oh he's given up and wants to die', but is shown as something that he's actively fighting inside his own head to try and stay alive. He's weighing up the pros and cons of living vs dying, he's arguing with himself - one part of him pushing to stay stay alive whilst the other part, the part that represents all his self-loathing, steps in to push him off the cliff - and then he's trying desperately to surface, but is unable to do so, because he cannot free himself from the rope that's tying him to the great weight dragging him further and further under.

Not to be dramatic, or anything, but this silly romcom about gay pirates may be one of my favourite portrayals of mental illness of all time.

amybbab

Absolutely. And he's been having this internal battle since season 1 too. The scene I relate to most, which gave me shivers the first time I watched, was when he's just enjoying Stede's trinkets then rants to Izzy about how life is "ALL SO FUCKING BORING" and goes on to "haven't tried that before, haven't died yet."

Stede was the one thing keeping him here, and when he thinks he's gone too, that's it.

#saveofmd

amybbab

Just noticed in the BTS video, the chair is all stitched up from where it had been stabbed.

I've seen people talk about how Stede removing the knives is an act of love, especially with Gnossiene No 5 playing over it. So seeing the chair stitched up feels like they're healing broken hearts?

Argh! 💔❤️‍🩹❤️

(Also I'm usually just a tumblr lurker. This is my first post because I haven't seen anyone mention this yet and it has to be talked about!)

amybbab

Oooh look at this instagram post from the set decorator. Confirmation the stitching is "Stede's dedicated handiwork". 😍

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd

figmentof

#their smiles at the end #ofmd s2 spoilers

totallyboatless

The main thing sitting in my gut that hurts from these episodes isn't that Ed and Stede "break up" (they're obviously going to be fine). It's that Ed and Stede don't get the soft, touchy, post-first-time honeymoon vibes. They do a bit with Ed bringing Stede breakfast in bed and going on a date, but there's distance between them, literal and metaphorical. There are episodes in early season one where they touch more than they touched in episode 7.

And when I first watched it last night I was worried it was just a pacing issue, but now I'm settling more into the thought that it's very purposeful staging to give us the sense something is off from the start. There's still so much space between them to cross. Finally sleeping together didn't fix it.

Because this isn't how this scene was supposed to happen. They were supposed to be able to take it slow and have a beautiful, tender first time. And then yet another person appears to make them feel, once again, that they can't be safe. They don't have time. It's now or never.

We're back to rushing and whims. How can you not, after you just saw the love of your life tortured? When you were tortured? (Also the killing someone thing but Stede is unhinged, I don't think that's what got to him lol). And to be clear I mean this for both of them, Ed also gave back into feelings of needing to rush. He regretted it, understandably, but he also fell into that trap.

I hope we get a scene at some point (probably not this season bc oooof 30 minutes left?? That's it??? There's too much to cover???) where they get to take their time with each other, to wake up slow with no literal or metaphorical space between them. To spend a morning holding hands and feeling like they have all the time in the world.

#spot on #didn't notice the space but yeah!#they will be happy eventually #ofmd s2 spoilers

I realised why the fish thing is so upsetting.

Stede basically told Ed he thinks their relationship is "whatever". Though I think he was oblivious.

I am not okay.

#ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd 2

Stede: Sets a man on fire.

Us: ...

Stede: Tells Ed his fish was "whatever"

Us: 😱😨😭😡🤬😭😭😭🤬🤬😡😭

#ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd #our flag means death #im not over it #worst part of ep 6 and 7 #take it back stede!

five-very-happy-years

Thinking about Ed saying:

“Another plaything like your fancy toy unicorn boat….

…and your wife.”

Ed, babygirl, I know you’re furious right now (rightfully so) but I also know exactly how you feel about those two concepts, you can’t fool me.

amybbab

Now I'm imagining him playing with the cake toppers on the toy boat, recreating the Titanic scene c300 years before it came out.

#he just wants to play #ofmd s2 spoilers

RIP Ed Teach, you would have loved Fleece Cat Hooded Blanket.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers

Good morning crew, it's a new week and what a great week it is to have eyes.

3 days till Thursday.

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #ofmds2 spoilers #gentlebeard #blackbonnet

bragginball-z

David Jenkins did not know what he was about to unleash upon the fandom when he put Ed in a cat collar and had Stede use his captain voice on him

#oh he knew #thank you daddy jenkins

girlbossblackbeard

which song is most likely to be used during the ed x stede sexy fun times scene

Kiss - Prince

Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Like A Virgin - Madonna

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears

True - Spandau Ballet

Take My Breath Away - Berlin

I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young

You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate

Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation

Other - In the replies/tags/comments

Voting ended onOct 22, 2023

#shake you down #Gregory Abbott #Guessing from Alex Shermans spotify playlist

boomthemoon

Everyone saying Ed and Stede are gonna have sex and all I can think about is how taking Ed's clothes off will be such an inconvenience, all that leather stuff won't come out easily

#i have this thought daily

When your toddler presents you with a cool stick they found on the floor and they're excited so you have to also look excited.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #gentlebeard #toddlers

lumiilys

I still stand by my opinion that I need a shot of Stede and Ed (cuddling) in bed together similar to the shot of Stede and Mary in bed just so that we can compare them both and get all emotional about it

#where stede still hogs the bed in his sleep #but instead of rolling away ed cuddles into him #ofmd