[bleckbeard]

IC WRITING. HCS. STUDY. VISUALS. PINTEREST. MEMES.

GENERAL. blackbeard is a legend, a myth. his name is either spoken with wonder or with fear and the british navy has tried to bring him to justice for many years. the image he paints is that of a blood thirsty and ruthless pirate, when in truth edward teach has grown wary of his own fame and the pirate life at large. and besides, he doesn't even actually kill people (maiming is okay for him, however). life at sea trudges on as always, until one day, utterly bored, edward seeks out the gentleman pirate: a new player in the pirate scene and with peculiar ways of running a crew. edward gets more than he bargained for when him and stede bonnet get ever closer.

APPEARANCE. face and body lined with age and a life at sea, yet still undeniably handsome. especially when edward shaves off most of his infamous long beard, showing more of his face. tall and lean, with strong arms and back. plenty of ink covering his body, most notably along his arms. reference. he also wears jewelry: long earrings at his ears, hands decked with rings, as well as the occasional necklace. the clothing most often associated with blackbeard is dark, full of hot uncomfortable leather, but as edward starts to distance himself from that persona he is shown favouring lighter and colorful clothes, as well as longer robes and nice fabrics.

themes. while ofmd has a distinct comedic tone, some of the topics it touches on are everything but. my portrayal of edward includes: domestic abuse, violence, oppression (edward is of maori descent on his mother side), references to corporal punishments, drug use, suicidal ideation. he is also actively suicidal for the first part of season 2.

PERSONALITY. beneath the mask of blackbeard, edward can be charming, vulnerable, seeking the warmth of true affection he has so rarely felt throughout his life. having suffered at the hands of his father, the navy and his former captain, he responds to pain (or the threat of it) with anger and the instinct to respond in kind. hunger has a similar effect.

NOTABLE TRAITS. edward is disabled. a fact that carries through each verse i have for him. the pain in his knee is chronic and doesn't really go away, only fades to a dull ache that comes and goes on good days. on worst ones it's so bad that it actively affects his mood. it's also significantly better when he takes good care of it and wears his knee brace.

DOSSIER. VERSES

[bleckbeard]

i can feel it in the air tonight: impending o.fmd rewatch

[musecraft]

       DESPITE HIS INITIAL COMPLAINT, edward takes the needle into his skin well. he doesn’t tug his hand away, & scarcely even squirms while izzy carefully creates an initial line & quickly crosses it with a second. managing pain is a skill they share, & certainly a necessary one for the life they’ve chosen. izzy had known too well when he had deserted his ship under the cover of the night with a boy he hardly knew that the rest of his life would contain plenty of hurts & precious little comfort. but at least he would be with edward. all else he could endure; anything but their separation.

        ❝ mmm. there was a man on the crew who would do the swallows when the men had earned them. & pigs or cocks for those who were afraid of drowning. those were always the worst, they all cried like babes. ❞  he chuckles, pausing to recall grown officers of his majesty’s navy thrashing & sobbing as they’d had good luck charms inked into their feet. precious few of them could sit through the process as well as @bleckbeard was now, & izzy lets his thumb brush fondly back & forth over the back of his hand. ❝ & i watched him do it enough times… ❞ izzy doesn’t wait for ed to respond to the revelation that he’s never actually done this before & leans down again, his grip tightening so he can add yet another intersecting line.

& though there’s little in the way of physical exertion involved with this particular task, izzy is flushed & breathless as he completes his work. on his own cheek there is another star blazing in the exact same shape, he knows. he can feel his skin burning, still learning to accept the ink trapped beneath. now they share the same mark; a gift they gave to each other, one they will carry forever. & its with the utmost reverence that izzy dabs at the dark droplets of blood that well up at the edge of the star. ❝ alright. you’re finished. ❞ & yet, izzy finds himself reluctant to let go of edward’s hand, his fingers remaining where they sit curled around his wrist.

[bleckbeard]

edward is only half listening, but he gets the important bits and he lets out a breathy laugh of his own. the rest of his attention is all on izzy's hand, on the lines he is tracing on his skin; not just drawing, but pushing every drop of ink deep, where edward — or anyone else for that matter — could never hope to dig it up and scratch it away.

no, those dark lines are there to stay. for as long as he breathes and for some time after that, too. and with lives such as theirs, often too fast and too short, leaving such a permanent mark on each other is no small feat — it makes edward's head spin a little. he can't believe he gets to keep this, keep izzy, close and snug at his side; it's not often that men like him get to have something good. something nice, more rare and precious than any fat prize.

he doesn't thank god, there's no room for that in the mess inside his head. he doesn't know what dropped izzy hands in his path, what force he ought to hold responsible for such luck, but he's ready to call it a blessing.

the needle stops, leaving only a faint ache behind. izzy speaks, then, and edward needs a few seconds to connect the dots. '' mmh? oh, yeah.. '' he tries to sound casual, normal, but his voice is a little chocked. edward swallows, making no move to retreat the hand in izzy's hold, selfishly wanting to bask in the sense of belonging filling his chest like high tide. '' it's perfect. i love it. '' for all his fleeting attention and awful track record when it comes to staying still, edward really means it.

[wells-hannah]

ZENDAYA’S ACTING… GIVE HER ALL THE AWARDS

[bleckbeard]

made the mistake of thinking about edward for five seconds today, now im knee deep in o.fmd videos and re-reading threads.

[tvarchive]

edward teach + dangly earring