Someone somewhere mentioned a headcanon about Archie persistently referring to Stede and Ed as "the dads" and I want that person, wherever they are, to know that I love them.
First, it's funny because Madeleine Sami has known those dudes for years.
Second, my personal headcanon is that Archie has been hungering for a family since forever and she finds it, as the rest of the crew do, on the Revenge and plunges in headfirst.
Why was Dad so unhinged when she joined his crew? Ah, of course, Other Dad broke up with him, that explains it.
Why is Dad suddenly in a cat bell and potato sack apologizing to everyone? Other Dad came back, and Other Dad obviously has semi-magical powers and/or a spectacular dick.
Lets steal Other Dad's tub to make booze in; Dad will totally make it cool with him.
At a more serious level, it speaks to Archie's needs - she starts out thinking that life is cheap, and then falls in love with Jim for showing her that there's an alternative. She sees Stede making the toxic atmosphere suddenly better, just by being his strange, positive, loving self, and Blackbeard, whom she has only known as this angry, deeply depressed man, becoming Ed again.
It's a small plot line in the broader story, but it showcases both the character herself and what her story has been, how she's been steeped in the "culture of abuse" that is piracy, and the way in which Stede's ethos has a long-lasting, meaningful effect on everyone he touches.
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