You are full of wonders.

Fearless tour 10/02/10 Speak Now Tour 13/03/12 Red Tour 14/12/13 1989 Tour 11/12/15 Reputation Tour 26/10/18 Eras Tour 23&24/07/2023

[severedheadz]

the lovers

[princessdelacruz]

“I think that’s true about Langdon and Mel. I think that’s true about Patrick and Taylor.” (x)

[emilyjean-stone]

97/100 fav pictures of eras tour

[midnnights]

did you really beam me up?

[sleepnoises]

i think it's nice that people write books and it's possible to read them. often through the public library system

[maryoliveoil]

THINKING ABOUT HER

[columbusswift]

[1-800-horrorfilms]

i think "it takes a village" shouldn't be just "to raise a child". we should understand it takes a village to do literally everything we do. all day every day. without our communities we would not have drinking water or electricity or clean streets or food or shelter or anything. we cannot do any thing alone. we just can't. and with that comes the fact that you are not alone. you already have a community, seek to be an active part of it, you will feel better. reach out and thank them, they're happy to have you too. i promise. it takes a village to live.

[bbyteach]

What if this was on a tote. What would you do

[dooglax]

[merryfinches]

Covid kicking my butt this week, but at least I have blissed-out post-intercourse (with orgasms) Ed and Stede in my head 💕

[sherlockig]

[trustiskingandqueen]

ed teach in profile <3

[userarmand]

Taika followed me on Twitter in like 2018 or 2019 or something like that and he would message me sometimes which was the craziest thing because I so wasn’t interested in being a performer but he would just be like, ‘Hey, man, I love your videos’ […] I remember one of my friends joking with me at the time, she was like, ‘Oh, my God he’s so gonna put you in something one day’, and I was like ‘That’s not how that works’. - Nathan Foad

[xoxoemynn]

Right back 'atcha, Pirate Dad. 🥹

[missjanedoeblog]

sometimes nepotism gives us gems like Taika Waititi dressed as a pirate calling his children urchins and giving them knives

and my personal favourite, Ty Tennant flirting with Michael Sheen in front of his dad

this is the nepotism I want to see more of.

[celluloidbroomcloset]

No, but for real. Rhys Darby. Stede Bonnet is not an easy character to play. He's extreme. He's ridiculous. He's sweet. He's kind. He's full of barely suppressed rage. He's generous and loving. He's deeply bitchy. He's incredibly intelligent. His stupidity is mind-boggling. He's unhinged. He has remarkable self-control.

Rhys Darby gets at the depths of a character who could have been obnoxious and pretentious, the butt of the joke, a protagonist we didn't even want to root for. He gives us a Stede who will plausibly ask if the Spaniards about to attack them speak ecclesiastical Latin, and will build a secret other wardrobe in addition to his regular wardrobe, who will convince Blackbeard to go on a treasure hunt and seduce him with the overwhelming force of his sincerity and genuine kindness. He's incandescently gay and has no goddamn idea that he's gay even after Ed kisses him.

Stede Bonnet is hot. He fucks. He was also in a loveless marriage for years, and it takes his own wife explaining to him what love feels like to make him realize he's gay and in love with his best friend.

Rhys Darby plays him with this deep, abiding truth and empathy and care. Stede is never the joke; he's the hero. I cannot imagine another actor hitting all the beats right, getting every joke and mannerism and nuance of emotion, making us fucking cry as he begs Ed to come back, turning into a mermaid, and then an episode later swanning around in a bright red suit like he's baiting an invisible bull. Every shift feels real to the character; there's no discrepancy there, no point where it's as though Stede has become someone different.

I really and truly hope that Rhys gets how amazing his performance is and fully embraces the fact that he's a fantastic actor and that this role has made people's lives better. He's done something really remarkable.