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i was going to just post screencaps of woodes’ hands to annoy you, but i’m too lazy to look for said caps so i guess i will ramble about the rings instead.
okay so to kick things off, this is more meta than a headcanon, i suppose, but i figure it bears writing down (a second time since i accidentally unplugged my router with my foot and lost this paragrapht the first time round). during season three, woodes wears only two rings, one on each hand, while in season four he wears four: three on his right hand and one on his left ring finger. this is significant not only because it is traditionally the finger on which a wedding band is worn, but also because he did not previous wear a ring on that finger, despite being married to sarah whetstone at the time. this suggests a notable difference in the type of relationship he and eleanor have than the one he and sarah had.
furthermore, there is a clear dileanation between woodes’ manor of dress in the two seasons. though he is in both instances shown wearing typically gentlemanly attire for the time, the bright colours and clean, off-white shirt and cravat of season three are replaced in season four with an overwhelmingly dun coloured wardrobe and a visible increase in arms. this is indicative of the switch in his position as governor from politician to military commander. additionally, these changes in costuming suggest a darker, more dire state of mind—one that is existing under siege, like nassua town itself—and a gradual shift from a “civilized” londoner to pirate; a shift which is foreshadowed in season three (“xxv”) by woodes himself when he comments on feeling his connection to london grow weaker by the day.
i was gonna say more, but then i realized this was already stunningly off topic, so back to the rings. specifically, the ring he wears on his left ring finger during season four, and my headcanon, which is this: eleanor gave him the ring and he insisted on wearing it as a wedding band.
want some more completely unsubstantiated opinions? the ring was part of the plunder from the first prize that eleanor had a hand in dealing with when she took over operations from mr scott. she kept it as a token in a small hidden cache of personal affects which went undiscovered during her imprisonment. she told woodes the history of the ring when she gave it to him.
tl;dr: his wedding band is pirate loot that his wife gave him and i will be emotionally compromised by this idea for the rest of my life, probably. see also: everything to do with woodes and eleanor because i am weak and know no chill about anything ever. the end you’re welcome.
