#mary bonnet

[faejayy]

finally watched our flag means death. doodled this between seasons so it does not quite fit my current mood but nevertheless

[edwarbteach]

[lucy-moderatz]

The showing's at six. I won't be home for dinner.

[milkovichy]

hold on now

[our-flag-means-love]

ofmd as text posts | part 15

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[saltpepperbeard]

"Clearly, I've had too much to drink."

[fallenrocket]

Throughout much of 1x10, Stede is not at his best. We all know this. He's miserable and lonely, and consciously or not, he's taking it out on Mary for being happy. He doesn't want this (and neither does she,) but he chose it, and now they're both stuck with it. For a solid chunk of the episode, his behavior is obtuse at best, skewerable at worst.

When Mary shows Stede her painting studio, it's in some ways a parallel to the lighthouse painting in 1x04. "How many painters work here?" is a step up from, "And the children did that? Gosh, they're good!", but Mary responds in much the same way. "Er, these are all mine," and, "I painted that." Blunt, irritated, and sick of Stede not seeing her.

But the two painting scenes are different in an important way. In 1x04, Stede trips over himself to paper over his mistake, fumbling through an awkward, "Yes, abso-- ooh, you can tell!" It's a transparent attempt at face-saving, and he doesn't pull it off.

In 1x10, Stede doesn't rush to correct himself. He doesn't say anything. He just looks at Mary's work and smiles quietly to himself.

Stede doesn't make it up to Mary in that moment--he's not ready for that. He has more growing to do before he's able to make things right with his family. But even though he hasn't yet shown her, when he looks at her paintings, he finally sees her. And he likes what he sees. Although neither of them realize yet, he's just made a step in the right direction.

[buddivorce]

"i'm worried his life is better without me" because mary's was. she was better off and she was happy when he left the second time. why wouldn't ed be the same.