#nedizzy

[dizzy-izzy-in-a-tizzy]

Ned gets the urge to sail away in the night; to take one last choice from Izzy. But he fails to convince himself, drifting off before he can make the order.

Izzy is gone by first sunlight, as Ned knew he would be.

. . .

Art: @adhdedteach.bsky.social on Bluesky.

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music.

(i mean they would have had a great time had circumstances been better? or is it just me obsessing over the violin bow as torture device and having illusions that the scars look like strings?)

update: @/sketchy-scribs-n-doods brought up in the tags the idea of ned being the main villain of s2 and i think that would have been really cool! he's a bit like kraken-era blackbeard himself. i also remember someone said that ed throwing knives to the wall (and izzy) was probably him counting the number of raids; i would have loved to see ned and ed's history and i have a feeling that it's probably very silly but in a tragic way (?) ned is just such an interesting character and given his artistic talent i do wonder if his childhood had something in common with that of izzy, lucius or frenchie. if the crew of the revenge could make ned become better it would be so fun to see. even if he remains an antagonist in the end of the day ned is one foot on the same side with the crew of the revenge because they're pirates and have bigger enemies lurking out there. there could be interesting dynamics around this as well.

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i came up with the second version while making the first one. i wanted to try something with the angle; it didn't turn out exactly like i wanted, but i didn't not like it either so here's both.

i also rewatched ned walking the plank just to see his shoes and they're so so pretty?! i so want to make ned and stede discuss baroque/rococo fashion and decorative arts (maybe izzy too; i feel like he has very specific and well-reasoned opinions on these things) (but in a more friendly circumstance of course) (and stede would have lucius take twenty pages of notes).

[dizzy-izzy-in-a-tizzy]

Ned: Watch it. Lucius: or you'll what? carve me up? wait, already going to do that Ned: Go on. I'm listening. What else do you want me to do?

I've been working on this chapter for over a month, and it's time to release it into the wind.

Thank you so much for reading.

Ned: I heard a rumor about you. Izzy: Yeah? And what's that? Ned: I heard you could sing. Ned: I'll be honest. As a musician myself, I'm painfully curious.

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