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Well………..
I do think the budget cuts and the truncated episode count really affected their ability to tell the story they planned but also there are writing choices that would have been made regardless that are just………..I don’t know man.
GO CAPTAIN FRENCHIE!!!!!
Well………..
#EDWARD BABYGIRL TEACH
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One thing I haven't seen a lot of talk about in the fandom so far is about the financials of this season.
It took us two whole months to get a confirmation of renewal from Max, and I talked at the time that I think there was probably a lot of heated negotiations going on at the time with contracts and that's why it took as long as it did.
I think we see a huge number of indications of the compromises that were made in order for S2 to be made. One obvious one that has been talked about is being making in in NZ instead of LA, to save $.
But there's also the eight episodes instead of ten. And then the cast aspect. One downside of moving overseas was having to fly out and house the cast, not just pay day wages.
We knew immediately about Guz Khan not coming back, losing Ivan as a character. At the time I was sad but I thought it had the air of a pretty harshly practical call. If you went through the main recurring cast and said okay which character will affect the fewest things, has the least character interactions of anyone? It would be Ivan. (With the only competition being The Swede IMO, but he's Stede's crew and therefore a little more central.)
And then this season started and we got first The Swede sidelined and taken out of major scenes. And then I noticed that different members of the crew were simply absent for long stretches, like Wee John isn't around for ep 5 at all. And then Buttons takes flight.
Lucius and Pete aren't at the party for most of it. Fang isn't in the torture scene. Roach and Fang aren't in the bar. Etc. SCHEDULING IS HAPPENING.
The new characters are almost entirely played by NZ local actors, which is great, but also...cheaper.
In other words there are big signs that they did everything possible to give us a giant cast of almost everyone we love from S1, and cool new characters, in the most economical way possible.
And I'm grateful for it. I'm grateful we got S2, and it looks great, and it's well written, I'm having a blast, and we get to spend more time with this awesome cast.
But I also kinda think it needs to be said that the cost-cutting shows. That it shouldn't have been only 8 episodes, the pacing is off. That we miss every time someone from the ensemble isn't on screen.
That despite what they've put on screen looking very good, there's far less costuming budget, there's less elaborate sets, and it's a little disappointing. And it's clear it's not a lack of will or talent or vision but blatantly lack of money.
Look, streaming networks want brilliant shows that people love (that will get them to subscribe) but they very don't want to pay anyone to make them. That's like, the whole moment we're having right now.
Max puts out promos about how great it is to not have unions messing shit up in NZ. Well I have friends who are union costumers in LA and guess what union costumers did amazing last season. This season, well, I guess Stede got three whole shirts, so that's cool.
So I dunno. It's just stuff I think about. I'm not trying to be negative about the show in any way. I'm extremely happy with this season; I love it more than well, possibly any show I've ever been in fandom for.
But I see you, Max. You're cheap. You weren't that cheap when you were called HBO.
Agreed on all of this.
The 8 episode thing is especially frustrating. The pacing of the first season was satisfying, each episode having a very defined place in the progression of Stede and Ed’s relationship while still giving us side characters and story, and the second season really needs the broader scope of that extra time. They clearly took more time than they could really afford for the first five episodes, and I love them for doing that, but eps 6 and 7 confirm my concerns that this was done at the expense of the broader story/side characters.
It’s not bad! There’s a very big difference between bad writing and writing that’s fighting for it’s fucking life against tightening purse strings. It’s very obvious that this is an issue of how much space they’ve been given vs the inherent scope of the show, and there are character developments and b plots and broad tonal shifts that didn’t quite land because of it.
I miss the costumes, I miss the characters, I miss the little bit of breathing room (which honestly you still don’t get enough of even in 10 episodes but here we are).
But also, it does really set the love that went into this show into stark relief. Like, they really said “what are we prioritizing here” and then made space for Wee John in drag.
My possibly problematic opinion is I want Ned Low to come back, I think he’s fascinating and I really like Bronson Pinchot :)
this was so fucking cute, I love olu's reaction lmao
Very cool that Jim gets a girlfriend and a boyfriend and their boyfriend gets a girlfriend as well.
shoutout to stede bonnet. man killed a deadly infamous pirate, had gay sex, set another dude on fire, got dumped and was beaten up by a pirate queen all in the space of like one day. no one is doing it like him
"This is a victory lap then? Might take you a while with your horsey leg" STEDE BONNET BITCH SUPREME OF ALL TIME I AM FUCKING GOOPED AND GAGGED AT HIS COMMITMENT TO BEING A CUNT TO IZZY EVEN WHEN HE'S DOWN BAD AND BROKEN HEARTED
LOVED to see Frenchie running scams again and recruiting the Revenge crew to help. Replica planks. Lucius signing fake Stede autographs for Black Pete to sell. Wee John doing Stede tattoos. Use your captain's new found infamy to grift everyone in sight. You're doing amazing babes.
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#Love triangle is out #Throuple is in
And another brother you love so much you want to lie down with him "thigh to thigh in the grave"
OFMD S2 Moonlight Scene + tumblr reactions
Watched two pieces of media back-to-back (OFMD and Burrow’s End) that committed Violence Against Buns so please look at my girl and PLEASE be nice to her.
