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I need Ed/Izzy and/or Izzy/Stede and/or Ed/Stede to sing I Cant Decide by Scissor Sisters to each other pleeease they're so stupid evil triad coded
I just think that it would be so neat and on brand for them to do a musical episode of Our Flag Means Death.
Absolutely nothing about why anybody is breaking into spontaneous song and dance is explained, it just happens and everybody reacts like it’s completely normal. Then, in the next episode when they’re not singing and dancing anymore, nobody acknowledges it. It’s just something that happened for an episode and never again.
Plus, getting a dramatic, comedic love duet between Stede and Ed would be iconic.
hey djenks what'd you mean about having edward's fear, rage, violence, guilt and self loathing being depicted as sea beasts (kraken and shark respectively) only for ed to say "man against beast. i'm the man and the beast was beneath the sea." and he triumphed. hey, david? i'm breaking down your door david
So, could someone please explain to me why do you think Stede will be happy in the inn with Edward? Like, genuinely, I just don't get it.
I love it when writers go "how much miscommunication can I put into them?"
i just love that ed asked for stede to stop
i love that stede was finally able to tell ed that their first kiss happened too fast and that he panicked. i love that when they kissed again, when ed leaned in for a quick peck but stede got passionate, ed was able to break the kiss and say "hey man, let's take this slow". i love that stede, of course, immediately stopped. i love that it didn't feel weird and they kept playing with each other's fingers and talking about their day
that was the most healthy, natural, realistic kiss i've seen. it wasn't romanticized for tv, it wasn't forced to be something it didn't have to be. it happened under a moon that wasn't full, on the deck of a messy ship, after ed complimented a piece of fine clothing that had lost most of its charm. it was as awkward as it was graceful
So we all agree, that the plot was fine, but the real star of season two was Ed's hair?
“i love you” — boring, corny, doesn't convey the fullness of feelings
⭐⭐☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10
“you wear fine things well” — brilliant, excellent, amazing, makes it clear to an experienced pirate that you want to be his husband and adopt a bunch of queer pirates with him, bc found family is the best thing that can happen
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1000000/10
Ed and the ineffable 60s gals
See the best and only accurate crowley playlist btw (can confirm i was their plants):
just realized i never posted these
Don't anger them they'll go bbrblblblbl at u--
a lil thing inspired by the s2 teaser flag, i need them to tenderly hold hands please
THEY KISSED TWICE
THEY KISSED TWICE
THEY KISSED TWICE
THEY KISSED TWICE
the moment Ed fell in love with Stede- S1E5 analysis
( for context: i wrote this draft back in january but didn’t had the courage to post it at that time :P today i finally decided to give it a shot because i still think it’s an interesting idea soooo yeah, hope it makes some sense hehe enjoy! :D )
sooo i was looking through some gifs that i have saved on my phone (as one does) and there’s a little detail that really caught my attention in the “you wear fine things well” scene from season 1. i believe that we can literally see the moment where Ed realizes he’s in love with Stede in that scene!! :DD so let’s take a look at it!!
i ask you guys to pay really close attention to the way lighting is being used in this particular moment because it’s absolutely genius and it’s able to convey so much about what the characters are feeling and thinking but not saying out laud! so here we go:
(gif by @/livelovecaliforniadreams)
DID YOU GUYS SEE IT???
THE SMALL, WARM FLASH OF LIGHT BRIEFLY SHINING ON ED’S FOREHEAD AND THEN DISAPPEARING?? 😭😭😭 THAT LITTLE LIGHT RIGHT THERE REPRESENTS HIS FEELINGS FOR STEDE FINALLY GETTING ENLIGHTENED-
please allow me to explain-
i remember reading a post here on tumblr a year ago (sorry, i can’t remember who’s post it was 😭😭) where the op explained that in film, when a half of a characters face is covered by a shadow while the other half is completely light it can indicate that something the character is feeling or thinking in that moment is being hidden or kept a secret. and we can perfectly apply this thought to this scene between Stede and Ed!
notice how half of Ed’s and Stede’s faces are covered by shadows while the other half is being veiled by moonlight? applying what we just learned to this scene we can easily identify that they’re both hiding something from each other, that being their romantic feelings! but then, something really interesting happens: Ed’s hidden feelings (the part of his face covered by the shadows) get briefly enlightened (they literally “come to light”) like a little light bulb, making him aware of them!
the fact that the light only appears when he’s about to lift his head up to look at Stede after glancing at the red silk folded in his pocket, as if something was suddenly awakened inside of him by the way Stede handled the silk (his heart)-
we can even see how his expression changes as soon as the light hits his face! while glancing at the silk he has this confused look that quickly melts into tenderness! there is so much love in the way Ed looks at Stede in this scene, it’s so strong and intense and beautiful and there is so much passion burning in his eyes that we can see he even has to take a second just to let everything sink in-
OOOHHH and don’t even get me started on Stede being completely enlightened by that same light ON THE SAME SIDE OF HIS FACE (THE SHADOW SIDE/HIS HIDDEN FEELINGS), EXCEPT ITS ACTUALLY HITTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY HITTING HIS FACE BECAUSE AT THAT POINT HE HAS NOT FULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HIS FEELINGS FOR ED YET- *explodes*
Okay …
Fair enough
OH COME ON.
