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James Potter is the kind of guy who would stop on the sidewalk to pick a dandelion and make a wish. And Regulus stands patiently waiting and asks, “What did you wish for?”. James kisses him softly while the dandelion fluff swirls around them. And James smiles and replies, “You tell me.”
Peter witnessed this once. He commented on the fact that “you can’t people what you wish for!” Regulus corrected his grammar (not that it mattered)
wallpaper: gomens + ofmd + marauders !!
Bonus for bodyguard James
giggling and kicking my feet
hate it when pirated movies are low quality like wtf this isn't what i didn't pay for
lets go over this again shall we?
it is not appropriate to give constructive criticism of fanfiction unless explicitly asked by the author. lots of authors are not interested in improving their writing, they are doing this for the goofs. the laughs. the giggling-good-times. giving people constructive criticism on fanfiction is a bit like if someone gave you a home made birthday card and in front of a room full of people you began to critique it. that social awkwardness? that is what you should feel when you start criticizing fanfiction
"I don't like" is not constructive criticism. it is not critical thinking. if you use the sentence "i don't like" in an academic paper you will fail. what you like is not an objective fact. it is a feeling. which you are allowed to have but which means nothing about the object of your dislike. now, to refer to point one, even if criticism IS constructive, still not appropriate here, but the amount of people who are confusing not liking something with being critical is truly baffling.
i have said this before and i will say it again. just because you have the opportunity to do something, does not mean you are right for doing it. for example, people love to say that if you post things online then you are giving people the right to criticize it. to which i say: no. i am giving you the opportunity. the same way that when i walk out my door i give people on the street the opportunity to shout terrible things at me. that doesn't mean you aren't still an asshole for taking that opportunity. just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something.
assuming that fanfics should be open to criticism is treating them like published works and is treating fandom like a goods and services economy. we are not consumers consuming products, we are meant to be a community of people with similar interests sharing things. a timeless, but always relevant, metaphor for this, is that fandom is a potluck not a restaurant. you wouldn't go to a potluck and start talking about the food the way you might at a restaurant.
not 2 sound horribly naive or whatever, but maybe just be kind? like, it's not very hard. maybe just don't get on the internet and be an entitled superior asshat. idk man.
if there isn’t a fanfic that meets your standards, you should consider writing it yourself
i can’t stop thinking about ofmd
i can’t stop thinking about them
I love you. I love you. I know. I know that.
When I first heard:
“I love you. I love you.”
“I know. I know that.”
I immediately thought of Star Wars, and got so insanely worried that one of them would be frozen in carbonite or something.
I held my breath through most of the episode after that scene.
And then Izzy died :’(
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I love the murder/suicide scene (and I've watched it far too many times), but I'm realizing more and more how incredibly cruel it is.
Izzy is always looking at Ed and Ed knows this (I saw ya - Course ya did), but Ed only grants Izzy those little glances, not more. When they are directly interacting, Izzy's eyes are on Ed's every expression like a laser beam - and Ed is distractedly looking out to the sea, turning his back to Izzy or looking at other things/people.
And then, in the middle of Izzy's worst nightmare, Ed comes in and really looks Izzy in the eyes for an eternity, soft light, so close, over the barrel of a gun. Looking more beautiful than ever, not the Kraken anymore. This is Ed, finally there with Izzy, totally in the moment - he's even holding his hand for a bit.
After all this time, Izzy finally gets Ed's undivided attention - but only because he wants Izzy to do something for him. The worst thing he's ever asked of him. The ultimate act of cruelty.
No wonder Izzy tries to kill himself.
(the only other time Izzy gets Ed's full attention is when Izzy is dying - those two really are closest in death, aren't they)
It was so cruel. Idk why they chose to write Ed this way this season. As if we can ignore the ways he is cruel, and unfeeling with Izzy, just because he loves Stede. At least they could have shown some of Izzy's former abuse to make it make sense why Ed is so callous with him. Or not make Izzy so devastatingly sympathetic, and Ed just an asshole who can't say sorry. Instead Ed was not allowed to grow or acknowledge any of his wrong doing. For why?
Real people act in unexpected ways, and express a complicated mix of emotions that are often considered permanently “unfixable.”
Real people revert back to former ways of conducting themselves, despite knowing (at least a little bit) that their actions and behaviours are harmful.
Real people experience abuse and trauma, and then—often without fully grasping the gravity of the situation, or healing from their emotional wounds—turn around and inflict just as much (or sometimes even more) trauma on those around them. We see this happen with some abusive parents, who are themselves victims of childhood abuse.
Storytellers use the media to create entire worlds and complex characters that reflect humanity—in all its many shades of grey—in creative and more easily understandable (and sometimes digestible) ways.
Ed, like any OFMD character, is a reflection of real people and real actions, behaviours, and emotions (traits) that real people exhibit.
Ed made major mistakes, and I’m not ignoring the impact his actions had on Izzy and the rest of crew, but his character is also a reflection of humanity. Humanity is often ugly, but never completely incapable of progress/change.
Ed lovingly cradled Izzy in his arms as he died. Ed pleaded for him to stay with him. He couldn’t bear the idea of Izzy letting go of life.
Izzy’s dying words were “Just be Ed, love.”
Izzy and Ed loved each other even in their last moments together.
TL;DR
The OFMD writers intentionally painted Ed in an abusive, toxic light because they were reflecting on the very real pain humanity experiences and inflicts on the world.
So, we know that Ed hates being Blackbeard.
Even in the beginning of the season, he expresses his dislike of piracy, saying that his life is boring because he always wins without even having to try. He states that he doesn’t need to be there when the crew invade and loot a ship, because all his enemies need to see is Blackbeard’s flag to jump overboard and kill themselves before Blackbeard gets close enough to touch them.
Ed expresses his interest in Stede’s life outside of piracy, and tells Izzy that he is going to retire (and he will do so by pretending to be Stede, a non-pirate). We eventually learn that Ed killed his abusive father, but has not directly killed anyone since.
He suffers from trauma surrounding violence and abuse.
When Ed shaved his beard off after signing onto the Act of Grace, he told Stede that being Blackbeard was all in the past.
I’m fully aware that all the crew of the Revenge used some amount of black dye (face paint? makeup?) to create a more menacing look, but it’s interesting to me that Izzy coloured his beard black. Yes, Ed coloured his beard black, too. But it’s important to note that Izzy was the one who urged Ed to become Blackbeard again.
Essentially, Izzy was the one to first steer Ed towards re-becoming Blackbeard, and thus has a black beard to symbolize his role in shaping the pirate persona.
Furthermore, when Ed gets throws away his drugs and alcohol (shortly after shooting Izzy, the drive behind Blackbeard), he loses the black dye in his beard.
Ed doesn’t use black dye in his beard when he sails the Revenge into a storm because he is intending to die as Edward Teach.
me: UGH stupid ned low. it would have been so nice to see rhys & taika/ed & stede dance :( leslie jones: girl (gn) i got you
🏴☠️ We've heard whispers that execs are intending to look at streaming numbers tomorrow December 3rd (EST)
Snuggle under a blanket, watch with friends, grab some snacks!
December 3rd is our final push for streaming. Americans, you'll have the most influence here.
🏴☠️ Play, pause, rewatch your favorite scene 3 times, watch on multiple profiles. It all counts!
Did someone already do this
David Zaslav, Warner Bros. CEO, says scrapping films for tax write-offs took courage.
“What content is going to help us win? The content that wasn’t, we made a strategic decision on. It was difficult & painful... But it was necessary.”
Hmm sounds like a good time to send a lot of politely worded letters with red fabric in them!!!! 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
It starts with renewing Our Flag Means Death, but it goes far beyond a singular fandom. Telling the stories of LGBTQ+ people is vital because feeling being seen and heard as a community saves lives. The media is an incredibly powerful tool in amplifying the voices of marginalized groups, so I hope it will continue be used as such in a third season of Our Flag Means Death.
A successful renewal campaign is not possible without the empathy and support of many. Please, everyone send a letter, and ask others to send one, too!
I love them sm <3
The Our in the Our Flag Means Death title is distorted. The O is more difficult to see than the U and R, making the title read Ur [your] Flag Means Death.
In this episode, the title reads Ur [your] Flag Means Death because Ed is ending Blackbeard’s life.
Within the first few minutes of this episode, Ed is beginning to step away from his life as a pirate by tying his leathers to a cannonball (which is notable because Jim nearly killed him with a cannonball in S2, E2, so Ed is essentially trying to kill his pirate persona in the same way) and dropping them over the side of the Revenge and into the ocean.
Later on in the episode, while Stede and Ed are eating lunch together, Stede is recognized as the infamous pirate who killed Ned Low and is treated to a round of drinks at Spanish Jackie’s. While Stede recalls stories of his grand adventures, Ed tells Spanish Jackie that him being a regular guy might not be a phase. Shortly after, he has a conversation with Izzy, who encourages Ed to listen to the freeing feeling he associates with tossing his leathers.
After leaving Spanish Jackie’s to sit outside, Stede is threatened by a man. Without hesitation, Stede takes a lit cigar from one of his new fans and uses it to light his enemy on fire. He then brushes off this violent action by cracking jokes.
From this, it is clear that Stede is not planning to leave piracy behind anytime soon.
In contrast—after Stede excitedly shows Ed his new ear piercing and talks of his near-death experience—Ed voices that he feels what happened the night before was a mistake because he does not know who he is yet (except that he longer wishes to be Blackbeard). Ed leaves Stede behind to peruse the life of a fisherman, but not before Stede calls him a coward out of frustration and sadness.
I cannot describe the sadness and frustration I feel toward JKR for ruining a major part of my childhood with her bigotry
