Honestly, I feel like Lucius not being able to cope with his trauma and instead neurotically implanting Ed’s face into each and everyone of his drawings just describes us, the fandom, in a nutshell after these 5 episodes so far.
!MAJOR OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2 REUNION SPOILERS AHEAD!
Okay so I don‘t know who needs to hear this but guys. I’ve cracked the code:
So as we all know this is a photo from the offical Warner Bros Press Release that says that it was taken from the second episode, right?
Now I want you all to look at the outfit.
In this VERY SAME episode we will have: the Lucius reunion. Don’t believe me based on this speculative piece of evidence? Just wait. There’s more.
In the same episode, they try to get on board of the Revenge.
And after Black Pete says he doesn’t feel like shooting the arrow for the improv zip line they sent sent Buttons.
But who is that covering up Buttons with his head and standing next to Black Pete? That’s right: Lucius
BUT THAT’S STILL NOT EVERYTHING.
The beard, the haircut, the outfit… Stede is having another gay on gay therapy session with Lucius before they execute the plan to enter the Revenge.
And well guess what? Guess what also happens in the SECOND (!) episode of this season?
Once they get on board… Ed and Stede reunite.
So let me recap this: We were all so scared that they would take 5 episodes to even see each other again but guess what? 2 episodes. 2 episodes until the crew of the Revenge is properly reunited.
(Of course that still leaves the storm that will probably happen that very next day and seperate them once more to leave us with some unresolved tension, but still. PROGRESS. So much progress already in two (2) episodes)
(*Inserts graphic design is my passion meme*)
Sorry guys the hyperfixation is just STRONG
*Correction for clarification: Fang being gone wasn‘t a WISH it was a prediction, because I did in fact not know that the actor said he wouldn’t reprise the role when I made this, I just came up with that „theory“ due to his absence in the teaser
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For some reason I just can‘t stop imagining Ed defeatedly crawling into the auxiliary wardrobe to wallow in his sadness, alone, only to be met with a familiar voice saying „well, well, well“ and as he turns around Lucius is leaning against the door frame as wet as a poodle and sassily says „Look who went back into the closet“
This is for @jelly-of-many-ships because they gave me the courage to give fanfic writing another shot - this continues right from my headcanon above:
„Lucius?“ Edward froze.
“Yeah, well I’m not the ghost of Christmas Past, that’s for sure”
There was no mistaking it now, it really was him. Drenched from head to toe, covered in algae and with a look on his face that would have probably even made old Hornigold shudder, if the bastard was still around.
Izzy would have probably told Edward to “man up” if he’d see him now, to threaten Lucius or to release a ridiculous manic laugh to startle him, but Edward was alone, unwatched and further patronizing Lucius was not one of the many desires he had currently burried in the deepest parts of his soul.
Even more so, the auxiliary closet was his save haven, it was the place he visited after putting on a face for 18 hours, pretending to be the Blackbeard from some twisted fairytale that someone else falsely made up about him a long time ago.
And if these past few months had taught him anything, it was that he hadn‘t been that man in a long time - maybe he never was. He had tried so hard to be what everyone wanted him to be, to let go of Stede, to redirect his anger - but nothing worked. Stede had inherently turned his whole worldview around in the short time that he was in his life and there was no recovering from that. He taught him that there was nothing wrong with being kind, imaginative or pursueing the things you enjoy, even if they appear silly to others. But most of all he taught him how to love…until he threw him away.
Just like he threw Lucius away.
And there was only one thing he could possibly do now, one that Izzy most definitely would not have suggested or in any shape or form approved of.
But he did it anyways.
And so he ran towards Lucius, who let out a surprised shriek, and hugged him. He hugged him so tightly that for a moment the startled brunette thought he’d perhaps made his way through the secret tunnels of the wrong ship and the guy in front of him was not ‘his’ Blackbeard.
“Lucius, I’m so sorry. Everything- fuck, I don’t know, it’s all gone to shit. I’ve made so many mistakes, I shouldn’t have let it all out on you. I just… I just miss him so much.” The word-vomit left Edward all in one breath as he violently sobbed into the already wet jacket of the only true friend he felt like he had left at this point.
“Am I getting this right, you want emotional support from me after literally trying to drown me?!” Lucius laughed coldly.
But as he stared at the most fearsome pirate of the seven seas shaking in his arms like a leaf on a tree during a heavy storm, he sighed and at last added with an annoyed snarl “What happened between you two anyways?”
And so Edward told him. He told him about their kiss on the beach, about their plans to run away together and how, finally, he was made to sit and wait for the man who never came.
All the while Lucius just stared at him with what could only be described as the stare of an angered mother who waited for her children to explain which one of them broke the new window and more importantly so: why?
“So you went and searched for him then, I assume”
Ed blinked very slowly, still recovering from having to re-tell one of the most tragic moments of his life “Sorry, what, mate?”
Lucius pinched the bridge of his nose, clearly knowing that the man in front of his was not an evil monster but an idiot who was head-over-heals in love and never learned how to properly handle his own feelings - or those of anyone, really.
“I asked if you went and searched for him then? Because you must have surely considered the possibility that maybe he didn’t want to abbandon you, but that something about your ‘let’s break out of this guarded military school‘ plan went wrong and he got caught or worse injured instead of point blank deciding to dump you after you two just kissed, right!?“
Ed audibly swallowed and his jaw dropped only to immediately close again.
“Yeah well, no wonder you threw me overboard, you obviously have no interest in listening to any voice of reason whatsoever”
Lucius almost missed the helpless paddling in the ocean now. Was being dead really so much worse than being the therapist of this emotionally immature wreck of a man?
„…You think he got hurt?“ Ed said quietly after a moment of silence with the softness and pain of a child who was just told about the passing of their pet cat.
The damp man in front of him sighed once more and then strolled over to take a seat on the floor next to him and started to surprisingly gently adress him:
„Well, sweetheart I don‘t know, okay. All I know is that this ridiculous make up and these 9 guns aren‘t gonna make you feel any better. Stop wallowing in your self-pity! You miss the captain? Good, so do I! So go and search for him, give him a chance and hear him out. And if you still think he isn‘t worthy of being with you afterwards then move on, but…“ Lucius paused and vaguely gestured at Ed‘s whole being „this just isn‘t it, babe“
All the pirate captain could do in response was to nod absently minded and whisper, “you’re right” as another tear rolled down his face.
After just being confronted with the possibility that perhaps this whole time HE was in fact the one who accidentally dumped Stede and simply left him, to whatever problems he had to confront that night, he didn’t have much more to respond with. Yet somehow he still felt better. He needed to hear these words, god, he needed to hear them so badly, but no one besides Lucius was capable of telling Ed the non-sugarcoated truth.
Suddenly the sound of a small laugh tore him astray from the trail of dark thoughts slowly taking over his brain right now.
“Did you make that?”
Oh no.
“No I- I stole it. I just… repainted it”
“So that you look like the bride of Captain Bonnet?” Lucius was grinning from ear to ear now after he laid his eyes on the small wooden figurines which stood on a nearby crate.
“You know, I could still throw you back into the sea” Ed growled without any real heat, besides the one that was currently spreading towards his cheeks.
But all Lucius did was chuckle and pat Ed on the shoulder before earnestly saying
“We’ll find him, don’t worry”
Ed extended his hand as an offer of forgiveness but instead his opposite gave him an eyeroll before pulling him into a very brief awkward hug.
And for the first time since kissing the man of his dreams Ed could feel a sincere smile forming on his face, that didn’t just reach his lips but also his heart.
"Thank you, Lucius, for everything”
#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd headcanon#ofmd fanfic#lucius spriggs#Edward teach#gentlebeard#Blackbeard#ofmd season 2#ofmd season 2 speculation#please ignore the spelling and grammar mistakes#also yes I know A Christmas Carol wasn‘t yet released when this altercation takes place#but call it creative liberty#hope you enjoy it even though it came from my sleep deprived brain
For some reason I just can‘t stop imagining Ed defeatedly crawling into the auxiliary wardrobe to wallow in his sadness, alone, only to be met with a familiar voice saying „well, well, well“ and as he turns around Lucius is leaning against the door frame as wet as a poodle and sassily says „Look who went back into the closet“
Guys this is literally the most mentally ill and delusional theory I have ever had… but what if that person in the second last scene of the trailer on the left is Lucius? They literally have the exact same hair line
THIS IS THE REUNION SCENE!!!: THEORY
NO OKAY BUT GUYS LISTEN:
Wee John and Roach mostly just look shocked, afraid even
Black Pete is overjoyed, Stede looks heartbroken and if you zoom in on the picture you can see that Olu is happy-crying.
THEY ARE STANDING RIGHT OPPOSITE OF NO ONE ELSE BUT:
-LUCIUS WHO IS IN FACT ALIVE HENCE BLACK PETES OVERJOYED EXPRESSION
-EDWARD WHO STEDE RECOGNIZES IS ONCE AGAIN THE KRAKEN
-AND JIM WHICH LEADS TO OLUS HAPPY YET SAD REACTION
DAVID JENKINS I sEE yOu
My overtly dramatic but realistic prediction for the OFMD S2 pearl necklace:
After Stede and Ed make up, their freshly reestablished bond is (understandbly so) very fragile because Ed still carries a lot of the hurt from that night on the beach with him.
Stede, seeing how horribly he hurt the man that he loves, decides to come up with a plan and tells Ed that the crew and him will do some “lame robbery” to earn some money back and that Ed should just stay in the cabin because it wouldn’t excite him anyways and he should better use that time to rest and to get some energy back.
In reality Stede drags the crew into a fancy jewlery store and asks them for help to pick out something fancy because of Ed’s love for fine things.
The crew being absolutely done (because let’s be real “picking out apology jewlery for your captain’s boyfriend who left you out to die” really wasn’t part of the job description) just points at all kinds of stuff in hopes of going back to the ship as soon as possible.
However, Stede - being the extra person he is - feels like nothing is good enough for his beloved until he sees the pearl necklace and his eyes light up.
The crew looks very sceptical and asks their captain if he is sure that that is really something that Edward, Blackbeard, would like; but Stede is 100% convinced (“It’s perfect”).
So they steal the necklace (“I am sorry gentlemen, I wish I could pay you for your services but I’m doing this in the name of love!”) and head back to the ship.
When Stede arrives, Edward is already standing on deck and skeptically but curiously comes up to see what they gathered from the “lame robbery” - Izzy is right by his side and looks as pissed as ever.
While the crew already prepares to be thrown of the ship a second time, Stede hides the necklace behind his back and starts with a speech that probably goes something like:
“Ed, I know how much I’ve hurt you but I wanted you to know that I am so thankful to have been given a second chance by you and that I really don’t take any of this for granted.
And to honor that, I, with the help of the crew, picked out this fine piece of jewlery to remind you of the fact that you are worthy of beautiful things and how much I really meant it when I told you that I loved you”
Edward very slowly takes the pearl necklace out of Stede’s hands and looks at it with an unreadable expression - which in turn makes Izzy grin with pride:
“You are such a miserable creature, Bonnet. Did you really think that you could make someone like Blackbeard, the most cruel pirate to have ever lived, forgive you by gifting him a woman’s necklace?!”
“I love it”
“Exactly! He- WHAT?!”
Ed’s eyes are watery and still focused on the necklace as he quietly repeats himself:
“I love it”, he says, hesitates, but then walks up to Stede and kisses him on the cheek, “thank you” he adds and starts blushing.
(“Most cruel pirate to have ever lived” repeats Black Pete meanwhile under his breath with an obvious eyeroll, which earns him an elbow from Lucius)
Stede finally feels the tension leave his body and manages to shyly reply “no, thank you” with a smile that mirrors Ed’s.
Izzy only manages to hiss “I’m too old for this shit” as he turns on his heel and walks off.
But Ed honored the symbol of their renewed love and never went anywhere without the necklace again.
#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd season 2#ofmd headcanon#ofmd prediction#ofmd pearl necklace#ofmd fanfic#edward teach#blackbeard#gentlebeard#blackbonnet#stede bonnet#the gentleman pirate#izzy hands#lucius spriggs#black pete#i feel like this kinda escalated into a fanfiction#sorry for spelling mistakes#or grammar mistakes#english is my second language#normally I’m fluent but some days I just write like I have never heard a word of English in my life#probably because autocorrect is turned off and I’m tired#hope some of you enjoyed :)
This post might be for a very small niché of people but I just started listening to The Picture of Dorian Gray (I prefer audiobooks because my adhd makes it almost impossible for me to read books) and I couldn’t help but make up visuals in my mind and somehow my OFMD hyperfixation decided to enter the room and I couldn’t help but imagine Basil as Stede, Dorian Gray as Ed and Lord Henry as Lucius and honestly it worked so well it’s scary.
Please somebody make this an AU. I’d love that.
Granted I’m not that far into the story so this post might just age like milk but so far the headcanon works very great.
Love the chaotic sassy gay bestie energy between Lord Henry and Basil.
#ofmd#our flag means death#stede bonnet#lucius spriggs#edward teach#oscar wilde#the picture of dorian gray#lord henry wotton#basil hallward#dorian gray#this is a cursed crossover of tags#but hey I guess the demographic here is gay literature nerds?#so hey gay literature nerds!#yeah I know lord henry has a wife and lucius is gay#but lucius did say he had his mom convinced that he liked girls for years ;)#and honestly marriage for social status was so usual during that time#anyways#im feral#someone sedate me#im hyperfixating again#adhd