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- richard ii, william shakespeare

can we just talk real quick about how when Ed was telling Izzy "Ooh, now there's an idea, I haven't done that (died) yet." he pulls out his fucking knife

which he then is holding out-of-shot as he says "Haven't died yet, have I? Maybe we should try that."

what’s a little murder-suicide between husband and wife?

izzy's face is so frozen in this whole scene and it's hilarious to me because like. i know that someone on twitter was making this comparison earlier, that ed/izzy are just like hook/smee

but izzy doesn't even look surprised. ed has absolutely casually brought up suicide before, and izzy has had to learn to Not React

and i'm just thinking of when they're super married in Hook (1991) and hook is gonna shoot himself in the head while ordering smee not to stop him, until smee stops him, and then hook blames smee for not intervening soon enough and smee kisses him and tells him it's gonna be alright:

if ed/izzy were even remotely as healthy as the hook/smee marriage they'd be FINE

This scene gets 10x sadder when you realize that's the reaction Ed was trying to get. He wanted Izzy to wrestle the knife from his hand and tell him it was gonna be alright. He wants to be comforted but doesn't realize that Izzy's broken in exactly the kind of way that prevents him from understanding this. So Izzy just sees an "erratic", "half-insane" man who he thinks says all this stuff to get on his last nerves; and Ed just keeps pushing Izzy's buttons, slowly chipping away at whatever's left of the two of them, desperately trying to be seen :(

protagonist bias is a funny thing bc if you look at what izzy and stede's first few interactions are like from izzy's perspective it's like:

he called him daddy and also cried

Edward Did A Ton Of Things Wrong And We Shouldn’t Pretend Otherwise. Not Even As A Joke.

I know it’s fun to joke about Edward Teach doing nothing wrong, but I think it’s been taken far too far. His wrongs are serious and major and deserve closer examination.

In conclusion, Edward did everything wrong where it matters. We shouldn’t gloss over his mistakes and moments of bad judgement. They’re a part of what makes him the person he is. It’s uncomfortable to think about, and I have a hard time coming to grips with it myself, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna just hide from reality and pretend the man has no major shortcomings.

He could be sleeping with Izzy and Frenchie, while Spanish Jackie watches and gives directions and tips and joins in if it so pleases her (and if they’re so lucky), right now. Instead, he’s off somewhere nursing the pain left by a man who says “hi all”. If that ain’t a wrong, then right don’t exist.

In light of recent developments…

… bringing this back to say that I dare to hope it isn’t too late for Ed to change his wicked ways by embracing Frenchie and/or Ouizzy.

All is not lost Edward Teach! You can still save yourself and change your wicked ways by doing some downright wicked things to, with, and around Frenchie. And in doing such wickedness, you will make @bromelads happy, which is the greatest righteousness you can aspire to.

Thank you for bringing the truth to the forefront <3 Let it not be said that we don't love Edward as he is or believe in second chances. The Ed apologia ends here u_u Edward Teach do better*

*Frenchie I hope that's clear ;)

Ok, maybe Izzy is a *little bit* demonic.

(I have one Izzy joke and unfortunately it REALLY scratches my brain, so you’ll be seeing creature Izzy every few weeks until I grow bored or GO 2 comes out, whichever comes first (my money is on GO))

…Spewer

[insert some smart remark]

transmasc blackbeard: izzy. i’ll take T in my room

✨Happy Oluwednesday dear gays ✨

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hey remember how mary tried to kill stede while he was asleep to sever their relationship permanently? and also remember how ed physically mutilated izzy while he was asleep, and then used that as a pointed reinforcement of their commitment to each other? Yeah.

remember how izzy/ed and mary/stede exist as mirrored pictures of stifling broken down relationships, one that is kept alive forcibly, dragged along half-conscious mutilated and mangled as it is, and one which is mercifully put down, left to rest now in peace.

tallahassee (2002) is an album by the mountain goats detailing the last resort efforts of the alpha couple to save their crumbling marriage even though both partners know how bad they are to each other. tired of themselves and one another they begin drinking themselves to death while their house rots and crumbles around them. fixating on the smallest moments of genuine love and happiness they delude themselves into thinking that there is anything worth salvaging left anymore. sick of dragging their marriage & themselves towards a slow painful death, the album culminates in the couple burning their house down, possibly also dying in the process,

he called him daddy and also cried

Izzy sending Jack to Stede’s ship like “here are the coordinates” and he just gives him this

jack, who can’t read for shit: thanks partner, on it

You telling me some cats steadied these hands?