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forpiratereasons · 2 years

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“he doesn’t kiss, nobody likes him” consider that stede’s scary story says just as much about stede as ed’s kraken story says about him.

consider that stede was the odd boy out growing up. consider that his relationship with mary was perfunctory and very likely passionless - an expectation. it’s clear that they don’t have any kind of affection in their relationship.

he doesn’t kiss. nobody likes him.

maybe he’d done it once or twice. once on his wedding night, grimacing through a duty-bound and anxious consummation with someone who doesn’t want to be there either, because that’s how he always imagined it, that’s how it is in the stories - falling in love, spending the first night of the rest of your lives together.

this isn’t that story.

so there it is, really. stede grows up and he grows older and he learns that the only dreams he can have are the ones he can create for himself.

he builds a ship to captain because he knows no one would take him otherwise. he hires a crew with regular pay in case he can’t inspire loyalty. he brings his stories because he knows that’s all he’s ever going to know about love or romance.

he doesn’t kiss. nobody likes him.

when you believe something about yourself so deeply and for so long, it becomes part of you. it becomes true. you forget the possibilities of anything else. the scariest thing ed teach can think of is the kraken. the scariest thing stede can think of is a man who doesn’t kiss, who nobody likes.

is it any wonder then that stede is surprised when ed kisses him? that it’s a little awkward and a little clumsy, a little uncertain? that stede can lose himself in the moment, but that he begins to panic so shortly thereafter? he knows himself, after all. he’s a failure of a father and a husband and a pirate captain and he’s a murderer besides. a defiler of beautiful things.

he doesn’t kiss for a reason. nobody should like him.

it’s not a very big step then, is it, to go back to what he should be. things have changed, though, and he’s very aware of how he doesn’t fit, but he’s used to that. that’s how it should be. he only becomes a little bitchy about it when he catches mary with doug - the reminder of what he cannot have. he doesn’t kiss. nobody likes him.

but then mary tells him about love, and stede’s realization isn’t just that he’s in love with ed. he also realizes that ed is in love with him.

it feels easy. it’s just like breathing. they understand each other’s idiosyncrasies, finds them charming even. they expose each other to new things, and they laugh a lot. they pass the time so well together.

he hasn’t kissed. not really. but ed loves him. and that’s not the scary story it was that night sitting alone on the beach, watching ed run headlong into a future stede didn’t think he could ever have.

he knows that future is real, though. it’s possible. he’s going to fight for it.

#and then u know #they gotta fix that mess #BUT THAT'S THE THOUGHT #AND IT STANDS #ofmd #stede u baby #blackbonnet #gentlebeard

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gentl3manly · 1 month

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DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!

DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!

#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine #free gaza #gaza #free palestine #free palestine 🇵🇸#i stand with palestine 🇵🇸#from the river to the sea 🇵🇸#free gaza 🇵🇸

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i-am-aprl · 16 days

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Palestinian activists get their message across on Londons iconic Tower Bridge landmark- one of the cities most historic buildings. We need a ceasefire now.

#london #palestine #free palestine #israel #gaza #free gaza #فلسطين #jerusalem #i stand with palestine #israel is a terrorist state #israeli war crimes

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houseofpurplestars · 3 months

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If any of you ever feel like what you're doing for Palestine isn't helping anything, I'll tell you right now it's helping me. I know it is fortifying all of us who have been in this fight for years to see so many people willing to speak up. It has never been like this before.

The tide has already turned. The fact that #free palestine will have new posts everyday, that helps me. It helps my mental health knowing that Palestinians are less alone now than ever.

Yesterday I read some verses from the Quran talking about how "the blame" is not with those who wish to help but cannot, but with those who CAN help and do not.

Truly I do not care if all you do for Palestine is post in that #free palestine everyday, that is still more than many people with the means to do even more would do.

We see you. We see you standing in solidarity with us and with Palestinians. We love you. Thank you.

#free palestine #free gaza #i stand with palestine #solidarity

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dimonds456 · 1 month

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Don't forget about the Palestinians.

Don't forget about them now.

Don't forget about them tomorrow.

Don't forget about them in a week from now.

Don't forget about them in a month.

Don't forget them next year.

Don't forget them in 5 years.

When the history books start to update, don't let them put lies in there.

When documentaries come out, boycott the ones who call this a victory for Israel.

When books release talking about soldier's personal experiences with Palestine, remember the victims. Remember the truth.

Don't forget about what we've seen.

Don't forget about what we've heard.

Don't let them tell lies about Palestine.

Don't forget about the Palestinians when the world tries to make this go away.

#stand with palestine #stand with gaza #free gaza #free palestine #save palestine #ceasefire now #palestine #gaza #isreal #gaza genocide #palestinian genocide #dimond speaks

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beaft · 5 months

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can anyone tell me why i enter the grocery store a normal person and emerge as some sort of vile ravening monster

#was trying to leave the self-checkout and someone was standing in front of the exit gate looking at their phone and blocking the whole lane #the malignant influence of the grocery store transformed this from a minor inconvenience to a cardinal crime #i was ready to leap at them like a coyote and tear them to shreds #be shh now

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anymouslydone · 2 months

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#basic human rights #humanization #save palestine #save the children #save humanity #israel #palestine #islamic #islam #welcome to islam #stand with gaza #gaza genocide #free gaza #gaza strip #gaza #gazaunderattack

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aci25 · 2 months

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Oakland, California

#Oakland #California #free gaza #palestine genocide #i stand with palestine #free palestine #gazaunderattack #gaza genocide #gaza strip #gaza #israel #israel is committing genocide #israel palestine conflict #usa news #usa politics #joe biden #israel is a terrorist state #politics #aaron bushnell

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thecorvidforest · 5 months

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in light of a four day ceasefire in Gaza being agreed upon, i am once again asking you all not to lose sight of the big picture. Biden and the Israeli Government are trying to frame this as a major democratic victory and as a favor respectively. they have no intention of a total ceasefire. they have no intention of stopping their genocide. remember - a ceasefire is the very first step. it’s not even the bare minimum.

the absolute bare minimum in this situation is 1) a complete ceasefire and immediate humanitarian aid in Gaza, 2) complete halt of all military foreign aid to the Israeli government, 3) the Israeli government being prosecuted for its war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and 4) land back and reparations for the Palestinian people. free Palestine means free Palestine, not just temporarily stop carpet bombing Palestine.

a temporary ceasefire is something, but it’s not even close to the end goal. we cannot let up pressure when things seem to be looking up. keep protesting, boycotting, spreading awareness, contacting politicians, etcetera. keep your eyes on Gaza. free Palestine.

#free palestine #free palestine till its backwards #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #i/p #gaza #stand with palestine

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foogriffy · 8 months

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would you still love me if i was a worm?

#comic #art #original art #worm #sorry worm fans ive invaded your tag #fart #yeah my art tag is fart it stands for foog art #poetry

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ibr860 · 1 month

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Not guilty!

#gaza #gaza genocide #gazaunderattack #palestine #israel #gaza strip #free palestine #free gaza #stand with gaza #palestine genocide #now #watch

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youdontknowwhotfiamm · 1 month

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Help Hamza get his family out of gaza.

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i-am-aprl · 3 months

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UN said: Gaza needs 70 years to be livable, at least 70% of the infrastructure is destroyed.. Gaza, the most beautiful city that I have ever seen in some before and after pictures that shows a little part of the destruction.

#israelis are terrorists #gaza #فلسطين #free gaza #israel is evil #israeli war crimes #israel is a terrorist state #palestine #free palestine #israel #jerusalem #i stand with palestine #israel is committing genocide #Israelis are war criminals

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houseofpurplestars · 2 months

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Americans: "self-immolation is pointless, it's tragic, it doesnt matter, no one cares, its mental illness..."

The rest of the world:

[Image id: a billboard in Sanaa, Yemen in memory of Aaron Bushnell. /end id]

The text reads:

Top: "I will no longer be complicit in the genocide in Gaza. Free Palestine".

Bottom: "The martyr of rejection to the American Genocide / the American soldier Aaron Bushnell"

@Aldanmarki

#free palestine #free gaza #i stand with palestine #palestine #gaza #solidarity #resistance #aaron bushnell #lillyanarkitty #free yemen

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puphoods · 1 month

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the noble palawan peacock pheasant

#et cetera #bored of seeing this post in my notifs sorry i stand by it though. look at this bird

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starrswara · 2 months

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netizens are desensitising gruesome things that are taking place in Palestine.

even the internet’s reaction to graphic things such as - pictures of injured children, civilians stuck under rubble, dead bodies of families in their destroyed homes etc. is beyond underwhelming.

DO NOT NORMALISE GENOCIDE.

BREAK THE STIGMA.

#save palestine

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