It’s doooooooooooone! My second piece of OFMD fan art🏴☠️
This one took me two weeks. I took some artistic license with their hair because hair is hard lol. And I could analyze it for flaws forever, but I’m mostly content with the finished product.🥰
I am SO grateful to everyone involved with the making of the show and to every single member of the crew I’ve interacted with so far…thank you so much for welcoming me with open arms and being the very best humans! This community and this show give me so much joy and comfort, and I’m so inspired by all of you every single day.🫶🏼
edward teach invented mood rings, and by this i mean he came up with a scheme and wore rings according to his mood every day and sometimes changed them several times a day, too. a special stone for flirty and quite possibly horny, a special colour for wouldn't say no to a hug, the kraken ring for i need a moment alone, something else for i'm angry with you but very open to discuss. lots and lots of these.
Okay, but so much of queer love in media (and to an extent, in a lot of real life) is about yearning. About wanting what you can't have. Waiting. Dancing around feelings. Not wanting to ruin what you have
And Ed and Stede aren't that. They rush into everything. They're ride or die for each other immediately. They risk their lives for each other. Kiss and then run away and then meltdown. They sleep together on a whim. They're very fast paced compared to a lot of queer stories
But then there is a character who is all ABOUT yearning. Who never kisses anyone despite us wanting him to so fucking badly. Who wants so desperately, but is always on the outskirts, looking in. The queer character we're all used to and who a lot of us relate to:
just something about "you don't get to say that to me".
Not "you're lying" or "I don't believe you" but "I know it's true but you don't get to say that to me" because "I know you love me sure as the sun but you've not yet earned the right to tell me" and "you don't get to say that to me" because "I know you love me as pure as grief but we're not getting over this that easy" and "you don't get to say that to me" because "I know you love me sure as you know that I love you but I don't know if I'm ready to hear it yet" my god this fucking show