[ID: Izzy and Jackie sitting at the bar drinking tea from small blue cups. Izzy is hunched over and frowning sadly, one tear hanging from his eye. Jackie, spilling her tea with the sudden movement, rears up and throws her arm back to gesture towards Fang and Ivan standing chatting in the background looking thicc. She yells at Izzy, "You're tellin me you coulda been the mayo spread in that tasty bear sandwich but you're still pining for Blackbeard?? Hoe he don't want you!!" /end ID]

For the July #AsACrew Challenge Day 23: Tea

This post by @sunnibits jumped down my throat and made me draw this

(ID in alt)

I have love for you (romantic)

I loved you best I could (platonic)

You know we’re bad for each other when there’s comfort found in sad means and no love

< guy who’s had too many weird friendships that were like a special intimate connection between him and the other person that felt like something more than friendship or at least could’ve been more but due to Circumstances none of it became real so now they’re like ghosts in each others lives: i love ships that are like a special intimate connection between them that felt like something more than friendship or at least could’ve been more but due to Circumstances none of it became real so now they’re like ghosts in each others lives

we can't stop hurting each other, can we ?

Cute Victorian bathing suits for Izzy and Stede for when they go swimming with Ed. I think Ed just goes commando.

Has anyone had anything to say about izzy's little glove? I've seen the entire show analyzed back to front but i haven't seen anything about the glove. Is there ever a scene where he's not wearing it? Is it his sword hand so that's why he's always wearing it? Does it have anything to do with his name? What's under there???????

HES ALWAYS WEARING IT!!! and tbh I'm sure there is meta out there regarding the in text possibilities for it but we have so little info on it we can only speculate. Even in the almost-nakey scene in e10 his right hand was on his other side out of frame!!

In the most practical of explanations it could just be a glove for fencing

In the most fanfiction of explanations it could be covering gnarly scars

Could be he has a ratatouille situation under there

(Could be full of Vaseline to keep it soft for Blackbeard a la that guy from of mice and men lol)

Or maybe that's the hand he writes "Mr. Israel Teach" on over and over again! If he can write, I'm sure he does that somewhere.

Maybe the costuming director looked at the name "Izzy hands" and was like oh I have the funniest idea

WE JUST DONT KNOW - on a symbolic level tho...

as "Izzy" as he is, he's also just like. So fully buttoned and covered all the time (a fully tied actual tie! on a pirate!) - he is a fussy little man for one and I'm loving the recent metas showing how he and stede parallel in that regard. Costuming is SO DELIBERATE on this show I can't believe anything is coincidence. Ed and Stede dress down, unbutton their collars, and wear the red dressing gown as they become more vulnerable with each other. At the end of the season Ed trades in his fingerless gloves for full ones - closing himself back up. But Izzy is covered from neck to fingertip for 99% of the show - an indicator of a character who can show ZERO vulnerability. He is Blackbeards RIGHT HAND MAN (and is honored to be so) and this is how he shows it; never backing down from the role he plays, never showing fear or uncertainty, never SHOWING HIS HAND. Wearing full gloves is very in line with this type of character design.

So maybe the outlier we should be focusing on is actually his uncovered LEFT hand??? Why would that be his one vulnerable spot? In the western world, the left hand is one taken in marriage. if Blackbeard owns his right, who has his left? Is it the only part of him that's HIS, or is it someone else's? Or is he waiting, showing a peek of vulnerable skin adorned with an x (a signature, a treasure marker, a mirror of the one on his cheek) for the taking, for Blackbeard to claim it too?

✨when two quarrel, a third wins.✨

(reference obviously from amazing Twelfth Night photoshoot, unfortunately I still can't draw swords💀)

me, using “quarterdeck,” “aft,” or “mizzenmast” in my writing: haha you could say i’m a bit of a sailing expert

In case you were wondering why Ed hates nature, bugs and snakes, here’s my lil HC heavy pre-canon fic about it. Feat young Ed, Izzy and Calico Jack.

Domestication

(ID under cut!)

[ID: 4 panel OFMD comic on mottled light brown background. 1. Stede, wearing a purple waistcoat and breeches set with cravat, leans into the frame with a hand steady on Izzy’s chest to smack a kiss on his right cheek with a smile, saying, “thank you, Izzy!” Izzy looks embarrassed and outraged in response, not fast enough to dodge the unexpected smooch. 2. Zoom out, Izzy is cursing loudly and angrily, waving his fists around in a tantrum as Stede flounces away with an evil little grin, the smiling devil emoji in a speech bubble above him. Ed, wearing full leathers over his purple shirt, peeks out from the background with a question mark floating above his head. 3. Ed quickly pops up behind Izzy and grabs his shoulders with both hands, leaning in to kiss Izzy’s left cheek next to the x tattoo. Izzy cuts himself off in shock, angry expression frozen on his face. 4. Ed and Stede walk away together, smiling and holding hands, leaving Izzy standing alone, quieted and red-faced. /end ID]

I can't believe izzy pulled an eren yeager on ed with 'what am I to you'?

Someone had to shut Izzy up, I’m just glad I could witness… based off Pendulum by Fallbekind on AO3. #ofmdnsfw #ofmdfanart #waxplay #izzyhands #inktober2022 #kinktober2022 #blackhands #izzybeard https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVcucCrrVu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ooc: Wow. Wtf was I on last night? Oh right, edibles. 🤣

Anyway, going to see Thor Love and Thunder yall. If I owe a reply, it will be sometime later today. Love to everyone of my Ed's, Izzy's and Stede's. 💜

these guys need to relax