oh dear Zeus, there is a diety, and she’s looking after us all!

Are you still taking art requests? If so, Stede and Ed taking a nap?

Yeah babe! Love the suggestions!🌹🌹🌹

All these boys do is just nap and kiss! What a life!

It’s about being safe and warm and happy, after a long life of NOT having that!🤌❤️

well yeah, of course ed couldn't stay mad at him for very long; like, have you SEEN him???

(Rhys Darby - Relax I'm from the future, 2023)

Just call it, old chump. You’re in over your head. You crash the boat, you lose the hostages. It’s just- it’s all so...pathetic. Lily-livered little rich boy. And that’s all you’ll ever be, Stede Bonnet.

Hopelessly devoted to you 💖

(Wip - ID under cut)

(ID: work in progress detail of a digital painting of Rhys Darby as modern AU Stede Bonnet. It is a close up on his head floating in a thought bubble cloud, surrounded by little pink love hearts. He is smiling with pink cheeks and wearing tortoise shell glasses and a pink bowtie. End of ID.)

Stede is going to find out what Ed did to his crew and the ship, and he might *try* to be upset on principle, but ultimately, he is going to find out that he’s capable of drawing out that level of emotion and feeling in another person, and he’s gonna think it’s *romantic*.

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet

Additional Tags: Lighthouse Keeper Stede Bonnet, Actual Kraken Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Fluff, Ficlet, Podfic Welcome

Summary:

Stede has finally convinced Ed to have a sit down meal with him, or a version of it anyway, so maybe they're actually friends now? As long as Stede doesn't stick his foot in his mouth.

Words: 1162

I bet Mary used to brush Stede's hair for him... I want that <\\3

there's rightfully a lot of talk about Ed's little wiggle when he leans in to kiss Stede but let me draw attention to this right here:

LOOK AT HIM. heart eyes, like he's thinking "oh he's so dreamy I can't believe this is real and he's here and we're flirting" [because now Stede KNOWS that's what they're doing] and then he LOOKS DOWN to the side all shy like "I'd love to kiss him but surely it's too soon" and THAT's when Ed moves in 🥹

he's so in love and now he's allowed to actually have that happiness in his life 💗

Ed and Stede kind of missionary posish but Stede holding Ed's hands down over his head with their fingers all entwined and focus on Ed looking up at Stede all dreamy and horny

Thanks for the brainworm, anon.

I really love how the musical choices in s2e1 underscore how Ed's thoughts are on Stede and his love for him, even at moments where a different show wouldn't be leaning into that as hard. It would've been so, so, so easy for Ed's depressed spiral at the start of the season to feel aimless, like darkness for the sake of darkness, and they avoid that so cleanly, it's very impressive.

The first moment where it stands out to me is during the raid montage - Ed has just declared himself to be the devil, and he's impassively watching all the violence, not really participating or watching his back, just letting it happen. The musical choice for this scene is "Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Otis, and it's a lovely song - it's very dreamy and it's about lovers sending love letters to each other. The song, combined with Ed's blank expression, makes it feel that Ed is not present. His mind is on other things. It's like he's just going through the motions, while a song plays about hearing pretty music and envisioning romantic scenes with a lover. It's so clear Ed's heart is not in this raid, he's not even interested in doing above the bare minimum to pretend he's Being Blackbeard.

And then, near the end of the episode, Francis Bebey's "Pygmy Love Song"...holy shit this one wrecks me. Ed is looking out over the water, telling Frenchie all about his plan to sail and rob and raise hell forever and ever, without end, and he can't even turn around or Frenchie would see the tears in his eyes, and over it all there's a song telling us "my heart is full of love, I have nothing else." Ed is consumed by a love he thinks he's lost, that he never deserved to keep, and he feels so hopeless.

It was so often assumed that Ed would be beyond pissed at Stede when he returned (and he was mad, and that was justified!) but the score in these episodes contributes so well to showing us Ed's mindset and why he and Stede were able to fall back together so easily. Ed can hold up that little cake topper representing Stede, and he can say "fuck you, Stede Bonnet," and he can try to pretend that he's not so full of love for that man and he wants anything other than to just have Stede back and know that he's deserving of Stede's love, and we don't believe him for a second.

y’all. what if

what if we get a dream sequence where ed is longing for what could have happened, what should have happened. like, we see the same few beats of him on the dock, calling out for stede and looking increasingly concerned. but then the brush behind him rustles, and stede actually stumbles out into view.

and ed’s face breaks out into the most relieved, beautiful smile, and there’s this very dreamy sequence of them breathing each other’s names and running to each other. they of course hug each other tightly, maybe even kiss, before ed murmurs something like, “was worried for a second. thought i’d lost you.”

only for stede to go “oh, no. you’ll never ever lose me.”

...and then ed wakes up in the gutted darkness of the captain’s quarters. alone.

This post by @un-monstre had me by the balls

(ID in alt and under cut)

ID: 1. Stede in the foreground, eyes closed with a patient smile and his hands pressed primly together. He says, "I believe Ed has something to say to you all." Behind him is Ed, beard short and hair in a high pony, wearing a purple dressing down tied tight around his waist. He is sweating and baring his teeth in an uncomfortable smile, holding a silver platter with both hands. On the platter is something resembling a cake, dark brown with a gloopy mess of orange icing on top and collapsed on one side.

2. Close up on the top of the cake, where we see clumsy writing in white icing that says "sorry I marooned you" followed by a heart slipping down into the deflated edge. Dreamy bokeh lights pop into the background to try to help it look more impressive.

3. Reaction shot from Lucius as he leans forward to read the cake, clearly unimpressed. He raises an eyebrow and points out,"Soooo, the only one of us who can read is the one you pushed overboard. Do I get a cupcake or something?" /end ID

also need everyone to know that i AM sexualizing ed teach in a collar looking at stede with dreamy eyes saying you're my captain

I had to draw this 'stede as a pin up girl' idea on twitter

[ID: A single pin-up image of Stede Bonnet Standing on a ladder picking oranges from a fruit tree. The background is a dreamy blue sky with soft washes of pink, white and a slightly darker blue in the background. Stede is wearing his yellow robe with a flower pattern, terracotta pants that stop just below the knee and long socks that span the length of his legs, accentuating his calves, and ending at black heeled shoes with white ruffles. He is looking back at the viewer with a bright vibrant smile. His cheeks are rosy red and behind each ear he has placed daisies in his hair. His head and shoulders are bathed in a golden glow of sunlight. His right hand is reaching out to pick an orange out of the tree. He’s holding a wicker basket in his left hand out of which he is accidentally dropping his collected oranges. This is Stede as seen by Ed in a snapshot of a moment. He is bright and vibrant and in love]