My turn today. So what if...
Stede and Izzy eventually start fucking, but despite Stede's repeated attempts at romance, Izzy ignores him and keeps it casual. He never stays the night, never kisses him in front of the crew, doesn't even let Stede hold his hand. And Stede doesn't know why (maybe he really doesn't like me like that?) until one day when a raid goes badly and Stede almost gets killed, a drunk Izzy spills the beans to Jim:
"Never get attached, it's not worth it, nobody lives long in this business. Especially good people, they always go first."
And Stede overhears it, of course. And the next day he starts working harder in his captain lessons with Izzy, asks Jim to teach him to use knives, asks Wee John to teach him everything about gunpowder and the rest of the crew helps him with guns, cannons and yes, even fist fights, and he gets so much better at fighting that eventually he is the one who saves Izzy's life in a raid.
And Izzy has to fight the urge to fuck him right then and there in front of the crew and the hostages, because that was the hotest thing he has seen in a long time.
(he resists until they are back on the Revenge, that's all, they leave the crew with the loot and block the door and don't get out until the next day)
(and Stede is sort of badass now, but he is still a gentleman and insist on being soft and romantic to Izzy and the man simply blushes and lets him)
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On today's episode of Stizzy flavors I enjoy I give you: severely sick/injured Izzy, delirious with fever, softly and brokenly calling out for Stede.
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the fact that edward keeps stede and izzy in these two diametrically opposed fields. stede in this romantically rose-colored visage where sure he can be emotionally vulnerable with him but not necessarily truthful, meanwhile with izzy he tells and knows izzy sees everything he does, what things truly are at the depths of it, but bars himself emotionally from him. and the thing is both izzy and stede are keenly aware of it, which I think has done leagues in quelling the animosity between them. they both love a very complicated man who doesn't allow himself to be completely himself around either one of them - he's lost them both, after all, when he tries to breech the middle.
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You asked; I delivered. Have some silly Steddyhands - feat. some amazing 'Draw The Squad' poses from Roxy's Refs on FB and croxovergoddess on tumblr! Wow, I'm so glad that these middle-aged men retired to run an inn together and everyone is alive and happy
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actually i am never ever going to get over this sheer Look shared between two men in love with the same (very complicated) man
they way they both know that the other innately understands what's it's like to fall in love with edward teach and know the dizzying freefall that is having a relationship with him
just. the understanding that passes between them. i could write a damn book about this one Look
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Some people want Izzy to get a crush on Stede. This is both valid and correct of them, but
What I want is for Izzy to simply have a grudging respect for Stede and accidentally seduce the fucker just be being himself
Mr Izzy "spent twenty years tearing away every wretched part of myself in offer to the man I bore a violently loyal love for and all I have to show for it is a lack of leg" Hands, effortlessly and accidentally getting Stede's attention just by... being him. Rude, funny, and extremely competent.
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that one princess mononoke scene but make it stizzy bitch4bitch
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