#let izzy be pined after!!!
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honestly, due to recent events (season 2) I think the proper way to write steddyhands now is ed and stede pining after our iz-dog, eh?
bc I think, while izzy is still in love with ed, he is completely at peace with it. he's accepted that its stede that completes ed, not him. he's done pining.
and all the while, as time goes on, ed feels like he lost a limb (haha) and stede is still struggling with the pirate thing a bit (bc cmon, ed is gonna warn him abt things, but I doubt he'd train him, and even if he did train him, we remember how the last time ed trained bonnet) they realise, that Izzy balances them both out too
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I'm having a fascinating time rewatching Our Flag Means Death with the knowledge that Ed sees Izzy as a "safe" mentor/family figure ("safe" because Izzy is Ed's subordinate aboard the ship, which creates a more balanced power dynamic) upon whom Ed projects his many unresolved daddy issues. That stated interpretation from David Jenkins does work, even in season one!
Most of the fandom conceptualized season one Izzy as a power-hungry subordinate to Ed and a "co-parent" to the crew (paralleled with the Stede/Mary marriage) who has an understated masochist lust for the Blackbeard legend. All of that is true too, because Ed and Izzy's relationship is incredibly complex and fucked-up. I know from personal experience that this kind of layered toxic relationship is completely possible, though it might seem contradictory on the surface.
In season one, Ed considering Izzy as a mentor/family explains more why Ed let his first mate be so insulting to and controlling of him and still kept wanting Izzy to stay beside him. It adds more meaning to how Ed veers super hard into the violent Blackbeard role after feeling cornered and threatened by Izzy at the end of the season. (This also has further weight for those of us with family members who have disapproved quite loudly of our queer relationships.)
There is a strong parallel that I noticed previously between young Ed's reaction to his father abusing his mother and season one Ed's reaction to Izzy dueling Stede. Stede is linked to Ed's mother through the red silk and through the fact that Stede and Ed's mother--and Lucius--are the only people we see treating Ed with compassion/softness in season one. It thus makes sense for Izzy to be mirroring Ed's father.
Then there's another parallel in how Ed responded to Izzy mentioning Stede in a mocking way ("pining for his boyfriend") by choking Izzy, like how Ed had once responded to his father threatening his mother by strangling his father. In this moment, Izzy touched Ed's face with an intimate kind of familiarity and said, "There he is." Ed clearly found this unnerving, which some people read as sexually harassment, but it makes just as much sense for it to be his daddy issues getting triggered.
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I think part of why this dynamic was unclear in season one is because the writers wanted us to see that, even though Izzy is a mentor figure who taught Ed certain skills, Ed is a grown man who is fully competent on his own. He had likely started building the Blackbeard legend by the time Izzy met him, he has a clever mind that's constantly coming up with new plans, and when Izzy himself was left as captain, Izzy proved to not have the necessary charisma and compassion to lead the crew. Ed is the star power; Izzy is the manager, so to speak.
However, Izzy overestimates his importance and often talks about himself like he's a martyr to the Blackbeard legend, working so hard to keep both Ed and the crew in line. He claims that he's been "clean[ing] up [Ed's] messes... my whole life," which feels like a very parental complaint to me.
Ed fuels this martyr complex some in season two by physically harming Izzy, but notably, Ed doesn't threaten this kind of harm to the rest of the crew (though he isn't very careful with them either) until he's in the suicidal spiral of driving the ship into a storm. Before that, Ed threatens Izzy specifically, both because Izzy threatened him and Stede in season one and because Ed's trying, in his own fucked-up way, to prove to Izzy that he's following Izzy's guidance and "being Blackbeard." The toe-cutting also has some metaphorical weight: Izzy demanded that Ed "cut off" the gentler pieces of himself to be Blackbeard, so Ed starts cutting off literal pieces of Izzy in return. When it becomes clear that this isn't satisfying Izzy either, that's when Ed really goes off the deep end. ("I loved you the best I could," but I never could be enough to fit your expectations.)
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Meanwhile, we see Izzy starting to question things specifically in response to Ed saying that Izzy could be replaced as first mate. Izzy thought his place, as a mentor/family and self-professed "martyr", was more secure than that, and it challenges his whole identity.
Throughout season two, the mentor/family dynamic is further emphasized via the parallel between Izzy/Ed/Stede and Auntie/Zheng Yi Sao/Oluwande. Others have discussed this more, but there's so much meaning in the similar ways these characters carry themselves, in the tension of Auntie disapproving of Zheng Yi Sao's feelings for "soft" Oluwande, and in the way Oluwande finally teaches Auntie to soften herself some for Zheng Yi Sao.
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Additionally, in episode five of season two, we see Stede turning to Izzy for mentorship, proclaiming that Ed himself had recommended Izzy as someone who "made him into the captain he is today." People have questioned that as being a false manipulation from Stede, but I think there's a good chance that it was true! (Ed probably said this to Stede sometime during season one, when the two of them got to know each other so well.) "Taught him everything he knows" is definitely a flattering exaggeration, but hey.
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Throughout this and other episodes, we see Izzy continuing to take on a mentor-like role with Stede and the crew (and eventually Ed) as he tries to recenter himself after the darkness of the first three episodes. It's clear that Izzy is most comfortable playing the gruff and politically incorrect old fighter who offers guidance, but now he's letting himself branch out more and connect to the crew in new gentler ways. He even metaphorically "gives his blessing" to Ed and Stede's first time having sex by providing the musical accompaniment, which is the perfect amount of weird for this show, haha.
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Izzy's transformative arc in season two also involves a steady pattern of reversals, corrected new versions of his treatment of Ed in season one, as Izzy start coming to terms with the harm he did to Ed. Other people have discussed this in more detail, but I think the pace of this change is realistic to what you would see in such a situation. Ed's responses to this, too, are consistent with him seeing Izzy as a mentor/family.
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I should further note that Izzy and Benjamin Hornigold (another abusive father figure from Ed's past) are two characters mirrored by the fact that they call Ed "Eddie" in season two. I can imagine that being the nickname Ed used when he was younger, before growing out of it. Izzy seems to start feeling the echo of that memory of younger Ed when Ed comes to him scared, asking for Izzy to "fix [his] mess" by shooting Ed like Ed "dreamed" about.
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Right before Izzy's death, there's a scene where Ed is triggered super hard in his daddy issues by the fisherman "Pop-Pop." I think the writers wanted to remind us of the parental trauma Ed has been through before giving us some catharsis through Izzy's deathbed confession and apology. In that moment, Izzy takes full accountability for what he did, while Ed cries and says, "You're my only family." Izzy redirects him in a final bit of mentorly guidance, telling Ed that the crew is there to be his family if Ed will let himself be loved, truly, in the way Ed has often rejected and distanced himself from being loved.
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Now, I do think Izzy's death was the right choice for this show. I like that DJenkins went with the classic mentor death trope, and he did a similar thing with Buttons, the other old-timer first mate! I agree likewise with those who have discussed Izzy's loss as being a necessary step for the narrative to move forward both from Ed's darker self/parental trauma and from the older age of piracy that Izzy represents. Izzy was always meant to be a dark reflection of and a narrative support/conflict for Ed, and this is the natural culmination of that. His complicated legacy will continue to be something Ed has to reckon with, however, although Ed is trying to compartmentalize that right now.
I very much hope to see, in season three (🤞🏻), how Ed continues to process his past, especially now that he's trying for a domestic life that will likely lead into marriage. Marriage, from what I've seen, often acts as a staging ground for whatever parental trauma you had growing up, because you look to your parental figures as an example of how to do "adult" things. This is going to be a huge conflict for both Ed and Stede, who has his own personal negative marriage experience. I suspect Izzy will continue to represent this problem in some form or another.
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#our flag means death#ofmd spoilers#izzy hands#edward teach#stede bonnet#gentlebeard#benjamin hornigold#nathaniel buttons#zheng yi sao#auntie#oluwande boodhari#my stuff
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When we see Ed react with violence, it's almost always because of real or threatened violence against people he cares about.
When he killed his dad, we're shown his dad hitting his mother - that was, in the framing of the show, very much set up as Ed's final straw. When he punches Izzy in s1e9, it's while Stede is standing in front of a firing squad directly because of Izzy's actions. When Izzy is confronting him in s1e10, Ed lets it go so long, continuing to try to de-escalate even after Izzy has told Ed he should've let the English kill him and he'd be better off dead - it's Izzy mocking him by saying he's "pining for his boyfriend," mocking not just Ed but Stede, too, that finally gets him angry enough to retaliate. When Ed shoots Izzy in s2e1, it's because Izzy had the absolute gall to blame Ed's self-destructive spiral on "his feelings for Stede Bonnet." When Ed kills the English officers during s2e8, it's his very obviously thinking about Stede in danger that pushes him to go retreive the Blackbeard outfit and take it up as a symbol of protection, now, rather than violence.
Ed, generally speaking, is pretty slow to anger. Almost every time, we see him attempting to de-escalate a situation before he gets visibly angry. But the one thing that will get him angry consistently is hurting people he loves, or trying to use his love for them as a way to mock him.
And I'm thinking about how, when Ed's decided to commit suicide, when he's decided he's going to try to get the crew to kill him, the first thing he does is try to make Jim and Archie fight and goads them about how "all love dies!" Because, to him, that's a death-penalty level offence. That's what would get him to kill him.
It says so much about Ed, that the worst thing he can think of is making someone hurt someone they love.
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Izzy and Weaponized Therapy
I accidentally opened Twitter again, and at the top of the algorithm was a canyonite comment about how they were eagerly waiting for the OFMD cancellation announcement any day now. I instantly closed and decided to feed Tumblr's Izzy tag instead.
So....
While I'm waiting for the renewal announcement (that is 100% happening), the comments of this post triggered something in my brain with the points that it's very important that most of Izzy's abuse is done when he's alone with Ed. If Ed fights back (say, as in a pirate universe, by shooting his leg) where others can see it, it looks unprovoked and that Ed is being unreasonable.
One thing I don't think I've seen touched on much is this line:
Izzy: I'm worried about you. We all are. The atmosphere on this ship is completely poisoned, but if we could all just maybe talk it through.
Ed: As a crew?
It's a comment that snowballs through the season and demonstrates why Izzy's S2 "redemption" arc really falls flat for me. It sounds reasonable on the surface, but look at the context by looking at the progression of solo Ed & Izzy scenes.
1x10: Ed is starting to come out of his breakup depression, but Izzy does the big threat where Ed's "Wonderful. You know we share our thoughts on this ship." is met with "I should've let the English kill you. This, whatever it is that you've become is a fate worse than death. (...) No, this, this is Blackbeard! Not some namby-pamby in a silk gown pining for his boyfriend. (...) There he is. Blackbeard is my captain. I serve Blackbeard, not Edward. Edward better watch his fuckin' step." Full thing written because some people keep forgetting it.
1x10: The Toe Scene. The violence is an act already established as acceptable in this pirate universe, and Ed is throwing his protective persona back on and asserting his dominance over Izzy.
2x1: Shortly after the raid montage, Ed hides the Not Stede cake topper as Izzy enters the room. They dance around the crew not being happy, and Ed calls Izzy a lightweight.
2x1: This "talk it through" scene that includes the strange "I have love for you" statement.
They stand next to each other in two or three scenes in there (like watching the new Blackbeard flag rise), but that is the progression of their interactions, and they are all away from an audience.
I may be repeating some things from my Media Literacy post, but here it goes anyway: Ed and Izzy aren't real people. The writers are telling a story, and what they choose to put onscreen and the progression of it is important. On Ed's response, you have to look at what information he is privy to: he did not hear the shaky "Blackbeard is himself again" when Stede's library was being destroyed, and he did not witness Fang hugging Izzy and Frenchie holding his hand. This is it, and we don't get to invent extra scenes to make Izzy look better and make Ed unreasonable for not responding to "talk it through" with, yeah, man, let's sit down and have a chat.
In the interactions between Ed and Izzy, it's all about threats and self preservation. Izzy's threats to Ed mirrors Chauncey's threats to Stede: Ed and Stede had their worst fears about themselves thrown at them while under a death threat, and they both took dramatic (and ill advised) course corrections. In Ed's case, he came into the series with death ideation, and it flowed into his suicidal arc at the beginning of S2, an arc jump started by Izzy.
Ed has no reason to believe Izzy's "talk it through" is genuine. Izzy is the one to confirm that Ed is unlovable, that he has no purpose other than being Blackbeard, a ghost. They are approximately three months into this "poison," three months into a spiral that was triggered by Ed trying to "talk it through." "Talk it through" without any support of a previous good faith attempt at reversing this spiral in three months honestly comes off as mocking and genuinely as a weaponization of therapy speak (remember Jonah Hill?), using words that sound close to what someone who cares would say (say, someone like Stede) but are masking self serving reasons and a desire for control.
And Ed really had it confirmed that he was right to not trust Izzy there, didn't he? He moves the conversation to an audience, and Izzy shifts his argument from an attempt at a non-judgmental "We're worried about you" to a tone of "You're being completely unreasonable."
Izzy: The atmosphere on this ship is fucked. Everyone knows why.
Ed: Well, I don't. Enlighten me.
Izzy: Your feelings for Stede fuckin' Bonnet.
But in 1x10, we (and Izzy!) know that Ed had been moving on from his heartbreak from Stede and that Ed's issues now are stemming from how he felt before he met Stede.
Izzy retcons this event two episodes later, in 2x3:
Izzy: Alright, Bonnet, have it your way. He went mad. He tortured the crew. He took my fuckin' leg 'cause I dared to mention your fuckin' name. He was a wild dog, and we dealt with him like one.
Stede: You sent him to doggie heaven.
Izzy: No, I could never do that. We deserted him on a beach, left nature to do the rest. More than he would've done for us. You and me did this to him, and we cannot let this crew suffer any more for our mistakes.
(First, hearing "He went mad!" from a guy who called Ed "insane" all of S1 for just wanting to have a bit of amusement is rich...)
Again, the last part sounds like something a human who cares would say, but... as established, Ed's feelings for Stede weren't the main problem, and more importantly!: 1) Ed has free will and is not some passive damsel in an Izzy vs Stede war, 2) people are not responsible for an ex's bad reaction to a breakup, and 3) Izzy didn't know what had happened to Stede! Ed just knew that Stede didn't show up, so that's as much as Izzy knew. Izzy only knew that Stede had just reappeared on The Revenge at that moment with no explanation. Izzy had let the poison ferment for three months, and now that Stede is back, Izzy just eagerly foists half the blame on Stede. What? Why?
Now, the first part is why Izzy is firmly an Unreliable Narrator. We were shown explicitly why Ed shot Izzy, and it was not just for daring to say Stede's name. This is emphasized further when Izzy retcons the shooting again in 2x7 (and Stede just plays along?):
Izzy: Ya know what he did when I told him I loved him?
Stede/Izzy: He shot you/me.
Izzy is a mess. I know that there are some posts floating around that criticize the poor writing of this, but I take it more as confirmation that Izzy is just letting reality be whatever he feels like at that moment.
This is why we, the audience, should not trust Izzy's dramatic "He tortured the crew!" to judge Ed, and we should not trust a statement that sounds like a clear headed, therapeutic response without first looking at the motivation and context around it. Izzy says things that sound nice, but that doesn't mean he means is being truthful.
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not going to happen on the show but consider:
izzy hands is dead.
izzy hands is dead but not for long before sea-witch buttons pulls him (kicking and screaming) back to the gravy basket to wrestle with the choice to live or die.
izzy hands who was so, so tired in life and is finally able to rest. no more pain in his amputated limb, no more drinking to numb it, no more ringing-in-the-ears that never quite faded from a near-fatal gunshot to the forehead. he's resting now, but. but. life was maybe starting to look good there for that last bit.
izzy hands doesn't understand how he could go back after a burial at sea and buttons informs him that he has a grave, actually, with a marker made just for him by the hands of people who cared enough about him to make one. that the grave was ed's choice, ed who couldn't bear to consign him to the sea and not be able to visit him every now and again. a choice supported by lucius who quietly added that the sharks shouldn't have any more of him.
izzy hands making pros and cons and god there's a lot of cons he really was so fucking tired. but there's pros too, there's life at sea, and there's that little island he hasn't seen in years with the waterfall and the sunsets, and there's eddie continuing to smile like he's never smiled before, and there's strong coffee, and there's thunderstorms, and there's stede tripping over his own sword, and there's that crew of intolerably lovable idiots who still need some training up.
izzy hands who is an old-school career pirate and change is so hard, he doesn't know if he could do it for real, but life was starting to look so good for that last bit, wasn't it?
izzy hands saying fuck it, let's give it another go.
izzy hands waking up dirt-heavy and choking and what the fuck, buttons, give a man a warning would you? and crawling his way to the surface because it's only worth it if it takes some effort, and at least buttons (human, again, for now) is helping dig him out.
izzy hands laughing harder than he's maybe ever laughed in his life at the sound of stede's shriek when he turns up on the porch, muddy and exhausted and covered in dried blood from a wound that doesn't exist anymore or maybe never happened at all. the air is knocked straight out of his lungs with the force of ed's hug and though he's chosen in favor of breathing again, he doesn't mind the lack of air for this.
izzy hands finding his way back to the revenge. sailing for the joy of it, and being a part of a crew again, and realizing that frenchie's pirating strategy of scams and cons is so much more fun than traditional blood-soaked raids, and training jim in sword-fighting in exchange for them teaching him knife-throwing.
izzy hands making friends, real ones, for the first time in his life.
izzy hands falling in love maybe, resigned to pining and such a disaster that lucius notices before anyone else and promotes himself to wingman, genuinely helping but gleefully mocking the entire way.
izzy hands living and not regretting a single second of it.
#i am feeling some kind of way#(the one he falls in love with is frenchie because i say so)#our flag means death#ofmd#izzy hands#spoilers#long post
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So I want to talk about Ed's anger. A lot of people seem to catagorize the Kraken as angry. And a lot of meta has been written about how actually it's a defense mechanism not anger. But I am having a lot of feelings about how fucking scared he is.
Like I've made visual references. We see Ed angry four times that I can identify and one of these times he's also feeling other things.
Like he's a screamer. I've said it ever since the beginning, he's an intense guy and he feels his emotions pretty intensely. He's a screamer, is what I'm saying. He doesn't hold back his emotional response.
But all of the Kraken scenes whatever emotions he's having in that top video are certainly not the same emotions he's having in the Kraken scenes.
(I hate the fact that it won't let me upload more than one video I had videos)
But the scene I want to zero in specifically on is this one.
I'll just describe the scene for you. Izzy says his little "this is Blackbeard, not some namby pamby in a silk gown pining for his boyfriend," line and then Ed slams him against the wall and says in a very low, quiet tone "Choose your next word's wisely dog" and his face looks like this
And then Izzy brushes his hand against Ed's face and makes it incredibly weird.
To me that doesn't seem like anger. That's not how Ed expresses his anger under normal circumstances. Under normal circumstances he gets loud, maybe he breaks something. I think this particular choking thing is a performance. Because to me this voice sounds closest to the voice Ed is using at Story Time when he's specifically trying to be menacing to the crew. (specifically while he's telling the story of how his dad dies and then again when he says "She just might answer") It doesn't sound exactly like that because he's directing it at someone in an aggressive manner, but that's what it sounds the most like to me.
Basically he's preforming Blackbeard for Izzy right now, not having an angry outburst. I would like to posit that this is because the emotion he's experiencing right now is fear, not anger. This is akin to a fawn threat response (i.e. immediately trying to please or pacify the threat in order to avoid conflict.) It just looks different because pleasing and pacifying Izzy looks different than pleasing and pacifying other people.
And Izzy gives him some....
Positive(?) feedback. Feedback that means it's working.
Then then next time he does anything violent it's after he's had time to think. He throws Lucius overboard. He's not angry in this scene either
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He fucking smiles at Lucius, does a full on Kubric stare, and acts pretty numb about it after he does it. He's laying it on thick with the "I'm Evil" bit in that scene. And then during the toe scene, that fucking voice shows up again whatever he says right after he says "open up" is in that Blackbeard TM voice.
Ed hasn't once in the show before this bothered to hide or temper his emotions, he's an incredibly expressive man (or a highly emotional person as David Jenkins has described him), but in every scene in between when he lets go of the fabric and when he's alone in his room crying motherfucker is going for the Oscar, he's got a full mask over his emotions. Izzy showed him in the scene where he touched his face that this would work in terms of satisfying him that blackbeard's back so he performs and performs and performs. Why? Because he's afraid, not angry. Blackbeard is and always has been a suit of armor for him.
And this is supported by him saying "I am the Kraken." The emotion we're coaxed to associate the Kraken with is fear. Ed introduces us to the concept of the Kraken by telling a story about the scariest thing he's ever seen. Then the first time we see Ed truly afraid and he has a PTSD flashback to killing his father, it's followed up by him crawling into a bathtub and confessing that he's the Kraken. When the Kraken originated we see Ed's face morph from a face of terror to a face of determination, he kills his dad, and then Ed's own capacity for violence becomes his worst fear, and the reason he doesn't kill people directly.
Anyway. He's not mad (in either sense of the word), he's terrified.
#blackbeard ofmd#blackbeard#edward teach ofmd#edward teach#ofmd#ofmd meta#Listen you guys I know this meta has been made before but I've been seeing a few too many “Kraken Angory” takes recently#Youtube
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izzy/reader where izzy serenades reader? :3
Summary: You’ve been pining over Izzy Hands since he joined The Revenge, you never thought you’d be so lucky to have them reciprocated. You also could never have guessed how the man would declare those feelings.
Relationships: Izzy x gn!reader
Word count: 1.3k
Warnings: None that I can think of
You thought you knew everything there was to know about Israel Hands. Had been filing away every scrap of information you could garner since he’d first stepped onto The Revenge. The way he likes black tea, but prefers a milky chamomile when he’s struggling to get to sleep. How his demeanor can come across as harsh but how deep down he deeply cares for the crew of The Revenge, and how sweet he can actually be once he actually lets you in. But you’d soon learn there was at least one thing you did not know about him.
All these pieces of information that you had collected, and more are what led to you falling in love with Izzy. Alongside each conversation the two of you had ever shared that are tucked safely next to your heart.
It had taken a few months to get to where you considered Izzy a friend, and you hoped he felt the same, although it’s hard to tell with him. You know you’re not so lucky for your feelings of love to be reciprocated, but you’d take what you could get. You were totally unaware of what the man was planning.
Izzy had known there was something different about you since he’d joined this ship, okay you were still soft like the others. and in no way a great pirate, but you were actually willing. You’d never tease him like the others did, even going as far to elbow your friends if you thought they were taking it too far. He found he didn’t even mind when you were bad at something, that he actually wanted to help you learn.
Every lesson teaching you how to tie knots or wield a sword had awoken something in him, if he dared to give that thing a name he would call it love. You’d seek him out when he’s on night watch, making sure he’d had something to eat, listen intently as he told you about the stars. No one had truly listened to him before, like you actually cared.
Once he’d even found himself telling you about a nightmare he’d had, immediately regretting it, pirates can’t show weakness. But you hadn’t mocked him, simply rubbed soothing circles into his back and politely ignored the tears that ran down his cheek.
Every time he was near you he felt this fuzzy feeling in his chest, if he didn’t share his feelings soon he’s pretty sure he’d explode. But what if you didn’t like him in the same way, how could you, you’re so pure and he’s just a pirate past his prime. He couldn’t ignore the way you looked at him though, maybe you did have feelings for him after all.
It’s these feelings that led to the most vulnerable decision of his life. He was going to serenade you, why he’d decided this was a good idea he’s not entirely sure. Ideally he would’ve liked to keep it a total secret from the rest of the crew, but he can’t play an instrument and you deserved the whole experience.
“Whatever it is I didn’t do it” Frenchie exclaimed as Izzy dragged him into to an unoccupied room.
“What? You’re not in trouble. You play the lute don’t you?”
“Uhh, yes?”
“Meet me in my room tomorrow night once everyone’s going to sleep. Got it?” Frenchie just nodded, completely confused by what was happening but too scared to question it. “Great, you’re dismissed” shoving him back out of the room.
Something was different with Izzy, anytime you’d approach him for a conversation he’d seem distant, shaking you off if you asked if he was okay. You’re pretty sure you’d even once caught him humming to himself but that seemed way too out of character. You didn’t know what do, losing that friendship with Izzy would destroy you, but how could you fix it when you didn’t know what was wrong.
You were ruminating in an empty room, when there was a knock at the door. This was soon followed by Frenchie popping his head around the door. “There you are, been looking for you” You thought he just meant he’d noticed you weren’t sleeping up on deck. “Meet me at the front of the ship in 5, by the unicorn” Now you were very confused but before you could question him he’d vanished.
You do as he asks, intrigued by what this could be. You were not prepared for what you found as you crawled through the secret passageway. Izzy is standing there looking rather nervous as his eyes flick to yours before back to the floor. Frenchie is there also, standing in the corner holding a lute. The only light from a few oil lamps dotted around and the gentle glow of the moon.
“What is going-“
But before you can finish, Izzy is gesturing to Frenchie who immediately starts playing.
“Hold me close and hold me fast”
You can’t quite believe the sight in front of you, Izzy is singing? But not just that but he’s singing beautifully, you had no idea.
“The magic spell you cast”
He finds the courage to meet your eyes once more, this time keeping the eye contact, it felt incredibly intimate.
“This is la vie en rose”
Are you really being serenaded by infamous first mate Israel Hands or is this some sort of fever dream, you desperately hope it is the former.
“When you kiss me heaven sighs”
He takes your hand in his, pressing a chaste kiss to the knuckles, you can feel the heat rising to your cheeks.
“and though I close my eyes”
He releases your hand but doesn’t move far, eyes still on yours. You were feeling overwhelmed with love, were your feelings really reciprocated? Could you be that lucky?
“I see la vie en rose”
By the time the song is over. his love for you is clear, in both the words and the way he looks at you throughout, with such an adoration it’s almost painful.
You’re not sure how to respond, still stunned by the display in front of you. But you know you have to say something, Izzy has given so much, he deserves the same in return.
As words still evade you, instead you grab the man by his waistcoat and pull him in for a kiss. At first he doesn’t move, most likely stunned by your action but then his hands are on your waist and he’s kissing you back with fervor. Your arms move to loop around his neck as you deepen the kiss, parting your lips as he licks along the seam. There’s a longing in the way he licks into your mouth, and you can’t help the small whine that escapes your throat.
You’re interrupted by someone clearing their throat, you both jump back. “Fuck!” Izzy exclaims which causes you to giggle.
“I was wondering if I could go now?” Frenchie asks, looking visibly uncomfortable which you definitely don’t blame him for.
“Yes, you’re excused. Now fuck off”
“Thank you, Frenchie” you add, offering him a smile.
Once he’s gone you immediately turn back to Izzy, hoping the moment isn’t ruined. It seems he won’t let it be as soon his lips are back on yours. Lightly pushing you against the wall as he continues to explore your mouth with his tongue.
Once he’d pulled away, you took his hands in yours, rubbing your thumb lightly against his knuckles. “I love you, Izzy” feeling a weight lifting from your chest and finally being able to say those words out loud.
He looks at you in disbelief, as if he didn’t actually expect you to reciprocate his feelings. “I love you too Y/N” Pulling you in for another kiss, this one a lot more chaste but amazing nonetheless.
You thought you knew everything there was to know about Israel Hands, but it turned out there was a lot you still didn’t know. Luckily the two of you have all the time in the world.
A/N: I hope this was okay, i’m still new to writing reader fics so I hope this was somewhat what you hoped for. I kept the timeline vague but it’s obviously before Calypso’s party.
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Rewatching 2x05 and I want to expand on my thoughts about the sword training scene.
I still stand by that I think Stede is bullshitting a bit here, though not out of malice. He just talked to Edward about not feeling very Captain-y (a conversation where Izzy did not come up). We do know that Izzy has cleaned himself up and been acting, well, less like a man waiting to die since the end of the last episode, and enough time has passed to debate and enact Edward's probation measures. I doubt Izzy actually weighed in too much there (BlackHands avoidance kings 😘) but I also doubt the crew wasn't at least looking to him for wellness checks during discussion. Meaning Stede has seen Izzy being a respected member of the union - a good place to get the idea for training.
Stede's little quip about "the basics" is a good start to flattery and his request, he doesn't fall into sniping when Izzy says he's a shitty Captain (good growth!), and then he goes strong with:
"But Blackbeard did say he credited you with a lot of his skills."
This is a vague enough statement that it works for flattery, and could be guessed. Maybe Edward has never said anything directly - S1 ignoring Izzy or S2 avoiding Izzy - but I am fully on board with the Word of God statement they've known each other so long they basically taught each other to fight. Edward does turn to Izzy during the "pirate training" arc of S1 before he drops it for dates, and there's the 1x06 "He knows what he's doing." Stede wasn't really paying attention before, but he's probably picked up enough to put together the outlines of an extensive and more intimate backstory than he was assuming. Izzy kept Edward's body after he shot out his leg. There's a bond there.
Izzy gets hooked. (Also, sidenote, calling him Blackbeard all conversation is delicious.) And then, blatantly pining, asks for specifics. Like he even stutters 🥺.
Stede's face journey looks so much like a man making up a flattering statement on the spot:
"Well, specifically he said... You taught him everything he knows. Made him the Captain he is today."
Izzy's response is a half shrug and a grunt of agreement. If Stede is bullshiting here then Izzy probably knows that's a bit too generous for Edward to have said, but like... does it really matter to him? Stede is being very nice, he sees where this is going, and he's not really against the idea. Probably imagining Stede saying that about him right now.
Like the flattery is flattering even when he knows that's what Stede is doing, yeah? Even more so because Stede is doing it genuinely. He honestly wants Izzy to teach him some things.
Which is why I'm not surprised at all that Izzy lets the "specific" quote slide even if it does sound kinda fake, makes a deadpan joke about his foot, and then agrees to train Stede.
Stizzy bonding!
#our flag means death#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#izzy hands ofmd#stede bonnet ofmd#ofmd 2x05#ofmd meta#stizzy#ladyluscinia
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One of my favorite things about the toe scene is what the show is saying about an Izzy win. Because the toe scene is Izzy winning and getting what he wants at detriment to everyone around him, including himself (how'd that toe taste buddy).
Izzy spends the entire show hating softness of any kind, hating openness, hating people who question his unearned authority (Stede, Lucius) or people who question at all (Fang) or people who make light of him strict authoritative bullshit (Wee John, Lucius) and uses violence to try and enforce his will and his way of seeing the world (his interactions with all of the above, and also calling the Navy because he's furious "(Stede's) done something to (his) boss's brain" as well as telling Ed he should have been killed by the English rather than grow into a person who think about quitting piracy and enjoy wearing a silk robe and openly express his sorrow.
Izzy rejects softness, rejects change to the traditionally abusive structures of piracy, and is thoroughly furious that getting rid of Stede Bonnet did not transform Ed back into the man he wants Ed to be. When he confronts Ed in episode 10, he focuses on tearing down who Ed has become and what he wants to do in growing into that person - tells Ed that he should have been murdered, that Izzy should have let him be murdered (which cough confirms that Izzy knew the English wanted Ed dead while he was working with them and instead dealt to have a different punishment cough the custody of captain Hands cough), demeans Ed as a namby-pamby pining for his boyfriend, and only reacts positively when Ed shoves him against a wall with a hand to his throat and demands that he "watch (his) tongue, dog".
There he is, Izzy says affirmatively.
And then he claims Blackbeard as his captain and rejects Edward. Rejects the idea of Ed being Edward to his crew, rejects the idea of Ed being open, soft, or engaging in comradery with the crew. Edward better watch his step, he says, moments after saying Ed deserves death and should have been murdered.
It's not a weak or vague threat to say someone should watch their step right after stating that you, the person issuing the threat, should have let them be killed.
Izzy clearly states here that he wants Blackbeard to be his captain. That Ed and everything that encompasses Izzy's idea view of who Ed is should be killed and has no value. Izzy wants the Blackbeard of legend and books and the old days.
The Blackbeard of the old days, episode 9 tells us, cuts toes off and makes their owners eat them for a laugh. Blackbeard kills whole crews, steals ships, and considers it the usual.
Izzy gets what he wants when Ed cuts his toe off, because Ed is living down to Izzy's perception of who he is (which is also Ed's nightmare, because a big chunk of Izzy's purpose in the narrative IS vocalizing and embodying all of Ed's worst fears in the same way the Badminton's do for Stede), and in doing so gives Izzy victory. Izzy wins here, because Ed is acting like the Blackbeard Izzy desires - cutting off toes, killing crews, and as a bonus, getting rid of all the stuff that contributed to Stede's "gross misuse of space" in the captain's quarters.
But it's hollow.
Ed is actually sobbing in his empty quarters, Jim is waking up pissed in captivity, Stede is alive and well and rescuing his crew and Lucius is in the walls and Izzy is still down a toe. Izzy won and got everything he wanted, the Revenge is a goth emo ship of grim darkness, and the show is telling us how its all going to fall apart around him.
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aaaaaaa brain is putting things together about izzy and i just :( damn
also going to say this now that if ur an izzy hater, this post isnt for u! pls dont engage :) thank u
saw art with a quote from a post about izzy, talking about how some people find it touching that he’s buried in the yard of the inn, but this person didn’t. it made them feel sick because he’s buried there like a dog. and just first of all yeah. at first it was touching to me bc of that sentiment that they’re keeping him near them, even in death, but the more i thought on it the more my stomach also churned.
i know djenks had the best intentions with how izzy’s character and arc were treated but jfc ya missed the mark. by a wide margin. like hello???? having the entire point of his arc in season two be discovering himself and growing into himself, hell even standing up for himself and letting himself hold on a little looser to his baggage and just put down the baggage he chose to carry on behalf of the man he loved only for him to die like an episode or two later. and the crew acts like nothing happened just. it doesnt sit right with me and it hasnt since the first time i saw it.
i know its for “plot” reasons, but there was no other way to convey any of this than maiming him like the family dog nobody actually likes??? like a grimy mutt?? without him LITERALLY DYING????????????????? AT THE VERY END OF THE SEASON??????? AND NOT EVEN HAVE THAT BE THE MAIN MESSAGE FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE??? you had to stomp all over his dead body with a fucking wedding. yes yes good for lucius and pete i really do love them and i am happy for them, but its like they all just. moved on. and forgot about izzy. and trust me i am FULLY aware of how complex grief is, but still. it stings. it feels like its watering down the impact izzy had on everyone on the crew.
he and the kraken’s crew grew so close that they tried to keep him alive even tho they all knew if the kraken found out, they’d all be paying with blood. they MADE HIM. A PROSTHETIC. AND PAINTED IT. they cheered him on when he came out in drag and sang in fucking FRENCH!!!!!!! and then he dies and like 3 minutes later theres a wedding and another party. it feels tasteless. it feels demeaning.
and i 100% think djenks roped izzy and ed into the Bury Your Gays trope without thinking that through. elder queer man who is traumatized dozens of times over who just fucking came to terms with himself AND WHO JUST CONFESSED HIS LOVE TO EDWARD!!!! dies. shortly after that, timeline wise. thats the fucking trope. it’s literally right there.
AND THEN. they fucking bury him in the YARD. LIKE A DOG. in the far corner where they wont see it and be reminded of him every day. out of sight out of mind. they’ll move on and grow old together, blissfully happy, while izzy’s bones are the only thing left of the man who once was Israel Hands, First Mate to the legendary Blackbeard. he never got to have his mutual pining moment, he never got to find the true love of his life and grow old with them. he doesnt get to die fulfilled, with labored breaths, as old age takes him. he gets to sit and watch from the corner as ed and stede, his ex of sorts and the guy he replaced him with, live that happily ever after. he gets to sit in the corner like a bad dog and watch as these two get everything he ever wanted. just like the unwanted family pet.
it makes me ill. he deserved so much better. he deserves better than doggy heaven, he deserves better than being roped into the fucking Bury Your Gays trope too.
#ofmd#izzy hands#our flag means death#ofmd izzy hands#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#our flag means death s2 spoilers#our flag means death season 2#our flag means death s2#israel hands#just thinking about this a lot tonight :)#deff normal thinking :) yep :)
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Izzy was such a delight in ep 5 but I haven’t heard anyone talk about the emotional gut punch of Izzy falling back into his old Blackbeard crush with the line WHat did Blackbeard say about me Specifically? So let’s talk about it. Let’s talwk about it.
The man is still recovering from his trauma. Yes, he’s decided to move forward, but he’s still putting all that anger and despair into his Mind Box and separating himself from reality to keep himself safe for now.
I think the leg got bit by a shark/I fucked around and found out mind fuck is. Fine. For now. But not letting go of the Blackbeard crush? Yikes.
It really makes me feel like Izzy’s romantic/sexual feelings for Blackbeard were really always an escapist fantasy. He realized too late that Ed hated himself/his piratesona to the point of waaaay above average violence and self-destruction. Which is why it’s a bit concerning Izzy still hangs on to the fantasy of his Blackbeard crush after that fucked up shit storm just happened and left him with cut off body parts.
Blackbeard died. Blackbeard is dead, there is no other way for Ed to move forward if he is going to keep on living (although I just read a short post about how some folks are afraid Ed is going to slip back into his old ways. Tell me more).
So, Izzy doesn’t just love a fantasy, he loves a ghost. He’s not ready to meet Ed where he’s at right now. And that’s fair after what they have all been through. He’s not ready to confront that relationship. He needs. A safe space. So does Ed. They are healing away from each other so far and that makes sense
As much as I’m firmly in the Izzy needs a found family to heal and not a romantic relationship… I dunno, it seems like he needs a new baddie to pine after to get a fresh start and let go of his trauma with Ed.
We’ll have to wait and see. I trust the writers will deliver something emotionally satisfying. like they always have. Ed/Izzy or Steddyhands would be…. Not that. It would be. Emotionally catastrophic. Even if they all healed. I think it would still lead to old wounds resurfacing. So, I’m not really worried about the show going in that direction. And hey, if it did I’m sure the writers could come up with something great and make me change my mind and love it. But. Right now. Well, it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. But, if anyone reading this loves those ships, no hate, we are all at the same table enjoying the same meal (the show itself) and whatever keeps you happy and engaged with the show is what’s important, we need that engagement if we are going to get a third season! Enjoy.
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So I just rewatched episode 10 and I’m having thoughts again about Izzy and his relation to the name ‘Edward’ and the name ‘Blackbeard’.
I’ve already written on here multiple times that Izzy views his ability to call Ed by his first name as an intimacy. It is not that he thinks of Ed as ‘Blackbeard’. He calls Ed ‘Edward’ and even sometimes ‘Ed’ (pretty significant considering Calico Jack’s comment about ‘the old Blackie’ killing someone for breaching that line of familiarity). It is everyone else who isn’t allowed to call Ed ‘Edward’. That’s for Izzy only. His name is Blackbeard, Dog.
In episode 10 we are watching the complete break down of Izzy and Ed’s relationship play out in front of us. They stand next to each other in our last shot of Izzy in season 1, Ed even sways into him slightly, but whatever they had at the start of the show? It’s in fucking tatters now. And when does that breakdown begin?
It begins specifically when Ed tells Izzy that he no longer wants to go by Blackbeard. While Izzy has been reprimanding the whole crew for not addressing Ed with the proper level of respect the whole season, this is the first time Ed contradicts him, says ‘nah, Izzy, I’m gonna go by Ed now’. And suddenly everyone not just Stede get’s this intimacy from Ed and what’s Izzy supposed to do now? He’s not just the spurned wife now, watching his narrative husband pine for someone else, he’s just...he’s got nothing left of Edward that is only his. And as set up in Episode 5, Izzy can’t conceive of the mindset of ‘we don’t own each other’. For him, (romantic) relationships are inherently about ownership.
And so Izzy self destructs his own intimacy with Edward, in a bid to self destruct it for everyone else too. He sets up a binary for Edward in their conversation after the talent show is announced. I serve Blackbeard, Edward better watch his fucking step he growls out. And that is literally the last time we hear Izzy call him ‘Edward’ or ‘Ed’. From here on out, Izzy refers to him solely as ‘Blackbeard’. Yes Blackbeard he says, when Ed makes him eat his toe, Blackbeard is back he tells the crew as they throw Stede’s things into the water.
And god, I have so many emotions about that. At the beginning of episode 10, Izzy is doing what he always does, he is hiding the ‘softer’ side of Ed, telling everyone he’s fine, everything is fine. He’s presumably been sat with Ed for a while at that point, maybe watched Ed trash the room and set up the pillow fort. Izzy tells us this is his job in episode 4, he protects Ed’s reputation and the implicit thing here is that it’s because he knows what Ed is actually like. But by the end of episode 10, Izzy cuts off that intimacy. He only sees Blackbeard.
He’s got what he wanted too, by then! Everyone who thought of Edward as ‘Ed’ is gone. He’s the last person standing close to Ed; no Stede, no Lucius, no happy little Revenge crew. But also, to get what he wanted he had to literally kill what he wanted? Because there’s no Edward anymore to have all to himself. There is only the persona and Izzy’s insane need to upkeep it, the private sphere they used to operate in out of sight of the world is gone.
And I don’t know there’s something about that that is so absolutely heartbreaking? Izzy does it all to himself, it’s literally entirely his fault, but. Still. He loses Ed in episode 10, after fighting so hard to get him back throughout the entire season, to the point of literally signing himself over to the British. Before Ed does his dramatic ‘act of grace’ plea, Izzy has already done so, he’s already signed over 10 years of his life in order to let Edward walk free. But in fighting for him, he killed him, he lost him and I just. dhsiuahjkfhjakh brain rot emotions about it.
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When we first found out that Ep6 was going to be called "Calypso's Birthday" and Izzy would be singing, I immediately thought of the legend of Calypso and Odysseus.
In the legend, Calypso wants Odysseus as her immortal husband. She seduces Odysseus with her singing and keeps him prisoner on her island, away from his wife Penelope for seven years.
(pictured: scowly face Ed and pining Iz with Frenchie's lute)
Isn't this incredibly fitting? Just imagine Izzy in that skimpy silvery skirt-thing, singing to Ed! And Izzy imprisoning Ed, trying to keep him to himself by invoking Blackbeard; I know the timeline is not 100% exact, but still - it works, doesn't it?
But, of course, Odysseus longs for his wife - and with some persuasion from Hermes, Calypso agrees to let him go.
And in the end, she even helps him, by providing materials for him to build himself a ship and sets wind at his back when he sets sail.
(pictured: Izzy letting go, the dramatic little twat)
Which is also fitting, isn't it? I thought this was where they could be going this season - Izzy setting Ed free and providing him with unconditional love and support to go and be himself, to be happy. Be with Stede.
Funnily enough, I knew how the story ended, but my mind stopped at the seduction/letting go part (to my defense, I was distracted by Izzy in a flowing white dress - alone on the shore, looking after a departing Ed...)
I completely forgot that Calypso kills herself in the end for her love.
So that fits as well, unfortunately.
(I don't think Odysseus and Penelope opened an inn, though. No mention of burying Calypso in front of it either)
#ofmd#ofmd s2 spoilers#izzy hands#edward teach#calypso's birthday#I forgot to post this before Ep6 and now it fits even better?#the Greek Tragedy that is EdIzzy :(#please don't take it too seriously though - Izzy wasn't half as bad as Calypso
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I've been going back and forth on this since the first episodes of s2 came out, and I'm still thinking about what was going through Ed's head when he shot Izzy in s2e1. As we all know, he shoots Izzy right after Izzy says the rancid atmosphere on the ship is down to Stede, and Ed has just finished pointing a gun under his own chin - it's an emotionally charged moment to say the least.
The options I think seem most likely:
He thought Izzy was intentionally goading or making fun of him. This isn't a crazy leap to make, especially when paired to the earlier reference to "talk it through as a crew"; the last time Izzy mentioned Stede it was to make fun of Ed for being a "namby-pamby in a silk gown pining for his boyfriend."
He thought Izzy was drawing attention to Ed's failure to live up to the Blackbeard persona. Izzy was very clear in s1e10 that he "should have let the English kill [Ed]" and that he was not above threatening Ed if he didn't "watch his fucking step." Ed might have very well thought Izzy saw him looking at the Stede cake topper and realized he was still, indeed, pining for his boyfriend. Can't go snitching to the English without your leg.
He's fed up with Izzy and that was just the final straw. After the end of s1e10, I can't say I blame him. He has no way of knowing Izzy was actually, genuinely reaching out (see points above), and given the way he was waving a gun around his own head definitely looks like he was trying to work up the nerve to shoot himself, I don't think he was in the right headspace to suss that out.
I don't think, based on how eps 1 and 2 play out, that Ed began more actively planning his suicide attempt via crew mutiny until the start of ep 2. In ep 1, he's definitely suicidal, but it feels a bit less in the actively-planning stage than in ep 2. Shooting Izzy, with this in mind, might have very well been another impromptu attempt to try to push the crew over the edge - alright, maybe shooting a crew member in front of everyone will do the trick?
Some fucked-up combination of multiple or all of those.
What do you all think? Personally, I'm leaning towards a mix of 1 and 2.
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Because I haven't written fic in years and don't know if I will again -- no matter how much I want to -- this is the Steddyhands fic I'd write if I could.
Stede's on the horizon, in a stolen ship, on his way back to Ed.
Ed's like "OH FUCK" because he's a disaster. He hasn't done shit since Stede left. Like, maybe a raid here or there for supplies, but mostly he's just let Izzy badger him into stuff. (The whole Kraken thing didn't last long because it just took too much energy, man.)
But Ed can't let Stede think he's been pining after him or something, so when Stede's about to re-board the Revenge, Edward grabs Izzy and yanks him against his side and pretends to be completely uncaring about Stede's reappearance.
Ed's all, "Great to see you again!" and "Oh, you want to come back on the ship? Well, you can stay in Izzy’s old cabin because he’s got other sleeping arrangements now, wink wink nudge nudge."
Izzy’s like "What the fuck?!" but also Stede’s face is so amazingly horrified that Izzy's like, "Oh yeah, I’m totally bangin’ Ed now!" (Except in words Izzy would actually say.)
Stede’s all, "WHAT, REALLY?"
And all the other people who’ve been on board (Jim, Frenchie, Fang) are like, "WHAT, REALLY?" But also "Huh, I mean, I guess maybe?"
So Izzy has to sleep in Ed’s cabin and Ed’s like, "We have to share a bed for believability." (There was only one bed! Snuggles and morning wood ensue!)
So Ed enacts much PDA with Izzy in front of Stede, and Izzy’s so touch starved it’s like the best torture. And Ed kinda likes it too, ngl.
Well, Stede keeps trying to make up with Ed anyway, but he feels sorta guilty about wanting to steal him from Izzy. But Edizzy is kind of weird, isn't it? There are times Ed and Izzy seem verrrry awkward around each other. Stede wonders, "Is it possible this is a fuckery?"
Stede tries to catch them in the lie, grilling Izzy maybe, but it becomes very clear very quickly that Izzy definitely loves Ed. So, Stede wonders, does Ed love Izzy?
Paying close attention to their interactions, Stede realizes that holy crap, Ed DOES love Izzy. What to DOOOOO?
Stede still wants Ed, obviously, but would it be doing Ed a disservice to woo him away from Izzy? Maybe there’s another way?
Lucius seems to think so, and he makes some VERY interesting suggestions about Izzy that make Stede super confused but also SUPER hard.
Something something, things happen, not sure how to work them out, but eventually Steddyhands FTW!
IDK how they get there, what am I, a writer? LOL yeah right. Not anymore! 😭😭😭
#fic i'd write if i still wrote#steddyhands#edizzy#blackbonnet#edward teach#izzy hands#stede bonnet#ofmd#*mine
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DUde. Drop some rexwalker headcanons 😏
Hell yeah, let's go! Izzy's Rexwalker headcanons!
Anakin was a completely oblivious moron for longer than is reasonable. Everyone else knew about Rex's crush. Ahsoka figured it out within a month. Obi-Wan figured it out almost immediately and he spends less time with Rex than Anakin does.
Rex is aware that Anakin is a moron (and a genius) and at that point he sort of just accepted that he might just be the biggest clown for having this massive crush
It's not that it wasn't mutual pining, Anakin just didn't realize how he felt for a hot year minute
Definitely a battlefield confession of romcom proportions. Anakin took a battle droid head to his head about 5 seconds after and got a concussion
Rex is the big spoon because Anakin didn't think he could be the little spoon and Rex was determined to prove him wrong
I know I'm kinda known for my kinky smut but they give me huge vanilla sweetheart vibes. Spicing it up in the bedroom is doing it doggy style.
Well, except when Anakin is in power-bottom mode.
And when Anakin uses the Force during sex
Okay so maybe they're not 100% vanilla. They were both basically virgins when they got together (because Anakin sticking his dick in Padme a few times didn't prepare him for sex with a man) so they were figuring things out for a long time. They're 70% vanilla.
They switch 😤
I know they basically eat rations but if there was an opportunity they'd definitely be the couple where Anakin eats Rex's pickles for him
Rex is very aware that Anakin thinks it's hot when Rex manhandles him. Anakin is tall and lanky and generally kinda wiley so he's not used to it and most people don't try. Rex just takes it as a challenge that he's going to win
He doesn't always win. Anakin lets him because he's into it.
Honestly getting wrestled to the ground with Anakin's thighs around his head in hand-to-hand combat sparring is Rex's happy place and everyone knows it. And teases him about it.
Anakin tried to help Rex bleach his hair but it turned out orange and now he's not allowed to help
Anakin barely let Rex out of his sight after Umbara for a month. They didn't talk about it for even longer because Rex didn't want to talk and Anakin felt guilty for leaving and didn't want to address it.
They did talk eventually. It was cathartic.
They are very in tune with each other on the battlefield.
Rex is aware Obi-Wan is Anakin's best friend and is not above using him to make sure Anakin takes care of himself better as his Master / Superior Officer but that's only in the direst of circumstances for the most part he and Anakin are thick as thieves
Rex is also not above getting Ahsoka to bully Anakin into doing things and will gang up on him with Ahsoka because Ahsoka is his best friend and sometimes your boyfriend is wrong
Rex sees the best in Anakin, probably to a fault
Rex is one of the few people Anakin trusts implicitly
I'm sure there are more headcanons I have but that's off the top of my head. Thanks for the ask, nonny, it was really fun!
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