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OFMD S2 EP 4-5: Izzy Hands (from a S1 Izzy fan)
I'll admit. I teared up at the Izzy shit in ep 1-3. Not a full-blown cry. But close. I was stressed, and tired, and hurt more than anything. I only cried in my car driving home. It hit, but it was more prolonged.
Do you know what got me crying? Izzy opened that letter, revealing 'For The New Unicorn'. He looks up and smiles. I went from 0-100 dry eyes to crying in seconds. I had to rewatch it because HELL.
The entire episode, hell, debatably from (S1ep4) we see Izzy go through it. Socially isolated and losing his identity. Leading up to S2ep4. Drunk and sad and heartbroken. He tries his best to stay afloat without a lifejacket as his self crumbles around him. He doesn't care anymore. He thinks his life is over. He lashes out because there's no one there to help him.
BUT THEN THE LEG. He cried and I cried during both scenes.
BECAUSE HE IS CARED ABOUT AND HE CAN HEAL!
GOD, and the way that leads into EPISODE 5. Izzy slicked his hair back and regaining some of his own personal identity. Izzy genuinely bantering with Stede, and gently helping him to be a better Captain. The way he desperately asks Stede if Ed said anything else nice about him? Showing that. Yeah, he's not all the way there yet, but he's working on it. The training scene where Izzy just looks on in fascinated horror at Stede's skills? THE LITTE OKAY HANDSIGNAL AT THE END WHEN STEDE USED HIS GRUFF VOICE? He smiles, and jokes, and TRIES. Izzy is pissed, obviously, but he's getting there.
He is kind and caring, all WHILE STILL BEING A PRICK? Him being a total nerd during the curse monologue? Izzy mutters 'rude' and pointedly crosses his legs as Stede ruins the vibe. I laughed harder at Izzy sitting at that desk than I did at most of the jokes in the show. THAT'S MY FUCKING BASTARD!! I'm so happy I saw a character and have been rewarded by showing, yes. He is kind, and trying, but he needs to learn to let himself become new.
I fucking love him. I can tell from the teaser that Izzy is just going to grow closer with the crew (and with himself) and I can't wait. (Even if it means his imminent capture, whoops).
I do think they'll do something with Izzy/Lucius, at least a single happy (Izzy no longer holding himself back from wanting) consensual kiss or genuine discussion about life(post-wedding) to show their growth as characters because I had to pause with the cig and shark interaction. Jesus Christ. I didn't really ship it before, but they are so snarky and it's great.
I'm a bit sad as Izzy's current arc likely means he might not get the big 'fuck you' moment of anger to Ed that Lucius got. Mainly because Con would make me cry, but If Izzy is genuinely just shoving this shit down, ignoring the years that Ed ignored his existence, then...idk.
They purposefully gave Izzy and Ed no scenes and thank god we get a TINY break. Because Ed will try to patch things up, and I don't think it works like that with Izzy. He needs proof that Ed is trying. Add to that Ed ACTUALLY saying sorry to him, and not expecting Izzy to immediately accept it(my theory as to why Lucius pointed it out: Ed will ACTUALLY say sorry to Izzy and mean it. This will heal something for Izzy, and hell). I can't wait for Ed to come back and see him. See him for who he is, a silly prick who is loyal to a fault, who is loved.
This is likely the happiest two episodes we'll get, and fuck, I loved them both SO MUCH. After a rewatch I'll write about the crew. Ed/Stede is actually working for me as we watch them both learn, and Fuck, Lucius/Pete...my darlings.
NOW FOR THE TEASER:
THE IDEA OF SEEING CON IN DRAG AGAIN MAKES ME SO HAPPY! Especially what it means for Izzy. Izzy lets his hair down and has fun with Wee John as he explores what actually makes him happy. Hell, him opening up to being a bit of a masochist as a joke while tied up is...actually my favorite thing (while obvious, given his propensity to put Ed before him in all matters, Izzy casually mentioning 'I like to be roughed a bit up' in front of the crew is the type of openness about himself that I crave). Izzy "cocksuckers" Hands letting himself joke about SEX-GAY SEX(probably)- Kill me now.
(To clarify: I don't think he or Ed ever got off to the abuse, hell, we see Ed flinch away when Anne/Mary do it. That's not the face of someone who knows what that's like as the Sadist).
I just love the way Izzy has so obviously relaxed into a person that he'd never let exist. Hell. I hope Izzy gets to rub this happier version of himself RIGHT in Edward's sad face. I need a 'he was never like this with me' moment of Ed watching Izzy SMILE to parallel Izzy's jealousy in S1.
Con obviously loves this character, you can see it in the performance. He fills the role perfectly, from his ups to his downs. Con smiles and hell, that's not Con, that's Izzy fucking Hands. Striding along proudly pretending his world isn't changing, because it is, and he is healing and I LOVE IT.
I am so proud of our growing Izzy loving community. For some, we've been through a lot of shit. Probably in life, and hell, maybe even in this fandom. Even if you haven't been harassed, you loved Izzy, you saw yourself in him, and I hope you felt the show giving us a big fucking hug.
We grow, we recover, and hell. We get a happy fucking ending (with a few yet-to-be-seen bumps in the road).
#izzy hands#if someone can do a meta breaking down how Izzy's drunk words to the Unicorn equate to his journey I'll be thankful#ofmd s2#ofmd season 2#ofmd s2 ep 4#ofmd s2 ep 5#con o'neill#ofmd s2 spoilers#Our Rare Unicorn
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I just watched episodes 4 and 5!
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god stede’s fruitiness got cranked up to 1000 as soon as he started wearing that red suit. that was the real “curse” (and I loved every second of it)
#rhys really hammed it up in so many of his ep 5 scenes god bless him#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd spoilers#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#our flag means death spoilers#our flag means death s2#our flag means death s2 spoilers#our flag means death season 2#ofmd s2e5#stede bonnet#rhys darby#gay pirate show#our flag means death season 2 spoilers
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This doesn't even feel like fanservice though. Like, I'm not a stranger to shows at are explcitly queer. I've watched my share of BL. I know what fanservice feels like and looks like.
This is ...something else. This is like...GENUINE on a level that goes beyond fanservice. Fanservice, by definition is cynical. It's done to appease a market, to keep an audience engaged, so they will keep watching to make everyone involved money.
I feel like what we're getting from S2 of OFMD is...not motivated in that way. Like of course they want to succeed and get to keep making TV and probably want to make themselves money.
But, I feel like this is about actually playing out character stories in genuine ways. It's not unearned, it's not extraneous, but it IS kind. I think after the end of S1 and the beginning of S2 we forgot how kind ofmd can be as a show to its characters.
But letting Ed get to feel like he CAN earn his way back into a happy family is kind. Letting Stede and Ed be together, talking things out is kind, letting them set their own boundaries and terms is kind. It's not doing everything for max drama, which is how dramatic TV and romance tends to go these days.
So it feels like a gift to fans in a way that is rare, but it's not a cynical one. I think fanservice is a very incorrect word for what this show is doing. It's doing what it WANTS to do, knowing it has a fanbase that will support it whether that's torturing its characters or painting romantic scenes under moonlight. And it gets to be both, and I love it so very much.
#is this coherent?#I have no idea I just finished ep 5 and I'm screaming.#also I've just realized that was ep 5 and it was ep 5 the first time we got the moonlight scene#oh boy that's a little ominous#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd meta#my meta#threerings watches ofmd
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the way several characters have told ed and stede to "shut up" in some way, shape, or form. but when they're both talking to each other, they absolutely cling to every single word. they can't get enough of each other's stories, or ramblings, or little recounts of their days.
#OFMD#OFMD Season 2#OFMD S2 Spoilers#Gentlebeard#Blackbonnet#Edward Teach#Stede Bonnet#Revenge Rambles#inspired entirely by ed rambling on about his day/about fang's actual name towards the end of ep 5#and stede just looking at him as though he hung the moon and stars#stede looking at him and absolutely holding on to every little word pouring from ed's mouth#and i think it's resonating with me quite deeply because uh#I TALK A LOT LMAO#IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED#and i've gotten in trouble for it/snapped at for it/told i'm being too loud whenever i'm being passionate about something/etc etc#so to have someone like...LOVE you for your ramblings#love you for everything you have to say#someone who is just as excited to hear what you're saying as you are with speaking it...#man#MAN..
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stede and ed: customer service edition (insp)
#coming in with a buzzer beater before eps 4 and 5#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd season 2#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd gifs#stede bonnet#edward teach#ed teach#ben hornigold
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idk if this is anything, but here you are anyway
#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#sorta lol#stede bonnet#izzy hands#i know it would have been more correct to place izzy on the left but i couldnt physically make myself edit him on the taller body lol#actually made that before watching ep 4&5 just based on the trailers but yea
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ep5 had the comedic pacing and delivery of an episode of spongebob. and then they bring it home with the most heart rending laser focused perfectly paralleled romantic shit I’ve ever seen. that’s good TV
#these writers are on some god shit it’s unbelievable#like an absolute machine. cannot believe how good that ep was#it was SO FUNNY#both 4 and 5! perfectly paired!!!!#ofmd s2#ofmd
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Con O'Neill as Izzy Hands in OFMD official photos (s02e01-02-03)
Ph: Nicola Dove
#if you don't want spoilers of eps 4 and 5 don't open the link#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd s2#con o'neill#con o’neill#izzy hands#our flag means death
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i literally don't know what to expect of david jenkins anymore. like. give the most absurd fanfic-y idea you have and if it were any other writer i would say "nah no way they'd do that in canon", but with david jenkins?? i wouldn't put it past him tbh. you don't think he'd do it? bam! he does it. he gave us merman stede he gave us a lesbian couple playing a game to get blackbonnet together (and succeeding) he gave us the side couple wedding. he gave us sooo many paralels i'm eating it all up like a man starved a thousand years i could never get enough. i'm soooo insane rn. ofmd gives me the amount of feelings i get when reading fanfic. that is a good thing!!! that is like the highest praise i know to give!!!!!! david jenkins, never change. stay insane
#watching ofmd s2 eps 4-5 at 1 am mood#literally whisper voicenoted my friend begginf her to watch immediately#like#holyyy fuckkkksbshsndhdh#how tf am i supposed to be normal ever agaib#ofmd#ofmd spoilers#our flag means death#our flag means death spoilers
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I just watched the new episodes of OFMD
My thoughts:
Izzy deserves more love and I love the crew for talking it through as a crew
Also Edward and Stede are talking again, and they're doing well and I love this for them and that they're getting into the groove again
For episode 5! I have many, many thoughts!
Izzy giving Stede pointers made me happy
The curse part was funny and if Jim fears curses, then I'm going to fuck right off
Fang telling Ed to be quiet while they went fishing
LEARNING THAT FANGS NAME IS KEVIN IS AMAZING!
I also almost squealed at work when Lucius proposed to Black Pete and I just they need to grow old together because those two are great.
Also, Stede and Ed kisses again, but that wasn't as thrilling to me as the proposal, but it was great that they're talking again.
#our flag means death#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd#ofms s2#ofmd spoilers#izzy hands#our flag means death spoilers#our flag means death s2#ofmd ep 4#ofmd ep 5
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This bitch has the Izzy Hands seal of approval
#proud of you baby#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd spoilers#ofmd s2 spoilers#spoilers#eva liveblogs#eva liveblogs ofmd s2 ep 4 and 5#izzy hands#stede bonnet
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Can't wait for the edits/gifs comparing Izzy on deck in drag vs Izzy looking on horrified at Ed performing.
[Yeah, Izzy was horrified by a lot of things there. Ed showing vulnerability, giving up piracy + singing. But it's just going to be funny. My man has grown SO MUCH]
#izzy hands#ofmd s2#ofmd season 2#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd season 2 spoilers#This was confirmed in the ep 5 teaser.#Sorry if you skipped it#ofmd s2 ep6
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Losing my mind over ofmd brb
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can we just skip the whole process and can we just be kissing right now?
#ofmd#our flag means death#stede bonnet#rhys darby#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#gentlebeard#edward teach#blackbeard#taika waititi#Fan wishes#can’t they just do this?#do this OFMD#buffy the vampire slayer#willow and tara#ed and stede#I don’t know if I’m strong enough for 5 more eps#Youtube
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OH WAIT . DOES ED KNOW THAT STEDE RENOUNCED HIS WEALTH BEFORE HE READS THAT LETTER???
#i'm in love with the letter#how have i not considered the rammis before now#'you left me for mary?' ED YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW BABES#YOU SO DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DEPTHS AND THE POWER OF HIS LOVE FOR YOU#blackbonnet#gentlebeard#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd s2#ofmd spoilers#he doesn't know that stede was home for all of 5 minutes and spent the rest of the time getting back to him#and was waylaid for weeks - WEEKS - because he had NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK#because THAT'S HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU#ARGH#future ep
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