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naranjapetrificada · 9 months

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Consider this your opportunity to be an Astrology Bitch and go off about Leo Stede!

(signed, a Virgo sun, Cancer moon, Capricorn rising who simultaneously is and is not an Astrology Bitch, more of a Tarot Bitch tbh)

Okay! You asked for it lol.

I should start by saying that I'm an August Leo sun. Stede is a July Leo, as confirmed by the show:

July Leos are...different somehow? It's not a bad thing and it's not their fault, and if anybody else comes for them we August Leo's will throw down for our siblings, but there's something about the vibes! Maybe it's the Cancer proximity, idk. If anything my anecdata suggests that they're more well adjusted than the rest of us. 🦁❤️🦁

Anyway, I immediately sat up and noticed when they cut to the gravestones because it's second nature for me as an Astrology Gay. Obviously I didn't know Stede at the time and I don't actually know what went down as the character was developed, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if I learned that at least one person in the writers room was a fellow Astrology Gay.

So I completely forgot about his birthdate because a) ADHD and b) swooniest romance I'd ever seen, but I started thinking about it again when I showed up like a year late to the fandom and saw people talk about whether they were Ed coded or Stede coded. I am heavily, heavily Stede coded for neurodivergent reasons, but he also exhibits certain Very Leo traits that I recognized immediately.

Leo stereotypes:

Let's get the stereotypes out of the way because while they do apply sometimes (especially for Stede), there's no need to rehash them in detail.

Leadership, which he struggles with at first but a) takes up the mantle of it anyway and b) improves enough that by the end of the season the crew that wanted to mutiny saves his life.

Good hair. Nuff said.

The man has an auxiliary wardrobe for fucks sake.

His "theatrical instincts are finely honed" and while Izzy says it to encourage the fuckery, it's not a lie.

The Revenge

If an 18th century Leo was going to custom build a pirate ship and money was no object, they would 1000% build the Revenge. I could see arguing that a Taurus might build something similar, but honestly I'm not sure a Taurus would become a pirate by choice. Maybe a Taurus might build like, a pleasure yacht or something. A Libra might build a ship that's as good-looking as the Revenge but sharing expensive tastes isn't enough to convince me either. Stede's money allowed him to build and decorate luxuriously, but plenty of rich people used to comfort didn't have ships like the Revenge. As Nigel says during his tour, it's just so incredibly him.

Now for some feelings stuff:

Leos love it when other people are happy, and when we can be involved in fostering that at all for people we care about we are ON IT. Stede wants to create space for others to get what they need to make that happen. Literally in the first episode he talks about the Revenge as somewhere for his crew to work on their trauma and communicate their feelings.

The above is also an extension of Stede's instinctive generosity. Canon doesn't tell us where Ed got his clothes for the French boat party in episode 5, but given that Stede has an auxiliary wardrobe (which he shared with Ed almost immediately) the most likely scenario seems like he loaned (or maybe even gave!) it to Ed. Another possibility is that it was on the ship where Frenchie found his and Oluwande's outfits, but the purple jacket in particular seems very extra in a way that says "Stede" to me.

Speaking of episode 5, let's talk about the party game. Obviously the main takeaway is that Stede has enough of a handle on passive aggression to make the French assholes tear each other apart, but it's not just the passive aggression, it's in the delivery. With sufficient motivation (Ed's hurt feelings, if not his own) we see Stede command the room with confidence. He chooses his targets well. He knows just what to say to get them to agree to play the game at all. The fire wasn't part of the original plan but it shows just how powerful those hard-won skills are when he wants to apply them. (This doesn't feel like it merits its own bullet point but Leos are protective, ride-or-die friends, something else we see in this episode.)

Stede's love language, imo, is quality time. There are arguments for others (there's also a really good meta about his love language causing miscommunication with our touchy-feely boy Ed, if I can find the link I'll edit) but quality time seems the most appropriate to me. Another part of the whole generosity of spirit thing is that he seems to enjoy what a friend of mine called "engineering experiences" for people i.e. crafting activities and jam sessions for the crew. The most obvious of these is the treasure hunt for Ed, which of course comes out of his fear of Ed leaving, but it's also a way for them to spend time together. I'm not at all surprised that a lonely, bullied kid would grow up to value quality time.

I would also extend this to the clearly routine (but still extravagant) breakfast for two that we see Calico Jack crashing in episode 8. Not to mention the first breakfast he and Ed ever share up on the maintop in episode 4. It's not fancy, but he wakes Ed up to share in that moment because he's enjoying the sunrise and the marmalade, and I can't think of anything more Leo than enjoying something then immediately wanting to share it because someone else might enjoy it too.

Stede's not perfect of course, despite all those seemingly positive things I just said. In the way of some Leos he is frequently thoughtless, up to and including when he didn't make to the dock. I can't speak for every Leo but I have definitely accidentally flirted with/been read as flirting with people before, whether I was attracted to them or not. And yeah his quarters are nice but he could have used some of that space for more crew quarters, right? And how could a Leo possibly misread "what makes Ed happy is you" as badly as he did?

Well I may be an Astrology Binch but I mostly like it (and anything else that puts personalities into discrete groups) as an analysis tool. It's just a fun lens to examine behaviors through, IRL and with fictional characters. Also, the show is clearly trying to examine things like trauma and self-loathing in ways that are gonna inform character behavior way more than a hypothetical astrology enthusiast in the (admittedly pretty queer) writers room. But the vibes? The vibes are so there.

#There's also an entire essay I could write about Leo traits people don't notice or care about but I can do that later #Rhys isn't a Leo though Taika is #Rhys is an Aries and Aries/Leo friendships and relationships can work out extremely well #I appreciate Taika for his Leo vibes #which are not the expected ones #I love seeing a Leo who seems occasionally bored during interviews and stuff #more grumpy Leo representation please #stede bonnet #because this next one came up in the results for Stede's name I'll add it too #stede bonnet has a caretaking kink #which isn't not a Leo thing either lol #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta #our flag means death meta #character meta #astrology is fake but #fictional character astrology #oh also let's not forget all that sunny Leo energy that's part of so much Stede fanon #that feels relevant #afaik we don't have a birthdate for Ed #but it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn he was a Scorpio because the man can BROOD #I can also see him as a couple other signs though so I would need to think about it for a bit longer first #also I couldn't shoehorn it in but something about the difference between confidence and self esteem #Leos can definitely have one but not the other #*points to self*

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medievill · 2 years

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Additional Tags: Angst and Fluff and Smut, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Stede Bonnet Takes Care of Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, Touch-Starved Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Māori Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Established Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, post-reunion, Post-Season/Series 01, Nightmares, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has Abandonment Issues, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has a Praise Kink, Autistic Blackbeard | Edward Teach, this section is a little rough but it gets better, I promise, Eventual Smut, Canon-Typical Violence, Stede Bonnet Has A Caretaking Kink, no beta we die dramatically like Spaniards, Service Top Stede Bonnet, Quote: You wear fine things well (Our Flag Means Death), Blackbeard | Edward Teach Deserves Nice Things, Topping from the Bottom, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Is A Brat, Light Dom/sub, Dry Humping, But just a little, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Face Slapping, Face-Fucking, Kink Negotiation, Orgasm Delay/Denial, the last chapter is 10k of absolute smut, I'm sorry you're welcome, Complete Summary:

Blackbeard, Ed, the Kraken—they’re all in there, crowding under his skin. Having Stede back helps him keep them sorted. -- or, Stede is back on the Revenge, and everything is fine. Should be fine. Would be fine, if it weren't for Ed's nightmares. Stede wants to take care of him, and Ed wants to let him.

#it took me one million years but it's finally finished #ofmd #ofmd fanfic #our flag means death #our flag means death fanfic #stede bonnet has a caretaking kink #blackbeard | edward teach has a praise kink #established ed x stede #stede bonnet #edward teach #ed teach #blackbeard #ed teach deserves nice things #ed x stede #blackbonnet #gentlebeard

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ourflagmeansgifts · 4 months

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Pinch Hit #4

Request 1:

Archie/Jim Jimenez

Body Worship

Canon Era

Caretaking

Hijinks & Shenanigans

Hurt/Comfort

Emotional Hurt/Comfort

Missing Scene

Blood and Injury

Happy Ending

Flirting

Summary

Give me these two ridiculous people figuring out how to start their relationship, or in the middle of it. Archie appreciating and loving Jim for all that they are. That moment when Jim gets to see/feel/do more with Archie's breasts. The two of them figuring out how to make a go of it. Or a moment when they're struggling and both traumatized from Blackbeard and holding themselves together, picking up each other's pieces and shaping something into a whole. Jim telling Archie about their past, Archie sharing hers. Maybe they get up to some new shenanigans on the Revenge! If you want to AU it I am open to AUs, just give me a little set-up first. SFW, NSFW both welcome. You can go dark and painful as long as they get a happy ending; they've been through enough. DNW: watersports, hurt/no comfort, non-con

Request 2:

Archie (Our Flag Means Death)/Oluwande Boodhari/Ching Shih | Zheng Yi Sao/Jim Jimenez

Canon Era

Clothes Porn

Aphrodisiacs

Canon Divergence

Caretaking

Blood and Injury

Body Worship

Cuddling & Snuggling

Historical Dress

Flirting

Happy Ending

Hijinks & Shenanigans

Hurt/Comfort

In Vino Veritas

Missing Scene

Mutual Pining

past trauma

Kink Exploration

Romantic Comedy

Sickfic

Summary

Honestly pretty much anything with this foursome. Deep emotional trauma bonding? Do they get washed overboard in a storm and stranded somewhere? Do they get sent off on a special task by Captain Frenchie, and hijinks ensue? Does Archie teach Zheng Yi Sao how to let go and relax a little? Do Jim and Zheng have some (fore)play by swordfighting? How do Olu and Archie get to know each other? SFW, NSFW both welcome. You can go dark and painful as long as they end up with a happy-for-now ending. DNW: watersports, hurt/no comfort, non-con

Request 3:

Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands

Stede Bonnet & Israel Hands

Body Worship

Canon Era

Clothes Porn

Aphrodisiacs

Blood and Injury

Canon Divergence

Caretaking

Historical Dress

Happy Ending

Hurt/Comfort

past trauma

Israel Hands Has a Praise Kink

Israel Hands Needs a Hug

Praise Kink

Protective Stede Bonnet

Soft Dom Stede Bonnet

Missing Scene

Summary

The interpersonal dynamics here *fascinate* me. Whether or not you ignore certain events of S02E08 is up to you, whether this is & or / is up to you, but give me the two of them poking at each other, the soft underbellies of vulnerability. Is there a D/s relationship here? Praise kinks (on EITHER side), body worship (before or after Blackbeard has done some damage to Izzy)? The "hurt" can happen on the page or this can just be the followup comfort. If you want to AU, go for it, though I do like the canon setting. I loved Izzy backing and trying so much to help his captain, holding onto that hope of *pirate*, and how they fed on and supported each other in those sequences. I don't know, it's a delicious and messy relationship, and I'd love to see more of it. Spin it around, play with it. Does Stede ask Izzy *why* the about face? There's so much. Go wild. DNW: watersports, hurt/no comfort, non-con

Please let me know if you're interested! The deadline for this pinch hit is Friday, January 12.

#ofmd #our flag means death #archie/jim #garlic soup #stizzy #stede/izzy #izzy hands #jim jimenez #oluwande boodhari #zheng yi sao #pinch hitters

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our-flag-means-death-ao3feed · 1 year

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House Call

by peachplumbpear

I heard we were doing med kink this week. Here is a different sort of contribution lol.

Ed makes his husband go to urgent care because he's pissing off the clients at their piercing parlor. Stede is Izzy's PA. Izzy gets Stede's number in a rather roundabout way. Stede comes by on his day off. He has an unorthodox approach to caretaking.

There's a soupçon of illness/sneeze fet conversation in here but just regular old sex later on. Mostly just kind of dreaming about Izzy getting spoiled with care and held down in bed so he'll actually stay in it. Both Stede and Izzy are trans.

Words: 5651, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Lucius Spriggs

Relationships: Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands

Additional Tags: Medical Examination, Trans Israel Hands, Trans Stede Bonnet, urgent care, Meet-Cute, Sickfic, Caretaking, Oral Sex, Hot Tea, Walking In On Your Husband Cuddling the Hot PA Who Saw Him Yesterday

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43994839

#Our flag means death #ofmd

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our-flag-means-death-ao3feed · 11 months

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let me in (under your skin)

by error_in_progress

Tomorrow would be the first day of Edward’s heat.

It wouldn’t be the first heat Edward had had without Izzy there to help. He used to be there every time when they were younger, but they had drifted over the years, and it had been a long time since it had been expected of him.

Words: 6791, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M, Other

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Stede Bonnet

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands

Additional Tags: Omega Verse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Alpha Stede Bonnet, Omega Israel Hands, Gender Issues, Trans Israel Hands, Trans Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Trans Stede Bonnet, Intersex Israel Hands, author invented a new gender hierarchy to talk about being transgender, could have just gone to therapy, omega 4 omega edizzy, Presenting (Omega Verse), Knotting, Knotting Dildos, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Ed/OMC is technically happening but it's focused on edizzy, Scenting, Scent Marking, Biting, Marking, Mating Bond, Mating Bites, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has a Praise Kink, Mildly Dubious Consent, Penis In Vagina Sex, Caretaking

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47567926

#Our flag means death #ofmd #https://archiveofourown.org/works/47567926

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our-flag-means-death-ao3feed · 2 years

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upside-down and inside-out

by ShowMeAHero

“I don’t mean to be so upset over such silly things,” Stede tells him, his voice sounding thick through his tight throat.

Ed winds his hands through Stede’s hair, cradling his head between his hands, knocking their foreheads together. His voice is low enough to rumble inside his chest when he says, “Not what I asked.”

Though Stede has to catch his breath, for a moment, he manages to reply, “Well, I— Yes, then.”

“Yes, what?” Ed asks.

“Yes,” Stede says, “I would like to feel better. Please.”

for ofmd kinktober, day 24: soft domination!!

also for ofmd flufftober, day 24: failed romantic dinner!!

Words: 3908, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 24 of a secret garden [our flag means death kinktober 2022]

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Ariel Bonnet-Teach, Juno Bonnet-Teach, Original Child Character(s)

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Additional Tags: Kinktober, OFMD Kinktober, Flufftober, OFMD Flufftober, Established Relationship, Explicit Sexual Content, Not Beta Read, Porn With Plot, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Failed Romantic Dinner, Ruined Date, Comedy of Errors, Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Family, Family Feels, Family Fluff, Stress Relief, Healing Sex, Parenthood, Trans Male Character, Trans Character, Trans Stede Bonnet, Light Dom/sub, Soft Dom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, soft dom, soft domination, Coming In Pants, Oral Sex, Fluff, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Comfort, Caretaking, Praise Kink, Humor, Idiots in Love, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Reassurances

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/42613899

#Our flag means death #ofmd

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