This fictional character, he's having a hard time

OFMD S1 E10

Stede with flowers and wearing pretty clothes, for today (because I rewatched the first season). Oh, stop, Stede without beard, smtng wrong with me, it was unusual to draw him like that 🏴‍☠️😁

Petting the kittycat!

Bottom Ed is life tbh

ed read the words “i long for you” written by stede. he read that. like holy shit imagine someone telling you they long for you via message in a bottle? that you’re intertwined? stede is getting his dick sucked and fucked good and proper every night for months i’m telling you

get you a man who can do both

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the internet was a great invention, did you know you can just send porn to your online mutuals and develop a profound bond through the shared desire to see that old man railed to death

One of the things that always destroys me about Ed is that he never stops hoping that people might treat him just a little better.

He's never surprised when they don't. With Calico Jack and Anne and Mary, he's thrilled to see them but unsurprised when they don't treat him like friends should (because they're not friends!). He tries to set clear boundaries when people start upsetting him and treating him like shit, every single time ("What's that supposed to mean?" to the racist captain; reminding Izzy "I'm still Blackbeard" even after Izzy told him he was better off dead, asking Hornigold why he was being a dick when Hornigold wasn't playing along with their game, etc.).

He just keeps trying, even though the only thing we've ever seen him get from others in response to him setting boundaries is stepping all over his boundaries, screaming at him, and generally treating him like shit. He is so used to even such basic boundaries as "I want to be in charge of telling others what name to call me" and "I want to choose for myself how I'd like to dress" being used to mock him and then turned into ammo to reinforce his fundamental belief he's unlovable when he reacts emotionally.

It's tragic. But there's always a tiny part of him that seems to know he deserves to be treated better, and he's always half-hoping that maybe someone will listen.

And when Stede tries to deepen their kiss in the moonlight? Ed's boundary is so hesitant. It's not a firm one. "Can we take it slow?" Not even something as firm as "I want to take this slow." He is so obviously prepared for Stede to shoot him down. But Stede doesn't! Stede is respectful! And what a wonderful change, for Ed to see that there was never anything wrong with him, that it was never his fault that so many other people in his life have treated him so terribly. If Stede can do it, then they could've, too, and it's not Ed's fault they didn't.

blows my mind that i have little online friends who mildly care about me. it’s really nice

sorry you had a bad day :( would sucking on my tiddies for a couple hours help?

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(via Ritas tiktok)

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man i love ed so much. he pulls funny faces at himself in the mirror. wears his hair up in a pretty bun with pieces framing his face. drinks his tea with 7 sugars as if he’s not sweet enough already. eats with his fingers. has giant princess eyes. makes a pillow fort or hides under anything soft when he’s upset. hugs stede after the lighthouse fuckery with a whispered “yes! we fucking did it!” while he shakes stede gently bc he’s so genuinely giddy and excited. cannonballs off the ladder to go catch fishies with fang. loves stede’s teeny tiny model of the revenge. he does that silly arm dance thing with stede’s shirtsleeves flowing around. he brushes his nose against stede’s after their first kiss. has a little bite of toast before hurrying off to take breakfast to his boyfriend. how can anyone hate this guy? how can anyone be mean to him? he’s wonderful and i’m kissing his forehead ok

literally say anything you want about ofmd, but was there ever before a moment where viewers collectively witnessed a dude (bad bitch, sharp genius) subtly training his guy (big-hearted buffoon) on how to verbally dominate him in bed so that he could finally act out his "i'm a naughty lil kitty" fantasies. that's a category 5 rare sighting, like gotta be top 5 gay bdsm moments in a rom com show at the very least

anyway there’s an epidemic of never been outside disease on this website and unfortunately it is highly comorbid with main character syndrome :( when will the world health organization sort this out

"AO3 doesn't need a "dislike" button"

Um, actually, it already has one. Depending on your specs, it might look a little different but over all it looks kinda like this:

You can find it at the corner of your screen, which corner is dependent on your layout.

Anyway, if you dislike a fic, you can hit this Dislike Button until the fic goes away. It really is pretty amazing actually.

stede getting railed within an inch of his life btw. because he deserves it and i love him