Unhinged professional

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

this is the only logical way to put up a heartbreak flag

@aqueenofthestars

So we all know Ed ditches the sadness robe and goes full on emo Blackbeard like back to the BLACK beard - a pre stede, even kinda pre show self. Really, a full 180 when stede abandons him.

But in ep 8 after stede ditches the sadness robe and gets dressed to announce to the crew that Ed is not coming back, he's wearing that same OUTRAGEOUS (affectionate) bright teal silk outfit that he wears in EP 1.

Now, even after Ed joins the crew Stede's outfits are still frilly and ostentatious because he's history's specialest princess, but the colours he wears become increasingly muted and the designs less fruity the more time he spends with Ed.

So my point is, Stede ALSO does a complete 180 when Ed abandons him, as we are shown by his wardrobe choice (the teal silk outfit) which brings us literally back to EP 1 Stede "I've made a terrible mistake I'm not a pirate I'm an idiot" Bonnet.

Moments of tenderness 💕

screaming forever about my gorgeous new tattoo

"lucius told me you did this for me"

and stede is afraid even without fully knowing why, caught out and embarrassed and ready for rejection and ed continues like -

"it was cool. no one's ever planned a thing like that for me. but listen. listen."

and stede is listening, ready, waiting -

"i hate nature. i hate nature so fucking much. plants are fucking diabolical with their roots and vines and snakes that look like vines and god forbid all the fucking insects so listen. listen. don't ever. take me outside again. not on land. we could have had a nap man."

and stede is now trying not to laugh because he is taking this seriously, ed is communicating a strict boundary with him, but his voice is sulky and he's gesticulating and the look on his face -

"right, quite right, it is a bit - undignified -"

"abso-fucking-lutely. totally outside our fucking dignity, to be tromping around like landlubbers."

"but napping, really? i thought you would be looking for an adventure, is all?"

"psh. what's more adventurous than a nap on this fucking couch, mate, on this ship? you ever tried to sit down for ten minutes, get a good nap in? 's like all the problems in the world come rushing in the second you try for a nap."

"you know, i've never considered it in that light. it would be a bit of an adventure, trying to find enough peace and quiet for a nap, wouldn't it?"

"that's what i'm saying!"