Always our Bling

“Notes on skirts and pants”

Specifically, I want to talk about the fact that Stede Bonnet, our leading man, is autistic-coded. Not in the usual TV show way of being a sauvant or a cold, emotionless robot-man (I see you TV shows. I judge you) but in a realistic way that made me go “oh no. it me.” multiple times.

And since this got unexpectedly long and babbly, I will show mercy. (Warning - here be spoilers)

That man may be a brilliant tactician but the fact that Izzy has to chase him around a ship, telling him to stop getting distracted by clouds and model ships and shiny things immediately sang out to me. “Focus, Ed”, Izzy tells him. “Yeah, but I’m bored,” Ed replies, bored by the monotony of the same old over-and-over-and-over again.