The acting choices Rhys makes here…

I love that Stede continues to gaze at the red silk he’s placed in Ed’s pocket as he muses on its fineness.

When he states, “You wear fine things…” he raises his eyebrows. Coupled with a slight smile, it becomes an affiliative expression, gaining the trust of the listener. It demonstrates empathy too, and signals a desire for stronger emotional or social bonding.

Then there’s the sudden flick of his eyes upwards to meet Ed’s to deliver the ‘well’, with the stress, importantly, on that word. Because it’s not just about the fine thing itself, but the wellness with which Ed wears it, enabling it to become an even finer thing.

The smile then becomes just a little wider, but not so much that it might signal duplicity or pretence. And there’s a slight lowering of the chin at the end, to emphasise the gentleness of the interaction, whilst continuing to hold Ed’s gaze, reinforcing the sincerity of the words.

Stede’s timbre is significant too. “Look at that!” which proceeds it, is slightly higher-pitched and excitable. But the delivery of “You wear fine things well,” is steady and smooth, and quiet yet powerful, in its honesty and intent.

The entire thing smacks of sincerity, and the delivery demonstrates the emotional truths and kindness behind it. Without Rhys’ nonverbal cues and gestures, the line could so easily have fallen flat, or sounded artificial.

And what’s more, Rhys manages to play the scene in such a way that suggests, without doubt, that Stede has no idea of the beauty and importance of what he is doing.

No wonder Ed is rendered speechless, and his heart can do nothing more than thunk right out of his chest.

The Gentleman Pirate, i presume?

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The last time I got into a new show, it was Vagrant Queen on Syfy. It had been a very long time since I had been into something NEW. Not just new to me, but something that was currently airing. I saw ads for it before the first episode aired and i watched every single new episode the night that it aired. I was so into it. And then it got canceled after the first season on a HUGE cliffhanger. And now it's happened again. I was pissed when Vagrant Queen got cancelled, but it can't BEGIN to touch how devastated I am over OFMD.

Listen, DJenkins isn't wrong, it's pretty cool that we even got 2 seasons of such a weird little amazing show.

BUT. I'm seeing various folks trying to give comfort, or explain, or whatever, and I beg of you, NOT YET.

There's such a thing as toxic positivity. People saying, "oh hey, at least you still have fanfic and fanart" and speculating that Taika was bored or Jenkins really shot his whole wad in Season 2 -- if you are trying to comfort folks, that's nice, but don't.

Just don't.

It's a shitty thing to happen to a show that was so new and different and amazing. Good for humanity. Etc.

If you didn't get it, or if you were mad about Izzy, or whatnot, you have had your moment. But don't speculate and don't offer insulting bullshit about what probably happened.

What probably happened is capitalists gonna capitalize, and they didn't see the long term gains on this, or some shit, because queer little shows are queer little shows.

Happy Angsty Edizzy Autumn !!!! 🍁🍂🏴‍☠️🦄

**Trigger Warning a lot of these are pretty rough**