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REWARDS: 10 Pieces of Silver, 42 XP, Taboo Penetration Buff

#THIS WAS A Ride #I love Stede expressing love in the grounded way of murder #and you know. the whole balance of the crew and blackbonnet working things out separately for a bit. etc

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[imaginary mid-season] "the whole balance of the crew and blackbonnet working things out separately for a bit"

One thing I kept thinking about with canon 2x05 and 2x06 was how Ed and Stede didn't seem to be *doing* much.

Why was Stede paired with Izzy in 2x05? Why spend a whole episode of narrative time on those two instead of the OTP? (don't wank about the father figure shit don't do it don't do it) Sure, when Stede reunites with Ed at end of ep it's funny when he tells Ed he had a whole A plot without him – but that means Ed is fishing with Fang for an awfully long time. It's a very sweet and important lesson Ed learns about Shutting The Fuck Up Sometimes but his half of the episode feels like an especially missed opportunity to me.

Likewise, in canon 2x06, I felt like they both just... hovered on the edge of Calypso's party, onlooking with vague paternal interest as the kids have a kegger. Supposedly they were the ones who organized it, but come on, they're sassing orphans while the crew do all the shopping, even.

I meant it in the original post: I really do like a lot of things they did mid-season, I just don't think the beats made a lot of sense. So from 2x06, I stole killing Ned Lowe and made it killing someone scarier (Hornigold) in imaginary 2x08; and I stole Stede and Ed boning at inopportune times and made it hornier (reacting to Anne and Mary's insane murder games) in imaginary 2x05.

[imaginary 2x08] "I love Stede expressing love in the grounded way of murder"

:D

grow:

Ed’s smile grows and he strokes a hand over the newly revealed ink, glances at Stede as he begins to say, “Thanks, they’re—”

serious:

Seriously, where are those thoughts coming from?

thank you 💗💗💗

I'll give this a C since i'm not sure i've ever actually read one with that trope, but it doesn't intrigue me enough to seek it out 🤷

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

thank you!! ❤️