#squirrelspeak

and then continues as he reads Pinocchio to the crew at night.

the song’s narrator speaks of falling in love with the snow maiden Edelweiss,

and then dying to be with her forever.

this is edelweiss:

and this is ed’s hair in episode 5:

the flowers in his hair are very rarely in focus and too small to see well even when they can be seen, here’s a few of the better screenshots i managed to get:

it’s a small white flower with a yellow center. it’s almost definitely a more common type of daisy than an edelweiss (TIL edelweiss are in the daisy family!) – they’re famously hard to obtain, and it’s not likely stede would have dried edelweiss on hand. but let me dream.

edelweiss signify adventure and sacrifice (people literally die trying to pick them), perseverance (literally grows on mountains in the middle of winter), and true love and devotion (i love you so much i nearly died picking this flower for you). the name “edelweiß” means “noble white”, and white flowers in general represent purity. 

she’s regularly overlooked by members of her court despite her prestigious family. rue, who should know everyone of note due to their position and role, can’t place her.

she didn’t get her own invite to the Bloom, she stole her sister’s– and not even by magical means. a friend changed the envelope for her. 

she’s a rogue. of course we don’t know her subclass, racial traits, or if she’s taken the magic initiate feat, but rogues are not magical by default. hob is the only other character with non-magical classes (fighter, rogue, and barbarian) but this is much more fitting for a general in the goblin court than a princess in the court of wonders.