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It’s an odd feeling. Ed doesn’t know his name. Doesn’t know his face. Doesn’t know him, and yet Ed knows him. There’s a tug of familiarity, a pull that leads him all the way to the table.
“I’m Ed,” he says.
The man at the table looks him over. “Izzy.”
“Are you real?” Ed asks.
“So I’ve been told.” Izzy doesn’t move to push a chair over for him, he just keeps watching him.
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Ed wakes up in purgatory with no memories of who he is, in an inn he can never escape from.
Set after 2x02 and diverts from there.
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Tav offhandedly points out Karlach and Wyll could always have sex a different way.
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even as you fall apart by sixstepsaway for DoktorGirlfriend
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
27 Jul 2022
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After the Kraken returns, Izzy doesn’t sleep, his tiredness creeping up on him day by day.
Fang takes notice.
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A long time ago, Edward gave Izzy the ring he wears so proudly on his cravat. Twenty-seven years later, Stede asks about it.
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A lovely nonnie asked me about the parallels between Izzy and Mary in the show.
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- Part 26 of OFMD Metas Group
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Reading Izzy as Someone with Major Anxiety by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
19 Jun 2022
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I think Izzy has major anxiety and that's why he is how he is.
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- Part 25 of OFMD Metas Group
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Stede's Unwillingness to Ask For Input (and his class) is Why the Revenge is so Chaotic by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
19 Jun 2022
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Basically talking about Stede's bookshelves and sliding furniture etc.
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- Part 24 of OFMD Metas Group
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I read Stede being a bitch to Izzy as "he was suddenly realizing he's gay af and having to rapidly process that", and this is me talking about that.
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- Part 23 of OFMD Metas Group
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I've talked before about how I see Ed as masking - both constantly throughout the series (chameleoning himself as a hardened pirate, a muppet softie, a posh party person (but with a racist slant, becoming grosser because of the expectations of those he's masking off of), a jack-ass character with Jack, and finally in 1x10, as Stede - but I talk here about hints of what I think are the real Ed below the masks.
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- Part 22 of OFMD Metas Group
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Izzy's Reaction to His Toe Being Maimed (On Bodies vs Minds, Smiles etc) by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
18 Jun 2022
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We talk a lot over on my Tumblr about how someone's bodily reaction does not necessarily mirror their mind's desires and so on. Here, we discuss Izzy in relation to past sexual abuse, sub-space, BDSM, consent and also the headcanon/read of him being autistic that some of us have.
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- Part 21 of OFMD Metas Group
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Collated Thoughts on the Crews; Loyalty vs Mutiny, Leadership, and Trust re: Stede and Izzy by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
17 Jun 2022
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Brought on by criticism of Izzy 'bullying' Lucius in 1x05 (aka trying to get him to do his work as a crewmember) and other conversations about Izzy and Stede.
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- Part 20 of OFMD Metas Group
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Compiled Thoughts on Closing the Open Loop of Communication with Steddyhands, Ed's Fondness for a Guy Who is a Bit of a Bitch, Codependency and Ownership vs Trust, and Polyamory in OFMD by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
17 Jun 2022
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Exactly as the title says! Ed seems downright fond of Izzy, and Izzy talks to Ed who talks to Stede who doesn't talk back, and nor does Ed. Musings on the three of them learning to communicate, and thoughts on Spanish Jackie's polyamory, Lucius and Pete's relationship and so on.
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- Part 19 of OFMD Metas Group
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An anon came by and told me that Izzy is an antagonist and shouldn't have more screen time in season 2. This was my response to a different anon referencing the first anon, discussing the difference between a villain and an antagonist.
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- Part 18 of OFMD Metas Group
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Talking about how Stede must be thought of with only Izzy's scenes and point of view. Lacking the context of 1x01 - most of 1x03, and 1x07 and 1x08 and most of Stede's best moments changes how he is perceived.
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- Part 17 of OFMD Metas Group
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Ed Neurodiversity and his Relationships with Izzy and (replacing him with) Stede (+ Why Stede Bothered Calico Jack So Damn Much) by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Jun 2022
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Discussing Ed's seemingly ADHD, depression and further neurodiversity, how his brain is seeing Stede in 1x09, hyperfixations and replacing Izzy with Stede.
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- Part 16 of OFMD Metas Group
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Non-Proportional Levels of Izzy Hate (ft. Fandom Discourse Drama) by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Jun 2022
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A nonnie asked why fandom continually insists that Izzy is manipulative and why they act as though that is the only acceptable take. I broke it down in regards to purity culture and the current fandom discourse climate. We also discuss how they treat other fans, shaming fans of Izzy for made up things, ascribing modern terminology to word usage without considering the class and personal dynamics involved, accusing characters and people of using words they did not, and stripping characters and production crew of agency in the process, and a little bit of Calico Jack!
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- Part 15 of OFMD Metas Group
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Discussing the way certain characters are shown as masking and others are not.
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- Part 14 of OFMD Metas Group
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Collated Thoughts on Genre: The Genre Shifts in 1x10, Framing and How People Willfully Misread The Show (Especially Re: Power Dynamics) by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Jun 2022
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The title says it all, really.
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- Part 13 of OFMD Metas Group
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The Kraken destroys everything it touches, and it has touched Izzy far too many times to count.
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- Part 1 of OFMD Tumblr Prompts Set 001
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Collated Thoughts on Izzy's (And Ed's) Future Post-Toe Scene by sixstepsaway
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
15 Jun 2022
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Trauma, disability etc.
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- Part 12 of OFMD Metas Group