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i think it’s a testament to how disturb Stede was by his guilt & Badminton’s death that he’s wearing a orange top and purple trousers that really really don’t match
i did a little bit of digging and it appears that this man literally owns a purple waistcoat that matches with these EXACT breeches (which we see when he’s telling ghost stories in episode 6). there is zero excuse for him not wearing it. get it together, man!
That outfit slaps and you know it. Plus the back fabric of the waistcoat matches the breeches. Absolutely an alternate waistcoat to wear with the breeches because our boy packed options
oh shit! I didn’t even notice that lmfao. okay @treesofgreen I might’ve just said we were losing the fight but we’re winning again.
@silk-and-oranges I’m so sorry dsfghjkk
I was swayed for a moment into thinking maybe he had just grabbed whatever but the closeup of the back of the waistcoat proves this is a purposeful look and cutting edge FASHION.
look. my man is a one color at a time person (white doesn’t count) black & black, purple & purple, blue & blue, etc
i might be persuaded that orange & purple looks good (it kinda does i’ll admit) but y'all have to concede it’s abnormal and Stede wasn’t in his right mind at that time
I would note respectfully that in several of the photos above, Stede is wearing waistcoats that contrast with coats and breeches that match. The issue is just that he took off the lavender coat that most likely exists before the episode began and never put it back on again on camera.
Those are NOT the same breeches as the ones from episode 6!
The episode 2 ones are some kind of plush velvety stuff.
(From heathervanderstitch on instagram.)
And the ones he wore with the matching waistcoat are clearly satin, and they fit him much better.
The episode 2 ones fit quite badly, and appear to have been made in such a rush that they didn’t even get buttons at the knee.
And the waistcoat fabric isn’t orange, it’s peachy pink with metallic gold.
Not a bad choice for lilac breeches with gold buttons, in my opinion. Especially since, as @chocolatepot very correctly points out, they’d have definitely been worn with a matching lilac coloured coat.
Suits with a matching coat & breeches and a contrasting waistcoat were very much a thing in the 18th century (sometimes with coat cuffs that matched the waistcoat, as I talk about in part 1 of my costume review post) and he wears a few others like that.
The brownish linen suit from episode 8 has a pale mint green waistcoat.
(From Laura Wong’s instagram highlights.)
Beige and pink:
He wears his very weirdly cut episode 1 suit again in 8/9 with a brown waistcoat this time.
We only get the briefest glimpse of this one in episode 1, but again, two contrasting colours.
(Though it’s the breeches that match the waistcoat this time, which is much more of a late 18th century thing. But the decades in this show are all over the place anyways, so whatever.)
Red coat, beige waistcoat, orange breeches:
(Also weird, and much more of a last 2 decades of the century thing, to have 3 different colours.)
The thing I’m more concerned about is that most of Stede’s waistcoats are way later than the coats he wears them with. Waistcoats get gradually shorter over the course of the 18th century, and he keeps wearing these short little late century waistcoats under these big mid century coats, which objectively does not look as good as it would if he had more cohesive suits with the correct proportions. (Yes I’m very biased, but I’m also right. Look at that collared waistcoat under a coat with no collar and totally different neckline. awful.)
this is an EXTREMELY informative post and i’m glad to be proven wrong so i can learn more about stede’s wardrobe. i’ll have to keep more of an eagle eye when i rewatch to spot all of his waistcoats.
anyway, my most significant take away is this: this man has a purple jacket somewhere and we DIDN’T get to see it, and that’s homophobic. for me. because i want to see it
area man too worried about acting normal to feel anything else while his friend unexpectedly removes their shirt
Anonymous asked:
The most unrealistic thing about OFMD is that someone as hot as Ed would fall for Stede. (Stede’s a 4, Ed’s a20)
twocarsonenight answered:
incorrect. stede is bright and colorful like a peacock, with a kindness that is simply irresistible. stede knows what colors look good on him and works it effortlessly, and he’s got that fluffy prince charming hair and autistic boy swag to boot. he and ed are two 10s in opposite directions making it everyone else’s problem
i appear to have a crush on two middle-aged men with oppositely-shaped noses
this confuses me
pretending I'm not feeling unhinged bc of last 2 eps by drawing a he he funny 🔥😎💀
ALTOP those tags were golden
He’s a killer but instead of killing with weapons, he kills with…kindness. Oh right, so you’re the gentleman pirate then. Well sussed!
the-scarecrowlover
I have always said this ever since I watched OFMD for the first time but I’ll say it again:
I personally don’t believe Ed was being his true self when he went through the “Why are we even pirates” phase. Instead, I have reasons to believe he was going through a manic phase after a depressive episode, floundering for an identity that would help him feel less broken, but missing the mark in the process.
As someone who has gone through extremely painful breakups and who struggles with a sense of identity due to my abandonment issues, I read that moment as a clear sign that Ed is overcompensating for what he feels is a shortcoming in his personality, and he thinks that shortcoming is the alleged “cause” for why Stede left him.
In that scene, Ed seems to understand that he is not the violent and ruthless entity that people make him out to be, but he’s also unable to fully grasp the extent to which he is soft and vulnerable, thus pushing things to an artificial extreme.
I think Izzy’s reaction is significant in this situation because he overcorrects in the exact opposite direction. In that moment Izzy may sense that Ed is not acting like “himself”, but he fails to recognize in what way. Because of this misunderstanding, he pushes things too far toward the other extreme. Izzy could be partially correct in assuming Edward isn’t being his genuine self, but he makes the mistake to assume that if Ed isn’t this absolute softy, then he MUST be the complete opposite. Izzy is your typical black-and-white thinker, and so the way he jumps to assumptions is both predictable and tragic.
After the argument with Izzy, Ed comes to the partial realization that he has gone too far with his soft persona. However, in doing so, he unfortunately overcorrects again, this time going “Kraken mode”, and once again missing the mark when it comes to finding his true self. He is like a person who has lost control of his car, swerving from one curb the other instead of finding stability somewhere in the middle.
I genuinely believe that the “true Ed” is somewhere in between those two extremes, but he hasn’t yet found the inner peace to truly embrace that side.
Those of us who struggle with identity often go through these periods of attempting to find the self by adopting extreme sides of our personality, especially when we are in distress. This can be exasperated when the people around us show us in one way or another that they don’t accept who we are. In those moments of desperate self exploration, we scramble to find an identity that can ground us and help us gain acceptance and approval from those around us. People like this tend to jump to conclusions and assume they have found their true identity, but it’s rarely the case, especially when the driving force is external and not internal.
I believe the only way Ed can find his true self is if he separates himself from external factors and traumas, which is, of course, not easy in the environment he’s currently in. If he continues to rely on the reactions and perceptions of others to define himself, he will never be able to truly heal. Stede can’t heal him, Izzy can’t heal him, the external world can’t heal him. Only Ed can save Ed.
I’m curious to see how Season 2 explores these concepts.
