The literal kicker at the end is when Blackbeard moves his leather-booted foot to touch Stede’s. Waititi came up with the now-beloved moment, Jenkins says. “I knew I wanted that song, I knew which beats I wanted where. But that little improvised foot touch is like a release valve or something that helps that already fantastic sequence work. It punctuates it in such a good way. It’s so sweet.” | Los Angeles Times
this scene is the most insane thing in the series. the surreptitious dick glance. will arnett fully being like yeah me and blackbeard had a bunch of nasty gay sex how’s that make you feel snowflake. they both have their dicks out actually. the fact that he’s pissing handsfree the whole time
episode 7 has a missing scene where after they agree to be co-captains and they've had their nightcap ed turns to stede and is like
"lucius told me you did this for me"
and stede is afraid even without fully knowing why, caught out and embarrassed and ready for rejection and ed continues like -
"it was cool. no one's ever planned a thing like that for me. but listen. listen."
and stede is listening, ready, waiting -
"i hate nature. i hate nature so fucking much. plants are fucking diabolical with their roots and vines and snakes that look like vines and god forbid all the fucking insects so listen. listen. don't ever. take me outside again. not on land. we could have had a nap man."
and stede is now trying not to laugh because he is taking this seriously, ed is communicating a strict boundary with him, but his voice is sulky and he's gesticulating and the look on his face -
"right, quite right, it is a bit - undignified -"
"abso-fucking-lutely. totally outside our fucking dignity, to be tromping around like landlubbers."
"but napping, really? i thought you would be looking for an adventure, is all?"
"psh. what's more adventurous than a nap on this fucking couch, mate, on this ship? you ever tried to sit down for ten minutes, get a good nap in? 's like all the problems in the world come rushing in the second you try for a nap."
"you know, i've never considered it in that light. it would be a bit of an adventure, trying to find enough peace and quiet for a nap, wouldn't it?"
"that's what i'm saying!"
and thus many adventures in competitive napping (aka napping together but its not gay its a competition we swear) were had.
“We start filming hopefully I think by October, and we’re gonna shoot in New Zealand. We shot the last one in LA. Weird place to try and do something all on the ocean, so we’re gonna go down to New Zealand which is surrounded by it. That’s one of the things I’m most excited about for the next year.” –Taika Waititi
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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.
