Do you think Stede WANTED to put some of that yummy lavender soap in the breakup box for Ed?
Like...
Lucius, trying to get Stede out of his funk: Alright, first things first. We need to get rid of everything he left here. (Gets a box and plops it in front of Stede; starts putting stuff in it)
Lucius: And I'm talking everything, his jacket, his guns-
Stede (reminiscently): He only has one gun
Lucius: okay, well if he did have extra guns, they would go in the box. Now get up and help me.
*a few moments later*
Lucius: Alright, that should be it- Captain?
Stede: Yes?
Lucius: I'm pretty sure this silk jacket is yours.
Stede: Well, he kept holding onto it whenever he was in here, so I figured he'd like to have it.
Lucius: Captain, this box is meant to be a way to let yourself be petty and throw it in his face that you don't need any part of him and he doesn't get to have any part of you. You don't put stuff in here just because you think he'll like it.
Stede: *sigh* alright.
Lucius: *nods*
Stede: Can I at least put some of the lavender soap in there? I think he'd really appreciate it-
Lucius: IT ISN'T A CARE PACKAGE!
living with gluten-free diet is like no it's ok don't worry about me I can manage
but then looking like this when someone else asks if there are any gluten free options before you can even mention it
not being in any of the same fandoms as your mutuals but being excited for/with them when something happens within said fandoms
The thing about the “you wear fine things well” scene is like. Let’s take this from Ed’s perspective.
You’re the meanest sonofabitch on the seven seas. Everybody knows your name. You reputation alone can win the day before you even fire a shot.
And you are fuckin bored.
So bored that the instant you get wind of some weirdo who appears to not be even a little impressed by you, you run to meet him. And by god, the first thing he says to you and your lustrous black beard is: “Do you work for Blackbeard?”
It immediately rotates your worldview. “Never thought of it like that before. Yeah, I suppose I do.”
But then he tells you about retirement. And you think, yeah. Yeah, actually, that sounds great. How do I do that?
Well, a fuckery of course! A good one, too. Something worthy of Blackbeard, with a tiger or something. But the important part is that there’s a corpse—the corpse of a man you made sure is similar enough to you in height and build to wear your clothes.
So now you’ve got a plan. You’re great at plans! And all you have to do is learn how to be a fancy ponce so you can go live the fancy ponce retirement of your dreams. Easy as that. How hard can it be to learn how to use silverware?
But it all goes wrong, doesn’t it? Catastrophically wrong. You struggle with the basics because you panic, and when’s the last time you panicked? Then you’re laughed out of a room by people who would wet themselves if they knew who you really are, and it occurs to you, suddenly, miserably, that if you go through with this, if you choose this life, you will never have that crutch again, because Blackbeard will be dead.
Worst of all, though, is the blooming doubt that this is what you want. This glittering world is meant to be your scrap of silk writ large. You’re not sure if it is, any more. You’re not sure if a world like that exists.
Now what?
Well. Now, along comes this silly man. You wrote him off as naïve because why else would he ever want to be a part of your world? Why would he claim he wanted to be “like Blackbeard” when he has his secret passages and model ships and summer linens? But you’ve seen what he’s running away from, now. You’ve seen he’s as much a master of that world as you are of yours. And you feel understood. You feel like an equal.
So when he tells you in the moonlight that you belong with that piece of silk, and it belongs with you, you believe, suddenly, that there’s a place in the middle, between your worlds, where you’re still yourself but you wear silk and eat marmalade and talk to handsome men in the moonlight. And Stede fits there, too.
Some Collector and Amity siblings stuff :)
I like to imagine them going to her with their nightmares, asking her to read them stories, only to fall asleep on her shoulder
I also like to imagine them getting jealous of Luz like King got jealous of Amity 'what!? no collector hug?? I demand to be held' and then they get hugged from three directions by Amity, Luz, and King
'Looks like we're going to be siblings in law, king!' And they get to be flower star person with King (at Luz and Amity's not white wedding but they agreed it was so cute when they both insisted that they just let them)
The Collector just stayed in their usual clothes, and King wore his armour of intimidation and they spent the whole day randomly showering people with little stars with focus on lumity
Also Amity letting them bash their old siblings, and being there for them when they're sad about what they lost and who lied to them.
'I just- wish you'd been my sibling the whole time.'
'Me too. Those archivist people SUCK.'
'YEAH! They didn't even try to find me when I got trapped. They just decided it was good riddance and were disappointed when I came back last week...'
'Excuse me, WHAT. Collector, please stay away from them- if they're going to lure you into a place where you could be in such danger on purpose, then completely ignore you when you get trapped instead of taking your tablet to titans blood to free you or at least bringing you to the stars to keep you company, I dread to imagine what else they'd do to you. I don't want anyone else to hurt you like Belos and the archivists have. You're a good kid, you deserve way better.'
Cue The Collector breaking down in tears in Amity's arms
And also being there for them when they're feeling guilty over their pre-Luz actions, and she can just be like 'same little dude, same' and recount stories of the things she'd done under her parents' control
'Can I make my own book of friendship?'
'Of course, Collector'
Amity reading Otabin to The Collector would be so cute - I think they'd love it, especially having a bedtime story that isn't that malicious pile of stone slabs they have
Spoilers for watching and dreaming below - the scribbles in the photos King's looking at
Just a huddle of weirdos helping the resident god make a book of friendship
SPOILERS FTF ✨
Bonus*
Collector and Mamadalia making their own photo base on the clawthorne family foto jiji
How do comic artist do this all the time ?!?!! 😭 my respects for you guys like omg
i feel like nobody has NOTPs anymore. like if you hate a ship now it has to be for some deep moral reason and you have to justify it to everyone what happened to just not liking stuff that isnt inherently bad but just because you personally think it sucks
Update: I'm a child again
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