edward being in love with stede for 7 minutes and 20 seconds

I can't believe David Jenkins and Taika Waititi singlehandedly fucking destroyed queerbaiting

For anyone whose seen Good Omens, “you wear fine things well” and “you go to fast for me” are opposite sides of the same spectrum

Idiots to lovers is my favorite trope

I like to think that this season is about how far Ed would go for Stede. And the second season is gonna be about how far Stede will go to save Ed.

After watching ep 9: “I can sleep happily now” After watching ep 10: “I will never sleep happily again”

can’t believe the season ended when they kissed

they are so in love it's kinda hard to watch i feel like i'm interrupting

That amazed "fuck off" when Stede shows Ed his secret closet is proof that love at first sight exists

I just think Rhys NAILED Stede. He was funny, vulnerable, charming, stupid at times. He portrayed each and every emotion perfectly and Taika and him both aced the relationship

bro the fact that taika can literally get his eyes to be heart shaped. how. how does he do that how does he make them look like that i’m losing my MIND

I love how much significance the line 'I suppose I do work for Blackbeard' has now that we now how disconnected Ed feels from the identity of Blackbeard. It's like assuming the mask of Blackbeard is a chore for him. Stede is the only person with which he can just be Ed

The way he hesitates before saying "...you" because he's visibly biting down his nervosity I can't

I must be exaggerating but I'm so happy a series like this exists. A complex queer MAIN couple being treated normally, allowed to exist and have comedy and drama It just doesn't happen that often

**Some stupid idiot in silk florals turns up out of absolutely no where, found by the most blood-thirsty pirate on the seas** Ed:.... Ed: Can we keep him? Izzy: ... Edward no. Ed: .... Ed: I'm keeping him.

I know a lot of people love the foot touching scene, or when Stede puts the red fabric in Ed's pocket (and don't get me wrong, I absolutely love those scenes), but I think my favorite scene of all time is when Ed is in the bathtub, and Stede puts his hand near Ed's face, and Ed just instinctively lays his head on it. It just genuinely is such a sweet moment

Ed looking at the library has the same vibe as Crowley finding out what happened to the flaming sword.

his whole "oaahhh" at 3:03 when Stede has "tricked" him into being at his restaurant, i just love it, it makes me laugh every time, and that whole scene is just so endearing

‘this was the last time they saw eachother’ NO. YOU CANT. IM DONE WITH THIS EVERY FAN OF THIS SHOW IS PLAYING WITH MY FEELINGS SO MUCH.

Thank you for not making me watch ed row away alone because that breaks me more than anything else in this show😭

Thank you for not including Ed sobbing while looking at the lighthouse painting I physically cannot handle seeing that anymore.

Something I’ve noticed is the tiny detail about Ed being comfortable with physical contact with other people and Stede. Around other people the only physical contact with them is violence or joking hyper masculine aggression. In the Calico Jack episode there’s a bit where he tries to put his hand on Jack’s shoulder but decides not to - his whole life his main source of physical contact would be violence. At the party he gets angry when the woman tried to touch his beard, showing he doesn’t like being touched without notice and assumes it’s violent straight away. But around Stede, he’ll touch him on the shoulder, support him when he’s injured even let him touch his beard - slowly becoming comfortable with touching someone for fondness rather than violence. But the first thing he does when Stede’s gone? Throws a guy overboard and cuts off another man’s toe. Reverting back to his ‘comfort’ zone of violence and aggression. God i love the small details in this show

That little "mhm" from Stede (at 6:42) after the kiss and the look on his face, as he's ready to take this chance at love, to run away once again, but this time not because he's discontent and chasing a dream and leaving his family behind, but leaving *with* Ed and a future he probably never thought he'd get to have because he's in love now and it's mutual and this kiss was unlike anything he's ever gotten to experience

"you're a fuckin' lunatic and i like it" he looks so fucking FERAL.

I’ve seen Taika Waititi in many things, but the acting he did in this show was phenomenal. The complexity and range of emotions he showed for Ed was just incredible.

This is the first time I’ve watched something that had Taika acting in it since the What We Do in the Shadows movie, and he is brilliant! He can be hilarious, intimidating, soft, just everything. I especially love the acting he does with his eyes in this show. He can give someone a look that says “I will stab you 37 times in the pancreas if you so much as cough in my direction” to “I’ve never been so happy in my entire life, please don’t leave my side, ever” multiple times in just one episode, and it still gets me every time. I really gotta check out more of his acting credits cuz his performances make me happier than Stede makes Ed.

I haven’t felt this type of love since Good Omens

The soft smile he has just for Stede. I melted when he mischievously smirked over his shoulder at him during the closet scene when he admitted he was Blackbeard. He's so head over heels for him, looks at him with literal heart eyes, obviously finds him absolutely adorable. He is so amazed and fascinated by him and his eyes twinkle with stars at the sight of him. Like wtf, can you be any more in love with someone???? He gets so excited when Stede says yes and kisses him back and omg he's so cute, I'm gonna cry. You wouldn't think he's a cruel murderer cause he's so sweet when he's with Stede. Man, I love this trope

1:01 “These are just my favorites” really hurt to hear after what happens

It breaks my heart that Stede left Ed because of what Chauncey said to him, and Ed has no idea about his trauma and just thinks he was rejected 💔 😢 😔

taika is so good at having eyes

"You're Blackbeard- No, I'm your boyfriend" OMG I'm dying. I'm in love with their love. Thanks for the video.

i watched this show all in one night and i was so broken after i've been a shell of a human being ever since. its just so surreal to see characters able to be themselves with zero mention of homphobia and basically an absence of stereotypes. i love the refreshing take on this sort of story its just so unique and the actors are all amazing, plus taika is just a fucking amazing actor and director ❤ manifesting a season 2 ASAP!!

You said 'their feet' and I always knew Ed moved his foot, but I never noticed before that STEDE MOVES HIS FOOT TOO!

Ed's "Maybe we can just get away" at the end, reminds me of when Crowley said to Aziraphale: " Maybe we can go off together". My poor heart 😭

He's so cute and sweet and in love 😭 They need to find their way back to each other is season 2!

Ok but the part where Lucius tells Ed to stop being a gay disaster, open his eyes, and realize that Stede likes him is such a great part (also I love that Lucius is involved in everyone's relationship drama lmao)

I just love the small personality swap at 2:02 between Stede and Ed. Stede is just there looking at the chaos he has just caused and Ed looking around in shock like "Wtf Stede"

I love their love! The dashing, slightly dorky, Blackbeard & his Manic Pixie Dream Pirate have stolen my heart! 💗

Bringing your Good Omens Pirate AU to life like:

The way you can visibly see stede struggling to breathe after the kiss is so personal to me

i sure hope nothing bad ever happens to either of them. they probably both lived happy and long lives together, plundering and being in love and stuff and never getting separated.

Bro, I found out about this because of Tumblr and I'm so glad that not only does it depict pirates in an accurate light, but also they made sure that the LGBT representation would be good! I mean, it's a historical fact that pirates especially were VERY gay. Like gayer than any of us would ever understand. Hell, even the women were gay! _EVERYONE WAS GAY_ and I don't like how too many pirate movies/shows/books/etc. just choose not to show it because "dOn'T sAy GaY" (Sorry for the over-enthusiasm, I'm a historian and because I'm queer myself, I get very passionate about history and remaining historically accurate. Especially when it's about queer-ness)

I love how after the kiss they whisper the whole rest of scene 😭 When you find love you don't want to scare it away so you coo quietly like you're trying to catch a rabbit

"This was the last time they saw eachother" HEY SHUT UP

I love this so much. Ed just took one look at this frilly little nerd and was like, "you're perfect! I love you, lets pirate together!"

“You wear fine things well.” I’m gonna light myself on fire and run into the ocean GOOD LORD ITS SO SWEET

The switches in this show, especially from Stede, from theatrical comedy acting into suddenly very quiet realistic acting hit so hard. They hit me right in my little chest

As much as the ending made me sad (and Ed too), I am really interested in how Stede will handle a heartbroken Ed. My thought is that because Stede meant so much to Ed and Ed was very much in love with him (and vice-versa, but Stede realized/understood it a bit later), Ed will probably be upset/angry at Stede for a good portion, and may even go out of his way to avoid him ? (or possible angry confrontation?-maybe this could be cathartic for both of them to get everything they're feeling out there) and I really hope Stede is able to explain to Ed why he left/was gone for so long, and that he loves him, and I hope it's then filled with a bunch of fluff T-T. I know it is a romcom, so it'll probably have some happy ending for them, but it may also have angst (which I am also looking forward to- not just because I want to see more of heartbroken/angry Ed and how Stede reacts to this...) Anyway, just my thoughts, and I really need season 2 T-T

I'm so glad so many other people noticed Ed going to tap his boot against Stede's foot, then Stede lovingly rubbing Ed's boot back despite the situation. It's so wholesome despite everything that's going on around them and it hurts. It's probably my favorite moment of the series.

UGH THESE PIRATES HAVE MADE ME MISERABLE 😭😭😭 I just want them to be happy and together

Often, in shows like this, where they wind up getting together, I'm always watching and thinking, 'They just seemed like friends to me , but ok'. But nope. No, there was clear interest in each other from the get-go. Obvious as daylight romantic tension. They really did a good job with all the little moments between them, and it's like the writers ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD real romance. They could have just shoehorned it in. But they actually put the work into it.

okay but the way Stede gave Ed so much hope that he could just...be himself, be ED- and not HAVE to be Blackbeard or anything- he could be or do whatever he wanted, whatever made him happy around Stede- and with Stede gone, Ed feels like he HAS to go back to being Blackbeard because his hope is gone😭

when ed was crying under the fort, it really hit me, i was like taika what the fuck why would you make me feel pain?

Stede you can't just marry a pirate you just met and adopt his slightly unhinged children! That's a THIRD date move!

Bruh halfway through this I stopped the video, downloaded HBO max and binged the entire thing in one night, thinking it would be a self-contained miniseries where they get a happy ending like good omens-- 😭😭😭

That feel when you're watching the show and you don't see it coming and even when Lucius is like, "This is happening" you're like, "No! Are you sure??? No." and until the kiss happens you're more than half expecting it all to come to nothing and then it happens and then you finish the show and you're like, NOW I HAVE TO SEE THIS OVER FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND I HAVE TO SEE IT OVER AGAIN KNOWING THAT!!! 😍😍😍 *Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!*

I had no idea it was going to go all the way to romance... and omg it was such a relief that they didn't hold back. They just let this natural chemistry blossom.

His willingness to be so vulnerable when it comes to love is fucking beautiful. I can’t wait for Stede, now looking like a goddamn romantic hero, to go back to him and have to earn that love back.

The fact there's so many queer characters and everyone treats them normal makes me so so happy, the fact their love is considered normal even by Stede's (now ex) wife it means so much, and the tension slowly growing between them means so much to me I hope season 2 comes out soon

I love their relationship because it's not just romantic love, it's friendship.

Stede's smile when BB asked "Who's he?" And he said "that's me"😭😭😭

they're so cute together and so in love AND THEN THE END ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED ME

my favorite trope is the person who hasnt known a single second of peace or comfort and the other person who is just peace and/or comfort its wonderful and ofmd nailed it. im going to leap :D

The way he looks at Stede when he created chaos by using "passive aggression"

wait THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN LOVE???? I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST BEING DELUSIONAL AGAIN

This show is so refreshing and romantic, I was enormously shocked when they kissed because I never expected their interactions to escalate from platonic attraction to literally kissing. As Taika said this show is about ROMANCE and not BROMANCE. It really makes justice to queer representation and I hope other shows like Good Omens step up to this level of undoubtedly love expressions

One day I might recover from the little noise Stede makes when Ed kisses him. One day. But not today.

I discovered this show a few days ago and I think I'm going insane 😳

The whole scene leading up to and including the kiss is my comfort scene, it's so soft

Stede makes ed happy Ed makes stede happy SO WHY IS THAT SEASON FINALE SO HEARTBREAKING????

I realized when Ed comes back (w/o Stede) he's wearing Stede's robe around the ship likely because he misses him 😭😭😩

I'm in love with how in love he is

Season 2 needs to come soon because I wanna see Stede finally fight for what he wants and not run away.

it’s a crime how underrated this show is

taika waititi honestly outdid himself

there is NO OTHER SHOW like this out there

The wink at 4:12 broke me and put me back together again.

“I bet there’s some INSANE foliage” goddammit I love this show

I didn't notice until my 5th watch-through, that in the scene where he's in the pillow fort, when Ed lifts his head to look at Lucius, he actually has a tear running down his cheek.

LISTEN BOIS, IF STEDE AND ED DONT GET MARRIED BY THE END OF SEASON 2, WE *RIOT*

It's almost outrageous how I instantly became attracted to Taika Watita when he showed up as Blackbeard. I didnt think I had a thing for pirates before but I guess I fucking do, shit.

I think seeing ed cry, like genuinely sob, broke me more than anything ever has, I need the next season so I can move on with my life :'(

This series was such an absolute joy to watch, I don't think I've loved a couple this much since Good Omens finished.

The “Oh my god, this is happening” was such a perfect line. It represents every one of us that is completely fed up with queer baiting being so happy that there’s such a real queer love story that actually pans out. I think the best part about that scene was that my “omg this is happening” moment was when he said it and not their conversation because I’ve gotten so used to queer baiting that I just shrugged it off. But that line coming from another character in a queer relationship really showed that the writers were not just baiting us, they were finally giving us what we really wanted. At least, that’s what it felt like for me…

*THE CHOKEHOLD THIS SERIES HAS ON ME, MAN--*

I love how 2 minutes in the OP just gives up on doing Ed’s POV and just writes what we, the audience are thinking😂😂😂

Lucius in the treasure ep represented the whole fanbase tbh

May be otherthinking it but I like how Ed’s beard goes lighter and lighter with each episode, on his fist appearance it was a dark grey to black and the last time we saw it was a light grey, I think it kinda shows how he was distancing himself from his bad title.

TAIKAS EYES ARE SO SO EXPRESSIVE he can make his face so clearly display an emotion and its So cute

“You make stede happy” HELP AWWGHHFHFHDHHH I CANT BREATH I LOVE THEM SM AUGHHAwWW

I will always be grateful for this show to teach me what "passive aggressive " meant, and also the most exciting love/pirate story ever

I. Have. Been. Asking. For. A. Gay. Pirate. Show. Since. I. Was. 10. I. Finally. Got. It! *FANBOY SCREAMING* SO FUCKING CUTE! I CAN'T!

3:19 he was looking at stede SO SOFT I was about to cry

I'm more invested in 2 fictional characters' happines than in my own. I cannot move on from this show and it's been weeks since I watched it, HEEEEEELP

I can’t never listen to The chain again without remembering their feet touching and getting emotional

they’re soulmates your honor

When the acting is so good and intimate i feel uncomfortable watching

Lucius being our audience stand in is so precious

So many mlm couples nowadays are all really young conventially attractive men, bit this couple feels so authentic and for the gays. It's so refreshing and they have so much chemistry I love it.

I WILL GET IN BED AND NEVER RECOVER IF WE DONT GET ANOTHER SEASON AND THEY ARENT HAPPY I WILL WATCH AS MANY SEASONS AS IT TAKES FOR THEM TO BE HAPPY