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edward teach is a very good boy 🍉🏳️‍🌈 @flagmeanssteph.bsky.social · 16h

it has been so long since I finished a fic but listen. I am literally like 2 scenes away from being done with these sweethearts for y’all. for now, have another wip weds of them talking it through during an unceremonious reunion at some dick’s funeral

“I get it,” he says quietly. He glances Stede’s way again, looking conflicted. “I didn’t, back then. But… eventually I did.”
It’s the last thing on earth Stede expects to hear, the last thing he probably deserves. His brow furrows. “You… did?”
Ed shrugs, gaze dropping back to the floor. He’s grinding his boot into the tile again. Stede wonders what he’s imagining crushing underfoot.
“I mean, he was fuckin’ scary. Your dad. You needed to feel safe, needed some kind of control. I get that.” He shrugs. “You know what my dad was like, after all.”
Stede grimaces and nods. “I do, yes. Worse than mine, even.”
“Nah, don’t—” Ed waves a tired, dismissive hand. “Don’t do that, man. Yours was shit. Mine was just shit in a different way.” He huffs, almost a laugh. “He’s dead too, by the way. For years now.”
Stede blinks in surprise. “Oh. Oh, I’m, um—well, I’m—”
“I’m not.” Ed gives him a humorless half-grin. He sighs, sinking back to rest his weight against the back of a nearby sofa.
The sofa, in fact. The very one where they last kissed, touched, held each other, laughed together. Still here after all these years, trapping the memories between threads of upholstery.

Stede had rather thought that if he touched it, it would burn him.
“Anyway,” Ed adds, waving vaguely at him. “Go on, then. Think you were talking about how fucking terrible it must have been for me, and yeah, it was. Anything else?”
Stede bites his lip. The words are cutting, but the tone isn’t. The tone has shifted, almost lightened, like rays of sunlight breaking through the ocean he’s been drowning in. He wonders if he’s getting any closer to the surface.
“I think,” he says, soft and careful, “that part of me was afraid for you, too. That your father would find out too, and that it would be even worse for you.” He scoffs lightly at himself, glancing down. “I knew it was an excuse. But I—I told myself I was protecting you.”
“Bullshit.” Stede glances up to find Ed glaring again. “Should’ve let me worry about that. I knew how to protect myself, man. You were always so fuckin’ worried about me, but all I ever did was survive that house. I was a pro by then, trust me.”
Stede sinks into himself again. “I know,” he sighs. “I know. But I didn’t know how not to worry.”
“Yeah. I know.” Ed rolls his eyes. “You were a pro by then.”

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JP 🪼🫧 @zstraps.bsky.social · 18h

this feels like a kinktober prompt

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Our Flag Means Death Frames @ofmdframes.bsky.social · 18h

WANTED. ALIVE.

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SoupBeech @soupbeech.bsky.social · 18h

Let me try that again…

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moosh 🧜🏼‍♂️ @mooshy.bsky.social · 20h

someone or several someones or everyone should draw this as ed & stede with their cake toppers 🙂‍↕️

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sigilmint @sigilmint.bsky.social · 17h

My former boss shuttered the entire company I poured my heart and soul into for the past eight months, on a whim, over a weekend. I just want to land somewhere. I can do so much and pick up new stuff so fast. Would love the chance to prove it! Open to leads.

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Lucia ✨🏴‍☠️🎨🏳️‍🌈✨ @citrussyndicate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Are you ready for a whole new year of Ed and Stede being hot together? 😌 #shopofmd

A teaser image of Stede and Ed for the 2027 Gentlebeard Calendar. Pre orders are open from October 15-31. There is a cropped version of my digital draw of Edward Teach and Stede Bonney from Out Flag Means Death at the bottom of the image. Stede hand is resting agains Ed’s cheek as they gaze into one another’s eyes.

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Aud 🏴‍☠️ @sonnetswithstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*me at 85 years old showing this to anyone who will listen: “you know they actually strapped that man’s legs in a mermaid tail and practically filmed this scene underwater”

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lusinda 🏴‍☠️ @treasureandrum.bsky.social · 18h

hahaha mood

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☠️ Blip B ☠️ @robertaseaport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Alice @thesearethekids.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#taketwotuesday is this cushion that a crew member has now! "you used to pick flowers". I still have the free pattern on my Kofi but noone has ever downloaded it 😭

My hand holding a green velvet cushion embroidered with a hand holding a bouquet

The same green velvet cushion on a chair in the back yard

Close up of the cushion under artificial lighting

Picture of my old house where I'm sewing the embroidery in the hoop with the dog on my lap

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Gentlebeard Calendar @gbcalendar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pre-orders will open from October 15-31! I'm still working out the price, but it should be $25-$30 for the physical and $12 for digital. Proceeds will once again be donated to The Rainbow Railroad.

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Lucy 🧜‍♂️🏴‍☠️ @butterscup95.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is exactly what I wanted. 🥰 www.instagram.com/p/DeIaGmcmM0...

Press photo for the Hunt for the Wilderpeople 10 year anniversary screening at the Academy Museum.

Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby at the Hunt for the Wilderpeople 10 year anniversary screening at the Academy Museum.

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Grace 🌈🏴‍☠️🐈‍⬛ @catbandit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thinking about them 💙💛

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molly 🏴‍☠️🪴🌌🚀 @aproperpirate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ofmd bts of the day

Rhys as Stede holding a sword in his season 2 dream sequence on the beach with a camera filming him

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Lark 🔞🍉 @sensationseekng.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#GarlicSoupWeek and #OFMDKinktober crossover science experiment 💕

Redraw of discredited arousal measurement set up. Archie and jim are in the foreground. Archie points excitedly at the rest of the scene. Jim is frantically recording the output of a machine on their clipboard . There are two machines showing matching graphs with a huge spike recently on the slider from x to heart. The machines are hooked up to Zheng and Olus crotches. They are facing away from the viewer watching a projector. On the projector is Jim eating Archie s pussy. Text at the bottom says "There are easier ways to detect interest in a four-way, but the arouse-o-meter is the most scientific."

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molly 🏴‍☠️🪴🌌🚀 @aproperpirate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

am I the only one experiencing an extra renewed love for the show over the past few days??

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gotta post this clip too. Bless Samba and pirate dad!! #ofmd

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a freak. @freakofnurture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

tapped into my inner deviantart fetish artist for the hypno prompt (naturally) #OFMDKinktober

digital sketch from eds perspective, looking down at stede holding his hand, staring at it with that classic blue/green hypnotized eyes effect. he is very much transfixed

digital sketch from stedes perspective, looking up at ed. his hand is being cupped by stedes and his snake tattoo has the glowing hypnotizing eyes. ed is watching intently and looking like he has Plans a'brewing.

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Lucia ✨🏴‍☠️🎨🏳️‍🌈✨ @citrussyndicate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good morning from this handsome little guy! 🫡😘 #OFMDfanart #OFMD

A digital drawing of Stede Bonnet from Our Flag Means Death posing in a jaunty salute while wearing a long white shirt and stockings with a teal blue bow tied under his knees. He has a Steard, which is very important and a huge grin on his face.

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em ✨🏴‍☠️🎃 @emcolbs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i miss our show i miss our boys i miss our crew

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Foxy McLuvox 🏴‍☠️ @foxymcluvox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alex Sherman posted it on twitter way back in 2022, here it is:

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Melissa @mildlybritish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy 3 year anniversary to this look #ofmd

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em ✨🏴‍☠️🎃 @emcolbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

an oldie for teaser-trailerversary #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #ofmdfanart

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butthole poster 🕳️ @cannibalxing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Revisiting one of my favorite cross stitch projects, on this the anniversary of our season two

A cross stitch project on black Aida framed in a sort of soft triangular wooden hoop on a background of black and white skulls, the project is the s2 promo image of Ed and Stede’s faces making a heart and a skull with a sword and a rose through them in black and white, and in hot pink it says Our Flag Means Death

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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy OFMD Season 2 anniversary!

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Foxy McLuvox 🏴‍☠️ @foxymcluvox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy Our Flag Means Death season 2 anniversary! 💜🏴‍☠️🎉 #OurFlagMeansDeath #CrewForLife #OFMD

Stede beaming love at his Ed at the Calypso's Birthday celebrations aboard the Revenge.

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Jenn overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three years ago, after these eps dropped, I said I needed to sit with my feelings before I talked about them. I don't think I ever really did outside of what the merStede scene means to me. I immediately drew it after because I was always better at opening up with lines. 🧡 #ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath

Drawing of Ed and Stede from Our Flag Means Death. They're underwater. Stede is a merman and cupping Ed's jaw. A rope is falling away from Ed's waist.

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lusinda 🏴‍☠️ @treasureandrum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

my life has never been the same

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butthole poster 🕳️ @cannibalxing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WHAT A SHOW, EH?

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molly @edwardstede.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

happy 3rd anniversary ofmd season two 🤎 you were there for me when almost nothing else was i love u so much

ed and stede moonlight season two kiss still

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Kuuttamo @kuuttamo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dipping in #ofmdkinktober with leather kink #kinktober2026 #ofmdnsfw

Digital painting of a figure leaning forward on a table with his hands. He is wearing fitting, elbow lenght black leather gloves. His head is outside the pictureframe, but tattoos are indicating it's Ed from Our Flag Means Death

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edward teach is a very good boy 🍉🏳️‍🌈 @flagmeanssteph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

happy 3 year anniversary to the day that kicked off a month of me being so crazy I barely remember anything except feverishly watching and rewatching episodes between spitting out entire fics in the span of mere hours. the golden days

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angie 🌈🏴‍☠️🦄 @korps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three human years? 🥺💜 #ofmd

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Deanbird @deanbird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy Anniversary to the airing of S2 of my favorite show on Earth 🏴‍☠️💜 #OFMD #OFMDfanart

Stede carrying and making out with Ed on the beach. Stede's hands are under Ed's thighs and there is a pirate flag blowing behind and around them.

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moosh 🧜🏼‍♂️ @mooshy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HAPPY THREE YEARS OF MERSTEDE DAY

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KalansPhantom 💜🏴‍☠️🔞 @kalansphantomff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Let us never forget there's a lil heart on merstede's bum.

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Wren @redwsailing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And you cried all the time, and liked to pick flowers. #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath Pattern: jessicalongembroidery.com/products/bum...

An embroidered wreath of flowers and bumblebees. In the center, turquoise cursive reads “a little bit”

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Caly 🏴‍☠️💜😊 @intheblanketfort.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm sad to report that I have nothing new for #GarlicSoupWeek (short on drawing time atm), but I definitely want to show Archie some love, so here's some past Archie art

A grayscale digital pencil portrait of Archie from OFMD

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LouLo @aperfectday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I just want to talk about OFMD

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🌊 impossible bird 🪼 mermaidinn @mermaidinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

you have hope, it’s cute #ofmd #ofmdfanart #garlicsoupweek

Digital illustration of Jim and Archie kissing in the secret hold, covered in Izzy hands blood. Messy style, Muted brown and purple colors with red accents. cw blood tw blood

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molly 🏴‍☠️🪴🌌🚀 @aproperpirate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

ofmd bts of the day

Taika as Blackbeard in season one sitting in Stede’s clothes with his legs crossed

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xray_vex 🎃👻🧡💜💚🖤 @xrayvex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3 human years ago, in the wee hours of Oct 5, 2023 🥲 #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath

screen shot of phone alarm going off at 2:50 am on thursday, oct 5, 2023, labeled OFMD s2

screen shot from Max page showing an OFMD s2 poster featuring Ed & Stede. the overlay on the poster says Featured - New Episodes

screen shot of the first 3 episodes of OFMD s2. each episode thumbnail says New

screen shot of the empty beach & open sky in the first seconds of OFMD s2, ep 1

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🪢 Sub Stede's Bondage Weekend 🪢 @bottomstedeweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We've got a fresh new event for you, babes 🤲🏻🪢👀 Bottom Stede Week presents:

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Nikki ✌🏻💜🏴‍☠️ @asyouwish311.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

God I miss Our Flag Means Death.

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ana 🏴‍☠️⚔️ @edwarbteach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

💋🏴‍☠️

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Liv @the-widow-olivia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This whole thread is a great read — but this in particular got me thinking about why I have been reading fanfic about the same characters for nearly 3 years and haven’t gotten sick of it.

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