Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
like this one’s for sure shipping goggles but it’s SO funny to imagine that “not so boyish anymore, doctor” is literally just a blatant come-on because they either just hooked up recently for the first time, or julian did something exceptionally slutty. like the whole scene is garak doing Cardassian style flirting, coming on STRONG, literally just whore behavior, and when julian finally breaks and flirts back like a human, which is their thing because something something cultural exchanges, garak brushes up against him, says something else snarky, and then dips. he absolutely got railed for hours in a state-honoring way that night.
blackbonnet reunion and stede has bulked up a bit from all that rowing and from being physical, being a proper pirate working on the ship alongside the crew, maybe a bit of a beard, and he’s still a fancy man, still in nice clothes - maybe not as nice as his old wardrobe, but he’s stolen silk and fine clothes on raids and he still cleans up good - and there’s ed, a shadow of himself, fierce and terrifying, eyes dark with exhaustion and make up and look i’m just saying
i’m just saying stede should be able to pick him right up and sweep him off his literal feet and tell his darling that he looks tired, he looks handsome, he looks gorgeous, he looks like he needs to sleep
big strong fancy man stede bonnet carrying the dread pirate edward blackbeard teach to bed, putting him to sleep so he can finally rest
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i know the tag is lizard bdsm, and is sort of joke but sort of not, but what do you think their favorite activity would actually be when it comes to getting railed in a state honoring way
So like, if we’re talking about getting railed in a state honoring way, about hitting the good ‘ol factory reset button a few times, about the Lizard BDSM ™…
Julian likes his hands to be cuffed to the headboard and to be edged. Really lets Garak take his control issues and all the years of experience as a torturer on a walk. Makes sure all the headboards they own are steel reinforced, after that One Time. Garak thought it was hot but Julian was a little mortified and then just the practical consequences of cracking the slats in your bed in half. Garak is a man who knows about lubricants and nerve endings and vasoconstriction. Julian is a man who likes to beg and Garak likes to hear it, right before making him cum. He licks the beads of sweat off him while trying to bring him back down juuuuuust enough to keep going. Julian’s always left slack jawed and cum-dumb. Garak takes pride in his craft and he should.
Garak just has a deep innate need to be bent over something and have his hair pulled, Julian’s fist at the nape of his neck, forcing his back to arch. And like, who doesn’t? He’s definitely coy about it at first, doesn’t really know how to ask for it, but I know that boy has a propensity for submission, he’s just never felt Safe in subspace (ha) before. It’s always been self harm. Julian rewires those neurons and opens up a brave new world to him and makes him tell Julian what he needs and Julian makes him stop struggling and let him give it to him. No running. No getting out of it. Augmented strength pinning him down one way or another, using his mouth or his fingers or his dick to get the job done until they’re wet and messy.
The choice should not be Ed or the Kraken. Just as the choice shouldn’t be Stede or Izzy.
OFMD is about self actualisation through the love and support of community. Characters are rewarded for doing things which allow them to be themselves, and (generally speaking) when they cage away parts of who they are or repress themselves the narrative throws negative consequences at them.
This is why is can’t be Ed or the Kraken. Because both are Edward Teach. It’s also why the choice can’t be Stede or Izzy as epitomised by Stede brings out ‘soft Ed’ and Izzy brings out ‘harsh Kraken’.
Because if Stede is going to be the love interest Ed needs (and this is a love story, so he’s going to be) then he cannot be just an opposite version of Izzy. He cannot be a person who brings out one side of Ed and punishes or ignores or berates Ed for the other side. It won’t work. That’s Izzy’s role, as an antagonist who is fighting against letting Edward self-actualise. Stede can’t be in that boat too.
No, Stede needs to fall in love with all the parts of Ed, if Ed is going to be able to chose him in the end. And no, this doesn’t mean Stede should forgive him for the whole…crew thing, because like I said, another very strong theme is about love and support through community and Ed was destroying his own community in his heartbreak. But like. Stede can’t be Izzy 2.0. It won’t work. It won’t be suitable.
Ed is violent, he does love a good maim. He also cries in bathtubs and fancies a fine fabric. He likes fuckery, and can make friends easily, he’s charismatic as fuck - but he’s also scary enough that he managed to build up a legend where people see him and immediately surrender or throw themselves overboard rather than deal with him. He is both.
And I think this also comes back to why we love Stede/Ed in the first place. Ed ADORES all these things everyone else in his life has belittled him for, the secret wardrobes and books and the fanciness. He’s immediately interested in pretty much anything Stede has to say, listens to him, laughs with him. And he shares his own life with Stede; fuckery, raids and yes, that soft part and Stede loves all of that too. But Stede has to give him that in return! He has to! He has to love all the pieces that don’t fit right in everyone else’s books which includes the Kraken and Blackbeard. AND I feel if Ed finally does feel accepted for both, he’ll no longer be so liable to these intense swings because he’ll stop seeing himself as fragmented pieces. Like. Stede leaves him and the last conversation they had Stede said ‘yuck’ about making people eat toes - so Ed IMMEDIATELY makes someone eat a toe when he ‘switches back’ to his old persona because he’s trying to PROVE SOMETHING instead of just like. Being himself.
IDK man, I just. I think it’s way more complex than some people are making it out to be with an Ed vs. Kraken, Izzy vs. Stede thing with Ed’s identity. It’s very similar to what the Dragon Age fandom does with Iron Bull vs. Hissrad actually. But Ed is both. And for their love story to work, Stede should accept him that way.
The choice should not be Ed or the Kraken. Just as the choice shouldn’t be Stede or Izzy. There isn’t a choice. It’s just Ed, and who is gonna accept Ed enough for him to be who he actually is, all of it, not just a few pieces.
Being cheerful is not unmasculine. Being kind is not unmasculine. Being passionate is not unmasculine.
Being emotional is not unmasculine. Talking about your problems is not unmasculine. Needing help is not unmasculine. Masculinity should not equate to stoicism. People should not have to feel afraid or ashamed of appearing vulnerable.
