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Circe Jul 9, 2023

I know the correct answer is, "It's complicated," but if you could only choose one answer, why is Ed crying in his final scene in S1 ep. 10?

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His S1 plan failed & he's back being Blackbeard

45.6%

He misses Stede

54.4%

Poll ended at Jul 10, 2023 at 4:06pm.

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✨𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕜✨

@IzzyCanyon @Circe I chose ’s1 plan failed’ bc I think ‘misses Stede’ oversimplifies the profound devastation Ed must've feeling in that moment. He spent years cultivating this terrifying alter-ego so that he could never be hurt, never have to be that scared, vulnerable kid in the corner ever again; then he met Stede and thought he was safe to let his guard down around this man, who encouraged him to think maybe he was worthy after all of the beautiful, soft things his mother said people (1/2)

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✨𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕜✨Jul 9, 2023

@Circe @IzzyCanyon like them couldn't have... only to cast Ed aside as soon as he stopped being interesting, just like they'd done to him at the party. This was about a man at the top of his game failing at the one thing that really mattered to him for the first time in years. That shit would’ve made anyone sob :( (2/2)

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Circe Jul 9, 2023

@specktacles @IzzyCanyon
You're right about Stede. I should probably have worded that option, 'He thinks Stede rejected him bc he wasn't worthy.' I'm sure that's what's going through Ed's head, given Stede's horrified reaction at seeing his beardless, 'domesticated' face. So far as my poll is concerned, I think option #1 is the primary reason he's so crushed, but losing Stede - or the man he thought Stede was - is also devastating to him.

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Cal Jul 9, 2023

@specktacles @Circe

I was def happy the show went to lengths to like, detach Ed's character arc about being about one dude he just met.

Shooting the two identical Stede + Izzy scenes is vital to me, Ed happy cleaning -> each abandoning him.

And having the bender be about wearing an expensive robe and eating only marmalade rich guy style b4 letting go of the "fine things" square. His dreams have been devastated.

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Circe Jul 9, 2023

@jellyfishsynthesis @specktacles You're right that both Stede and Izzy abandoned Ed, and for the same reason: Ed was no longer Blackbleard. I know that Stede was important to Ed, but I think Ed's S1 story arc was about him reaching for the sky and failing, not just meeting and falling in love with Stede. He failed to transform himself into a storybook gentleman right from the start, so his arc was as doomed as Stede's attempt to run away and turn into a storybook pirate.

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Cal Jul 9, 2023

@Circe @specktacles

That's a lovely way to think about it and partly new for me! They both had all their fantasies of escape from unfulfilling lives equally shattered. I hadn't thought about the truly utter unachievableness of the particular way they each romanticized those ideals from the start.

(It makes sense Stede was the one given some emotional resolution because he had to get back out on the ocean, regardless, for a S2 to happen!)

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✨𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕜✨Jul 10, 2023

@jellyfishsynthesis @Circe @IzzyCanyon it just hammers home the fact that Ed’s emotional resolution is gonna have to go through Izzy, same as Stede’s went through his family.