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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 8m

just choked on my seltzer reading this

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 19m

Sitting up in my chair, vibrating like a tuning fork

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Sara Otterstätter @saralutra.bsky.social · Sep 24

I just wanted to do something with Ed's back tattoo, give them couple tattoos and have them cuddle. That was the whole motivation for the drawing. #ourflagmeansdeath #ofmdfanart #ofmd #gentlebeard #ofmdseason2 #pencil #drawing 🏴‍☠️🌕🌕

Edward and Stede sitting on the bed in the nude, with their backs to the viewer. They have matching tattoos of a heart stabbed by a dagger, and their respective monograms on the right and left bottocks. Ed's back tattoo of a skull with crying snakes and the caption "Trust No One", is partly covered by Stede's arm, only leaving "Trust" visible.

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✨ Rowan 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🍉🔞 RD Portland 🍿 OFMD in theaters @littlefingies.bsky.social · 4h

Making stuff is really hard, especially when you want it to be good but your technical skills aren't as good as you want them to be. Reminding myself publicly to stick with it (in case y'all need to hear it too) for a lot of reasons but here are some:

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 3h

Also forgive me if I’ve recommended it before because I tell people about it all the time but I cannot recommend highly enough the book syllabus by Lynda Barry. One of my most transformative texts on creativity

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 3h

It’s so frustrating but the magic of creation—good or bad—never stops feeling like a miracle to me, that I can make something that didn’t exist before and wouldn’t have without me, in this moment, choosing to spend the time. On my better days I can feel joyful about that alone (those days are rare)

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 3h

Haha you beat me to it! This is one of my all time favorite quotes on creativity

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 5h

he was so nice about it!! surely he deserves a reward!!

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

😈

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

This pleases me greatly 🥰

Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

Thought provoking to say the least!!

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

He’s just going for it, bless him

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

pretty much how Ed’s feeling if we’re honest

Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

just cheerfully and matter of factly giving Ed an aneurysm 😀

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 6h

GIRL GET IT TOGETHER

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 7h

One of many in this fic 😌

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 8h

listen life is hard enough, let fanfic be soft if you want! (Also fwiw, this is several chapters ahead—they’re still pretty sad/angry right now)

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 16h

So nice to see these two getting along again 😌

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 16h

Technically it’s not WIPWednesday here for another hour but I am once again bored & trapped in the car so I’m writing divorce boys on my phone

Ed gave Stede his new number. Everyone’s being on their best behavior about it (cw: light sexting)

Ed: do you ever wonder if it was really that good?
Stede: hello, Ed
If what was that good?
Ed: us. The physical part, I mean. I know the other stuff was real, I’m not saying anything about that
Stede: oh. No, I do not wonder that
Ed: I dunno man. We were 22. Could’ve just been the magic of perpetual boners.
Stede: that wasn’t it
Ok, that wasn’t ALL of it
Ed: but how do you know?
Stede: no one has ever made me feel the way you did
And I’ve never made anyone feel as good as I did you, I know that much
Ed’s speechless
Stede: and I hope you don’t mind me saying this…
Ed holds his breath
Stede: but if I could have you again tomorrow, I know with utter certainty that I could have you crying into the pillow case, begging me to come within the hour

Jesus Christ
Ed should stop. He should tell Stede to stop.
Ed: awfully confident, aren’t you?
Stede: you’re a five minute walk from me. Come over and we’ll see
Ed lets out a shuddering breath. This is bad bad bad
Why can’t he stop?
He stares at his phone, unsure what to say
Stede is typing again
Stede: I still know your body. I remember every inch of it. I know the way your feet flex when you’re about to come and the spot behind your ear that makes you go breathless when I kiss it and the fact that your left nipple is more sensitive than the right and that you don’t like to ask for it but you’ll go all dreamy and floaty if I lie down on top of you with my full body weight after you come.
Dots
Ed is having a nervous breakdown. But, like, a horny one.

Stede: I never forgot any of it
Stede: I also know your left hand is resting low on your stomach, and as you read this it’s just starting to flirt with the waistband of your underwear right now
Fuck. Ed’s hand froze, the tips of his fingers just starting to creep beneath the elastic. He hadn’t even realized he was doing it
Ed needs to regain control of the situation
Ed: ok, stalker
Stede: fuck
Stede: come over, please
Stede: do you want me to beg? Because I’m not too proud

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mahnah 🌌 |✨️Comms open✨️ @mahnah.bsky.social · 23h

This one still makes me all mooshy and happy, I love them sm 🥹💛✨️

#ofmd #ofmdfanart

Fanart of Trans Ed and Trans Stede sitting on their balcony at home, enjoying a quiet romantic moment after their wedding. Stede has his arm around Ed, both their heads turned towards each other, eyes closed with huge smiles and blushes on their faces. Ed is wearing a wedding veil and a pearl necklace, Stede is wearing a gold hoop earring in his left ear. Both their wedding bands can be seen. Ed has a hand on the inside of Stede’s thigh. Both are wearing suits, Ed's is silver and Stede’s is brown, both with white shirts unbuttoned to their navels to show off their top surgery scars and chests. A bouquet with pink, blue and white flowers lays near their legs. Flowers hang from the top of the corners, filled with jasmine and marigolds. A close up of the flowers appear in the bottom right. There is a beautiful starry sky in the background. The lighting is slightly orange, contrasting nicely with the purple background. Ed and Stede are from the show Our Flag Means Death.

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈 @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 1d

This is gorgeous!! Sorry about the sads though—hope there’s some lovely autumnal sunshine coming your way soon 💛

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Jenn Lee overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favorite time of year. I am not fall's favorite human though. Low sunlight sads got me hard today. Needed to draw a tiny comfy Ed about it.

#ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath

Small digital drawing of Ed from Our Flag Means Death. He's wearing an off-white robe and pants combo. The robe is decorated with tiny gold flowers and vines around the hem and shoulders. He's wearing big brown slippers. His hair is down, falling around his face and down his back. He looks cozy, happy. Could be happier, if he had a hot cocoa.

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Enabuns✍🏼 @enabuns.bsky.social · 1d

A very quick and messy page for today! Playing around with colors and gross zombie vibes 🏴‍☠️🧟‍♂️
#ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #piratesofthecaribbean #crossover #drawtober #sketchbook

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freak of nurture @freakofnurture.bsky.social · 1d

are yall picking up what im putting down???

#OFMD

VERY loose digital sketch of ed and stede. stede is blushing and clearly Not Present. ed is looking very satisfied with himself, his arm around stedes shoulder. eds salt-and-pepper beard has a nice little orange goatee

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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 2d

Stede Bonnet fucked Edward Teach so good he was compelled to yeet his clothes and cook breakfast for the first time in his LIFE

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