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LyraTalise

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40s, they/she, knitter, spinner, and writer. Brain is 80% Our Flag Means Death. pfp @sailorsruin92.bsky.social‬ Find my fics on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/LyraTalise/works

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · Sep 2

Stede can't imagine getting married without Ed by his side. Ed couldn't agree more, only perhaps without the bride? Being in love with his oblivious best friend is hard, but with the wedding looming, Stede may finally have to see things as they truly are. #OFMDfic

archiveofourown.org/works/69868706

Title card for Working with the Wrong Tags, designed by latinkraken. Image photoshopped to look like Facebook post for Our Flag Means Death characters Ed and Stede. Black and white image of hands nearly touching. Ed's hand has a spider and stars tattoos, and he is wearing a black watch. Stede is wearing a square turquoise ring. The image is "tagged" - "Ed Teach Straight" "Stede B. Engaged" and between their hands "Best Friends." At the bottom in blue text by LyraTalise 64K words|E Rated.

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 44m

Ed is such a caring friend. 😌

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 45m

That's the question, but you probably have a problem when neither the bride or groom showed up to the rehearsal dinner. 😂

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 1h

#WIPWednesday for Working with the Wrong Tags Ch 8, in which Ed and Stede do not sneak into Stede's room.

archiveofourown.org/works/69868706

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He was still very much thinking about it, when they came up the hallway to find his mother standing by the door to his hotel room.

She theatrically wrung her hands when she saw him. “Your father is furious. He says you haven’t been answering your phone, and I have no idea what to tell him, and you didn’t come to the rehearsal dinner!”

Stede bit back the impulse to remind his mother that it could hardly be a rehearsal dinner without the bride in attendance, instead returning to yesterday's lie. “I’ve been indisposed, quite ill from the airport sushi. I went to the hospital yesterday for treatment and was just released this morning.” Stede was somewhat sure that one didn’t stay overnight for food poisoning, but was hoping that the idea of it was disgusting enough to put his mother off further questioning.

“The hospital?” she asked uncertainly.

“I had to have fluids,” he said confidently and did not snicker on the word “fluids.” Ed did, though. Stede, inspired to just a little wickedness, added, “Ed made sure I got more fluids this morning. He’s a really good friend.”

“Just doing my best,” Ed said, mirth beneath his tone, and Stede decided it was best not to tweak Ed further in case he lost his composure.

“Well! You can certainly understand our concern about your absence. The wedding is today.”

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 9h

I can’t wait to see them. This is fab! 💖

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 10h

Very loose ponytail so it doesn’t get trapped in my armpits and a silk pillowcase.

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Del @blackdelphinium.bsky.social · 10h

I need to remake Jinu because I used the wrong size crochet hook, but it will have to wait until I have made Huntr/x as well.

Photograph of all 5 tiny crocheted Saja Boys in a box.

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 10h

Oh no! I want to eat them.

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mahnah 🌌 |✨️Comms open✨️ @mahnah.bsky.social · 14h

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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Zuckerbaby_1 Secret Owner of 'alf a Pyramid #LongLiveOFMD @ofmdzb.bsky.social · 11h

It's been a while between #OFMD #TakeTwoTuesday posts, & this week I thought I'd spruik one of my #Ouizzy fics. This one incorporated prompts from a range of generators & events & was my first ever attempt at a time loop fic.

Friday I'm in Love. T-rated, 9.9k.

archiveofourown.org/works/58054498

He picked up the next card and lay it in the centre of the square. Caught a glimpse of the label - Temperance - and an impression of something white in the centre of it.

A flash, and then darkness, and the sound of someone knocking on a door.

Izzy opened his eyes and looked around himself, confused, bordering on angry. He was lying in the bed at the accommodation, and he checked his phone and it was…

And it was the morning. And the knocking on the door was -

“Room service!”

It was Friday. Again. He’d never met Frenchie. He was about to meet Frenchie.

What the fuck?

OR

Izzy meets the man of his dreams and is caught in a time loop before he can do anything about it.

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✨ Rowan 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🍉🔞 RD Portland 🍿 OFMD in theaters @littlefingies.bsky.social · 11h

Boost for whatever the fuck this is 😅

✨ Rowan 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🍉🔞 RD Portland 🍿 OFMD in theaters @littlefingies.bsky.social · 20h

Have a mind-fucking treat, friends! Auntie is visited by the sea witch in a dream.

archiveofourown.org/works/72437586

await for me, above
by littlefingies
auntie/the sea, explicit, 1k
kinktober day 14
psychic/mind fucking

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 12h

No idea what you mean. 👀

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 12h

And it’s pretty.

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Tri | LatinKraken @latinkraken.bsky.social · 12h

For #TakeTwoTuesday (and on theme with #OFMDWhumptober), I present to you A Pearl.

1.3k words, angsty with a hopeful ending, mind the tags please!

It's my 2nd fic, and it could do some editing, but I'm too fond of it to touch it. It's imperfect and I love it.

archiveofourown.org/works/56841973

Ed is drowning.
It's fine. He already made his peace with the fact that he’s gonna die, or he’s already dead, or something between those two. He doesn’t know any more, doesn’t care. The important thing is that there’s nothing for him out there. There’s no one for him.
He thought there was.
He was wrong.
He can’t feel the cold of the water or the burning in his lungs. All he can feel is the tiredness, carved deep, engraved in his very bones. And he can still feel a stinging pain, thin, sharp, deep and all consuming, purple and orange like a sunrise on a lonely dock. Yes, that’s why this decision was easy, comforting even.

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 13h

Evening bump for this one! Thanks to everyone who's already read and commented. 💜

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 1d

Ch 7 of Working with the Wrong Tags, in which it turns out that intimacy comes in many varieties. #OFMDfic #OFMDfanfic

archiveofourown.org/works/698687...

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pez | bi ed and stede calf truther @petrichorca.bsky.social · 13h

Need some fluff amidst the horrors on this #TakeTwoTuesday? @veeagainsttheday.bsky.social and I've got you!

📰 archiveofourown.org/works/59152522 by us
🎧 archiveofourown.org/works/59295946 by
@happydaiz.bsky.social

#OldManCrush

pez | bi ed and stede calf truther @petrichorca.bsky.social · Apr 9

It's still #TakeTwoTuesday in my timezone! I was thinking about #OldManCrush and how fun it was to write with my dear @veeagainsttheday.bsky.social. Silly oblivious friends to lovers fluff 💕

📰 archiveofourown.org/works/59152522 by us
🎧 archiveofourown.org/works/59295946 by @happydaiz.bsky.social

Screenshot from Archive of Our Own of fic title, author, and summary, white text on dark grey background. Text reads

Title: #OldManCrush

Authors: petrichorca, veeagainst

Summary: Stede and Ed happily run a newspaper together, but can their partnership survive Stede’s op-ed describing his anonymous middle aged crush?

Front page of a fake newspaper called The Revenge, from the fic called #OldManCrush by veeagainst and petrichorca. Full sized image and text included in fic

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Slagathor AKA Mirandy @slagathor420.bsky.social · 18h

For this #TakeTwoTuesday I'm sharing my RBB collaboration with @ourartmeanszepp.bsky.social. I'm really proud of Learning to Fly, and tbh I think it deserves more attention.
archiveofourown.org/works/701011...

Learning to Fly - Chapter 1 - OurArtMeansZepp (Ofmdzeppelin29), Slagathor420 - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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Jenn Lee overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · 15h

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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chaoticreader.bsky.social @chaoticreader.bsky.social · 23h

Morning bump!

chaoticreader.bsky.social @chaoticreader.bsky.social · 1d

@whataccountantsdo.bsky.social and I have written an unofficial Kinktober fic cause of course we have! Here's the first 6 chapters of For Your Love. Kindergarten teacher Ed and tattoo artist Stede with a 15 year age difference.

archiveofourown.org/works/716978...
#OMFD #OFMDFanFic

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Gemagination 🏉💙 @gemagination.bsky.social · 20h

Partners in everything

A digital marker drawing of Ed and Stede from our flag means Death, in ballet clothing. Ed is wearing lavendar tights and purple flats, with a purple ballet wrap sweater. He's holding Stede in a high lift. Stede has one leg extended straight, his arms outstretched. He is wearing a white sheer romantic tutu with pink pointe shoes

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 23h

I love the stocking staying on. Also art!! 😍

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LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 23h

Aww, it is, and I'm so glad you like this chapter. 💖

LyraTalise @lyratalise.bsky.social · 23h

So happy to share this one. ❤️

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Dr Xtina 🍑 gave you all 1 million fucks @drcfxtina.bsky.social · 1d

Also in honor stockings day of Kinktober, it’s #TakeTwoTuesday for Cravats and Cravings, my Regency AU. (Complete, 50k.)

The stockings 👏 stay 👏 on 👏

#OFMDfanfic

Dr Xtina 🍑 gave you all 1 million fucks @drcfxtina.bsky.social · Jan 14

Thrilled to share Ch 1 my first historical AU, posted for the 1800's prompt (Regency)

In Cravats and Cravings, Stede is a cravat influencer living from client to client. Ed unexpectedly inherited an earldom and becomes Stede's newest client.

Tags/link ⬇️ #OFMDfanfic #gentlebeard #OFMDJanAUary

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Del @blackdelphinium.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't done a #TakeTwoTuesday in a while, but I was rereading my collection of previous shorts, and why the heck not?
archiveofourown.org/works/490316...

New Session | Archive of Our Own

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1d

For #TakeTwoTuesday, how about my and @aliassamm.bsky.social’s smutty innkeepers wearing stockings??

First, Seeing, Being Seen: archiveofourown.org/works/70127756

And it’s not just the stockings that stay on in Dissolv'd in amorous Heat: archiveofourown.org/works/71653886

#ofmdfic #ofmdnsfw

Cover art with Stede blindfolded and Ed gazing at him lovingly, with candles in the background. The text reads “Seeing, Being Seen
Innkeeper era 5.7k Rated E

Cover art that has a shirtless Stede wearing glasses and holding a book. The text reads “"Dissolv’d in amorous Heat"
Innkeeper era 4k Rated E
words by: R Politest Menace art by: Samm
A Kinktober 2025 Collab”

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