What gets me most is how quietly accepting Ed is of this. Like he's not remotely surprised to be abandoned. Of course it was going to play out like this; he doesn't get a happy ending. He doesn't get softness that's his to keep. He's "not that kind of person." Anyway, I have to go ugly cry on the floor some more.
Yep, he takes it like he thinks it's what was going to happen all along. I think that's why this love story feels so real to us attachment wound survivors. We all secretly feel like this all the time.
I felt a lot of sadness when I saw this ending; but it had to happen. For Stede to solve his mental problems and be sure of his new life as a pirate. (the song is perfect for that scene)
This scene is heartbreaking and all, but the way Roach asks "What happened to his beard?" and then it immediately cuts to Stede returning home to see what his wife's been up to... Was that intentional??
@@briannawarren4174 The way I see it Ed's beard is the Blackbeard persona and he initially sheds that as well as the literal beard on his face to be with Stede 🤔Then he retreats back into it when he thinks living happily ever after with his boyfriend is no longer an option. The symbolism in this show is just too juicy, it's the antithesis of the "themes are for eighth grade book reports" brand of writing the GoT showrunners flaunted. Never was that big fan of that show but as a lover and teller of stories that quote makes me so mad lol.
Through all the comedy and drama, they touched on some really moving and important stuff. And weaved in a bit of historical accuracy. Even down to Stede been recorded to have strolled on deck in his morning gown with Blackbeard. I wonder if season 2 will also include how much more experienced and badass Stede became as a pirate and his second run in with Blackbeard, whilst keeping what made him a gentleman and so loveable to edward. Whilst obviously keeping the show’s canon romances and struggles to get through...
Kinda annoyed about this scene because Ed doesn't try looking for Stede in case he was captured or hurt, he just assumes he was abandoned? Which okay he was right, sorta, but I just would have preferred him actually seeing Stede make the decision to go back to his wife.
it makes it sadder if he assumed it so quickly tbh since it implies it happened before, especially when it was after he told stede he just wanted to be edward. he probably thought stede only liked him as blackbeard, like everyone else.
@@hootowllps I honestly hadn't considered that angle, that Ed at least partially went back to "being Blackbeard" as hard as possible because he figured that was what Stede was attracted to. Not that he thought he would win Stede back at that point. But yeah. I get the thought that "if this is all I'm good for I may as well do just that, then." I had only thought he was "being Blackbeard" because he was hurting so much that mayhem was the only way he could express his pain.
@@Marialla. Ed also seems to be a very emotional person who is quick to assume the worst and give up. We see it as early as the fourth episode, where his master plan to deal with the Spanish falls apart because of one oversight and his initial response is quite literally "guess I'll die" instead of trying to come up with a plan B. When Stede exiles Calico Jack from the ship Ed immediately decides to go with him because he thinks he's just like Jack, so if Stede can't stand Jack then that means he can't stand him either (which obviously isn't true). I think him just jumping to the conclusion that Stede has abandoned him totally tracks.
@@liquid_pig IDK if it's Ed's nature to assume the worst. He couldn't have been a successful leader if that was his general attitude, all givy-uppy. But when we first met Ed, he was already practically suicidal, and felt his life was not worth living as it was, and in despair from his obligation to uphold the persona of Blackbeard. For him to return to being Blackbeard with a vengeance is an embodiment of rage. He said he didn't used to do much actual murder before, but he started his rampage by casually murdering LUCIUS, who was a great guy. But Lucius was the record-keeper, and more than anything Ed wanted to erase the memory of his heartbreaking love affair. I think Season Two will be long and painful, with lots of misunderstandings, misdirections, warfare, side quests, and general just misconnections between Stede and Ed. I hope in the end they get back together, but I'm honestly not sure they will. I'm actually not even sure how they can do a Season Two and retain the lighthearted comedic elements of Season One at all.
@@Marialla. Lucius is also the voice of emotional intelligence who's been encouraging and mediating the relationship between Ed and Stede, so of course he has to be the first to go when Ed decides to double down on the toxic masculinity BS that made him so miserable in the first place. He seemed to be coping with his rejection in a pretty healthy way until Izzy got into his head like the walking manifestation of depressive self-loathing speech he is. I don't see why the show wouldn't retain the comedic tone. The first season obviously starts out very goofy and gets more dramatic as it goes on, but I think even the final episode did a great job balancing the comedic and emotional elements without either of them undermining the other. The show is very compassionate in its portrayal of emotional and mental health issues and I can't see them just writing Ed and Stede's love off because Ed is struggling. I read an interview with David Jenkins where he talks about how both Stede and Ed are emotionally immature, and how Stede in the final episode is experiencing a more mature form of love for the first time and Ed is experiencing a more mature form of rejection, since this is the first time he's properly opened his heart to someone. I think the showrunners want to show their emotional growth in a gradual way. Maybe much like Stede had to go home and confront his past in order to get closure and perspective on what truly matters to him, Ed needs to go through... whatever he is going through in order to learn something similar. But of course, I do expect shenanigans in the second season. I think this is the longest youtube comment I've ever written, this goddamn show I swear--
I started watching and had to stop...i don't have HBO max so I have only seen the bits and pieces you wonderful folk put out...and I thought, oh, haven't seen this bit yet...and 23 seconds in I couldn't face it...I could not face Ed waiting in the dark for Stede. There better be a happy ending in canon for once...for just once, let Romeo have Juliet ... hey, it worked for Warm Bodies!
esta escena es una de las peores cosas q me pasaron en la vida literalmente no puedo mas, me quiero matar después de esto y lo peor es q no puedo xq tengo q esperar a la temporada 2
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What gets me most is how quietly accepting Ed is of this. Like he's not remotely surprised to be abandoned. Of course it was going to play out like this; he doesn't get a happy ending. He doesn't get softness that's his to keep. He's "not that kind of person." Anyway, I have to go ugly cry on the floor some more.
Do u mean Stede and not Ed?
Never mind- 👀 👀
MY GOD this comment made me cry so hard 😭😭
Yep, he takes it like he thinks it's what was going to happen all along. I think that's why this love story feels so real to us attachment wound survivors. We all secretly feel like this all the time.
That got me too and I identify with Stede so much so it made me wonder if I ever made someone feel this way bc of my cptsd
The use of that song is honestly just rude. "You made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good" RUDE
what the FUCK
And the repetition of "You're going to reap just what you sow" EXCUSE ME MR LOU REED
@@IrisGoodfellow Well, Stede certainly did reap what he sowed.
I love the fact that Ivan and Fang became part of the crew and were helping with the Izzy mutiny.
I felt a lot of sadness when I saw this ending; but it had to happen. For Stede to solve his mental problems and be sure of his new life as a pirate. (the song is perfect for that scene)
This scene is heartbreaking and all, but the way Roach asks "What happened to his beard?" and then it immediately cuts to Stede returning home to see what his wife's been up to... Was that intentional??
Ohhh well spotted! I love visual puns.
Omg that's hilarious 😂
Wouldn't Stede be a reverse beard since having him around convinces everyone that Ed is NOT straight?
@@briannawarren4174 The way I see it Ed's beard is the Blackbeard persona and he initially sheds that as well as the literal beard on his face to be with Stede 🤔Then he retreats back into it when he thinks living happily ever after with his boyfriend is no longer an option.
The symbolism in this show is just too juicy, it's the antithesis of the "themes are for eighth grade book reports" brand of writing the GoT showrunners flaunted. Never was that big fan of that show but as a lover and teller of stories that quote makes me so mad lol.
It was totally!
Your mind
Through all the comedy and drama, they touched on some really moving and important stuff. And weaved in a bit of historical accuracy. Even down to Stede been recorded to have strolled on deck in his morning gown with Blackbeard. I wonder if season 2 will also include how much more experienced and badass Stede became as a pirate and his second run in with Blackbeard, whilst keeping what made him a gentleman and so loveable to edward. Whilst obviously keeping the show’s canon romances and struggles to get through...
i thought i was ok until lou reed perfect day kicked in. THIS freaking show man
This scene broke me. The use of Perfect Day was just the cherry on top, cuz that song never fails to make me tear up, no matter the context.
I love the instrumental bit of that song when stede goes home
this scene made me cry so hard.
how we feeling out there tonight!!!!!!!!!!
I am not feeling good!!
Let me put it this way, I am on the opposite end of the spectrum of good.
Yeahhh I am not feeling good
Everytime this show enters my mind the tears start flowing again. My family thinks I've lost my damn mind. I'm a wreck and need season 2 asap.
yeaaaaa
i am not feeling good
Kinda annoyed about this scene because Ed doesn't try looking for Stede in case he was captured or hurt, he just assumes he was abandoned? Which okay he was right, sorta, but I just would have preferred him actually seeing Stede make the decision to go back to his wife.
it makes it sadder if he assumed it so quickly tbh since it implies it happened before, especially when it was after he told stede he just wanted to be edward. he probably thought stede only liked him as blackbeard, like everyone else.
@@hootowllps I honestly hadn't considered that angle, that Ed at least partially went back to "being Blackbeard" as hard as possible because he figured that was what Stede was attracted to.
Not that he thought he would win Stede back at that point. But yeah. I get the thought that "if this is all I'm good for I may as well do just that, then."
I had only thought he was "being Blackbeard" because he was hurting so much that mayhem was the only way he could express his pain.
@@Marialla. Ed also seems to be a very emotional person who is quick to assume the worst and give up. We see it as early as the fourth episode, where his master plan to deal with the Spanish falls apart because of one oversight and his initial response is quite literally "guess I'll die" instead of trying to come up with a plan B. When Stede exiles Calico Jack from the ship Ed immediately decides to go with him because he thinks he's just like Jack, so if Stede can't stand Jack then that means he can't stand him either (which obviously isn't true). I think him just jumping to the conclusion that Stede has abandoned him totally tracks.
@@liquid_pig IDK if it's Ed's nature to assume the worst. He couldn't have been a successful leader if that was his general attitude, all givy-uppy. But when we first met Ed, he was already practically suicidal, and felt his life was not worth living as it was, and in despair from his obligation to uphold the persona of Blackbeard.
For him to return to being Blackbeard with a vengeance is an embodiment of rage. He said he didn't used to do much actual murder before, but he started his rampage by casually murdering LUCIUS, who was a great guy. But Lucius was the record-keeper, and more than anything Ed wanted to erase the memory of his heartbreaking love affair.
I think Season Two will be long and painful, with lots of misunderstandings, misdirections, warfare, side quests, and general just misconnections between Stede and Ed. I hope in the end they get back together, but I'm honestly not sure they will. I'm actually not even sure how they can do a Season Two and retain the lighthearted comedic elements of Season One at all.
@@Marialla. Lucius is also the voice of emotional intelligence who's been encouraging and mediating the relationship between Ed and Stede, so of course he has to be the first to go when Ed decides to double down on the toxic masculinity BS that made him so miserable in the first place. He seemed to be coping with his rejection in a pretty healthy way until Izzy got into his head like the walking manifestation of depressive self-loathing speech he is.
I don't see why the show wouldn't retain the comedic tone. The first season obviously starts out very goofy and gets more dramatic as it goes on, but I think even the final episode did a great job balancing the comedic and emotional elements without either of them undermining the other. The show is very compassionate in its portrayal of emotional and mental health issues and I can't see them just writing Ed and Stede's love off because Ed is struggling.
I read an interview with David Jenkins where he talks about how both Stede and Ed are emotionally immature, and how Stede in the final episode is experiencing a more mature form of love for the first time and Ed is experiencing a more mature form of rejection, since this is the first time he's properly opened his heart to someone. I think the showrunners want to show their emotional growth in a gradual way. Maybe much like Stede had to go home and confront his past in order to get closure and perspective on what truly matters to him, Ed needs to go through... whatever he is going through in order to learn something similar.
But of course, I do expect shenanigans in the second season.
I think this is the longest youtube comment I've ever written, this goddamn show I swear--
I started watching and had to stop...i don't have HBO max so I have only seen the bits and pieces you wonderful folk put out...and I thought, oh, haven't seen this bit yet...and 23 seconds in I couldn't face it...I could not face Ed waiting in the dark for Stede.
There better be a happy ending in canon for once...for just once, let Romeo have Juliet ... hey, it worked for Warm Bodies!
If we don't get a happy reunion/reconciliation in season 2, my heart won't be able to bear this pain 💔 😢
No please no, I haven’t recovered from the manga : Ten Years that I Loved You The Most. And now this?? 😢
Never heard of this manga, but is it anything like the Great Hiatus for Sherlock, when it took two godforsaken years to get our boys back together?
The saddest part for me is the sight of broken-hearted Edward asking for a tea and quickly hiding in the cabin 💔😭
Literally broke me
Is someone know the name of the song from 0:00 to 0:30? Or is it "Perfect day" too?
I might be wrong but I think it's just an orchestral piece written that's kind of similar to the song as a segue way
crying, again
💔😿
esta escena es una de las peores cosas q me pasaron en la vida literalmente no puedo mas, me quiero matar después de esto y lo peor es q no puedo xq tengo q esperar a la temporada 2
What's the song that plays at the end, it's beautiful
Perfect day by Lou Reed
Perfect day by Lou reed
Why did I click in here 😭
Is this a trainspotting reference or did they just use the same song and actor?