While We Like To Joke About Izzy Being In The Wrong Genre, I Would Argue That There Are In Fact At Least

While we like to joke about Izzy being in the wrong genre, I would argue that there are in fact at least five distinct genre universes in the world of Our Flag Means Death, and all of them have different rules.

Stede Bonnet, and his crew when they’re around him, live in a Muppet movie. I didn’t come up with this analogy but it’s so accurate. Insane physical comedy and comedy-action where no one really gets hurt. Mild peril but you know everything is gonna work out. Terrible puns and sight gags, but room for sweet, genuine emotional moments too. The rules of time, space, probability and logic will bend for a good joke.

Izzy Hands is in a grimdark action/drama where if someone gets stabbed in the gut they will behave normally and fucking die. (Probably slowly and painfully, of sepsis.) Crucially I think Izzy also lives in a genre where you can only be subtextually queer, and violence (done for or with or to each other) is the only acceptable form of intimacy between men. This is why being forcibly dragged into Stede’s world, where everyone is busy having silly low-stakes misadventures and being gay and emotionally available all over the main text–and seeing his Subtextual Boyfriend go into this world and love it–sends him round the twist.

The British, Spanish and other imperialist militaries are in a Master and Commander-style naval adventure where they’re the heroes. This is why they all take it completely seriously when Stede (unintentionally) kills Badminton and takes hostages, even though we can see that he bumbled his way into it ass-backwards. This is also why Stede is so shocked to get actually for real stabbed aboard the Spanish ship. (“Did you mean to do that?”) He didn’t realize until that moment that he’d stepped into a different genre. The stabbing is one of the first Surprise Genre Switch moments we get and in retrospect it’s very important for setting up that in this world, the threat of getting hurt or killed is very real–which we need to understand to know that there are real stakes much later, when Stede almost gets executed by the British.

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well that was gayer than i expected

i was just innocently watching clips when this appeared. what. what on earth. what. excuse me. guys??? (full link under cut)

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nic-the-rat

1 year ago

People complaining about Lockwood and Co in AAALLLLL the Dead Boy Detectives posts on YouTube and Instagram, and alllll the complaining and speculating in the DEAD BOY DETECTIVES tags.

PLEASE please stop. I’m SORRY about your show. I’m sorry it was cancelled.

Dead Boy Detectives is a property that ties into The Sandman, was created decades before the Lockwood books, and is based on Neil Gaiman characters.

There’s a lot of reason for us to be happy and excited and I’m here in these tags to celebrate THIS show.

Complain to NETFLIX via direct message, tags, DMs, tweets whatever but can you PLEASE let us be excited for THIS show?

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nic-the-rat

1 month ago

phregnancy….

announcing our most important joint project ever! the phaby

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RELEASE ME id like to unsubscribe from dan and phil autism now thanks i dont even wanna know how much this is gonna spark insane fanfics

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2 weeks ago

✨William Shatner: 😍🤤 I LOVE YOU muah muah muah 💋💋

Leonard Nimoy: 🥴🫠 Love you back. I knew you were gonna do that 😍🥰✨

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william shatner you’re a man-liker i know it… i just know it

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nic-the-rat

6 months ago

🦉Positivity owl reporting for duty! This was sent by a friend who wants you to smile as much as your posts make them smile. Please list five things that make you unique, four things you are super passionate about and why, OR three of your favorite memories. Feel free to send the owl to those who you feel deserve to smile🦉

omg this is awesome :33

3 of my favorite memories have to be from this year!!!

meeting my best friend of a long time @nic-the-rat irl for the first time, and d&p!!!

meeting brandon rogers multiple times!!!

being in my field production class this summer where we did a short film! it was so fun!!

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nic-the-rat

2 years ago

Steve is at Eddie's gig.

Is he:

a) jealous

b) protective

c) touch starved

(the answer is all three)

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1 month ago

bi kirk episode bi kirk episode

no further comments other than: “are there men on this planet??”

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1 month ago

hey!!!! so i finished the fic!!!!!!

here it is everyone, my child, my first ever trek fic. i hope you enjoy it throughly!

shoutout also to my beta reader @mazarinememories !!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64328155

i’m gonna tag people here if you commented on the original post, obviously if you want your name removed feel free to reply or message me!!!

@rowlev @pipthecow @non-main-branch @pre-raphaelite-s @dat-carovieh @mmmerlenoir @justhugsplz

concept: season three episode eleven of TOS where kirk and spock are sped up, but mccoys counteragent to slow them down doesn’t work.

they’re stuck on the enterprise together for years in their perceived time all alone with the rest of the crew in near suspended animation.

spirk ensues.

they finally find a way back and they’re like literally married and the entire crew is like. what the fuck??

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