In May of 2020 I lost a very dear and precious friend of mine. Her name was Liz and she was a fucking star. Today her mom sent me something with the words from her diary titled "In Case I'm not here anymore" it says "Love. It. All." and "Be Nice." So. For Liz, I will.
Y'all: I cant watch the ooh daddy scene bc embarrassing
Me: I can't watch the duel because as soon as Stede loses his weapon and Izzy pins him to the mast, Izzy wins. Ed should know that and so should Izzy AND buttons. And yet somehow he loses and gets mocked and it's infuriating
Izzy comes down to the galley to grab a fruit and there's a cup of warm tea waiting for him. Peppermint with citrus and ginger. His favorite. Underneath it is a paper with a crudely drawn unicorn. "Stupid fuckers" he says as he tucks the drawing into his vest and takes a drink.
"I challenge you to a duel-"
"Not this again, Iz, it's done. He's staying"
"Not him. You. A duel to the death, Blackbeard."
Ed must see the tears, must see the desperate look in his eyes. Izzy knows Blackbeard is already dead. And he wants to join him.
"Yeah. Okay Iz. I accept"
In my 50th rewatch episode 4 really did solidify Izzy is my fave.
Blackbeard being eratic af "maybe I should fucking die. Haven't done that yet" and then walks off and Izzy is like "yeah cause THAT makes sense" he's just trying to LIVE and HELP YOU please
Izzy is eating Jim out because they mentioned that no one's ever really done it right and Izzy knows exactly how he likes it and from the moans it sounds like it's working for Jim just fine.
Izzy decided a morning run would be the perfect idea. He ran into Fang who was walking his 5 dogs and they all got so excited because they know Izzy always has treats so now it's a walk with Fang and the pups.
One kiss from the chef when he grabs his coffee
Two kisses from his captains when he gives morning report
Three kisses when he goes to wake Spriggs and finds him tucked between Fang and Pete.
Four kisses from Ivan just cause.
It's a nice morning.
#IzzyIsMicroFic
Izzy slides up to Jim at the railing.
"Trouble in paradise? Partners acting up?"
"Nah. Just needed some air before bed. What about you, old man. Any regrets?"
He fiddles with the two rings on his fingers.
"Nah. Just needed some air before bed"
They stand together. Content.
@persphones
Rhys on panels. Is treated like he's the main character, like direct questions to him. And I don't think that man was built to answer a direct question. Certainly not ones with nuance about queerness or whatnot. And maybe. They should stop. Doing that.
It's so cute how Ed and Stede are arguing over who's gonna carve the turkey while Izzy is cutting it up in the kitchen, sorting the pieces because he knows who in the crew likes which bit.
#IzzyIsMicroFic
He's heard of women who have rings and brooches. Signs of love and adoration from their love. Even Ed has his fancy silk robe.
He presses his fingers to a purple mark on his arm. Hisses. And knows he also has signs of the man he loves on him.
Izzy went to the library earlier to check out a book for a historical novel he's writing. The librarian definitely flirted with him but he just smiled and fiddled with the two rings he wears on a chain. She winked and gave him a lollipop she reserves for the good kids.
#IzzyIsMicroFic
He never thought he'd feel this happy. His arms are wrapped around Ed's neck, his hands are on Izzy's hips. They're swaying to the music as friends dance around them. Nothing could be better...
"Mind if I cut in? I think I'd like a dance with my husband"
Izzy and Jim kissed at someone's birthday. Archie and Olu watched in silence because they knew if they made a sound the two would pull apart and brush it off. Zheng walked in with cake and they pulled apart, but instead of being shy, Izzy grinned, Jim blushed and they went to eat
@Lydia_Eve42
OhmygOD. That is exactly what he was thinking
Like Ed. Please don't make this a competition you've HEARD me sing. You know I'll embarrass you.
"I won a poll today Well, we did" Ed looks up as Izzy walks in. "Oh yeah? What for?" Izzy grins, holding up a bottle of wine that says "hottest couple" on it "My students told me to enjoy it with my "unfairly sexy husband" Ed gets up to kiss him "Let's not disappoint them, then.'
Izzy's spending the day in his local library. It's quiet here. He's wrapped in a cardigan and is reading literary journals at one of the desks. He has tea in a thermos and it's still warm as he takes a sip. He looks up and sees his favourite librarian clicking in
#izzyisthriving
Izzy was having a hard time tonight but the crew group chat started talking about favourite fruits and somehow everyone was shaking Lucius for having never had a papaya and now he's in bed laughing to himself at these idiots he loves and he's feeling better.
In case you missed it, at the panel Nathan described the Con as a storyteller and how all of them end like *in an American accent for some reason* "that and a bag of nickels will get you all the way to Tallahassee" and then he did a shimmy and the leg switch Con does.
AND ANOTHER THING I'm still furious at How Stede treated Izzy in the beginning of S2. That man was mutilated for protecting the crew that you abandoned. He never listens to Lucius, not really, about how Ed tried to kill him. The crew doesn't even bother. He's such a dick.
#OFMD2Spoilers
! Costumer designer and hair and makeup designer take us behind the scenes of Wee John’s Divine-inspired look, getting Izzy’s eyebrows right, and more
#OFMD
Izzy spent the day going over the records with Auntie. It is /so/ nice to have someone who understands order and math. Also she has some great stories that he'll never repeat to anyone.
It's raining outside. Soft and steady. Just like Izzy's heartbeat. He's got both of the men he loves in bed with him. The wind is blowing them to the next horizon. There will be so much in their future, but their present is soft and steady. Just like the rain.
#IzzyIsMicroFic
#IzzyIsMicroFic
"Do you think we'll ever be famous?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like, name five incredible pirates right? Do you ever think people will answer with our names?"
"I dunno, Edward Teach doesn't exactly inspire fear"
"We'll just have to come up with a cool nickname then"
IF YOU ALL HEARD SHRIEKING FROM MY AREA YESTERDAY THIS IS WHY LOOK AT IT LOOK AT HIM LOOK AT THIS GLORIOUS PIECE OF ART THAT'S ABOUT TO BE MY WHOLE PERSONALITY I LOOOOOVE IT GO COMMISSION
@im_rights
RIGHT NOW GXFSJTAKTSJTSMHXKTSKTHCKY
#IzzyIsMicroFic
Waking up in a storm is like falling off a cliff; nothing to hang onto, no time to catch your breath, the movement sickening and terrifying-
-A flash of lightning and Izzy braces himself-
A hand squeezes his, another holds his face-
"You're okay" "we've got you"
Izzy wakes to noises outside his room. Obviously the crew so he doesn't immediately investigate but when he finally gets up for the day, there's a cane leaning against his door. Gorgeous, black wood, with a silver moon carving on top. The note reads "every unicorn needs a horn."
......... Shooting him in the leg was NICER then whatever that was? I'm guessing it was the scene with the knife thrown at him but like. Idk man. He shot him in the leg.
re: other scenes that may have been cut that he was sad to lose--
after ed bumps the rhino horn, the next time we see izzy he breaks down. there was a scene in between but the level of abuse felt like something ed couldn't come back from and it was too dark so they cut it
#concon
I LOVE that we got canon Izzy interrupting them - Izzy essentially agreeing that stede is Captain - canon izzy making sex jokes at them AND CANON "HE'S JEALOUS"!!!!!!!!! INVITE HIM NEXT TIME IDIOTS
#ofmds2spoilers
Being adored. Being worshipped. Izzy doesn't think of how Frenchie looked, hovering over him, no part of them touching; that heat between them settling over the two of them like they were alone on an island. Izzy thinks about nothing at all but his job and getting it done 14/?
Izzy woke up in that best kind of warm. Jim is wrapped around him in their sleep, Archie is on the floor. They took "Izzy watch" last night which Jim assured Izzy just means they want to be near him because they care. He's cared for.
#IzzyIsThriving
@fookintentacle
Not with Ed "the clouds are hot dogs" Teach and Izzy "I'm gonna devise a plan once again" Hands standing right there. Like. Why the hell did they go with this??
How he felt kissing him. How firm he was, and how their hands fit so well together, Izzy's scars matching Frenchie's callouses like they were made to touch each other. He doesn't think about how Frenchie said his name with such reverance or looked at him like he was worth 13/?
Izzy and Frenchie spent the night watching silly movies and Izzy woke up on Frenchie's chest, drooling a bit, and he's so embarrassed but Frenchie is so charmed and shows him all the pictures he took and now Izzy is chasing him around the couch to delete them.
Frenchie can't be found all morning, even though he's been pretty good about his tasks. Izzy notices that they're getting done when he turns around but Frenchie is obviously avoiding him. That's fine, Izzy can pretend it never happened of that's what Frenchie needs. 2/?
Assuming the characters have the same bday as their actors, Blackbeard has his birthday the day after Izzy but no one remembers Izzy's because he spends all day making sure tomorrow is perfect for Ed.
And then the little black dots that look a wee bit Spanish we all focus on "hola" and not Izzy's lil "fuckfuckfuck" as he goes to find Ed again. AGAIN because "I've been looking everywhere for you' is something he ALREADY said this episode. Let him REST.
It's Fang who finds him. Frenchie, curled up on his cot, strumming his little lute, looking chill for all the world except that he keeps playing the same three chords over and over. Fang clears his throat and Frenchie throws his lute under the bed. "Frenchie? You okay?" 3/?
Izzy wakes up very very warm, realizing that he is wrapped in Fang's arms and Frenchie is right up against his back. He considers this...and allows himself to sink into the warmth and fall back asleep.
Unseen, Frenchie flinches too. "Yeah. We did."
"And now, you're here alone during the day when I know you like being up on deck when the sun is out. But the deck is where Izzy is. So..." Frenchie stands. "it's fine, Fang. I get it. I'm a grown ass man and I don't need -" 5/?
Long enough to know hope can't replace facts. It was a nice night and he'll hold onto that and hope Frenchie lets their relationship come back to the way it was before. That was nice. 7/?
Izzy is wearing the classic combo of a T-shirt, flannel, and leather jacket. He looks amazing and Lucius has already kissed him like 5 times because of it
"me? Yeah! Right as rain! A ok! Peachy!" Fang sits down as Frenchie's voice gets higher. Izzy, walking down the hall looking for Fang, hears him, and stops at the door to listen.
"Well it's only, we saw you and Izzy go away together last night..." Izzy flinches 4/?
Before you decide what he wants. Or doesn't want." With that Fang pats Frenchie on the back. "Quit your moping and come play us a tune upstairs." Frenchie considers this. Himself and Fang and everything. "yeah. Be out in a minute." He says as he reaches for his lute. 11/?
Just thinking how Izzy has loved Ed through all his worst moments. And Stede hasn't seen an INCH of that. Ed saying he was "planning" on killing him. And then being passive aggressive as hell in S2 but Izzy loved all of his darkest bits that Stede doesn't even believe exist! Wtf
Meanwhile Izzy goes about his day. He finishes his usual chores, helps Buttons navigate their course for better timing, and even catches his captains up on a few of the inventory issues they have. He doesn't think about Frenchie or how he looked last night or - 12/?
Fang takes a moment. "He really likes you, I think." Frenchie scoffs. "Me? Izzy Hands. Blackbeard's first mate and terror of the seven seas plus the invisible sea of the High Witches. That man is a /legend/ and you think he's gonna look at old Frenchie and want...this? 8/?
Rhys pretended to cry and Con immediately was like WHAT HAVE YOU LOT SAID TO HIM - ....you'll have to go through us...
AND THAT FELT LIKE IZZY/STEDE TO ME
Izzy finds a present with his name on it on the kitchen table. It's chanukah but his family was never big on presents. He checks the tag but it just says his name. No "from". He opens it and finds a bunch of socks. All hand knitted in various states of quality.
@CoffeeCatsJA
THAT'S WHY IT WAS ALL DOODLES! HES NOT A STEONG WROTER BECAUSE HE DIDNT KNOE! bet Ed saw it one day and was like....you know you can use your left hand if that's easier?
"- I understand how it works with him, okay? I'm fine Fang." He taps his head. "Box, remember?" Izzy sighs, walking away. "How it works with him" - so they all know he's broken. They all know he's hard to love and even hard to be with. Izzy had hoped but he's also been around 6/?
Ed asked Izzy to do his hair this morning, like he used to when they were younger. Ed is on the floor, Izzy on a chair above him, braiding slowly, like his mother taught him to make challah. He's humming the song she used to sing and Ed is being so patient. It's a good morning
A soft voice is singing. Izzy pauses with his hand on the rope, trying not listen and failing.
🎵 Hold me close and hold me fast
This magic spell you cast
This is the vie en rose
When you kiss me heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see the Vie En Rose 🎵
16/?
Izzy feels accomplished, and he attributes the ache in his chest to doing a lot of work and not at all to anything else. He makes his way to the rigging when he hears singing. Familiar singing. 15/?
Catboy Izzy and Catboy Ed are eating tuna out of the same can with their fingers, cuddled in bed, their tails intertwined. They're both purring and it sounds almost like a harmony.
Izzy woke up today and Ed is already setting up four different baskets with candy. One for gummies, one for chocolate, one for hard candy, and one for the healthy options for "that weird lady in number 8 who won't let her kids have sugar." Izzy is very fond of this man.
Another group chat from Jim's phone;
Iz 🗡️: what did you fuckers do
Fang 🐶: happy birthday Izzy!
Iz 🗡️: it's not my birthday
Roach: Merry Christmas
Iz 🗡️: I'm Jewish. Also it's November.
Bae ❤️: do you like it at least?
Bae2 ❤️: I knew he'd hate it
Iz 🗡️: I didn't say that...
Izzy had breakfast at his favourite cafe this morning. The barista is a bit clumsy but cute and always gives him an extra biscotti. The guy behind the pastry shelf always smiles at him and it feels nice. He likes it here. Maybe one day he'll be brave enough to give his number.
"yeah way. Izzy doesn't think much of himself. I mean, we're all old now, none of us are much to look at. Doesn't mean we're less worth loving." Frenchie shakes his head. "Nah, of course not. I only mean-" "I know what you meant. But you should ask him - 10/?
Another raid, and Izzy has been hovering over Lucius who got shot in the arm. Roach is trying to ignore him but he keeps snapping back at him. Finally Lucius opens his eyes to look at Izzy and say "hey. I don't plan on dying before I get a sketch of you. Now let the man work"
Later that night they found themselves a dark corner and Izzy "did that thing with his tongue" and Jim made a sound they've never made before and things devolved after that.