Okay, Black Sails did do it first. But the air of Black Sails is very dramatic and gritty. OFMD has a more optimistic, comedic feel even with some of the themes it explores. I checked BS out bc I heard about it bc of OFMD. It's a fine show, well-done, not trying to dismiss it whatsoever. I, myself, just connect with OFMD a lil more.
Overconfident Pete stammering and calling his creation dumb in front of Lucius and Olu's "I could be family" and "What makes Ed happy is you" / "You make Stede happy" and foot touch and "I missed you" and "What's her name" and "Ed. His name is Ed" this show KILLS ME.
@@rabbitrah8616 it does! Every few days I'll remember that when I first watched him and lucius get together I was prepared for them to play it for a mean laugh the rest of the show and instead we got a wonderful, sweet, healthy relationship??? My brain chemistry will never be the same it legitimately makes me tear up
Pete is def my fav characters in ofmd, he's Just Some Guy who ia extremely sweet, caring and loving and so supportive of his partner's hobbies and doings even whe he himself isn't included! Not many shows would give Pete a chance or to be loved, but I am super happy this one does
And that he remains Pete - a bit of a braggart and a jerk for the whole show- and Lucius still loves him for who he is warts and all. “I love that man but leadership is not his strength.”
“You wear fine things well” they don’t even kiss in that scene but i tear up every time. I think bc the piano music is the same every time they have a sweet moment and it’s like a Pavlovian response at this point haha
The shiney, vulnerable eyes. Spoken so honestly and without the concept of subterfuge. It thoroughly circumvents all Ed's defenses and just... Hits home. Beautiful moment 😍🥰😍
Stede reaffirming Edward that he is not trash... It could have gone horribly wrong when he picked up the silk, but he said just the right words. Imagine how long Edward had been longing to hear those words.
It’s Satie. I know because he’s one of the few composers I can stand to have on in the background. (my ADHD is easily triggered by sound.) His music was seen as critically banal; it was compared to furniture because it was supposed to be just that boring. What OFMD gets (what I love about it so) is that his compositions are thrumming with the feeling of ‘moments about to occur.’ He has the ability to lead a listener down a path to a reveal. Whether the revelation is there textually in the music, that is up to the listener’s interpretation. I was utterly gobsmacked to hear it in my first watch of OFMD. Glad to see it getting love!
I can't believe it is 2022 and is this the only show that includes some serious realistic mid-age non-queerbaiting gay men? I am so tired of bromance and this is some good romance.
Like you don't realize how much you get used to watching stuff that needs to minimize/modify anything progressive to avoid angering people and losing money until you watch THIS. Then you're like WAIT I COULD HAVE HAD THIS THE WHOLE TIME?!
You guys all have to go back & watch Black Sails! It's longer, darker, & the reveal doesn't come until near the end of the first season - but it's damn sexy
YES. Also when you ship two guys from a series and people always complain cause “two guys can be friends without having to like each other” or “there isn’t enough representation of platonic, healthy male friendships”, but like, there are _tons_ of platonic male friendships in media, especially compared to lgbt rep. Also putting it like that makes it sound like being perceived as a gay couple is a negative thing, which is so toxic! Sorry for the rant, but seriously, I’m completely onboard with focusing on creating more realistically portrayed lgbt characters and relationships
I had a several Izzy moments in the original, but then when I was trimming it for time I decided that Izzy's moments, while NOT straight, fall more in the category of "batshit self loathing internalized homophobia" and I wanted to focus on more of the casual, romantic, unashamed moments.
i adore how immediately jiim's nana accepted and started using their preferred name and pronouns despite knowing them for years and years. it's literally that easy, people!
she can excuse raising a child to be a perfect killing machine for no othe purpose than to take revenge on the men who killed their family, but she draws the LINE at misgendering.
@@lucinfernos Even if you're referring to a trans person before they transitioned, you should still use the name they currently go by. I think Nana was just being forgetful.
Same!! The way he just drops the plate and yells that he's sorry and his "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS" at being told there's a sock on the door fjdkdkdk comedy gold.
I love that, although Jim never explicity said that they used Enbie pronouns, people still use them. Not he/him or she/her, but simply they. And it's so subtle and natural that I only noticed during my second rewatch.
nana unquestioningly using jim’s name and pronouns + mary happily accepting stede being in love with a man warm my gay little heart. it’s so rare to find stories about lgbt people where the conflict isn’t fueled mostly or entirely by transphobia/homophobia, and i’m so grateful to this show for breaking that mold.
I think Taika addressed this about the new Thor movie. These things shouldn't have to be explained, because many of us are already - here in this space of time - living with a long strived for reality. Those who don't understand, shouldn't monopolise the conversation. The conversation was had long ago, & we don't need permission to exist
okay but I love Stede and Mary's friendship???? They're super supportive of each other and they worked together to make sure they can live happy lives and I love that for them. And Mary's little knowing smile when Stede tells her he loves a man named Ed, my hEart!!
No because the simplicity of the action where Blackbeard moves his foot to rest against Stede’s in that one scene makes me want to SCREAM it’s so good. And Fleetwood Mac playing in the background? Absolutely sublime
Okay, but did anyone else notice that, when Ed and Stede are on the ground as the ship is invaded, and they're looking at each other, Ed's foot nudges Stede's, and then Stede's nudges back? Because that's all I've been able to think about. I really need these boys to come back to each other in season two.
I lose my mind at the foot touch every. single. time. It’s both subtle and the most important thing going on in the scene at the same time, and is just so heart-wrenchingly lovely, almost a first kiss in itself. And reading here that Taika improvised it, omfg! Easily in the top 5 of hundreds of *chef’s kiss* moments from the whole season… What, I’m not an obsessed fan-you’re an obsessed fan!!
I think my favorite things about black pete is 1. he has a speach impediment and it's NOT a joke, he's worthy of love & all that 😭 and fucking 2. him & lucius being the first kiss is SO GOOD
Something about Pete and Lucius gives me such Vintage Pride vibes. Like I feel like I could see the two of them in a faded polaroid from san francisco in the 1970s or something. (I have no idea if this is coherent but it's the VIBE)
1:41 Everytime I watch this scene, I feel like Lucius is the son whom they've (BlackBonnet) have been co-parenting after their divorce ages back. Then one day, Stede's like let's go do an adventurous trip one day, like they used to do back in the days when he and Ed were still married and Lucius was just five something. And along the way on this and through Lucius Ed and Stede get to know that they still love each other and that they can work this out, basically the miscommunication between them which led to their divorce. Wait- Why is this leaning towards the fanfic side?
It's kind of funny reading comments on these videos of people happy to finally see gay couples on screen because I've been watching BLs for years 😄 not that BLs don't have their own problems but it's still amusing
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This show is the true meaning of “Be gay do crime”
Black Sails did it first!
I know and I love it
18th century piracy is "be gay do crime"
Okay, Black Sails did do it first. But the air of Black Sails is very dramatic and gritty. OFMD has a more optimistic, comedic feel even with some of the themes it explores. I checked BS out bc I heard about it bc of OFMD. It's a fine show, well-done, not trying to dismiss it whatsoever. I, myself, just connect with OFMD a lil more.
Also, Stede *literally* left his family and life behind to be gay and do crime. Iconic king shit 👑 🏴☠️
"His name is Ed" destroyed me and will continue to for the rest of my goddamn life 😭
Delivered so softly... I'm gonna sue Rhys Darby for the emotional damage he caused.
It reminded me so much of how i came out to my parents… after my first date TwT
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and just how adorably joyful ans supportive mary react . . .
Overconfident Pete stammering and calling his creation dumb in front of Lucius and Olu's "I could be family" and "What makes Ed happy is you" / "You make Stede happy" and foot touch and "I missed you" and "What's her name" and "Ed. His name is Ed" this show KILLS ME.
The real challenge was getting all the moments down to a watchable length 😂
I’ll add “you wear fine things well”
Black Pete is everything to me
Catty mean man turns to mush when presenting his injured boyfriend with a handmade gift is just...so many chefs' kisses
I also just appreciate seeing romance, especially queer romance, between like... normal looking people? Hits different, tbh.
@@rabbitrah8616 it does! Every few days I'll remember that when I first watched him and lucius get together I was prepared for them to play it for a mean laugh the rest of the show and instead we got a wonderful, sweet, healthy relationship??? My brain chemistry will never be the same it legitimately makes me tear up
Pete is def my fav characters in ofmd, he's Just Some Guy who ia extremely sweet, caring and loving and so supportive of his partner's hobbies and doings even whe he himself isn't included! Not many shows would give Pete a chance or to be loved, but I am super happy this one does
And that he remains Pete - a bit of a braggart and a jerk for the whole show- and Lucius still loves him for who he is warts and all. “I love that man but leadership is not his strength.”
“Come in Jim we’ll have cake” gets me every time.
We love a supportive nana
Coming Nana!
@@stormystohelit6256 coming for the cake !
Nana used “they/them” pronouns for Jim too ❤️
“You wear fine things well” they don’t even kiss in that scene but i tear up every time. I think bc the piano music is the same every time they have a sweet moment and it’s like a Pavlovian response at this point haha
It's that little gasp Ed does for Me. Crying in the club....
The shiney, vulnerable eyes. Spoken so honestly and without the concept of subterfuge. It thoroughly circumvents all Ed's defenses and just... Hits home. Beautiful moment 😍🥰😍
Stede reaffirming Edward that he is not trash... It could have gone horribly wrong when he picked up the silk, but he said just the right words. Imagine how long Edward had been longing to hear those words.
It’s Satie. I know because he’s one of the few composers I can stand to have on in the background. (my ADHD is easily triggered by sound.)
His music was seen as critically banal; it was compared to furniture because it was supposed to be just that boring.
What OFMD gets (what I love about it so) is that his compositions are thrumming with the feeling of ‘moments about to occur.’ He has the ability to lead a listener down a path to a reveal. Whether the revelation is there textually in the music, that is up to the listener’s interpretation.
I was utterly gobsmacked to hear it in my first watch of OFMD. Glad to see it getting love!
that music kills me (positive) every time
I can't believe it is 2022 and is this the only show that includes some serious realistic mid-age non-queerbaiting gay men? I am so tired of bromance and this is some good romance.
Like you don't realize how much you get used to watching stuff that needs to minimize/modify anything progressive to avoid angering people and losing money until you watch THIS. Then you're like WAIT I COULD HAVE HAD THIS THE WHOLE TIME?!
@@morley364 And now I. WANT. MORE! GIVE IT TO ME! ALL THE SERIES! 😡
You guys all have to go back & watch Black Sails! It's longer, darker, & the reveal doesn't come until near the end of the first season - but it's damn sexy
YES. Also when you ship two guys from a series and people always complain cause “two guys can be friends without having to like each other” or “there isn’t enough representation of platonic, healthy male friendships”, but like, there are _tons_ of platonic male friendships in media, especially compared to lgbt rep. Also putting it like that makes it sound like being perceived as a gay couple is a negative thing, which is so toxic! Sorry for the rant, but seriously, I’m completely onboard with focusing on creating more realistically portrayed lgbt characters and relationships
YOU SAID IT! Yes
I still can't believe they did it. I watched it the day it came out and I SCREAMED when Ed and Steede kissed.
I did too, like actually literally screamed, then had to rewind and watch it again because I screamed the first time.
Can't believe Izzy's "oooh daddy" scene didn't make the cut
I had a several Izzy moments in the original, but then when I was trimming it for time I decided that Izzy's moments, while NOT straight, fall more in the category of "batshit self loathing internalized homophobia" and I wanted to focus on more of the casual, romantic, unashamed moments.
@rabbitrah i absolutely understand
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"I go by Jim these days"
"Well, come in Jim. We have cake"
CRYING IN THE CLUB RN
i adore how immediately jiim's nana accepted and started using their preferred name and pronouns despite knowing them for years and years. it's literally that easy, people!
Yeah, using a different name and pronouns is no big deal, but HAVE YOU EXACTED YOUR REVENGE?
she can excuse raising a child to be a perfect killing machine for no othe purpose than to take revenge on the men who killed their family, but she draws the LINE at misgendering.
Didn't she call them Bonifacia for the rest of the episode, though?
@@treeclown3628 i think she mainly used bonifacia when talking about jim's childhood? maybe to differenciate
@@lucinfernos Even if you're referring to a trans person before they transitioned, you should still use the name they currently go by. I think Nana was just being forgetful.
Lucius walking on Jim and Olu Will never not be funny to me 😂
Olu covering his chest- like he’s so shy it’s adorable.
Same!! The way he just drops the plate and yells that he's sorry and his "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS" at being told there's a sock on the door fjdkdkdk comedy gold.
thanks for including the parts with jim being accepted for being nb :)
Of course! I'm agender so it was a HUGE deal for me!
They're actually played by an enby actor! That's the coolest thing to me :D
I love that, although Jim never explicity said that they used Enbie pronouns, people still use them. Not he/him or she/her, but simply they. And it's so subtle and natural that I only noticed during my second rewatch.
@@rabbitrah8616 as another agender i appreciate you
@@2amCryptid NO GENDER GANG
2:59 “theres a sock on the door!!!” “I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS” how did i just notice this line LMAO
every time i see that scene i wonder how *lucius* of all people doesn’t know what a sock on the door means lol
@@jimmies1516
What does it mean tho?
@@littledesiwoman9158 generally people use it to signal to roommates that they're having sex and don't wanna be disturbed LOL
@@ceecil
XD oh
@@jimmies1516 he likes an audience
"You wear fine things well." and "His name is Ed." BROKE ME.
raise your hand if you're mentally devastated
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Eds step forward at 1:11 kills me every time because what was he thinking of doing?? Something a little lgbt perhaps?
he was definitely abt to go for a kiss but chickened out
Ofmd has left a hole in my heart. This helps while waiting for a seconed season (if they cancel it I'll murder them) thank you
The hole in my heart is why I keep making them T_T
good news, OCTOBER 5TH BABYYYYY
@@crustyfroonchfroo8542 FUUUUCK YEAAAHHHHHH
nana unquestioningly using jim’s name and pronouns + mary happily accepting stede being in love with a man warm my gay little heart. it’s so rare to find stories about lgbt people where the conflict isn’t fueled mostly or entirely by transphobia/homophobia, and i’m so grateful to this show for breaking that mold.
Seriously, it's so important!
Mary and Stede’s moment is seriously one of my favorites. Getting to see them be partners in crime, actual friends, was so unbelievably precious.
Multiple lgbt things happening all at once… what a beautiful world we live in.
Olu and Jim both covering Olus chest while screaming at Lucius 😂😂😂
Not enough people are talking about how Jim used they/them pronouns for the whole series!
First time it happened I gasped, lmao
Honestly just sending me further into my gender identity crisis
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Yes I was so shocked and honestly its so inspiring how Jim dosen’t really explain and how everyone just kind of goes with it
I think Taika addressed this about the new Thor movie. These things shouldn't have to be explained, because many of us are already - here in this space of time - living with a long strived for reality. Those who don't understand, shouldn't monopolise the conversation. The conversation was had long ago, & we don't need permission to exist
I'm screaming and I'm crying, this show is driving me insane
Same bestie
okay but I love Stede and Mary's friendship???? They're super supportive of each other and they worked together to make sure they can live happy lives and I love that for them. And Mary's little knowing smile when Stede tells her he loves a man named Ed, my hEart!!
As soon as they stopped trying to be husband and wife they became a lot happier, really wholesome
No because the simplicity of the action where Blackbeard moves his foot to rest against Stede’s in that one scene makes me want to SCREAM it’s so good. And Fleetwood Mac playing in the background? Absolutely sublime
NO ONE TALKING ABOUT BLACK PETE CALLING LUCIUS "love" WHEN IZZY WAS TRYING TO "EXPOSE" HIM, IM LOSING MY MIND
I missed Pete calling him 'love' on my first watch through that's so cute!!!
This show has killed me dead several times over and the eight and a half episodes of anxiety before that kiss was worth it.
Okay, but did anyone else notice that, when Ed and Stede are on the ground as the ship is invaded, and they're looking at each other, Ed's foot nudges Stede's, and then Stede's nudges back? Because that's all I've been able to think about. I really need these boys to come back to each other in season two.
YUP. I actually zoomed in to make it more obvious for this vid. The tenderness.... AH
Taika improvised it!
Are you KIDDING me???? I'm losing my mind...
@@stormystohelit6256 Love the username. 🙂👍
I lose my mind at the foot touch every. single. time. It’s both subtle and the most important thing going on in the scene at the same time, and is just so heart-wrenchingly lovely, almost a first kiss in itself. And reading here that Taika improvised it, omfg! Easily in the top 5 of hundreds of *chef’s kiss* moments from the whole season…
What, I’m not an obsessed fan-you’re an obsessed fan!!
This show has been living rent free in my head for two weeks and i do not think its moving out any time sooon
1:54 I never noticed that while watching, they're so cute 😭 thank you so much for the montage, filling our hearts until S2 !!
Right? It's the little things that bring me indescribably joy ❤️
3:07
The only time I know that Stede and Mary actually talked to each other in their unknown years of marriage
I think my favorite things about black pete is 1. he has a speach impediment and it's NOT a joke, he's worthy of love & all that 😭 and fucking 2. him & lucius being the first kiss is SO GOOD
Something about Pete and Lucius gives me such Vintage Pride vibes. Like I feel like I could see the two of them in a faded polaroid from san francisco in the 1970s or something. (I have no idea if this is coherent but it's the VIBE)
@@rabbitrah8616 NO YEAH UR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND IM HERE FOR IT
Mary's complete lack of surprise when Stede says his name is Ed. Like sweetie I've known it would be a guy for years I'm just being polite
1:12 the way ed leans in a little. good GOD
"His name is Ed."
HMMMMMMMMMM
I AM SO NORMAL RIGHT NOW
This show is just so amazing!
AGREED.
2:27
The stance of "you deserve it dad" XD
the use of classical, romantic period, piano music in this show, literally killed me.
Like a year and a half ago, this was the first OFMD-related thing I watched. Thanks for bringing me into this rabbit hole
2:54 I fucking love when Jim screams "carajoooo" xd
Rewatching again this show has consumed my life!
Yeah, I've got pirate brainworms BIG TIME.
@@rabbitrah8616 me too! Hugs we shall talk it through like a crew! 🫂🏴☠️
Dude same, I’ve rewatched those episodes *everyday, multiple times a day*
There isn't a straight person on that ship. At most half are cis
I'm at my fifth rewatch in a month. Help.
ITS BEEN DAYS- WEEKS EVEN AND IM STILL SCREAMING OVER THIS SHOW
“Well come in Jim we have cake “ 😭😂😂😂
Best. Title. EVER.
Oh man, thank you! I've loved watching your reactions to the show!
1:41
Everytime I watch this scene, I feel like Lucius is the son whom they've (BlackBonnet) have been co-parenting after their divorce ages back. Then one day, Stede's like let's go do an adventurous trip one day, like they used to do back in the days when he and Ed were still married and Lucius was just five something.
And along the way on this and through Lucius Ed and Stede get to know that they still love each other and that they can work this out, basically the miscommunication between them which led to their divorce.
Wait- Why is this leaning towards the fanfic side?
Modern AU Second Chance Romance.
I love Lucius so much
*YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT TREE?!1*
I LOVE THIS SM
I'm glad you do!
3:10 the way that he proudly says that😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
“There’s a sock on the door!”
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!”
GOD THIS VIDEO HAS ALL THE BEST CLIPS THANK YOU!!!!
O: THERE’S A SOCK ON THE DOOR!
L: I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
I was having a bad moment and watched this and now I feel better again 🌈
Their legs touching ehen they gey captured. Such a small thing yet so cute.
Fun fact that part was improv
@@_____2219 aw that's kinda cute
Yo ho homosexual
David Jenkins said I’m gonna give the gays everything they deserve and I love that😭😭
"his name is Ed" thank you very much sir, my ankylosed leg just rose up with this
i think this may be my favourite show ever
Love this so much. This show is full of such wonderful queer joy 🏳️🌈
2:14
The face of "C'Mon dad"
This is so beautiful, a happy tear fell out of my eye.
I JUST BRRRRRRR AAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM AAGGG
More like something pirate happened in my lgbt show
0:45 is my personal favourite tbh
2:58
My baby is traumatized
2:41
Awe *prepares the wedding bands and arranges a pastor*
OMG! I love all of them. ❤
2:52
That escalated quickly XD
Love it all, BUT the transition from Black Pete's "Nice" to one of the greatest and most romantic moments in history was HARSH to say the very least
lmao, sorry bestie, I just put them in chronological order!
@@rabbitrah8616 mad respect my dear
Yk, now that i look at it...this show is very queer
There wouldn’t have been cut males on that crew.
Latino king Jim 😁
Are we getting a season 2
We're still waiting to find out, but it's been the most in-demand new show for a few weeks so they'd be crazy not to renew it.
@@rabbitrah8616 yeah give us our endgame
It's kind of funny reading comments on these videos of people happy to finally see gay couples on screen because I've been watching BLs for years 😄 not that BLs don't have their own problems but it's still amusing
What are BLs?
@@rabbitrah8616 it's just short for Boy Love
Oh. Yeah. No shade, but I wouldn't even necessarily even call that representation.
@@rabbitrah8616 that's why I said it has it's own problems. A lot of them are getting better lately though.
Where can I watch this
It was released on HBO max.
𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖒
1:57
Thank me later ;)
Sickening.
ly sweet
Izzy really tried to blackmail Lucius and he said “nah”
🥹🥹🥹 I relate so much to Lucius 😁 Always working on improving my penis drawings
Seen other videos where people have blurred the clip and I'm just like "are you asking me to censor ART? Couldn't be me!"