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“I would have a lemonade with, uh, Spider-Man. We would connect, you know what I’m saying? We’re both the same age. He’s cool, I’m cool. […] I’ll probably help him with his suit and try to improve it behind Tony Stark’s back.” — Letitia Wright
“I think Peter would love it. It would be brilliant to have our characters meet up, it would be so funny.” — Tom Holland
Your girl just binge watched all of Good omens season two. I’m so fragile rn.
So murder’s not really an option, then. Not while Bonnet’s in charge. What does that leave them with, then, when it comes to keeping him safe? Even before Hands’ coaching on the matter, Anne’s known that defense is to be number one at all times. She has more reservations about it than him, respectfully, having been twice in a row fucked over in that way and now being reluctant to risk it a third. She can’t help doubting Bonnet, and surely Hands doesn’t blame her one bit for it. On paper he’s…questionable, to say the least. The more one knew of the Gentleman Pirate’s exploits, it seemed, the more the same one had cause to doubt his capabilities. (Lady Luck had him a chokehold and a chastity belt, poor fucker!)
No murder didn’t mean no violence…right? Blackbeard would’ve had this fucker’s hands sliced off for coming anywhere near him, no doubt. Jack would’ve talked his way against the wall and waited for Anne to come and clean house, leaving the shitstain unconscious in the street, probably now scared ‘em off with his fucking whip again.
Bonnet, apparently, would send out a dog whistle. They both perk up when he looks over his shoulder. Even without being the target of the look, Anne knows its meaning, responding like any other bitch to the whistle every guard dog knows. She isn’t surprised to see Hands respond to it; if anything, it excites her a bit further. She’s known Hands’ stories almost as long as she’s known Blackbeard’s own, having sniffed them out lifetimes ago: to see she has anything in common outside of a shared profession is a compliment to the highest degree. Him sending her in first is overkill!
…or a very pragmatic test. Anne approaches Bonnet and the snotty merchant, cracking her knuckles, thinking it through. Murder’s not an option. Violence is…iffy. But surely no one would object to Anne falling back on a very old, very irritating, but also very effective tactic that is perfectly legal in every way! Especially one that might impress her idol the captain, who naturally she was focused on impressing so as to gain employment from without being distracted at all by anyonething else.
“What’s this, then? What’s all the feckin fuss?”
@neverhangd said:
❛ i’m just saying, murder is an option. ❜
" Hm. "
It's not . . . disagreement. It's non-committal, if anything, his head tilted as he watches Stede try to barter with a man who he would have cut the hands off of without a thought a year ago. His captain would not have even needed to ask him to. It's a weird ship to be on, after decades of working with Blackbeard, but he thinks . . . he likes it better this way. They make it work, and in a way, their inadequacies are rapidly becoming virtues. More and more pirates are killed by the day, the way the navies are going after them these days. They've become a smaller target.
" He doesn't like killing them, " Izzy says, a few moments after Bonny's suggestion, watching Stede's face turn to a pout. A sure sign that a bit of threatening is on it's way at least. " Civilians. "
Sure enough, Stede turns to look at the first mate with a look in his eye that Izzy wordlessly understands as a summons. Be a guard dog for me, Izzy. Snarl. He would answer without question. But this time, he lazily tilts his head towards Bonny.
" Ladies first. " Hands turns his head to the side and spits, his hand idle on his weapon, seeming rather bored. Bonny seems even more tetchy than he is, though, so he might as well let her have a go.
LET TRAUMATIZED CHARACTERS HAVE THEIR HAPPY ENDINGS YOU COWARDS!!!!!!!!!!