Parting Mutually Isn't A Happy Ending - Tumblr Posts

Maybe it isn't meant to be, but it is. That's not only a sad ending but a cliché one as well. There doesn't need to be a neat little bow put on it. They just need to be together. I'm so tired of stories that draw out the angst with the main couple. There are so many other ways to add drama without the same old boring on again/off again. And yes, having them part ways mutually is having them off again. For once, we should have a couple who figures out how to communicate effectively and compromise. Not to mention how ooc it would be for either of them to willingly leave each other yet again after everything they've been through.

It makes much more sense for both of them to take a break from pirating and figure out their relationship together. Then they can decide where to go from there. An after credits stinger teasing a coming threat for season 3 would be more than enough to create buzz. Marvel has showed us that time and time again. I'm done accepting the idea that gays have to be in pain to make yhe story interesting. It just isn't true.

If I were in charge of writing the s2 finale, here’s what I would do.

After Ed and Stede make up and work together to kill the clock asshole, I think Ed would admit to Stede that he doesn’t want this life anymore, that all he wants is a life of simplicity and domesticity.

I think Stede, upon hearing this, would offer to give up everything to stay with Ed and to build that life with him.

But Ed knows Stede, and he’s seen that pirating makes him happy, and he knows that the crew of the Revenge needs him, and that the life that Ed so desperately wants is the one that Stede ran away from, and I think Ed would reject Stede’s offer and say “No. Don’t give up now on my account, you go be the Gentleman Pirate, and when you’re ready, I’ll be here. I’ll wait for you.”

And Stede does, leaving Ed (with a tearful goodbye kiss, of course) with the promise to return. And they both get to live the lives they always wanted, and it’s not perfect but it’s enough for now, and they live knowing that they are loved.

That’s where I’d leave them.

Apart, but hopeful.

Maybe it isn't meant to be, but it is. That's not only a sad ending but a cliché one as well. There doesn't need to be a neat little bow put on it. They just need to be together. I'm so tired of stories that draw out the angst with the main couple. There are so many other ways to add drama without the same old boring on again/off again. And yes, having them part ways mutually is having them off again. For once, we should have a couple who figures out how to communicate effectively and compromise. Not to mention how ooc it would be for either of them to willingly leave each other yet again after everything they've been through.

It makes much more sense for both of them to take a break from pirating and figure out their relationship together. Then they can decide where to go from there. An after credits stinger teasing a coming threat for season 3 would be more than enough to create buzz. Marvel has showed us that time and time again. I'm done accepting the idea that gays have to be in pain to make yhe story interesting. It just isn't true.

If I were in charge of writing the s2 finale, here’s what I would do.

After Ed and Stede make up and work together to kill the clock asshole, I think Ed would admit to Stede that he doesn’t want this life anymore, that all he wants is a life of simplicity and domesticity.

I think Stede, upon hearing this, would offer to give up everything to stay with Ed and to build that life with him.

But Ed knows Stede, and he’s seen that pirating makes him happy, and he knows that the crew of the Revenge needs him, and that the life that Ed so desperately wants is the one that Stede ran away from, and I think Ed would reject Stede’s offer and say “No. Don’t give up now on my account, you go be the Gentleman Pirate, and when you’re ready, I’ll be here. I’ll wait for you.”

And Stede does, leaving Ed (with a tearful goodbye kiss, of course) with the promise to return. And they both get to live the lives they always wanted, and it’s not perfect but it’s enough for now, and they live knowing that they are loved.

That’s where I’d leave them.

Apart, but hopeful.