#okay yes this
Listen. Jemaine as a pirate who flirts with Stede and Stede doesn’t notice but Ed does and he’s SO upset about it the whole time like there will be a scene of Jemaine’s character flirting with Stede snd then it shows Ed in the back just FUMING staring at the two of them
Ok, I see the people calling for Hornigold!Jermain, and I raise: Bartholomew Roberts, the most successful pirate of the golden age of piracy with over 400 conquests to his name.
Consider this passage from “A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates”:
“Roberts himself made a gallant figure, at the time of the engagement, being dressed in a rich crimson damask waistcoat and breeches, a red feather in his hat, a gold chain round his neck, with a diamond cross hanging to it, a sword in his hand, and two pairs of pistols slung over his shoulders”
Imagine it - dude swaggers in and is this Absolute Legend AND clearly fancies a fine fabric, and starts making googly eyes at Stede, who thinks this guy is just the capybara’s spats in a totally platonic, if slightly hero-worship-y, kind of way, and Ed is ABSOLUTELY IMPLODING with jealousy, but can’t say anything because he has NOT forgiven Stede yet, and they are not, technically, a couple.Okay, but what about STEDE seeing this guy, and of course there’s the initial fan-boyish, hero-worshipping…only immediately being followed up by the thought of “He’s doing the Gentleman Pirate thing SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME. These are all the things about me that Ed likes…Ed’s going to like HIM BETTER THAN ME.” Then he’s floundering because Ed deserves to be happy, and if Roberts will make him happy, who is Stede to stand in the way? (hello lack of self-worth!) But also, Stede is TOTALLY going to stand in the way.
And basically they’re both gay panicking and trying to distract Roberts and drag him away to spend with them away from the other to keep the other from falling for Roberts’ ~charm.
