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juniper & lamplight

@juniperlights.bsky.social

Tired. 40s. She/they. Quiet fandom lurking with occasional bursts of activity. 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ Bookmarks, recs, and fanworks over on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/juniper_and_lamplight/profile

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Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈@serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 3d ago

Did you ever watch the film Kate & Leopoldo (2001) and think “wow I wish this were a better movie and also gay”? @ourfag.bsky.social and I have the #OFMDReverseBang fic for you! Featuring canon Ed in the 21st century, wacky romcom hijinks, and gorgeous art 💜 archiveofourown.org/works/897533...

screenshot of an ao3 title header that reads:

Before you came into my life I missed you so bad

Summary:
1717. The Golden Age of Piracy.

Edward Teach sails his ship into the heart of a storm, so exhausted and burnt out as Blackbeard that he's ready to end it all.

Things do not go as planned.

**
When Stede Bonnet finds a gorgeous man passed out in surf at Coney Island, he does what any upstanding (insane) gentleman would do and brings him home to recuperate. How was he supposed to know his new houseguest is none other than the dread pirate Blackbeard??

Also, he's really rather lovely.

kellykat53 🏴‍☠️❤️@kellykat53.bsky.social · last wk.

@gentlerevenge.bsky.social Don’t know if it’s a good home, but I tried! Thanks for the encouragement @happydaiz.bsky.social and @tenderashell.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/89519841

Stede who wants to open a pirate themed seafood restaurant with me - kellykat53 - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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Freddie 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🦄@gentlerevenge.bsky.social · last wk.

gentlebeard meet-cute, free to a good home

Screenshot of a tweet that says "jfc how drunk was I last night?" With a photo of a text from "Jerry who wants to open a pirate themed seafood restaurant with me" that says "you still down?"

☠️ Blip B ☠️@robertaseaport.bsky.social · last wk.

Chapter five: it's Calypso's birthday & everyone's wearing fine things well! This will be the last pic I post on its own here bc the rest (one more in this chapter & the final three in the next) are kind of spoilery & there's no way I'm ruining @pilotpirate.bsky.social's glorious big finale 🤭🥰

Cross stitch of the crew dressed up for Calypso's birthday

PilotPirate@pilotpirate.bsky.social · last wk.

Ch 5 of The Inked Lady and the Lighthouse Keeper is up with two more (gorgeous! astounding!) art pieces by @robertaseaport.bsky.social! The gang is headed to Calypso's Birthday for drinks, dancing, and a few surprises... archiveofourown.org/works/887977... #OFMDfic @ofmdreversebigbang.bsky.social

A promo card for a fic. At the top are the words: Our Flag Means Death Reverse Bang 2026. There is a teaser of embroidered artwork of lesbian Ed teach in a purple bikini, with a white cap on her head and many tattoos visible. She is holding her hand above her eyes and looks intrigued. Text: The Inked Lady and the Lighthouse Keeper. Ed Teach is tired. Tired of drag racing. Tired of hanging out at Jackie'z with her motorcycle gang, the Inked Ladies. Tired of playing a role, pretending to be someone she isn't. Until she meet Stede Bonnet, the new lighthouse keeper... Art by: Roberta Seaport (AO3 name Roberta Seaport). Words by: PilotPirate (AO3 name PilotPirate).

em ✨🏴‍☠️@emcolbs.bsky.social · last wk.

s1 ep6 s2 ep6 #ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath

two digital drawings of ed and stede from ofmd.

the first drawing is of a season 1 episode 6 screenshot. ed and stede are hiding in the bed nook. stede is watching the crew’s fuckery and ed is hyping himself up to stab stede.

the second drawing is of a season 2 episode 6 screenshot. ed is sitting on the bed looking at stede, who is shirtless and closing the curtain so they can have a fuckery of their own.

YellowMustard @mustardwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

archiveofourown.org/works/89347821 whoops i slipped & landed in 2024 in which i was frantically cranking out innkeepers-era fic un-beta'd without a care in the world 👀 (as mentioned in my AN, this one kinda feels like if Free Space and Magpie had a baby 😂i hope you enjoy her! 🥺xx)

He does the obligatory eye-rolling, at first.

You know. The whole pfft and whatever and nah, not for me mate. All the things he’s preconditioned to say when he’s terrified of trying something new and being absolutely dogshit at it.

(Ed's still learning how to sit with himself. A post-canon exploration of mindfulness, self-acceptance, and hyperfixating on a new hobby. And love, always 💕)

The listlessness isn’t out of the ordinary, not one little bit, but Ed never expected to feel it here.

His palms itch with it, itch something fierce, but no matter where Ed scratches, no matter how hard, he’s never able to find the itch. It takes refuge in his bones, burrows down deep in the marrow of him where Ed can’t reach. It makes him drum his fingers and joggle his knee when he’s alone. It makes him pick at his fingernails and chew the inside of his lip to ribbons of white, peeling scar tissue; so bad that Stede notices that kissing has a new texture, a new sort of salinity. He pulls back from Ed’s mouth with soft, troubled eyes and goes ‘sweetheart, what’ve you done to yourself?’, and it feels like being run through.

The problem is not Stede. Ed cannot stress this enough. He’s certain this had been the general consensus amongst a decent portion of the crew as they’d sailed away. He’s never heard any of them say it aloud, but Read’s diatribe still sits acrimoniously in his brain, no matter how he’d scoffed and snorted about it at the time. The mystery? Gone. The magic? In the wind - Ed’s sure that same sentiment must be echoed among the crew. Eventually, your charms'll lose impact and become annoyances.

Skill issue, thinks Ed. Sucks to suck. Especially at something as easy as love.

The problem is not Stede.

Stede helps Ed to patch up all the holes in the walls, even though his workmanship is shoddy at best (downright bewildering at worst - Ed finds himself staring, agog, at the absolute shambles he’s made of the bedroom windowsill, before deadpanning: “First day having hands, kinda nervous.” Stede had laughed so hard he’d choked on his own spit.).

Stede makes Ed perfect cups of tea, expertly sugared, even when it means going without sugar himself. It doesn’t matter how much Ed protests about this: he will not allow Ed to go sugarless. Ed’s had more than enough unsweetened days, he says, and Stede won’t be the one to serve up any more bitterness. Ed c…

sailor's ruin 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️COMMS CLOSED @sailorsruin92.bsky.social · last wk.

I think I miss them 🥹 #ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #gentlebeard

sailor's ruin 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️COMMS CLOSED@sailorsruin92.bsky.social · 3w ago

🫖🍵 #WIPWednesday #ofmd #gentlebeard

Sketch of Ed and Stede wearing robes and drinking tea. Stede is sitting on a chair and Ed is standing in front of him, they are both holding mugs.

🌾🐚🌊🎣 fisherman ed summer 🐡 mermaidinn @mermaidinn.bsky.social · last wk.

Princess moment #ofmd #ofmdfanart

Digital sketch of ofmd Ed teach, looking down over his shoulder, slightly sad expression with one eyebrow raised. He is wearing a lace camisole and his hair is half up in his usual style

☠️ Blip B ☠️@robertaseaport.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chapter 2!!! The garlic gets soupy, Stede and Ed enjoy the lighthouse keeper equivalent of the auxiliary wardrobe reveal, and there are some stark revelations 🛵💖 #OFMDReverseBang #OFMDfic #OFMDart

PilotPirate@pilotpirate.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chapter 2 of our @ofmdreversebigbang.bsky.social fic The Inked Lady and the Lighthouse Keeper is up with three more pieces of gorgeous art by @robertaseaport.bsky.social! Ed gets a tour of the lighthouse! archiveofourown.org/works/887977... #OFMDfic #OFMDReverseBang

Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈@serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Final alpacas chapter is here! In which Princess Kraken & Jeff Sr make everyone emotional, and Ed contemplates the minimum trunk capacity required to date Stede Bonnet 😌 This #OFMDReverseBang is now complete, so if you've been looking for fluff, now is your time! archiveofourown.org/works/880612...

Title Card that reads "The Fast & The Fluffiest - words by serpent_and_dahlia & art by bizarrelittlemew - for the OFMD RBB 2026." Text is in white, written diagonally across the center line of the image. Above it, in the top left corner, there is a red Formula 1 race car and the white silhouette of a greyhound race dog streaking across a purple background. Below the text, in the bottom right corner, there is a farm with green pastures and a red barn with a fluffy white alpaca in the foreground

creme 🏴‍☠️@cremeisheere.bsky.social · 2w ago

my favorite thing? this eyebrow quirk that ed does whenever he’s feeling something very intensely

Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈@serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · 3w ago

OH MY GOD IT'S HERE!!! I've been so excited for y'all to meet The Jeffs and now we've finally arrived! New chapter of my #OFMDReverseBang is up, with absolutely *perfect* artwork from @bizarrelittlemew.bsky.social 😍🦙💜 archiveofourown.org/works/880612...

Ed and Stede are standing in his living room; there's a pink-red armchair on the left and a set of drawers on the right, but everything has been draped in clear plastic sheeting. Ed is on the left side of the frame, wearing a purple shirt, leather pants, and boots, and he's carrying a small bundle of blue flowers. Stede is on the right side of the frame, wearing a blue short sleeve button-up, jeans, and pink rubber boots. His clothes are very dirty, and he has a worried look on his face, his hands clutched awkwardly in front of him, like he's nervous. Ed's expression is one of surprise, and he has two little exclamation marks hovering above his head. Probably because there is a fluffy white alpaca standing in the room, dead center between the two of them. It's standing on a small heap of straw, and has a look of utter consternation on its face, like "omg I can't believe these idiots are having their big romantic drama while I am in DISTRESS"

Leyla 🌼🏴‍☠️@alyel27.bsky.social · 3w ago

🙂‍↕️ #ofmd

From Our flag means death season 2, Stede Bonnet and Ed Teach kissing under the moon

🏴‍☠️𝔓𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔅𝔬𝔱@piratebot.bsky.social · 3w ago

And that's how we treat pirates!

pez | leggy eggy blond 🦑🐙@petrichorca.bsky.social · 3w ago

All right, sluts, here we go: archiveofourown.org/works/88610011 💗😏🔥

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pez | leggy eggy blond 🦑🐙@petrichorca.bsky.social · 3w ago

Gonna post a silly, flirty gentlebeard fic today, based on my spouse getting flirted with/flirting back with a hot person during a minor family crisis - while he was wearing this. 💗😏

Hot pink muscle tank that reads "biggest slut at the public library" in white letters. This shirt comes from the company Pagewings.

Juniper 🏴‍☠️🧜‍♂️@gelatinousstand.bsky.social · 3w ago

These chapters have the original art I did in them! I've been aching to show this one off foreeeeeeever. I think I did it in, like, March?? I love how Ed turned out, and also my first landscape! Also absolutely go read the chapters and see just how unhinged this forest can get 😌

A digital painting of a forest by Juniper. In the background there's light coming through the foliage. The center of the painting is a forest pool being fed by a small waterfall. In the foreground, Ed sits with his back to the viewer beside a tree on a carpet of flowers and mushrooms. He has a red piece of fabric draped around his waist and is naked from the waist up. He has one arm above his head and one hand on his neck, posing prettily. He's looking off to the left. On the right and across the pool, peeking out from behind a tree, is Stede, visible only from his hand and part of his face.

LyraTalise@lyratalise.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ch 5-7 of Into the Heart of the Forest #OFMDReverseBang with art @gelatinousstand.bsky.social in which Stede enters the forest and finds something he wasn't looking for. The forest is pretty surprised too. archiveofourown.org/works/871225...

Title card created by Juniper for OFMDfanfic for the Reverse Big Bang story “Into the Heart of the Forest.” Title card has a spring green background. Growing from left side into a ring is a circle of pink and deep purple morning glories. The title is in a dark green script in the ring of flowers. To the upper left in the same font is “by LyraTalise” and under it “Art by Juniper.”

Shannon (They/Them) is Woke and Ghey and Loyal and Noisy @wildesidewalker.bsky.social · 4w ago

They are called librarians. Please give them a billion dollars.

Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 4w ago

New billion dollar idea: Book sommelier

𝚛 𝚘 𝚡 𝚒 🦄 ❤️ 🏴‍☠️@roximonoxide.bsky.social · 4w ago

you can just make whatever you want and no one can stop you

some greenware bowls that read "ya the broth is pretty wild"

Wasabi Poptart / now in my Crone era @gothsockmonkey.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thought everyone might like to see this today

sailor's ruin 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️COMMS CLOSED@sailorsruin92.bsky.social · last yr.

SLAAAAYYYY, DIVA!! 🎤 ✨ 💅 #ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath

Caly 🏴‍☠️💜😊@intheblanketfort.bsky.social · 4w ago

I think, after Ed kissed him, Stede sat on the beach for a very long time. This was an experiment that turned out a little strange, but hey! #DrawStedeBonnet #OFMDfanart

A digital drawing of Stede from S1E9 sitting on the beach, thinking. He has his knees drawn up near his chest and looks pensive. He sits in the sand, surrounded by boulders and coastal plants, looking out at the sea. In the background, we see the ocean and an overcast sky, with bright light peeking out under the clouds at the horizon, reflecting on the water. The light is warm with a slightly golden tone.

xray_vex@xrayvex.bsky.social · last mo.

Stede lovers to the front! we drew Ed, now let's draw our other co-captain, Stede! Draw Stede Bonnet week - 6th-12th July, 2026! everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of skill level - use the hashtag #DrawStedeBonnet this is a challenge to myself also! #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath

a collage of Stede Bonnet drawings with the text
Draw Stede Bonnet Week!
6th - 12th July 2026
#DrawStedeBonnet

☠️ Blip B ☠️@robertaseaport.bsky.social · last mo.

Am a bit in love with dyke Pete 🥰 (from @pilotpirate.bsky.social's RBB story, coming soon!)

sailor's ruin 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️COMMS CLOSED @sailorsruin92.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy monday, crew! I was dying to post my RBB art for Heart Bandits, written by @princessdianaart.bsky.social 💜💜💜 Go check the first chapter on AO3! #ofmd #ofmdfanart #OFMDReverseBang #gentlebeard

Digital illustration of Ed and Stede riding a horse through the forest. Stede is wounded and Ed is riding the horse. They are both wearing capes. Ed's cape is black and Stede's silver.

Melina B@princessdianaart.bsky.social · last mo.

The first chapter of my OFMD Reverse Big Bang 2026 (@ofmdreversebigbang.bsky.social) Piece inspired by artwork by @sailorsruin92.bsky.social So excited to have been able to participate! archiveofourown.org/works/877464...

YellowMustard @mustardwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

archiveofourown.org/works/817747... the teacher boys are back and i would like to present the following images, if you want the context ig you're just gonna have to go read it 😌

a tiny chihuahua with her tongue hanging out. there is nothing going on behind those eyes

s1 stede, hiding, peeking over the side of the revenge

Dahlia 🏴‍☠️🍊🌈@serpentanddahlia.bsky.social · last mo.

this cutie turns 1 today 🥹 I think it's a pretty good pairing if you'll find yourself sitting by a pool this weekend...or (like me) longing to sit by a pool... archiveofourown.org/works/671108...

Off the Deep End - Chapter 1 - serpent_and_dahlia - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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sailor's ruin 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️COMMS CLOSED@sailorsruin92.bsky.social · last yr.

May I present you Pool DILF 🏊 My #OFMDReverseBang collab w/ @serpentanddahlia.bsky.social is here and I can't thank her enough for picking my silly idea up and making my first RBB such a great experience 💖 First 2 chapters of Off the Deep End are up on AO3! #ofmdfanart #gentlebeard #ofmd

Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social · last mo.

Hi, I’m selling these stickers and will donate 100% of sales to legal fees and bail funds for the Prairieland defendents. I will be sure to post reciepts! $4 each, DM to order, and please help me spread the word!

A rectangular sticker featuring a long arm stapler on a light purple background. Below the sticker are the words “I only got into zines for the money”.

Jenn overboard!@self-induljennt.bsky.social · last mo.

Sometimes Ed needed to touch water. To see how far the current would take him before real life's tether pulled taught. Thrumming like a guitar string. Always better with a pretty blond next to him though. (adopted sketch for lovely @ann-banann.bsky.social!) #ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath #DrawEdTeach

Drawing of Ed and Stede from Our Flag Means Death. They're both floating on their backs in shimmering water. They're shirtless, both smiling. Stede's eyes are closed and Ed is looking at him because he's super pretty and Ed loves him and is entirely gross about it.

GayWatson 🌈🏴‍☠️🎨@gaywatson.bsky.social · last mo.

don't worry, Stede's on-site to kiss it better #DrawEdTeach #OFMD #OFMDfanart

Scan of a simplistic pen and ink sketch of a very angy Edward Teach from the hit television show Our Flag Means Death being kissed "all better" byt his boyfriend, Stede Bonnet. Ed's arms are uncrossed and his expression is one of conflicted confusion. How can he continue to pout when faced with such care and kindness. Stede calls it "The Stun Move II"

GayWatson 🌈🏴‍☠️🎨@gaywatson.bsky.social · last mo.

everyone I've encountered today has been annoying so Ed and I are gonna be pouty babies together #DrawEdTeach #OFMD #OFMDfanart

Merryfinches 💕🌈 🏴‍☠️ @merryfinches.bsky.social · last mo.

💚 GREEN: NATURE 💚 They found a way to BOTH enjoy nature 🥰 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 #ofmdart #ofmd #happypride🌈

Art of Ed and a Stede from Our Flag Mean Death. They’re in a garden, surrounded by green plants, and flowers (dahlias, sunflowers and sweet peas) Stede is kneeling on the ground and digging a hole for a plant, Ed is reclining in a deck chair, one hand behind his back and a cold drink in his other hand. He isn’t wearing a shirt 😌

Merryfinches 💕🌈 🏴‍☠️ @merryfinches.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💛YELLOW: SUNLIGHT 💛 They’re so happy and warm (and soon they’ll head back to the inn for good food and orgasms) 🥰 #ofmd #ofmdart #happypride🌈 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

em ✨🏴‍☠️@emcolbs.bsky.social · last mo.

💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

Caly 🏴‍☠️💜😊@intheblanketfort.bsky.social · last mo.

Update: This Stede now has a boyfriend. They are a set, do not separate 🩵💜 #ofmdfanart

Mikayla 💜🏴‍☠️@mysterybees.bsky.social · 2mo ago

a little domestic fluff nibble for you~ ☀️Early on a Sunday Morning ☀️ archiveofourown.org/works/87126176 companion piece to 🌙Late on a Sunday Evening🌙 archiveofourown.org/works/59737075

Screenshot from AO3: "Early on a Sunday Morning. Author: mysterybees (Pamplemousse). Summary: It's a Sunday morning. Ed is in the kitchen, at the counter, in his socks and his sweats and his ratty t-shirt, hair tied up in a haphazard knot on top of his head, chopping potatoes and tossing them into the small bowl at his side."

Caly 🏴‍☠️💜😊@intheblanketfort.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I love you. I love you." "I know. I know that." #ofmdfanart