12:24 You made me think also of Moby Dick, the great American classic, with the relationship btw Ishmael & Queequeg. Lots of pirate/men stuck on an island relationships to be found in literature & history!
Great essay!! I have been missing ofmd lately so much 🥺, and with the news of s2 , post here and there from the cast I need this🤭 love it, obviously I'm subscribing 🤲🏼💐
Tragically there is no actual evidence for matelotage being queer. It totally could have been but a lot of the time it was platonic or familial. Piracy WAS well known for being queer at the time even but matelotage wasn't known to be a part of that.
Oh really? I didn't find any sources saying otherwise, so I thought to include it anyway since what I found was supporting it being queer at times. Thanks for letting me know.
@@raerants It was in a video essay which I now can't find anywhere but I remember it basically was a way to formalize inheritance and stuff in case one person died, and that was the primary motivation for a lot of people to enter into one of these.
@@raerants I guess it's just that it mirrors marriage pretty much exactly minus the need for sex to legitimize it and so people see it and go "oh, queer marriage!" but there's nothing historically pointing to the queerness of that. Though more than likely committed couples on ships which practised matelotage would have had one and so I really do think it would have been queer, we just don't have any examples proving it ever was.
I don't think steede was most masculinity he thinks he becomes very masculine through his adventures I think he actually becomes the man he wants to be and somebody like Ed got him there they complete eachother ed shows stede how to be respected and strong and steed shows him how to be soft and take in the finer things in life my striking coach once told me you can't be fully alpha if your daughter falls and scapes her knee you don't tell her to just walk it off as a man she needs her father to show sympathy and love it's not the time to be tough and mean so they both complete eachother is my point
The first series was amusing, the second a typical Taika Waititi follow-up dross fest. He just seems too self-indulgent to the extent that he misses what actually makes an idea good (for another great example, check out Terrence Trent D'Arby's first two albums, just don't spend money on the second!) and everyone is too frightened to point it out to him because, you know, he's a legend! (yawn...). Gay pirates, OK, that was fine in series 1. Series 2 was just self regarding rubbish.
It's not Taika Waititi's show, though. It's David Jenkins' creation. Waititi didn't write any of it, only threw a little improv in scenes he's in (though most examples I can think of are from season 1) and directed one episode in season 1. He doesn't have any writing credit. You can dislike Waititi's work, and you can dislike the writing for Our Flag Means Death (David Jenkins' show), but this is not Waititi's work. Maybe do a lil Google search next time :P
Another ofmd video essay!! I need these like I need water I swear 😭
Thanks! And you were quick to find this one ahah
12:24 You made me think also of Moby Dick, the great American classic, with the relationship btw Ishmael & Queequeg. Lots of pirate/men stuck on an island relationships to be found in literature & history!
I've never read Moby Dick but it's on my TBR list. You just made me want to pick it up earlier ahah thanks :)
this was absolutely fantastic and super well explained! thank you for making it
Aww thanks truly. I love OFMD
This was such an educating and fascinating analysis, thank u sm!!
Aww thanks, I'm really proud of this one.
Great essay!! I have been missing ofmd lately so much 🥺, and with the news of s2 , post here and there from the cast I need this🤭 love it, obviously I'm subscribing 🤲🏼💐
Yea, I can't wait for season 2 as well. Thank you so much
Nice video! Perfectly timed as I’m currently doing a watch of the show
Glad you enjoyed. Hope you didn't see any spoilers ahah
@@raerants Whoops I meant to type rewatch, this is my second time watching it so no spoiler worries!
Aaaaaaaa! Loved this, thank you.
Love your analysis of the characters!
I love your voice! You could narrate a dictionary and I'd still be enthralled!
Tragically there is no actual evidence for matelotage being queer. It totally could have been but a lot of the time it was platonic or familial. Piracy WAS well known for being queer at the time even but matelotage wasn't known to be a part of that.
Oh really? I didn't find any sources saying otherwise, so I thought to include it anyway since what I found was supporting it being queer at times. Thanks for letting me know.
@@raerants It was in a video essay which I now can't find anywhere but I remember it basically was a way to formalize inheritance and stuff in case one person died, and that was the primary motivation for a lot of people to enter into one of these.
Yea, I know that, yet in the sources I've seen it could also mean they were a couple - not necessarily just that tho.
@@raerants I guess it's just that it mirrors marriage pretty much exactly minus the need for sex to legitimize it and so people see it and go "oh, queer marriage!" but there's nothing historically pointing to the queerness of that. Though more than likely committed couples on ships which practised matelotage would have had one and so I really do think it would have been queer, we just don't have any examples proving it ever was.
I never left one of these comments but I felt I should comment that you’re very pretty!
and here come Season 2 ^^
I don't think bullies are confident. If you're confident, why would you need to put others down?
i never really thought this was an absurdist comedy since the gentleman pirate was you know real.
Stede Bonet was real, yea, and he definitely acted like in OFMD portrays him.
I don't think steede was most masculinity he thinks he becomes very masculine through his adventures I think he actually becomes the man he wants to be and somebody like Ed got him there they complete eachother ed shows stede how to be respected and strong and steed shows him how to be soft and take in the finer things in life my striking coach once told me you can't be fully alpha if your daughter falls and scapes her knee you don't tell her to just walk it off as a man she needs her father to show sympathy and love it's not the time to be tough and mean so they both complete eachother is my point
Very nice video. I would just suggest to use a less distracting background music. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, I'll definitely take that into account 💜
The first series was amusing, the second a typical Taika Waititi follow-up dross fest. He just seems too self-indulgent to the extent that he misses what actually makes an idea good (for another great example, check out Terrence Trent D'Arby's first two albums, just don't spend money on the second!) and everyone is too frightened to point it out to him because, you know, he's a legend! (yawn...). Gay pirates, OK, that was fine in series 1. Series 2 was just self regarding rubbish.
It's not Taika Waititi's show, though. It's David Jenkins' creation. Waititi didn't write any of it, only threw a little improv in scenes he's in (though most examples I can think of are from season 1) and directed one episode in season 1. He doesn't have any writing credit. You can dislike Waititi's work, and you can dislike the writing for Our Flag Means Death (David Jenkins' show), but this is not Waititi's work. Maybe do a lil Google search next time :P