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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊

@politestmenace.bsky.social

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BIPOC, Gen X, they/she. Ofmd forever. PhD in Literary Stiddies (also a real one but who cares). I write sweet, spicy, nerdy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ stories (PolitestMenace/GayPirateAficionado on ao3). 🔞 #LegoEdandStede | https://linktr.ee/politestmenace

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · Jan 20

A pinned thread for my writing! I write sweet, spicy, often nerdy #gentlebeard stories. Mostly AUs, but a bit of canon era from time to time.

My AO3: archiveofourown.org/users/GayPir...

#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic

A title card made to look like a scrapbook page. In the middle is a piece of torn notebook paper with the words “Fics by
Politest Menace
(GayPirateAficionado).” In the upper left corner is a Polaroid showing the one bed Professor boys gazing lovingly at each other in bed. In the bottom right corner is a Polaroid of the pie boys in bed. Both are from art by Sailor’s Ruin. In the upper right corners is a Polaroid of the bug boys at Pride by sweetpotato. In the bottom right corner is a Polaroid of the Parry & Riposte boys in fencing gear by Rysi.

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 47m

The way Stede’s so confused but quickly adds it to his vocabulary 😂

#ofmd

Stede looking deeply confused, asking “Is that a pirate term, or?”

Stede telling Anne and Mary “But he decided I wasn't going to doggie heaven,” looking very pleased about being saved and using this pirate term

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 59m

Arrgghh 🫂🫂🫂

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Kathleen ~~C2E2 forever~~ 🖤🤍💜🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @bigred297.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning, crew!! I hope you have a beautiful day!! You deserve it!! Take care and stay hydrated, my darlings!! 🫂💕✨️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ #OurFlagMeansDeath #LongLiveOFMD #CrewForLife

Wee John is sitting on deck. He is polishing a cannon ball.

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

Happy birthday!!!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

Happy ofmdiversary!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

Ooof 🫂🫂

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

That’s smart!!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

Hate this for all of us 😩🫂❤️‍🩹

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

🫂🫂❤️‍🩹

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

😂😂 love it

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

There’s just…more to be done than there are hours in the day for, no? And less energy to begin with since the world is *waves hand* like this?

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

🫂🫂❤️‍🩹

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 1h

It’s nice for someone to recognize it, at least! There’s just so much extra right now, isn’t there?? 🫂❤️

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𝚛 𝚘 𝚡 𝚒 🦄 ❤️ 🏴‍☠️ @roximonoxide.bsky.social · 7h

Stede Bonnet (briefly) the saddest captain on the high seas.

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 7h

Ohhhh 🥺🥺🥺

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 8h

Hobnobbing is part 5 of the series. Mostly Stede POV, T rated, just under 6k. Did I mention these boys do a lot of pining??

archiveofourown.org/works/71308571

#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard

Cover art with a painted cardboard ocean, a paper moon, and a paper version of the Revenge. The text reads “Sailing Over a Cardboard Sea
A fake dating AU
By R Politest Menace”

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 8h

Oop I should also update it, haha!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 8h

Heya!! Nice to see you. I have a thread of ‘em ❤️

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · Jun 17

A thread of my skyfics, all also archived on ao3!

The first is Keeping It Cool, a silly, fluffy meet-cute. T rated, 3k.

archiveofourown.org/works/62694859

#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard #ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · Jan 16

“Ed! That looks so nice and tidy. And you must be so hot! I have just the thing.”

It’s Stede, of course, come to survey Ed’s weeding progress in their shared backyard.

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Ed was beyond grumpy when his previous neighbor in the side-by side duplex moved out.

#ofmdtwtfic #ofmdbskyfic #ofmdskyfic

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wanderingnomad 🐦 @wanderingnomad.bsky.social · 9h

One more thing before #TaikaTuesday ends in my neck of the woods. ✌🏻

Collage of Taika Waititi holding up a peace sign

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R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 8h

Cute hair, cute heating pad!! 😍❤️

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 9h

Probably so, but I’m not good at letting go 😅 but I’ve calmed down now!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 9h

🫂🫂❤️‍🩹

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 9h

May have coped by signing up for Samba’s class and buying all the things 😅 here’s to making it through!

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 10h

You’re completely correct, of course. And I’d tell someone else the same. I guess even if you think you’ve unlearned perfectionism, it doesn’t mean you’re not still afraid of failure 🥺

But thank you for the giggle of your metaphor that got away 😁

R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 10h

Damn last year and this year are both…really something (neg)