Ed’s Rose Tattoo
banner
edsrosetattoo.bsky.social
Ed’s Rose Tattoo
@edsrosetattoo.bsky.social
Ana * Be gay do crime * Here for 🏳️‍🌈 pirates. Swallow79 on AO3, edsrosetattoo on tumblr, whine_ahnt on insta 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Avatar art by my pal Narsissy at https://www.instagram.com/narsissy19?igsh=MWdhN2xnODZtdmlpZw==
I love how he’s making crafts and his kid is on his switch.
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
His hair is on its way to looking like this again only grey 🤤
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think we were dangerous got a bunch but didn’t win and time bandits got 2 and won one????
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I *think* Time Bandits also won for post production for colouring???????????
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
He didn’t even think to look for him! He just automatically assumes Stede left because he’s unloveable 😭. He isn’t really surprised that Stede didn’t show up, he’s devastated, but also resigned about it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is so accurate!
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Not gonna lie, you had me with you right up until the end there, friend 😂
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
White collar criminal Ed and Stede bringing down a corporation as co-conspirators is my favourite flavour of modern AU, lol
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Yes! They’re both both at different times for different reasons, and personality hire is not an insult. Personality hire is a compliment to me, for real.
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This may be a bad way to word it but it’s about him being cooler than Stede and less of a nerd. That’s it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
No one is making that kind of judgement call on Ed’s intelligence. If people are choosing Stede to be the insurance guy it’s definitely not because they think he’s smarter than Ed and I’m sorry if you interpreted it that way. This is not about Ed “understanding” insurance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🤦‍♀️There is no winner or loser in this situation. Personality hire is absolutely not an insult. Paying the bills behind the scenes is not an insult either. Like you said, both are equal and you need both in a relationship. I’m smart as hell and I am also the personality hire. It’s not a bad thing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Literally no one is saying anything like this at all. It’s just a popular ship meme, not a treatise on who could pass an insurance board regulation exam, which I’m sure he could easily do if he wanted to. We all know Ed is a genius, none of that is up for debate 😭
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No one is saying either of them would be seriously ignorant about anything. It’s just who deals with the behind the scenes minutia of daily life and who’s answering the door to greet guests. This is merely a front of house/back of house thing, tangy/zangy, leather and lace etc etc
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Ed is a genius but he’s also very smart about very particular things. If something bores him, he wouldn’t bother with it, it wouldn’t exist to him.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
They’re both playing 5D chess now!
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Taika’s flappy TAP TAP TAP on David’s shoulder always kills me.
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Isn’t there a fic where Ed is a hired assassin but falls in love with Stede? Isn’t that a thing?
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
He only finds outs about its existence after Mary takes out a giant death policy on him 😂
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
True
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Ahhh yes, they’re taking the same approach as my parents did in life where they both wrongly assume that the other one is on top of the bills when in fact, they’re all still in envelopes piled up under a bunch of crap until the lights turn off.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM