Edward Teach/Izzy Hands

Pairing
Pairing:	Edward Teach/Izzy Hands
Alternative name(s):	BlackHands, EdIzzy
Gender category:	slash, m/m
Fandom:	Our Flag Means Death
Canonical?:	one-sided
Prevalence:	somewhat popular
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Edward Teach/Izzy Hands is the slash pairing of Edward Teach and Izzy Hands from Our Flag Means Death.

Fandom

Common Tropes and Storylines in Fanworks

• Dark Themes: Ed/Izzy is usually portrayed as dark and full of conflict
• BDSM: fanworks often contain Dom/sub or other BDSM elements, mostly based on elements from canon, like Izzy seeming to like being choked, that the fandom took and expanded upon
• Pastfic: exploring Ed and Izzy's pre-canon relationship, how they met, how Izzy became Ed's first mate, etc.
• Abuse: there is a lot of focus in fanworks on Ed and Izzy's unhealthy relationship, however there are often questions about to what degree it is abusive, and where the characters step over that line
• Pining: Izzy pining for Ed, and their relationship being one-sided and unrequited
• Jealousy: usually with Izzy being jealous of Ed's relationship with Stede, but there are rare stories where Ed is jealous of someone else giving attention to Izzy
• Hurt/Comfort: most commonly with Izzy receiving the hurt and Ed providing the comfort. Although, the reverse can also be found, sometimes with Izzy comforting Ed after the canon events of season 1
• Threesome or Poly: the most common choice for a third partner being Stede (Steddyhands)

Challenges

• Happy EdIzzy Week

Fan Appeal

what’s great about edizzy is that there’s no origin story that doesn’t appeal to me. they met as kids? delectable. they met after ed had taken up the blackbeard mantle? delicious. they met 3 months before the events of ofmd s1? fucking hilarious, love that

Some fans were drawn to the pair's darker elements, and the somewhat doomed nature of their relationship:

Whatever Ed and Izzy have is dirty, primordial, brutal. Ed loves Stede, but he’d lick Izzy’s blood from his fingers,he’d press the hot muzzle of the gun on his skin for it to scar, he’d dig his fingers in his flesh if it meant having him all. That is the toxic yaoi I live for

I love edizzy and not in the “they’re so in love” way but in the “they’re doomed toxic yaoi and Izzy is deeply in love with Ed but Ed can’t reciprocate the way Izzy wants him to and so they’re stuck in a cycle best explained by I Bet On Losing Dogs and A Pearl by Mitski” way

Fanworks

Fanart

• your favourite engraver., ^{Archived version} by stillindigo
• -Satisfied, dog? - Yes, my captain.. Yes, sir.., ^{Archived version} by molnyash

Archives, Communities & Resources

• Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands at Ao3