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  Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)  

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  28 Oct 2025

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  • Izzy Hands/Original Male Character(s)
  • Izzy Hands & Crew of the Revenge
  • Izzy Hands
  • Original Male Character
  • Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
  • Switching POV (from Chapter Two)
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • period-typical xenophobia
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Suicide mentions
  • Sex Referenced/Discussed/Implied
  • Autistic Israel Hands
  • Post-Canon
  • Canon Divergent
  • Izzy Lives (and thrives!)
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • long lost lovers
  • Backstory
  • Flashbacks
  • Overthinking
  • Even More Overthinking
  • Complex Grief
  • Crew as Matchmakers
  • The Love Is Requited They’re Just Idiots
  • Izzy is convinced he’s living in a tragedy and I am dragging him kicking and screaming into a romcom

  Summary

  It's 1718, and Izzy is adjusting well to his strange new life aboard the Revenge, letting go of some of his former worries and opening up more with the crew. However, all that changes when a "chance" encounter at sea renews the possibility of a future Izzy thought he'd lost a long time ago - one he no longer believes he deserves. Though it seems like a dream come true, a lot has changed over the years, and Izzy, convinced that it's all going to be taken from him, starts raising his old barriers, trying to pre-empt the heartbreak he's sure is just around the corner.
  Everyone else on the Revenge can see that Izzy is loved more than he knows - but can he be made to believe it, before he does something he regrets?

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  English

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