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  1. Rec 47

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    Izzy is a dancer and prostitute at The Gold Door working for Benjamin Hornigold. His life fell apart after his dive into alcoholism following a car accident. A new John enters his life with a dark appetite. Not only does he bring pain and confusion, but also a ghost from Izzy's past.

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    31 May 2024

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    The Widow Mary Bonnet has a life, and Stede Bonnet isn't part of it. They agreed. There was a leopard and everything.

    Then again, Stede has a talent for disrupting plans—for instance, by turning up on your doorstep in the dead of night with a bleeding pirate who turns out to be his beloved Ed.

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    02 Feb 2023

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    Held hostage by Blackbeard on the Queen Anne, Frenchie can't sleep.

    Desperate to just get whatever he can away from crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge, he knocks on Izzy's door and invites himself in.

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    Slowly unfolding relationship between Frenchie and Izzy Hands, as well as an exploration of their relationships with Edward Teach and the rest of their crews, delving for Frenchie into what it means to really experience one's feelings, to get into touch with and truly grapple with the depths of one's worst experiences; and for Izzy and Ed, into what it means to transgress, to repent, and ultimately to be forgiven.

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    19 Nov 2023

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    Izzy still doesn't precisely know how to feel about work this morning, but it's somewhere between scorn and dread.

    He's already encountered the new General Manager's influence; Edward's unilateral decision last week to change his signature block to read co-General Manager, for fuck's sake, which Izzy had had to push back on. Izzy's also had actual contact with him; brief, over Teams. His impression of the man wasn't precisely flattering.

    Day one of the High Income Tax Policy and Enforcement Branch, and Izzy doesn't really have any idea what to expect.

    Israel Hands has been the Executive Officer to Edward Teach, General Manager of High Income Tax Enforcement, for a long time. He knows this job, he knows Edward, and he knows how to keep his life separate from work - for the most part.

    And then the branch is restructured to include Stede Bonnet, General Manager of Tax Policy, and his team of fucking clowns. Suddenly Izzy has two bosses, irritating coworkers, and a rapidly disintegrating line between the personal and the professional.

    Not to mention Edward's behaving more erratically than usual.

    (It's a romcom).

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    22 Aug 2023

  5. Rec 89

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    “Guess I’ll… see you around.”

    They won’t.

    “Yeah,” Izzy says. “See you, Ed.”

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    21 May 2023