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I think Mary and Stede really do love each other. Not in a romantic way of course. But they definitely love each other. In an unconditional, under the surface kinda way. They hated being with each other because they didn’t make each other happy in the roles that they were playing.
Them talking it through (as a crew).
I think that if they met under different circumstances and played different roles in each other’s lives, it would have been different. Good different. Really good different.
That’s where they’re going. They figured out why they made each other so miserable. And the fact that they want to make it right, to make each other happy. Shows that they love each other.
I like to imagine that they stay good friends. That Mary and Doug get married and have a good life together with the kids. The kids love Doug.
Stede goes off and finds Ed. They realize they love each other. They stay together. They sail the seas.
Every once in a while, they come back and visit Mary and Doug and the kids. The kids listen to them tell stories. Alma is fascinated. They take them on the ship.
Everyone is happy.