"It isn't the parties in themselves that I'm criticizing. I think having parties helps release tension. Really, it's his denial of things like 'oh, that guy Hiram who signed up for your little on-ship pirate crew is actually the Captain's human form'. That is sort of a big deal. And what got me into the fistfight with Blackbeard, who doesn't want anyone to make Stede look like an idiot."