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anyway, the only time we ever see izzy's right hand without the glove is in that scene belowdeck when ed asks him to shoot him & he refuses, & during the storm scene directly thereafter where he does shoot ed to prevent him from destroying the ship & killing the crew. pretty incredible that the only time he ever shows his hand (literally speaking) is during the climactic moment of breakdown of his relationship with ed.
what's even more interesting is that in the scene with him & ed belowdeck, you can see that he has a little red heart tattoo on the junction of his right hand & thumb to match the black spade on his left. notable here that ed has a spider tattoo on his hand, which he says that he covers with gloves because he's afraid of spiders. in contrast, izzy has a heart tattoo on his right hand, which is always covered except in the above noted exceptions. the symbolism is not subtle. this is a man who guards his love from being seen, literally & figuratively hides his heart because he's afraid of love — until he finds himself in an active a life-or-death situation where there is no other choice but to face it & act on it.
there isn't a brand there as far as i can tell... but it's my blog & i do what i want, so i'm probably still keeping my back-of-hand deserter's brand headcanon, at least in most verses. his right hand has both the brand & the little heart tattoo (to me).
something something the most unoriginal modern au ever
I live for Tom Hagen and Johnny Fontane being salty about each other.