I'll never forget the day
@david_jenkins__
liked every comment on his Insta post about the renewal efforts to say "I see you" to each person. He cares about and loves this fandom. Also, it's fun having a dad who's younger than I am. 🙃
#ThankYouOFMD
I love that Samba added that detail about Taika helping behind the camera to get the continuous shot. A small metaphor for everything Taika has done / is doing BTS for this show.
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#TaikaTuesday
For anyone who's still looking, here's the link to the full Rhys cameo about cats! This one was organized by
@elphia_3
, and Rhys (and his cats) 100% delivered!
Guy leaves his wife to pursue his passion. They're good people, but very wrong for each other. He doesn't give her what she needs, and vice versa. Her art has room to blossom without him there. They both end up happier apart. I call it "Our Flag Means Death."
Whenever I see this kiss described as "awkward," my mind reels. Like... what? This kiss is achingly sweet, tentative, tender, gorgeous, PERFECT. I will NEVER get over how Ed curls his body into it for more, more, closer, closer.
#LongLiveOFMD
Do you ever think about the fact that this was likely Stede's first ever kiss where he had romantic feelings for someone?
Did you notice he actually sheds a tear when they break away?
#LongLiveOFMD
#ofmd
It's so significant that Ed chooses Buttons' clothes when he wants to start a new life. Buttons showed him in a very surprising, magical way that people CAN change, and Ed wants to channel that. Fuck yeah, Brother, fly!
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One of the things I most wanted to see in season 3 was how Ed would look as his real, happy self. Not the Blackbeard persona, not searching for himself in dress-up or dress-down, but at home in his own clothes, in his own skin. I wanted to spend more time with *Edward*.
Random thought: when Stede delivers the "fine things" line and Ed makes that breathy little sound, my subtitles call it a "scoff." But I've never read it as a scoff. It's more like he's overwhelmed, and his breath is catching in his throat. Right?
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One of the funnest parts of watching Taika movies is playing MVP bingo: There's Rhys Darby! There's Rachel House! There's David Fane! There's Pop Pop!
#TaikaTuesday
#VamPirates
I LOVE Ted Lasso. It's funny and earnest and heartfelt and KIND, a comfort rewatch with terrific storytelling. I love that it's gotten so many accolades. But it doesn't pop in my mind as a distinctly queer show, and that's what I thought the
@glaad
awards were about. Oh well.
"As Stede and Ed influence each other, the show’s opening gimmick—can the gentlemanly Stede become a pirate?—gives way to a more provocative question: can the pirate Blackbeard become a gentle man?"
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"On Our Flag Means Death, the spirit of foppery, especially its gentler masculinity, is celebrated." Our latest issue concludes with Lucina Schwartz on the historical contexts for understanding the characters on Taika Waititi's hit show.
Ed and Stede help a perpetually single, middle-aged woman like me remain a hopeFUL romantic. The person who will love me might be just around the corner or on the next ship.
#ThankYouOFMD
Reading about middle-aged people meeting cute and falling in love in every brand of romcom way is escapism in its purest form for me right now, even if the people happen to be gay pirates. The longing hurts, but the hope is good for me.
Hi,
#OFMD
crew! Middle-aged librarian in Mississippi reporting for duty! I created this account so I could follow my favs and not spam my professional account with pirate fangirling. 🏴☠️
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#RenewAsACrew
#RenewOurFlagMeansDeath
As a 40-something lifelong romantic reject, devouring fanfiction is both soothing and depressing as fuck. Like filling the hole and making the hole bigger at the same time. (insert joke about holes)
I have poor self-esteem, and I feel so warm and fuzzy when I see Rhys embrace and lean into the fact that people find him sexy. Yes, Captain.
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#RhysDarbyFaction
i feel like clowning that Our Flag Means Death will get picked up by
@AppleTV
🤡 🤡🤡 QRT and add something silly to the pic to boost the clown vibes!
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Only a page of this written so far, but I'm working on a modern AU where Ed thinks he might be demi instead of ace. As someone who's juggled with ace/aego/demi for years, I want to play in that sandbox a bit fic-wise. Any interest out there?
#WIPWednesday
#OurFlagMeansDeath
On the bright side, I think it's wonderful that critically-acclaimed comedies are moving away from the snark and cynicism of the 1990s-2000s and embracing earnestness and genuine feeling. Parks & Rec, Ted Lasso, Schitt's Creek, Good Place, OFMD... 1/2
Sometimes, for no reason, my brain reminds me, "Stede loves to touch Ed's hair, and Ed loves to touch Stede's face," and it's all I can think about for the next several minutes.
English major and librarian here, and yeah, this snob can go kick rocks. Reading is reading. Read what you love, whether it's Jane Austen or gay pirate smut. Or both, as I enjoy doing. 😘
I don't think anyone is perfect, and that's never going to be a prerequisite for me liking them. I also don't think people are defined by the things they've done wrong. Thank goodness, or every single one of us - every. single. one. - would be written off as a Bad Person.
Two of the scene's best lines - "There he is" and "Oh, fuck off, you twat" - aren't even in the script. Wonder if Con improvised them himself or if they came from David or one of the others on set.
I'm glad they cut the makeover storyline. Stede didn't need it, and it would have taken away from the fact that Ed loves Stede just as he is. There are so many themes about identity on OFMD, and this would've been the wrong message for Stede's character, even if fun to watch.
I don't know when this changed, but: in days of yore, you could start typing part of a username you knew, and the first results would be taken from people you follow. Now it's randoms, celebrities, and bluechecks, and search is next to useless if I can't remember a username.
Just read
@mxmollusca
's "In Favor with Their Stars" for the first time, and I'm having a lot of agitation preference agitation very strong preference.
Made the mistake of giving in to curiosity and looking at the OFMD prop auction. I withstood the cannons and the barrels and the rope ladder, and then I saw the messages in bottles and had to click away.
Today’s Crew Shoutout: the genius
@david_jenkins__
aka our father and creator🏴☠️ What to say about the man who gave us this epic show, redefined the pirate genre, broke records, made history and created a classic for all times☠️ Love you brother🫡❤️
#OurFlagMeansDeath
#ofmd
Y'all, the fact that David is taking the time to like every fan's comments on Instagram, almost as a little "I see you, thank you," has me all 🥹 And Ruibo, truly our queen. ❤️
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#HoistTheAds
#RenewAsACrew
#ThankYouOFMD
for giving us a gorgeous cast of diverse races, ages, shapes, and genders. And they're not just THERE, but embraced as the beautiful and sexy people they are.
Not OFMD-related (well... it's ocean-related), but I got a new tattoo today! I got to visit the Galapagos Islands in July, and I loved lying on the upper deck of the boat and watching the frigate birds flying with us. So, constant reminder of Perfect Happiness. ❤️
I'll even read about them falling in love in the same ways. One bed, coffee shop, musician Ed, pining friends, even angsty glory holes. No trope is too used-up for me.
My mom visited this weekend, and we watched the first season of
@RezDogsFX
. SO GOOD. I'll probably binge season 2 today. Sterlin Harjo and
@TaikaWaititi
made gold!
I need season 3 because I really need Ed to find himself and figure out who he is, move past full leather vs rags.
Okay, and also because this man is beautiful, gorgeous, breathtaking, and silly.
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I hate* when someone shares a link to a great, long fic I've already read, but it's RIGHT THERE, so I have to put everything else down and start rereading it.
* secretly love
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#AdoptOurCrew
Stede taking a drink, having a moment of fear and uncertainty, and then Ed BEAMS at him and makes him smile and feel brave 🥹
Ed going from "suicide mission" to all-in on Stede's wild idea because it's the only plan they've got, and he has every reason to live 🥹
#SaveOFMD
Ruth is a biblical figure who represents loyalty: "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God." (Ruth 1:16)
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I’m watching The Innkeeper while trying to fall asleep. It’s been months now & still bothering my lit prof brain: what does the pig represent in the gravy basket & why is it called Ruthie???
Petition to
#SaveOFMD
and
#AdoptOurCrew
: