🏴☠️ Mark your calendars! 🏴☠️
We are teaming up with fandom bestie
@ASTROGLIDE
for a full
#OurFlagMeansDeath
rewatch starting NEXT WEEK!
Join us every Thursday until the end of October to celebrate our beloved crew.
Not sure what time that is for you?👇
While Zaslav may be positioning WBD for a future merger, he has done significant damage to the creative community.
As WBD holds their earnings call today, we're highlighting some of the poor decisions that have taken place under his leadership.
#DontStreamOnMax
#FireDavidZaslav
🎉 SURPRISE! 🎉
Here is a message from the one and only Rhys Darby to all pirates near and far.
"Onwards and upwards" 💪🏴☠️💕
#AdoptOurCrew
#SaveOFMD
(The video has been edited to leave out some personal messages.)
We love you, crew.
We worked so hard. None of this is fair, and we're all angry and sad right now. We're right there with you. Look after yourselves.
Thank you
@david_jenkins__
and crew for changing so many lives. We're eternally grateful.
The AOC Team 🏴☠️
“…it's an absolute shock another network or streaming service didn't jump at the chance to give this series the final season it deserves.”
Honk honk 🤡
@Collider
says that
#OFMD
is the
#1
cancelled TV show that deserves to be revived!
🔗:
🧵 The
#OurFlagMeansDeath
panel has started at
@BasingstokeCCon
with Con, Kristian, and Vico and we're getting some fun tidbits from our sources on the ground!
Parrot Analytics have released Q4 data for HBO and Max and the findings are...revealing 👀
Out of all Max AND HBO Original shows that premiered new seasons in 2023, OFMD was the 3rd most in-demand and the MOST in-demand Max series in the 60 days post-premiere.
#AdoptOurCrew
Con on Izzy's regrets: It's a great shame we didn't do season 3 because the emerald ring would have gotten its story told. The regret is that he never allowed himself to fall in love completely. He always stopped himself from falling in love and he would have been a great love.
“… the door is open for this possibility in the future” 👀👀👀
thank you
@screenrant
for this amazing article!
Our makeup never came off and we’ll never stop honking 🤡
In a new interview, Gypsy Taylor shares many new details about
#OFMD
S2 costumes including this backstory about the morning after robe 👀
Check out the full conversation with
@BigGayEnergyPod
below 👇
Cheers Queers! We asked what y'all wanted to know about
#OFMD
and the genius behind the costumes (Gypsy Taylor) and asked her those questions in our interview with her! Go check it out now :)
Where to Watch:
Where to Listen:
Happy birthday to the hilarious Matt Maher, the one and only Black Pete, the man who delivers the best one-liners and the most beloved fictional husband of
@nathan_foad
💕🏴☠️
#OurFlagMensDeath
Look at our captain
@rhysiedarby
!
"Night Court marks Darby’s first TV appearance since OFMD ended in Oct '23 and was criminally canceled in Jan. While we’re still grieving that loss, it’s great to see Darby in another romantic and comedic role so soon."
Con: There is a tattoo that no one ever saw. We came up the name of somebody in Izzy's life that was attached to the emerald ring and we had it tattooed to Izzy's wrist every day with some cut marks and were toying with the idea of revealing it during the scene of Izzy's death.
Today
#OurFlagTurns2
and as a special treat for you, we asked
@rhysiedarby
about his favorite BTS moments!
He had a LOT to share so here's part 1. Why was he so serious in many of Samba's BTS photos and videos? Watch to find out 👇
#AdoptOurCrew
#OurFlagMeansDeath
And the winner of
#RhysRadness
is... Stede Bonnet! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you everyone for voting. It was such an exciting fight!
And happy 50th birthday to our Captain
@rhysiedarby
! Thank you for Stede and for all the other characters we love so much. Here's to the next 50 🥃💕
"...we won’t turn our backs on
#OFMD
quite yet."
@TVInsider
ranked the likelihood that several recently cancelled shows might be saved and
#OurFlagMeansDeath
came in at
#2
. We like the way you think
@meag_darwish
!
Check out the full list here:
"It is a major shame it got cancelled before their story was fully told, but the fanbase’s response truly shows how important this show is for so many people."
Look at us go! Thanks to you,
#OFMD
has been included on the
@guardian
's list of readers’ favorite LGTBQ+ shows ever!
Do you think we should let
@guardian
know about a show that has been impactful for LGBTQ+ representation? 👀
Fill in the form below 👇 (only if you're comfortable doing so!) and let's get our voices heard!
#AdoptOurCrew
#SaveOFMD
🧵The second
#OurFlagMeansDeath
panel over at
@BasingstokeCCon
with Rhys, Con, Vico and Kristian has begun! Here are a few highlights from our sources on the ground!
🚨 Emmy nomination ballots are out and
#OurFlagMeansDeath
was submitted for multiple categories! Nomination voting begins today with final nominees to be announced in July. Keep an eye out for more info on the Emmys process later today!
🚨 NOMINATION ALERT 🚨
@rhysiedarby
and
#OurFlagMeansDeath
have been nominated for
@GoldDerby
TV Awards! Voting goes through July 30 and winners will be announced on Aug 14.
To vote, create a Gold Derby account and head to the prediction center .
And the
#OurFlagMeansDeath
S2 treats keep on coming!
Check out these cool concept and production designs from Production Designer and Supervising Art Director Adam Wheatley: .
While we’re disappointed that
#OurFlagMeansDeath
wasn’t recognized with any Emmy noms, it’s worth remembering that it’s not about glory. It’s about belonging to something 🏴☠️
Check out the full list of snubs and surprises from
@meag_darwish
and
@TVInsider
Amazing interview with director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, writer Maddie Dai, and producer Morgan Waru about their new movie "We Were Dangerous"!
Maddie Dai was also in the writers' room for OFMD and gives us a glimpse into how that was! 🏴☠️💕
Link:
It’s been a long 6 months but we’re so proud of what we’ve accomplished together.
#OurFlagMeansDeath
is about belonging to something and we couldn’t ask for a better crew to weather the storm with.
Here’s to more clowning and endless pride for the show that brought us together.
"I still hope we get something, I still hope for a movie, because you guys are growing - the fanbase is growing, and people are just stupid unfortunately."
#WeeJohnWednesday
We’ve done it again crew! Ed and Stede have been crowned the Ship of the Year (Comedy or Animated Series) in
@TellTaleTV_
’s Battle of the Ships 2024 🏴☠️💕
“I will also always recommend this show because I want people to agree with me that its cancellation was an injustice.”
#OurFlagMeansDeath
is one of ten shows that Abigail Stevens
@screenrant
will always recommend.
🔗:
"Our Flag Means Death has by far the loudest and most passionate fanbase trying to get the show picked up elsewhere using the hashtag
#AdoptOurCrew
."
Keep being loud everyone! Thank you
@kasey__moore
for the shout-out! Hey,
@netflix
? 👀
OFMD’s cancellation officially kickstarted the end of the peak TV era.
Max’s baffling decision to cancel the popular, highly-rated series was the most notable high-profile cancellation of the year, it doesn’t have to end here.
🏴☠️🏴☠️
A wonderful article in
@PsychToday
about why fans fight back when shows are cancelled and power of collective action, with a nice shoutout to the fandom and all of our efforts over the past three weeks!
#SaveOFMD
#AdoptOurCrew
"The scene, the writing, the acting, the chemistry. Gorgeous."
“You wear fine things well” is one of the best romantic moments without the words “I love you” according to
@BuzzFeed
🥹
🔗:
#OurFlagMeansDeath
“
#OFMD
is a dramedy - it's comedic yet touching, silly yet earnest. It has multiple LGBTQ+-forward storylines and balances a light tone with deep, emotional character development.”
@CBR
has named
#OFMD
one of the best period dramas of the last 5 years!
🔗
OFMD has been mention by
@BuzzFeed
as one of the shows that should've gotten at least one more season!
We totally agree, and this is why we're fighting for another network to
#AdoptOurCrew
and
#SaveOFMD
!
article:
We’re so excited to celebrate the first anniversary of
#OurFlagMeansDeath
S2 with you but we also recognize just how bittersweet a celebration this is.
But rather than dwell on what might have been, we choose joy.
We can’t wait to celebrate
#OFMDRewind
together…as a crew 🏴☠️💕
The mermaid tails were constructed by Hayley Egan and her team in Australia, and then flown to AoNZ for filming! Hayley shared a lot of bts on the construction, which we will link to below. Please check out her posts for more photos & info! 🧜🏻♂️🧡
#MerstedeMonday
#AdoptOurCrew
Q: "If you could pick another era for OFMD to be filmed in what would you choose?"
Kristian: "The future. Space pirates.
Con: "Cowboy pirates."
Rhys: "Cowboy pirates in space."
“It’s bittersweet in a lot of ways for me because personally for my own journey it was the best thing I’ve ever done…I was really proud of my work on that thing.”
Here’s more of
@rhysiedarby
’s interview with
@aaronsagers
where he spoke about what
#OFMD
means to him.
Q: How did Rhys get out of the pool?
Rhys: “"I must have been lifted out. As you know I'm a very good mermaid. I used my very good thrusting abilities to thrust from the bottom."
“Let this witty, moving, sometimes-beautiful, and sometimes-bloody adventure series restore your battle-weary heart.” Thanks for awarding OFMD a Greater Goodie award, which are given to stories that illustrate the best in humanity
@GreaterGoodSC
🔗
It is disappointing but not surprising to see that for all of
@glaad
's talk about the importance of centering trans, nonbinary, and queer BIPOC stories, they have chosen to recognize Ted Lasso over shows that more fully embrace and celebrate diverse queer experiences.
Do better.
🎉 86k and counting! 🎉
we’re fighting for representation.
we’re fighting because the numbers WERE there.
we’re fighting for our wonderful cast and crew.
we're fighting for
#OurFlagMeansDeath
.
🏴☠️ 🏴☠️
OFMD has been named a TV highlight of the week by
@yorkshirepost
!
“This purely organic growth in demand, driven by little more than online chatter, is rivaled perhaps only by Ted Lasso’s phenomenal success.”
#AdoptOurCrew
#SaveOFMD
Q: "What's your one favourite scene in the show?"
Con: "My favourite scene is the moonlight scene. It encapsulates our entire show....it's beautifully played. I saw it and went ‘Oh it's about love.’"
Con: Izzy was always my age. I never envisioned him being his real age which was 16 or 17.
Kristian: WHAT? I keep forgetting this is based off real stuff.
"Canceled after just two seasons, this too-short series remains a must-stream title."
We couldn't have said it better ourselves,
@meag_darwish
! Of 25 Max originals,
#OurFlagMeansDeath
has been ranked
#3
by
@TVInsider
.
(We laughed at what came last 🤭)
Very interesting insight from
@V_Vico_Ortiz
on the struggles posed by the industry when it comes to shows that portray queer stories.
OFMD is one of the victims of this unfortunate trend. We're fighting for something much bigger than a show!
#AdoptOurCrew
#SaveOFMD
"Network execs have proven out of touch with their viewers. They recently canceled several shows with undeniable potential, such as
#OFMD
."
#OFMD
is 1 of 10 shows canceled in 2024 that deserves a return according to
@CBR
and we couldn't agree more!
🔗:
"Beyond representation, it's simply one of the funniest and best shows on Max."
@screenrant
has included
#OurFlagMeansDeath
on its list of the 30 best TV shows on Max in April.
Check out the full list here:
"What begins as a kind of mentorship eventually becomes the gay pirate action-comedy series you never knew you needed."
We're still alive and kicking!
@WIRED
has named
#OurFlagMeansDeath
as one of the 30 best shows on Max right now. Here's the full list:
“I'll miss catching up with the Revenge crew, but I'll never forget OFMD's overall message that ‘love alone won't save you, but believing in the people you love can set them on the right path.’”
@angtric
#OFMD
is the
#1
saddest TV cancellation of 2024 according to
@decider
😭💕
"Now, the
#SaveOFMD
campaign is another anti-Warner Bros. campaign ready to, as they say, throw hands."
We interrupt our birthday festivities to share this overview on
#DontStreamOnMax
, with a nice shoutout to all of our efforts, including
#AdoptOurCrew
.
WBD will host their 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10 AM EST TODAY, June 3. Let's make sure WBD and Max know exactly how "Gay Twitter" feels about their recent decisions. Tell us why you
#DontStreamOnMax
and get it trending (again)!
“It's down to the fans, I think. And they're doing exactly the right thing.”
@KristianNairn
sat down with
@PopverseSays
to chat about his book and this part about the future of
#OFMD
had us 🥹.
We’ll always have hope and that’s why we’ll continue to yap about the show and crew!
The Guardian has included Our Flag Means Death on their list of what to watch this evening! We’re counting down the hours until the return of
#WeeJohnWondays
and the premiere of Episode 1!
#AdoptOurCrew
#OurFlagBBC
It appears that
#OFMD
is included in Max's Emmys FYC promo materials...
Maybe it was printed already and too expensive to reprint? 😂
📸: Samba’s instagram story
“It was representational, it was funny, it was beautifully shot…we were pirates on a boat attacking each other and making out…I’m still getting over the idea that they can just go ‘we’re cancelling that.’”
ICYMI
@rhysiedarby
recently spoke about
#OFMD
and its cancellation 🥺
The 2nd
@glaad
Media Awards ceremony is on May 11 and the community is invited to vote on their favorite movie or series.
While
#OurFlagMeansDeath
isn't officially nominated, you can vote by selecting "Other":
Let's show them why we're
#GLAADforOFMD
.