My guys, my loves. You gotta let people know when you like their fic. You gotta kudos, it would be nice if you comment on ao3, you gotta tag people in to your compliments on twt or in public discords. Otherwise people WON'T KNOW. and if we don't know, we'll assume no one cares.
at this rate, reckon ed's ~retirement is just gonna consist of him lounging around the revenge as a trophy husband for the rest of his life while his newly infamous spouse terrorises the seven seas and drowns him in warmth, good food, and orgasms a plenty tbh
you'd look as confused as they do if you were 94% certified fresh, peabody nominated, had a handful of GLAAD noms under your belt, and still got cancelled. they're ready for a new home
@netflix
, please
#AdoptOurCrew
and
#SaveOFMD
Man, this "gotcha" attitude that ofmd fandom has cultivated is just going to drive people away, you know that right? The fic and the art will dry up because no one wants to be the next target of a barely thought out crusade for clout.
of all the things the s3 cancellation stole from me, i think the (however minute) possibility of james rolleston as young ed is the one that hurts the most tbh
And the cast and crew didn't even get to enjoy and celebrate the airing of what turned out to be their last fucking season because the studios were being such fuck arses. Gutted for all of them tbh.
OKAY BUT. Stede starting "pirate for a day" experience packages charging people extortionate prices for a day/night on the revenge. Ed gets to live out his silly little b&b fantasies and stede gets to play whatever ridiculous captain persona he's trying on that week
Okay but very famous rockstar Ed accidentally going batshit on main about the cancellation of his favourite TV show, drawing the focus of half the internet, and more importantly, the show's very handsome, very devastated lead actor 👀
okay but losing this shot?? stede's /scared/, he looks like he's actually realised the risk they're taking! such a split second contrast to "it's only suicide if we die" and i think it's a real shame we lost it
Thinking about "taking it slow bc we're whim-prone." My guys. My darlings. One of you just faked his own death and renounced all his wealth, and the other literally dragged himself out of purgatory so you could be together again. I think the days of whims are long past.
Imagine the impossible and ofmd gets picked back up in 5 years time but they let the story pass 5 years too. Stede's embraced the grey and the new revenge is thriving, and ed's got a little vegetable patch, and it never became an inn, but it is a home.
hey
@StreamOnMax
, can't really blame him for the sentiment when his show has been cancelled on a whim. tell you what would fix it though? renewing our flag means death for a third and final season. just a thought.
#SaveOFMD
#RenewAsACrew
#OurFlagMeansDeath
thing is, you kick out anyone over 30 from fandom and you'll soon realise exactly who's providing you with the fic and art that actually makes a fandom worth participating in. because it ain't the 16 year olds, i'll tell you that.
The crew's gonna die. Hurry, you're gonna lose all your men. It's all going to be your fault. All of the men who trusted you. All their blood's gonna be on your hands. It's going to be your fault!
okay but losing this shot?? stede's /scared/, he looks like he's actually realised the risk they're taking! such a split second contrast to "it's only suicide if we die" and i think it's a real shame we lost it
I'm GLAD their first s2 kiss was a real one and not a gravy basket one but I'm also SO PLEASED they considered it enough to film it bc how fucking dreamy is that shot 😍
I love the ofmd billboards, I love that a queer story is getting so much promotion, but i wish more people had been around when the scs6 billboards went up because that really was something I swear to you.
If ted lasso can be resurrected for a fourth season there's absolutely no excuse to leave ofmd in the tv gravy basket 😤 come on apple you've clearly got money to burn go pick up our little pirate show I know you wanna
"Before he can overthink it, he picks the best of the photos, attaches it to his chat with Stede, hits send.
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 😇 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘹"
(
@pan_od_tortur
working some absolute MAGIC with immediately down bad rockstar edward teach 😍)
even rockstars get pissed when their fav tv shows get prematurely cancelled. sometimes they get to fall in love with the lead actor on said show, too.
or: the show cancellation au~
endure and survive [ed/stede || rated e || 14k]
the show we all love is going to end up getting cancelled because a good number of you refuse to realise that constantly destroying the boundary between fans and creators is a situation that is at best: creepy, and at worst: a lawsuit waiting to happen.
hey
@PrimeVideo
we have a proposal for you.
#OurFlagMeansDeath
is looking for a new home and brings with it an incredibly passionate, engaged & loyal viewership. would you consider doing us the honour of picking us up? 💛
#AdoptOurCrew
&
#SaveOFMD
not to get all rpfy on main but sounded like Someone had a transformative experience while they were being loomed over by some sexy bad boy that definitely wasn't their bestie of many years
It's finally september and we're nearing the end of fire lookout season and on this day two years ago stede bonnet picked up his walkie and without any context at all asked ed "do you think you can fall in love with someone you've never met?"
left them hanging for a long time in that car park, but the firewatch series is now complete 🌲🔥💞
the (not so) lost art of the fire lookout
[ed/stede || rated e || 12.7k]
"And hope has never felt more delicate than it does here, in this moment where Ed can so clearly see a potential future just waiting to be lived."
morning birds chapter 3: being alive (with a cameo by
@self_induljennt
) 💛
What if an edstede slow burn except they're very aware of their attraction to each other but are having so much fun in the flirty teasing touchy kissing in bars and incomplete dry humping stage that they take months to actually get together properly
even rockstars get pissed when their fav tv shows get prematurely cancelled. sometimes they get to fall in love with the lead actor on said show, too.
or: the show cancellation au~
endure and survive [ed/stede || rated e || 14k]
Ed lives alone. In the house he built himself, in the middle of the woods, with his cat and chickens. It's quiet. It's uneventful. He likes it that way. (For now.)
you are at the top of my lungs - ch 1 of 6:
with art by the wonderful
@mossgroves_art
💛
Ed and Stede are gonna fuck nasty there's gonna be kohl everywhere clothes are gonna go flying they're gonna cry the entire way through it and it'll be over in approximately 1 minute 37 seconds. And we're all gonna be like good👏for👏them👏
Okay but very famous rockstar Ed accidentally going batshit on main about the cancellation of his favourite TV show, drawing the focus of half the internet, and more importantly, the show's very handsome, very devastated lead actor 👀
Thinking about ed teach and his middle of the woods homestead and his self sustaining little house he built from scratch and his chickens and his planting schedule and his calendars and his trackers.
And the nosy fucking hiker who keeps wandering through his garden every week.
I think this is the first bit of cut scene I've actually been sad about losing. Sweet little panicked accidental define the relationship moment in the face of maybe-death??? 😔😔😔😔
Sorry I am The Worst but thinking about Ed and Stede and a first date at a museum, one that ends up lasting 7 hours and about 5 miles of walking according to ed's phone, but it's worth it for the way stede holds his hand when he's particularly enamoured with an exhibit
And like, I'm saying this as someone with a relatively decent and mostly vocal readership and still when I stumble across people talking about my stuff I'm like aw man I just wouldn't have known if I hadn't chanced on this. Let people know!!
AND on a very basic level, people often choose what to read based on stats. If you enjoyed those stats, add to them! Add a kudos! Add a comment! I'm seeing too many INCREDIBLE fics being talked about but their stats just don't reflect that
Thinking about ed teach and his middle of the woods homestead and his self sustaining little house he built from scratch and his chickens and his planting schedule and his calendars and his trackers.
And the nosy fucking hiker who keeps wandering through his garden every week.
Okay but edstede doing volunteer shifts at a tiny nonprofit cafe for queer youth and pulling off a full asynchronous epistolary romance via the handover notes they leave each other after their respective shifts
in this gravy basket time of year, let me offer you a complete 55k of falling in and out and back in love again, of queer community and found family, of strawberries, chickens, and a cat named toaster 💛 all illustrated beautifully by
@mossgroves_art
"Ed's life has already been divided into two distinct eras: Before Stede, and now, With Stede, and he doesn’t care to make a distinctive line when the former became the latter."
chapter 2 - spring
[cc/
@mossgroves_art
my absolute hero 💚]
from this moment forth, please be aware that every modern stede i have written and ever will write all look like silver fox undercut rhys darby. even firewatch stede. especially firewatch stede. im not sorry.
🧵Little a&e meet cute: stede's fractured a wrist during a midlife crisis attempt at learning to skateboard, Ed follows minutes later having broken a bone in his foot doing the extreme sport of...stepping awkwardly off a kerb. And they end up following each other all evening.
12 y/o em's hyperfixation & 32 y/o em's hyperfixation, smashed together to create the au of my dreams for this year's ofmd big bang.
or: an A Knight's Tale au
found wanting || rated e || ed/stede (background pete/lucius, jim/oluwande)|| 36k words
"Really, the fact that he’s written a pros and cons list should be the biggest clue that yes, actually, Lucius really does want to fuck that old man."
the young and the menace [stede/lucius || rated e || 8.5k]
I'd read the fuck out of a Martian au with Ed as mark watney and stede as one of the guys at NASA trying to bring him home (stedes the one deciphering his messages and definitely ends up flirting with him after hours)
My stepmum just called from the hospital where my dad was bluelit last night after a bad turn. He's 73 and he's my favourite person in the entire world and we're not a religious family but good thoughts would not go amiss rn
You are all VERY KIND and I appreciate you deeply. I am gonna go home, have some bevvies, and play world of warcraft with my bf bc fanfiction is off the menu for the foreseeable future ✌️