02/13/2025 - 02/16/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

02/25/2025 3:06 pm EST
TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby;  Con O'Neill; Samson Kayo; Alex Sherman; Guz Khan; Adopt Our Crew: Words of Love;  Adopt Our Crew; Articles; Fan Spotlight: OFMD Craft Fair; You wear Fine Frames Well; Our Drag Means Slay; Love Notes

= David Jenkins = 

And that's a wrap! The end of the Christmas Special! Thank you so much for reaching David's fic!

5 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'Meanwhile at the inn, the guests mingle. Ed scans the room, and mutters to Applejack. “These rich wankers are exhausting. Can’t wait to get this over with.” Applejack nods. Yeah the Inn business must be hard. All of these people with all of these demands. He asks Ed if he misses the sea. Ed shrugs. Sometimes. His leathers were feeling pretty heavy there for a while. He didn’t mind trading them for the crisp white linen suit he’s wearing now. Applejack: “Blackbeard in a linen suit. Who’d have guessed.” Ed becomes cagey. “Blackbeard? Where’d you get that?” Applejack: “C’mon, it’s obvious. You have the hair, the same tattoos, it’s obvious.” Ed: “Dunno what you’re on about mate. You flatter me. I never rose above scallawag. Mine was a short career, that’s how I survived.” Applejack: “My mistake. Over active imagination I guess.” Ed excuses himself to find a flustered Stede. The ceremony is about to start. Ed: “Well that’s good isn’t it?” Stede: “I haven’t seen a groom. Have you? Or a bride.” Ed: “S’bad luck though, seeing the bride isn’t it?” Stede: “I don’t even know who the bride and groom’s parents are. Isn’t that odd?” The priest speaks up. A sober grey haired man with a glass eye, he’s massive in size. Almost a giant. Clears his throat: “If we might get started?” Stede looks around. Started? How? Ed notices everyone looking at them. Every guest. Their eyes are hard.'

6 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'Priest: “We are here to witness the union of Stede Bonnet, aka the Gentleman Pirate and his partner in all things, Edward Teach. Aka Black Beard.” Ed (quietly): “Ffffuck” Stede: “Wh-what is um happening?” Every guest presents a weapon, a knife or gun. The Priest: “An admirer sends his regards” Priest: “And regrets. For missing this special day.” Meanwhile, Governor Prince Ricky finishes his glass of water and readies himself to walk out on stage. He strides out to greet the packed crowd, who cheer their tough on piracy Governor Prince. Jim handles a throwing knife. Frenchie plays with a pistol, at his side. A long barreled rifle has Governor Prince Ricky in its sights. Spanish Jackie holds it, aiming carefully at Ricky’s forehead. Ricky welcomes the crowd, and clears his scratchy throat. He takes out cards for his speech, but the first one seems to have been replaced. It simply reads: “Feeling ill?” Ricky turns white. He looks over to find his valet staring at him from the wings. He flips to another card: “It won’t be long now.” Ricky grabs his throat. He’s choking.'

6 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'The crew members of the Revenge exchange confused looks. Jackie, to herself: “The fuck?” Ricky falls to the ground foaming at the mouth and shaking. The crowd panics. One of the last things Ricky sees as he dies is his valet turning to leave. He flashes on the glass of water he just drank. We see another flash of the valet poisoning it before handing it to Ricky. Jim tries to get to the stage. “No no no it was supposed to be us!” Archie pulls them away. It doesn’t matter who did it does it? The job is done. Jim: “It matters.” But it’s too late. Authorities are surrounding the body. Even a symbolic strike would be suicide. Ed and Stede are surrounded by fifty armed guests. Ed: “What the fuck is this?” Priest: “Recompense. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” An old woman slashes Stede. Her husband fires at Ed and misses. Stede punches the woman in the face. Ed kicks her husband in the chest, and pulls Stede out of the room. Breathing heavily, blood running down Stede’s face, a fire poker jammed through the handles of the doors to the communal room. Stede: “Who slashes someone at a wedding?” Ed: “A fucking dead woman. You alright?” Stede: “I mean… no. But yeah.” The doors lurch. They’re coming down. “You guys are the fucking coolest. Gentlebeard.” Stede and Ed turn to find Applejack. Stede: “What in the hell is happening?!” Applejack: “Are you or are you not Gentlebeard?” Ed / Stede: “Yes fine fuck whatever.” Applejack: “Knew it.” Applejack throws each of them a sword, and draws two pistols.'

6 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'Applejack fires through the doors at the next big push. Ed: “Mate are these folks with you or what?” Applejack: “Tell you later. We probably gotta kill the lot of them.” Stede: “What?!” The doors lurch open. Ed, Stede and Applejack do hand to hand combat with some forty remaining guests. Reprise of You Only Live Twice as Stede, Blackbeard and Applejack lay waste to a room full of hired killers. “You only live twice or so it seems. One life for yourself and one for your dreams.” It’s an ugly fight. Stede and Blackbeard end up slashed and punctured. Applejack as well. “You drift through the years and life seems tame. ‘Til one dream appears and love is its name.” Blackbeard grabs a lantern and smashes it, lighting several of their assailants, and the inn, ablaze. “This dream is for you, so pay the price. Make one dream come true, you only live twice.” Ed and Stede run while Applejack covers them. They crash through the window onto the beach. Several assailants follow but Ed and Stede manage to lose them. “And love is a stranger who’ll beckon you on. Don’t think of the danger or the stranger is gone.” Applejack snipes the assailants from the porch with a rifle. Ed and Stede make their way to a nearby cave. They are chewed up, stabbed up, slashed, a bit burnt. But alive. Stede: “Well what in the fucking hell was that?!” Ed: “Someone has it in for us.” Guards swarm Ricky’s still twitching body. The valet is nowhere to be seen. One of the cards reads: The crew of Stede Bonnet’s Revenge did this.'

7 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'Stede and Ed collect themselves and think of who might wish them dead. Ed: “Long list mate.” Stede: “Not for me. But those who wish me dead must really mean it.” Applejack happens upon the cave: “You guys that was nuts.” He hands over a bloodied envelope. It reads: “Stede Bonnet”. Applejack: “Someone left this on the front desk.” Stede opens it and reads. His eyebrows raise. A husky voice: “Dearest Bonnet. You don’t know me. But I know you. Oh do I know you.” Cut to: A fancy writing desk. Military and naval trophies adorn the walls. An elderly hand writes the letter: “You have taken so very much from me and mine. So now I will take all from you and yours.” We scan the walls and pass a portrait. Captain Nigel Badminton, in better times (aka alive). We pass a portrait of Admiral Chauncey Badminton. We pass many portraits of the other members of the Badminton family, all played by Rory Kinnear, men, women, and children, old and otherwise. “We are a proud family Stede Bonnet…” We land on the letter writer. A verrrry elderly Sir Thomas Badminton. He is joined by his wife, Lady Eunice Badminton (both Rory). “And we will ride your kind directly into hell. After we take everyone you love.” Eunice: “Advise him we’re taking his lover first.” Sir Thomas: “Yes dear.” Back at the cave, Stede reads: “By now your crew will be hunted for the murder of a high official.” (In New York City, our crew slinks around trying to avoid detection). Cut to:'


6 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'A stained glass window. A familiar voice, it’s Mary Bonnet, arranging flowers in her Barbados home. “We know where your abandoned family lives. Where your children sleep.” The cave. Stede looks up at Ed, ashen: “Mary. The kids.” Ed: “Guess we’d better get going then.” Stede: “This isn’t your fight. It’s not your family.” Ed: “Your fight is my fight. Your family is my family.” Applejack: “You guys are the fucking best.” Stede and Ed turn to him. Stede: “Who exactly are you?” Ed: “Seriously mate, what the fuck?” Applejack: “I know I know, I’ll tell you on the way.” Applejack: “You were good to a friend of mine. So I’m gonna be good to you.” Ed: “Who?” Applejack: “You buried him on that beach. Let’s get going.” Stede: “At least tell us your name. It can’t be Applejack.” Applejack: “Theodore. Or Ted. No one’s called me either in ages.” Ed: “Thanks Ted.” Applejack: “All good mate. I’ll be outside.” As Applejack leaves, Ed and Stede regard each other. Stede: “Can we trust him?” Ed: “Dunno. If not we’ll knife him quick.” Reprise of Out in the Streets: “He grew up on the sidewalk, streetlight shinin' above. He grew up with no one to love, he grew up on the sidewalk.”'

7 posts from David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. They read: 'Wide of Stede and Ed walking off with Applejack: “He grew up running free, he grew up and then he met me.” The inn burns, bodies litter the beach. We pan to Izzy’s grave. A seagull lands on it. Blackout. We hear waves and gulls. And hollow sounding wind. A different beach. All looks grey and washed out. A gull lands, walks apace. The gull’s tracks in the wet sand seem to morph into something other than webbed flippers. They eventually become imprints of human feet. A naked man with long white hair walks the beach. It’s Nathaniel Buttons. But his eyes are icy blue now, his hair white as snow. He has no use for clothes. He comes upon a figure lying in the sand. Two feet. Two legs. A torso, dressed in black. The figure sits up with a start and a gasp. It’s Izzy Hands. Buttons: “Dunna try t’talk. Yer in th’ gravy basket ol’ friend. Doggie heaven.” Izzy does try to talk, but it’s a useless rasp. Buttons: “Shh shh shh. We’ve much to discuss, luv.”'

The final post in David Jenkins's Bluesky thread. It reads: 'Back where we started, many, many years later. The editor looks at the manuscript, pages scattered on the desk. Thoughtfully: “This is some wild shit.” End of Christmas (Valentine’s?) special episode (4 emojis: Purple Heart, Pirate Flag, Unicorn, Cigarette).'

Source: David Jenkins bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Z-suite Episode 3 is finally up on Tubi and look who's in it as a complete cretin! Love that Rhys is getting to try out the not-so nice guy roles too! Check it out on Tubi!

Rhys in 'The Z-Suite'. His character has tousled blond hair that is longer on top and shorter at the sides and he is looking down at someone out of frame with his eyebrows drawn together and his lips pressed together in a straight line. He is wearing a grey suit jacket that looks a bit too large around the shoulders, and a black shirt with the top few buttons open to reveal several leather necklaces.




New Cryptid Factor out soon!

Source: Rhys' IG

Rhys and Button's visit to the Queen Mary Experience, up on Substack paid!

A still from Rhys's video of the Queen Mary Experience. There are metal beams and railings, but since the image is in black & white and blurry, it is hard to make out exactly which part of the ship is shown. Text at the top of the image reads 'The Queen Mary Experience with Darbs and Buttons', and at the bottom it says 'Watch now (26 mins)' above Rhys's Substack URL and a bookmark icon.

Source: Rhys Paid Substack

= Con O'Neill =

Con was out at The White Lotus S3 premiere!

Con stands in front of a dark green wall inside the series premiere venue. He is looking at the camera with one corner of his mouth slightly quirked up, dressed casually in a Joy Division t-shirt paired with a thin dark blue jacket, blue trousers and brown Chelsea boots. A red flower is pinned to his jacket over his heart.

Source: GettyImages

= Samson Kayo =

Samson's been giving us some fabulous behind the scenes pictures and videos from the set of the new Voltron Series!

Photo of Samson and 9 other Voltron cast members inside an elevator. Only the top half of Samson's face is visible as he holds up his phone to take the picture, while everyone else is standing next to or behind him making funny faces, smiling and/or holding up a hand in a 'peace' or 'devil horns' gesture. Their reflections can be seen in the mirrored wall behind them.

Photo of Samson's reflection in a mirror behind a rack of dumbbells in a gym. He is sitting on a bench in front of the rack and looking at the mirror on the wall behind it with a small smile, holding his phone in both hands at hip level to take the picture.


Source: Samson's IG

= Alex Sherman =

Our #AssTonight Master Alex Sherman was out at Grand Valley State University teaching students all about filmmaking! He even got the coolest flag put up with his beautiful mug on it!

Instagram story with a photo of Alex standing at the front of a classroom. Several students can be seen sitting at their desks as they listen to him speak. Text above the photo reads: ‘Had an amazing time this past week chatting with @ GVSU students about the filmmaking process!’Selfie of Alex and 2 students inside a university building. The photo is taken from a low angle so we can see that they are standing below a mezzanine or walkway with several posters hanging on its railing. One poster features a photo of Alex next to the text ‘Join us for a cinematic experience with Alex Sherman’. The poster next to it is for a queer rave, with a large trans symbol printed on a pink background. Above the posters, Alex has added the text ‘So excited to see what this next generation creates!’ and below the photo, he has tagged the account @ CK_hamilton9 .

A close-up of the poster advertising Alex’s guest speaker event. Below the poster, Alex has added: ‘Also, the bigger the pic …’

Another picture of the poster, this one zoomed all the way in on the photo of Alex. At the bottom, he has added: ‘… the more gorgeous I look!’ More details of the picture of Alex can be seen now: It was taken on set of Our Flag Means Death season 1, and Alex is sitting in a chair with the show’s logo printed on its back, turning around to smile at the camera.

Source: Alex's IG

= Guz Khan =

Guz has been busy on Series 12 of Taskmaster!

Guz Khan sits on the Taskmaster stage. He is looking at something out of frame with a slight smile, one elbow leaning casually on his leg. He is wearing a soft-looking brown coat over a black hoodie and black trousers.

And his 5th kiddo was born!

Photo of a baby’s tiny forearm and hand, held very gently in one of Guz’s hands.

Source: Guz Khan's IG

== Adopt Our Crew: Words Of Love ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew finished up their words of love for Valentine's Day!
Thank you again luvs for the info!

Bluesky post by @ AdoptOurCrew.bsky.social‬ with a graphic featuring a dark blue heart and the following text on a light purple background: 'Mania; noun: All-consuming love. An intense, obsessive form of affection that often results in possessiveness and erratic behavior. # OurFlagMeansLove'. The post itself reads: 'Today we’re highlighting Mania! What are moments from the show that embody this for you? What are some fics and art that showcase an intense and obsessive love? # OurFlagMeansLove.'

Bluesky post by @ AdoptOurCrew.bsky.social‬ with a graphic featuring a hot pink heart and the following text on a pale pink background: 'Ludus; noun: playful love. A love that's spontaneous and exciting and involves he thrills of unexpected encounters.' The post itself reads: 'Today we celebrate Ludus! In what ways has the show inspired you to express love spontaneously? What are moments in the show, fic, or art that show a playful side of love? # OurFlagMeansLove.'

Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky

== Adopt Our Crew ==

The polite menaces that they are, our fan crew @adoptourcrew also named a cockroach at the San Antonio Zoo after David Zaslav (WB CEO). Love the massive... or passive aggression, and doing good while you're at it! Love it! 

Bluesky post by @ AdoptOurCrew.bsky.social‬: 'Feeling down about a broken heart? Self-care is buying a cockroach (or a rat! or some veggies!), naming it after that loser in your life, and having it fed to an animal at the San Antonio Zoo! We named ours after a certain media CEO (Giggling emoji).' They have included a link to SAZoo.org/CryMeACockroach, as well as a video with the San Antonio Zoo logo at the top. The frame in this screenshot shows a cockroach being fed to a small grey bird via a long pair of tweezers. The video has been edited to place a picture of David Zaslav’s head over the cockroach.A graphic from the same video: on a light pink striped background, there is a picture of a cockroach with Mr. Zaslav’s head and a name badge reading ‘Hello, my name is David Zaslav’ edited onto it. Above him, there is a broken red heart that has 2 more cockroaches crawling over it and reads ‘San Antonio Zoo - Cry Me A Cockroach Fundraiser’. Text next to the heart and David the cockroach reads: ‘Thank you for supporting San Antonio Zoo by naming a (image of red heart with cockroach on it) after your not-so-special someone this Valentine’s Day. Happy Valentine’s Day!’

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky

== Articles ==

And Speaking of @adoptourcrew who've been very busy the last week, they've also been keeping up on articles mentioning our show!

Preview card for the CBR listicle '10 Amazing TV Couples Who Make Their Shows Worth Watching', with pictures of the main couples from Killing Eve, The X-Files and Cheers, and the headline written across all 3. Text below reads: 'From Sam and Diane to Eve and Villanelle, these couples made their already great shows even better.'

Source: Adopt Our Crew's bsky

Preview card for the News Is Out article 'SaveQueerStories explains how to save your favorite queer TV show from cancellation', featuring an illustration of a TV with the words 'Save queer stories' written on its screen. The article's headline is written across the image. A text snippet below reads: 'Five things happened in the summer of 2022 that changed everything for J. Birch, the Anishinaabe creator behind ...'


Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky 

== Fan Spotlight ==

= OFMD Craft Fair Auctions =

It's that time! so many of our incredible crafty crewmates have put up Queer and OFMD related items up for auction to benefit Campaign for Southern Equality to help out our trans sibs!  Bidding is now open!  www.32auctions.com/ofmdcraftfai..

Bluesky post by Lis (@ GhostalService.bsky.social): ‘Get ready to covet (& make your attack plan)! Set yourself a budget, because this feast of craftiness? It's delicious. Get your account is set up, & use the (heart symbol) to bookmark your faves... because bidding and buying start in one day. Go forth: (link to the auction page) # OFMDCraftFair.’ Attached to the post is an image, described by Lis as follows: A rainbow-themed graphic showing over a hundred items. In the center is a QR code that links to the auction site, and the words ‘OFMD Craft Fair: A fundraiser benefitting the Campaign for Southern Equality's Trans Youth Emergency Project! OFMDCraftFair.carrd.co - February 20 to March 1, 2025.’

Source: @ghostalservice's Bsky

== You Wear Fine Frames Well ==

MORE EXCITING NEWS!  The wonderful Ram and @tsutsuya worked very hard with so many brilliant and talented crew members to make this beautiful animation happen! Please check out the animation here! and if you'd like to see the individual frames you can here!

A still from the scene in Our Flag Means Death season 2 where Edward and Stede stand on the deck of the Revenge at night and Ed proudly shows Stede the fish he caught. The words 'You wear fine frames well. An OFMD frames project' are written across the center of the image.

Source: YouWearFineFramesWell

= Our Drag Means Slay =

Guess who's back!? It's Our Drag Means Slay! The next Casting Call is up for the show in Chicago on 4/12! Performer applications are due March 7th!  Please visit their linktr.ee and follow them on their socials to sign up and for more information!

White text written on hot pink banners placed on a black background: 'Hey crew we're back!! Raise your motherfucking glasses! Open Casting call: Do you do drag or burlesque? Do you love Our Flag Means Death? Apply to perform in our upcoming show on 4/12 at Dorothy in Chicago!'

Source: Our Drag Means Slay IG

= Nes & The Tiny Co-Captains =

It's been a bit since we've had some chibis from our wonderful crewmate Nes so please take a moment to appreciate these adorable little Ed and Stede's!
Bsky / IG / Tumblr
Nes' Linktr.ee

A chibi-style digital drawing of Stede with an orange mermaid tail. He is swimming along with an adorable, v-shaped smile and flushed cheeks. Next to him, there are 2 blue hearts. The background is a very light blue.

Source: Nes' Bluesky

A chibi-style drawing of Stede and Edward. Tiny Ed is holding out a blue flower more than twice his size. He is blushing but trying to act tough by making a grumpy face and looking away. Tiny Stede seems delighted, looking at Ed with a big smile, his hands on his cheeks and little red hearts surrounding his head.

Source: Nes' Bluesky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. I was able to finally get this up! Only a couple days behind now. I'd really like to go back to the 2 day recaps because there's been so much more going on lately and it's hard to fit in one tumblr post for any more than 2 days at a time!

I hope you all got a chance to read Chaos Dad's OFMD Fic. I've already seen so much fan art and fics built off of it-- which is so uplifting in my opinion. I know there's been questions on whether this is canon, whether it's what we'll see when we get an s3, and I think the answer right now is we just don't know.

It feels very much like a gift to keep us engaged, and spread a little joy and love in the fandom, which we can always use. So don't fret either way okay-- just try to enjoy the ride if you can :). 

I have to say, like so many others, my favorite quote was: "Your Fight is My Fight, your Family is My Family."

I really hope all of you know that's exactly how I and so many of your crewmates feel about you too. I know times are uncertain right now and we're all struggling to get through. But this IS all of our fights, and you all are our family. So please lean on each other if you can. 

You got this lovelies, Happy Tuesday. <3

Image description by the artist: A drawing of a small green dragon sitting in a jade plant. The caption reads, 'We can just try today out a little at a time'.

Source: The Latest Kate's IG

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