TLDR; Cast & Crew Sightings; Rhys Darby; Samba BTS; Vico Ortiz; Ruibo Qian; HowToHelp; Petition Embed; Queerties Last Day; IRL Outreach Assets; New Watch Parties; Visual Rep of SaveOFMD Effort; Fan Spotlight; Collages; OurFlagMeansBooze; Articles; Morale; Love Notes;
Wow everyone, crazy day again. I'm actually going to set a google calendar reminder for tomorrow between 1-2 in case Samba decides to drop another doozy on us. Hope you all had a good day. Here's the highlights-- there's more I would have liked to add but I need to get permission first, so I'll hopefully have them up tomorrow. As always, please let me know if I missed anything <3
== Cast & Crew Sightings ==
= Rhys Darby =
Back again with another Cameo is Rhys for our lovely crewmate @Kellykat53 over on twitter! Thank you so much for sharing this with us Kelly, it's a lovely little inspirational video, definitely gives us plenty of Vitamin RD (as @scorpiostarseed would say). Check out the Cameo
= Saint Samba Schutte =
I've seen several people mention that Samba is a Saint (sorry not sure who started it to attribute it) so going forward, that will be his name. SO MANY BTS pictures and videos. My goodness. Has it even been a day since the last Merstede dump? It has, but damn, here we are with the BOYFRIEND video, and the nipple scratching, and oh look it's Buttons from the Cryptid Factor!
As always, if you have access to instagram, please check out these posts on Samba and Rhys' posts/stories.
Videos on Tumblr:
- Boyfriends - ty @blakbonnet!
- Merstede - ty @kiwistede!
- English Jacket - ty @kiwistede!
- Cursed Jacket - ty @kiwistede!
- Steard Nips - ty @kiwistede!
- Rhysently Granted Reunion - ty @kiwistede!
= Vico Ortiz =
Vico voiced the new novel "The Diablo's Curse "by New York Times Best Seller Gabe Cole Novoa! I know some of you are huge Vico fans so wanted to mention it, you can purchase the audio book here. Src: Vico's IG
= Ruibo Qian =
Are you in New York? Our Pirate Queen will be at the #TonyKiserTheater NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 at 6:30PM for a one night only reading of On The Evolutionary Function of Shame, by D.A. Mindell - For more details visit here.
== How to Help ==
Hey all! We're adding some things to the daily task lists (and taking some off). Here they are!
= Petition Embed Code =
Looking to easily embed the petition link in your AO3 fic, or maybe your email? @sonnetforbonnet was kind enough to provide us with some embeds you can use! Please visit the repo for the codes!
= Last day for Queerties! =
Please remember to vote! Today's the last day!
= IRL Outreach Assets =
== New Watch Parties Coming Up! ==
The Pirates! Watch Party! This is a family friendly movie so bring the kids! Or the adults-- or anyone you know, really, as long as it's not against their will! Sunday March 3rd, 3 PM EST, 12 PM PST, 8 PM GMT!
Watch Party Hashtags:
- #OurPirateCaptain
- #SaveOFMD
- #AdoptOurCrew
== Visual Representation of Fandom Efforts to SOFMD ==
Remember our friends that had the in person Matelotage Processional? Well they're back with a funny video illustrating the fandom efforts of Save OFMD!
Fangirlfoto's Instagram Don't have instagram? See the video on the repo here.
＝＝ Fan Spotlight ＝＝
Thank you once again to @wndrngnomad on twitter for all their awesome collages dedicated to the Cast and Crew!
Day 21: Calypso's Birthday! Perfectly timed considering the lovely Boyfriend themed BTS we got today!
Catch-Up: Day 2: Madeleine Sami!
= Our Flag Means Booze! =
Our absolutely brilliant crew-mate @quiet-compassion over on tumblr has been designing OFMD Themed Drinks since the show was dropped by Max! These not only have super fun and creative names you'll all recognise, but an amazing array of flavours too! If you're 21+ (in the US) or the appropriate age for drinking in your country, feel free to try them out! As always, please drink responsibly!
Are you celebrating with Moonglow Manifesting? Why not try the "Moon Glow" cocktail for the end of the event!
Want to see ALL their concoctions? Head on over to the repo, they're all there!
== Articles ==
- 17 Facts and Easter Eggs about OurFlagMeansDeath That will Get you On Board - 17 Fakten und Easter Eggs zu „Our Flag Means Death“, die dich ins Boot holen - ty @AddieH on twitter
- Max: The 34 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch
==Morale ==
Hey crew. I've been hearing some scuttlebutt around the deck that people are starting to worry again about whether or not s3 is going to happen.
The love notes section is already pretty long so I'm not gonna go too crazy up here too -- instead I'm going to just point out that David Jenkins, while not active and posting things for us right now, is sneakily poking around in Samba and Rhys' BTS comments.
He's still there, he's still watching, and I think he can tell we're all feeling the high from Samba's releases.
Don't give up hope, these things take time. They're gonna get there.
I'm gonna add the trends to this section today because I think it's important to see what we did today:
== Love Notes ==
Hey Lovelies. I know I've said it before, but it bares repeating since I know a lot of you are struggling right now.
Just a gentle reminder that if your brain is telling you that there's something wrong with you, or that you've done something wrong or embarrassing -- it's lying to you.
There's been so much dopamine from all the excitement lately with the BTS, that it has to come down at some point, and when it does, your brain will sometimes over-compensate and you start feeling maybe worse than you did before.
This is totally normal, it really is. Our brains are glorious complex pathways of unmeasurable brilliance, and yet a simple hormone change can make that same brain tell us that we're not enough, or we're not worthy.
I am here to remind you, you are so very much enough.
No matter what is happening in your life-- in your job, in your personal relationships, in your family, in your school, anywhere-
YOU ARE ENOUGH, EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE.
If you feel like you've failed, or you've let someone down, just know you are STILL enough. We all fail, it's how we learn.
We pick ourselves back up and we try again, and if we fail again--
We're STILL enough, and we are still worthy of love and comfort.
Eventually you will succeed. You will get there, and all the while while you work on it, YOU. ARE. ENOUGH.
I know it's so hard to see when you're feeling small, but I see you all every day, and I am awe-struck at your constant ability to band together and not only find love and support, but give it so freely and lovingly.
- A simple @ to someone, alerting them to something they'd like
- A love note in dms or on a tumblr post
- A gif or picture or video brought to tumblr from some other platform so others can see them.
- Writing a fic or drawing a picture.
- A reblog with tags, goofy or not
- Anon Asks showing people you support how they feel about a given topic
- Liking a post.
These are all love notes. No matter how public or private, they're all there and they all add up eventually to form this wonderful community and you've been kicking ass at love.
I know we all look like we're having a good time, but a lot of us are struggling silently, and yet we're finding ways to reach out to one another and spread love to help us all get through. Love isn't always positivity, it can be commiseration, or frustration on behalf of someone. You all are finding the best ways to help your crew, and I'm so very proud of you.
You all are capable, creative, gifted, beautious piles of stardust smooshed together into one wonderfully unique package, and you are so very loved.
You are enough,
You are loved,
and THINGS WILL GET BETTER Lovelies.
Get some rest <3 You got this.
