03/03/2025 Daily OFMD Recap - Happy 3 Year S1 OFMD Anniversary

03/19/2025 5:23 pm EDT

TLDR; David Jenkins; Samba Schutte; Jes Tom; Adopt Our Crew; Tiny Crew Big Raffle; Gypsy's OFMD Craft Fair #s; OFMD Craft Fair - 100K?; OFMD Craft Fair Fan Spotlight; Love Notes;

03/03/2025 was the three year anniversary of the Season 1 Premiere! There was so very much going on that day, and some of our crew posted some new BTS!

= David Jenkins =

Our dear David Jenkins decided to release new BTS for the 3 year Anniversary of OFMD!


Source: David Jenkins IG

Photo of the Revenge's unicorn figurehead, not quite finished. It has received some layers of paint but is still missing its horn.

Photo of one of the Revenge's belowdecks sets: a corridor ending in an archway that leads out into another larger room. The walls and floorboards of the corridor are made of dark, stained wood.

The stern of the Revenge, seen from the side at ground level, at an early stage of construction. The window area of the captain's cabin has been built from light timber or plywood and attached to the hull, but none of it has been painted yet and the poop deck is incomplete, with the railing, lanterns, etc. still missing. Curving around the ship is a huge green screen with scaffolding in front of it, also still under construction.

Part of the Revenge's main deck and the forecastle deck. All of it appears to be just raw plywood at this point, apart from the foremast, which is made from a shiny black material, probably plastic. Various power tools and design drawings are strewn about, and a crew member stands in front of the forecastle deck while working, facing away from the camera.

Another photo of the ship's stern, a little further along in the construction process. A white base layer of paint has been put on the captain's cabin and parts of the hull.

The back half of the Revenge seen from ground level. The entrance area outside the captain's cabin has been built and some of the rigging on the main mast is up, but the windows of the captain's cabin are still missing at the stern.

The part of the set that will become the Revenge's stern, seen from just to the side of the main deck. The two parts of the ship have not been joined up yet, and at this point, the stern only consists of a metal skeleton with a plywood wall on either side, the captain's cabin and poop deck not yet built. In front of the ship set, the large, curved green screen is being put up.

A crew member mops the floorboards of one of the Revenge's belowdecks sets: a large room, probably the area where the crew eat, as there is a section at the far end that looks like Roach's galley. The 'roof' of this set consists of wooden beams with large gaps in between, allowing light to stream down onto the room. Through an archway at the far end, we can see a corridor.

The forecastle, bow and main deck of the Revenge seen from above, looking towards the stern. All 3 masts are already installed, but nothing has been painted or decorated yet. The stern part has not yet been connected to the rest of the ship and only consists of a metal skeleton with a plywood wall on either side, the captain's cabin and poop deck not yet built.


== Samba Schutte ==

Samba, our BTS king re-shared some old posts for us--


He reminisced on how he made Taika Laugh in this one!:"Making Taika Laugh is 🤌🏾✨"

He also shared some "Cause Chaos" BTS on his stories: 


Source: Samba's IG Stories

He also shared some of his favorite pictures of the wonderful Revenge Crew from S1

Bluesky post by @ SambaSchutte.bsky.social‬: '3 years ago today we premiered, and pirate history was made (3 emojis: Pirate Flag, Heart Hands, Sparkles) # OurFlagMeansDeath # OFMD.' There are 4 photos attached to the post. 1: Samson Kayo, Nat Faxon, Nathan Foad, Samba Schutte, Matthew Maher, Joel Fry & Vico Ortiz pose in their 'pretending to be aristocrats' outfits from the pilot episode. 2: a production still from the scene where the crew attack Nigel's men after the 'pretending to be aristocrats' plan goes awry. 3: a closeup of Roach wearing a fancy red vest borrowed from Stede and a chef's hat while staring down at one of the English officers with a look of disgust. 4: a behind-the-scenes shot of Stede and the Revenge crew standing at the ship's rail and looking down at the viewer. A big bright light points down at the camera from above them, and a curved green screen can be seen in the background.

Source: Samba's Bsky

= Jes Tom =

Jes Tom sent some love re the 3 Year Anniversary! They also reminded everyone that they're doing a show in Brooklyn on 3/30! You can get tickets here! 

Two Bluesky posts by @ JesTom.bsky.social‬. 1: 'love seeing everyone celebrate OFMD (Smiling Face with Hearts, Pirate Flag emoji). it's been a huge privilege to contribute to something so many people love. thanks for bringing me into the fold and sharing that love with me (Orange emoji, Double Heart emoji).' 2: 'if you love slutty gay comedy & wanna support an OFMD writer in a post-OFMD world, come see my show in Brooklyn (+ tour dates coming soon (Face with Peeking Eye emoji)).' Attached to this second post is a poster for their show 'Jes Tom - A Work in Progress' at the Bell House in Brooklyn, March 30 at 7:30 PM.

Source: Jes Tom's Bsky

== Adopt Our Crew ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew had some questions for you for the 3 year anniversary of OFMD!

Image description by AOC: A light rainbow background that has a film strip on top of it with three screencaps from Our Flag Means Death - one of Ed's tummy, one of Ed and Stede standing on deck in each other's outfits, and one of Lucius. The text reads # OurFlagTurns3 with the prompt 'How did you discover the show?' At the bottom of the image is the pink 'Adopt Our Crew' logo.

Image description by AOC: A rainbow background with a film strip on the side that includes three screen caps from OFMD. The top is Stede Bonnet in his teal suit, the middle is Ed wearing the depression robe eating marmalade, and the bottom is Wee John as Calypso. The text reads 'Describe Our Flag Means Death in one word' and there is a pink Adopt Our Crew logo at the bottom.

A rainbow background with a film strip on one side, showing 3 screencaps from OFMD: Izzy flipping off the sky, Stede looking through a spyglass, and Jim & Oluwande standing close and looking into each other's eyes. Text next to it reads: 'What was your reaction to the pilot? What was your 'Oh' moment when you realized the show was special?' Below the text is the pink Adopt Our Crew logo.

Image description by AOC: A rainbow background with a film strip on the side. There are three images: the top is Ed and Stede holding hands, the middle is the moonlight scene and the bottom is Jim, Archie, and Oluwande. The text reads 'What was life like before you discovered the show and how is it now?'

Image description by AOC: A rainbow background with a film strip on the side that includes three screen caps from OFMD. The top one is the foot touch, the middle is Pete and Lucius’ wedding and the bottom is MerStede. The text reads 'How do you pitch OFMD to people that have never heard of it?'

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Instagram

== Tiny Crew Big Raffle ==

Looks like there's going to be a new Tiny Crew Big Raffle coming up March 29-May 3rd! Keep an eye out on the Tiny Crew Big Raffle Socials! @ofmd-buys-boats and https://linktr.ee/ofmd.buys.boats

A piece of parchment on a black background with a hot pink border. It reads: 'Tiny Crew Big Raffle 2, March 29th to May 3rd, 2025.' Above the parchment is the pink Our Flag Means Death logo and below it, the hashtag TinyCrewBigRaffle is written in white.

Instagram post caption: Happy 3rd Birthday # OFMD! To celebrate the show that has changed both our lives, raised $ 12 K for charity last year, and forged an amazing friendship between your Co-Admirals, it's time for us to go big and go hard all over again. Yes, it's time for the # TinyCrewBigRaffle 2! We'll be announcing the prize, aka the mystery prop of much speculation, on Monday 10th - to celebrate the one year anniversary of forming the Tiny Crew - the day Christina agreed to join a complete stranger (Amy) on the Tiny Boats Auction madness. Get your final guesses in now! Amy & Christina. Hashtags: TinyCrewBigRaffle, OFMD, OurFlagMeansDeath, CrewForLife.

Source: TinyCrewBigRaffle IG

= Gypsy's OFMD Craft Fair Final #s =

Our dear S2 Costume Designer, Gypsy Taylor put up two awesome items for the 24 hr Craft Fair Flash Sale! The Swede's Crop TOp, and her OFMD Rum Bottle! They ended up totaling $4,461! Well done everyone!

From Gypsy Taylor's Instagram Stories: Auction listing for the Swede's crop top, donated by Gypsy. A design drawing shows The Swede wearing a Spanish Jackie'z branded crop top, and a photo from OFMD shows him wearing that same top at Jackie's bar. Covering part of the photo is the word 'sold' in capital letters on a red background. Text below the auction image reads: 'Bidding: Current Bid $ 961. Minimum Bid Increment $ 1. Bid History: Sold For $ 961. Number of Bids: 38.' Next to the text, Gypsy has added 2 animated images: a champagne bottle with confetti exploding from it, and the Cookie Monster from the Muppets.

From Gypsy Taylor's Instagram Stories: Auction listing for Gypsy's rum bottle. A photo shows a green glass bottle stamped with the OFMD logo. Covering part of the photo is the word 'sold' in capital letters on a red background. Text below the auction image reads: 'Bidding: Current Bid $ 3,500. Minimum Bid Increment $ 1. Bid History: Sold For $ 3,500.' Gypsy has added a confetti effect, making it look like colourful confetti is falling down over the image.

Another one from Gypsy's Insta stories. Black text on a white background: '$ 4,461. Unbelievable total. Wow (5 exclamation marks) I'm so glad you reached out: those two items are going to get nine kids the care they need.' Above the text are a trans flag and a graphic with the words 'Protect Trans Kids' written in 3D letters, surrounded by sparkles.

Source: Gypsy Taylor's IG Stories

== OFMD Craft Fair - 100K? ==

(Note: By the time I posted this we hit 100K! Updated numbers coming in the next recap!)

The lovely folks behind the scenes over at the OFMD Craft Fair are hoping to reach 100K! The craft fair finished with around 86K, Gypsy's hit $4,461, that's only 10K short of 100! Wanna help hit that number? You can offer services by re-quoting the bsky post below, or donate to the cause!

Source: @ghostalservice's Bsky

So many creators have volunteered! You can see the full list here!

== Fandom Donation Update ==

Something I really wanted to make sure to highlight is some very wonderful folks @jilliansauers and @frankieofmd have been tracking the amounts donated to charities by the fandoms since March 2022 and as of the end of the Craft Fair, that number totaled around $300,000! 
THAT IS INSANE YALL. THAT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
Since then, even more has been updated so I'm sure we'll see a new number soon! Thank you so much Jillian and Frankie for keeping track of that!
(Note: The spreadsheet it not posted publicly for safety reasons, if you are part of the fandom and would like to learn more, check in with @jilliansauers on bluesky!)

== OFMD Craft Fair Fan Spotlight ==

We're back with more fan spotlights from the OFMD Craft Fair!

= Dr. Briana Jackson =

Our dear Dr. Briana Jackson put up a Battle Jacket Commission and it went for some crazy amount of money! Look at that gorgeous thing! 
She was kind enough to also provide her Kofi Link - Where you can download the pattern for the battle jacket for free!
Wanna see more of her work? Check out: Briana Jackson's Site  / Bluesky

OFMD Craft Fair auction item 1269: Battle Jacket Commission, donated by Briana Jackson. 3 photos show a recreation of Stede's yellow robe/'Battle Jacket', hand-sewn and hand printed with a the floral design.



She is also an egyptologist, and does beautiful fan art for ofmd as well!

Photo showing 3 colour drawings in the style of ancient Egyptian art, laid out on a bedsheet and guarded by a white cat, whose head can be seen in the top left corner of the photo. 1: Ed & Stede standing close together, looking into each other's eyes, their arms & legs entwined as Stede places a red collar necklace around Ed's neck. Stede himself is wearing a similar necklace but in teal. They are both wearing identical wrap skirts - Stede's is teal and Ed's is purple. Ed's tattoos have been replaced with hieroglyphs. Next to Edward and Stede, their names are spelled phonetically in hieroglyphs. Above the pair is a blue baboon sitting in a stylised boat, the full moon balanced on its head. 2: Stede & Ed standing close with their noses touching, one of Stede's hands on Ed's shoulder and one of Ed's hands on Stede's forearm. Ed is holding a folded piece of red silk in his other hand. Hieroglyphs next to them spell their names, and another set of hieroglyphs above them translates to 'two intimate friends', according to Briana's description on AO3, plus a penis hieroglyph just for fun. 3: a print showing 18 small drawings of individual characters from OFMD, including Ed, Stede and their respective crews, as well as Jackie, Zheng & Auntie. They are each depicted with one or several items relevant to their character, and their name written in phonetic hieroglyphs next to them.


Source: Briana's Bsky

= Cufeilidh = 

One of the things I didn't even realize was going on in the fandom and learned from this Craft Fair was Fanfiction Bookbinding! Our fabulous friend @cufeilidh donated a custom fanfiction book binding to the fair! How freaking cool is that? Oh and he writes fanfiction too! 



Wanna check out his work?
Wanna check out his work?
Visit Cufeilidh's Bluesky / Tumblr / AO3!

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

== Love Notes ==

Hey Lovelies! It's the weekend! I hope you had such wonderful experiences in reminiscing about our show on the anniversary! I have said it before, and I'll say it again, this show changed my life. It changed so many lives, and helped so many people feel comfortable in their own skin. It has truly been a gift to humanity and continues to give us love and hope every day.

I am so very grateful that this show got the two seasons it did, because I ended up getting to meet all of you because of it.  We are such an amazing crew, and we have accomplished so much in the art world, as well as the fundraiser world. You all are shining examples of what humanity can be when love and kindness wins. Remember that when these hard days come along and all feels overwhelming. You are the light in the dark times. You make REAL change. 

Special thanks to every member of this fandom for all you do every day, as well as the fan crews out there that are still active, @adoptourcrew or no longer active @renewasacrew @saveofmd / OFMD Fan Crew for all the engagement and love you've spread over the last few years. We appreciate all your leadership and support <3

Love you crew, Happy Anniversary to our little Gay Pirate Show. 

Oh, and Ruibo Qian, our pirate queen posted these two Love Notes that day so I wanted to share them <3

A silver ring on Ruibo's pinky finger. It has a flat, round top with the words 'Everything will be OK' written on it. 'OK' is at the center with the rest written in a circle around it. Instagram Story posted by Ruibo (@ TheKingPrincess), sharing a post from @ navucko, which features white text written on a green background: 'The more you believe life is a miracle, the more miracles you will experience, create, and witness. - Ayesha Ophelia.' Ruibo has also added the track 'Ancient Source' by Calderda featuring Dianne Reeves.

Source: Ruibo's IG Stories

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