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
== 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
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!
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!
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
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!
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. Brianna Jackson =
Our dear Dr. Brianna 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?
Checkout: Brianna Jackson's Site / Bluesky
She is also an egyptologist, and does beautiful fan art for ofmd as well!
Source: Brianna'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 write fanfiction too!
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
Source: Ruibo's IG Stories
