03/09/2025 - 03/12/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

03/30/2025 9:39 am EDT

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Andy Rydzewski  & Andrew Deyoung; Rachel House; Tiny Crew Big Raffle; OFMD Craft Fair Creator Feed; Fandom Spotlight;  Love Notes;

= David Jenkins = 

David agreed, it's time to bask in moonglow!

Bluesky post from @ OFMDNoContext.bsky.social with a screencap of Ewen Bremner as Buttons in S1 of OFMD, standing on the Revenge naked and gesturing at Karl the seagull while saying, “Some of us are tryin' to bask in moon glow!” David (david-jenkins.bsky.social‬) has quoted this post and added: “I mean… true.”

Source: Davids bsky

= Rhys Darby = 

There's just so much Rhys Darby news now a day it's hard to keep track! If you're in AoNZ between March 27 and April 4th he'll be in town! Check out his site for tickets!

Just some adorable improv he did recently!

Also they're doing new merch for the AoNZ tour!

Bluesky post by @ RhysieDarby.bsky.social‬: “The Legend Returns Tour kicks off in NZ on March 27th. Fans can expect brand new merch including hats, totes and tees but also, we've found a box of classic DVDs so first in first served on these... (hashtag TheLegendReturns2025)” Below is a photo, described by Rhys as follows: “Shiny packaged DVD of the award winning show: This Way To Spaceship.” The cover features 2 photos of Rhys, next to a drawing of a spaceship with “Space 2012” written on its side. The larger photo shows Rhys frowning in a tan suit and red bowtie, “holding” a drawn-on science fiction style gun in one hand. The smaller photo shows him grinning while posing in an orange space suit.

Source: Rhys’ Bsky

= Taika Waititi = 

If you're out in AoNZ, you can now watch 6 Disney films re-versioned into Te Reo Māori! While this isn't directly related to Taika, he did write the first draft of the Moana screenplay-- and he's spreading the love of Reo Māori!


Source: Taika Waititi’s IG

In direct Taika news, he'll be joining Ellen Burstyn for the Drama 'Place To Be'!
Check out the article here!

Article screenshot: “Ellen Burstyn & Taika Waititi Set For Kornél Mundruczó Feature Drama Place To Be.” By Anthony D'Alessandro, March 12, 2025. Below is a photo of Ellen Burstyn and a photo of Taika Waititi.

Source: Disney Australia IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico was out at the Queerties with the Today In Gay Team!

Today in Gay was also featured in Teen Vogue! Article Here.

Vico's Instagram Story, where they shared a snippet from the Teen Vogue interview. It reads, “TV: 'Would you say you’re in your producer era now? Feels like you’re trying to take more control behind the scenes of what you work on.' JSB: 'In my producer era, for sure. I have so much more respect and appreciation for all the producers, because, holy shit, producing is a lot. Because [Today in Gay is] a daily show, we were like, oh, we've already recorded 35 episodes or something, which on a normal one show a week podcast, we’d be in like September by now! Like, God, we're moving and learning at hyper speed. We are a big team, we have six producers now – myself, Nay Bever, Lauren Klein, Jax Ko, Linh Nguyen, and Maritza Navarro. As a team, oh, my God, we need that many people. We need six producers to make a daily show run, and everyone has a different perspective and a different approach.'” Next to the text, Vico has added a photo of Jasmin Savoy Brown as well as a photo of the other producers. They have tagged the Instagram accounts of the podcast itself (TodayInGayPod) and all 6 producers (NayBever, JasminSavoy, Maritzeria, LaurenTaylorKlein, YoJaxKo, LnhNguyen).

Source: Vico's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

The date and dish has been updated fo Samba's upcoming class!

EVENT DATE: May 10th
EVENT TIME: 10AM PT/1PM ET
EVENT LOCATION: ONLINE

Tickets for Samba's May 10th class go on sale in April!

Promo graphic for the Momentus baking class, with a photo of Samba Schutte as Roach holding a cleaver and screaming. Text reads: 'Save the date! May 2025. A Momentus Event hosted by Samba Schutte.' Below are 2 logos: Stands and Momentus.

Source: Stands Website

Samba's short, 'Best Life' premieres at the LA Film Festival on March 27! Check out the trailer below!

Source: Samba's IG

= Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung =

Some of our cinematographer's and director's new work, "Friendship" was featured as a Festival Favorite at the South By South West 2025 Film Festival!

Instagram Story from @ luis_fels, shared by Andy. It features a photo of a cinema screen showing the words “director of photography: Andy Rydzewski”. White text above the photo reads, “Big congrats to @ FilmAndy and the entire crew that worked on this hilarious and profound film! @ FriendshipMovie is amazing! @ Andrew__DeYoung, bravo! Incredible work @ SXSW. Stoked to have supported out of @ arri_rental NY!” In response to this, Andy has added in yellow: “Thank you luis_fels and arri_rental in NY for supporting us. Can't wait for everyone to see FriendshipMovie.”

Instagram Story from @ company_3, shared by Andy. There is a photo of Tim Robinson as Greg in the movie “Friendship”, along with the text “SXSW 2025: Friendship - festival favorite. Director: @ andrew__DeYoung. DP: FilmAndy. Editor: SophieCorra. Production design: rho_dew. Color: anne_boyle_colour. Finishing editors: Yoon Hee Hwang & Roger Gaoxin Wang. Dailies: Mykel Thuncher. Color producer: MigsVision.” Andy's response reads, “Thank you to company_3 for lending us anne_boyle_colour and her incredible eye.”

Source: Andy and Andrew's IG

= Rachel House =

Our Mary Read, Rachel House, was featured at the "All About Women" festival about gender, justice and equality on March 8-9! More info here!

Photo of Rachel with 5 other people at the All about Women Festival, all standing or sitting around a table. Rachel is wearing chunky black sunglasses and pout-smiling at the camera, while the others all have big smiles on their faces.Rachel poses with actor & director Shari Lee Sebbens in front of a a seated audience at the festival. Rachel is making a peace sign, while Shari and most of the audience in the background are waving at the camera.

Source: Rachel's IG

Rachel was also out at a Tinā screening, supporting our dear Auntie, Anapela Polata'ivao!

Rachel an her friend, film producer Chelsea Winstanley, stand on either side of a Tinā film poster, framed and hanging on a dark grey wall. They are both smiling and gesturing/pointing at the poster in a kind of “Tadaaa” gesture.Another photo of Rachel and Chelsea standing in front of the film poster, both of them making heart shapes with their hands.

Source: Rachel's IG

==  Tiny Crew Big Raffle ==

Great news! Tiny Crew Big Raffle is back! This time with a super amazing prize made by the props team of OFMD!
The baby monkey was behind the bar at Spanish Jackiez and helped to really build the ambiance of the place!
The monkey was donated by our fabulous S2 Set Decorator Megan Vertelle!
The Raffle begins March 29th! To learn more and keep up to date, remember to check out their socials!
Linktr.ee / Instagram / Tumblr : @tinycrewbigraffle

A monkey doll wearing an intricately decorated jacket sits on a stand. Next to the photo, white text on a black background reads: “Spanish Jackiez’ Baby Monkey - Donated by Megan Vertelle, Season 2 Set Decorator.” Below is the pink Our Flag Means Death logo and the hashtag TinyCrewBigRaffle2.

Source: Tiny Crew Big Raffle's IG

== Craft Fair Creator Feed == 

Our friend Archem aka @yerbamansa over on BSKY is one of the OFMD craft fair team members, and they have put together a feed for creators that participated in the craft fair and have shops or do commissions!
This feed is pretty great because it has all the creators info so you can easily check out what they have up for sale! Check the feed out here! (Right now it's open in general but may go back to bsky logged in only, just fyi)!
I also wanted to share some of the gorgeous graphics Archem made for our dear creators-- and the first up is the one, the only Pogo! 

Bluesky post by @ YerbaMansa.bsky.social‬: “OFMD Craft Fair Maker Spotlight: @ PogoNR.bsky.social.” The post includes links to Pogo's Etsy (PogoAGogoCrafts) and Ko-fi (PogoNR), and the attached image shows a collage of some of their OFMD and Vianton fanart, stickers, and AO3 tag magnet sets. Text written on a pink heart reads “Loved that?” and an arrow with the text “Check this out!” points to Pogo's Etsy and Ko-fi URLs. Further text reads: “Makes: Stickers, Fanfiction Word Magnets, Fanfic Commission Bundles. Commissions: Request on Ko-fi. # OFMDCraftFair Thank You.”

Source: Archem's Bsky 

= Pogo NR =

As it shows above, Pogo does a lot of fabulous work (one of my fave Vianton artists!) and for the craft fair she not only donated multiple sets of smoochie stickers, painting, and fanfiction tags, but an amazingly stunning Mermaid Skeletons Tufted Rug!
As ArchEm mentioned above, you can check more of her work out on these socials!
Bsky / Etsy / Ko-Fi

OFMD Craft Fair auction item 1285: “Sloppy Rhyikaverse Smoochie Painting, Plus all 18 Sloppy Rhyikaverse stickers”, donated by PogoNR. A photo shows 18 stickers with drawings of Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi's characters from various films or shows kissing sloppily, i. e. drooling all over each other. At the centre of the photo is a small acrylic painting of Stede and Ed kissing below a grinning moon, painted in the same style as the stickers.Auction item 1287: Fanfiction Tag Magnet Pack, donated by PogoNR. A photo shows 5 plastic baggies with a paper label reading “Sticky Tags - fanfiction themed magnets”. Each pack contains a bunch of small magnets of a different theme: Basics/General Tags, Kudos, Warnings & Ratings, Alternate Universes, and Smutty Tags.Auction item 1007: Season 2 Mermaid Tufted Rug, donated by PogoNR. A photo shows a round black rug with the OFMD Season 2 Mermaid skeleton design (2 white mermaid skeletons: one holding a spear, the other upside down & holding a bleeding red heart. Between them, their free hands shape the letters E and D).

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

= Pirate Pam = 

Another one of our fabulous crewmates, Pirate Pam, donated a Custom Book Binding! Talk about gorgeous! I'm so impressed by all the talent on this ship!

OFMD Craft Fair auction item 1029: Custom Book Binding, donated by PiratePam. There are 3 photos, each showing a book Pam has bound. The first is opened up to show an endpaper featuring botanical illustrations. The second photo shows a glossy book cover featuring a painting of water lilies, with the title of the fanfic “The Merry Strays of Lighthouse Sanctuary” by XOXOEmynn written on it. The third book is the fic “Fair Winds” by jfc_anna, with the writing and a silhouette of a pine tree in gold on a forest green front cover.

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

Wanna check out some of her book binding work? This is only one of so many awesome ones you can check out in her thread on bluesky!

A handbound book of Our Flag Means Death sheet music. The cover is an OFMD Season 2 poster created by xenantis, showing Ed, some of his S2 crew and Zheng on the left, and Stede & his own crew on the right. They are separated by a white strip that runs diagonally across the poster like a rip in the paper.

Source: Pirate Pam's Bluesky

= Dimply Owl =

Another of our wonderful crewmates, Ally, aka Dimply Owl donated these insanely cute Crochet Dumbo Octopuses!
She donated multiple of them and if you missed them and you'd like to, you can order some on her Ko-fi!
Wanna follow Ally on her socials / check out her fics?
Visit AO3 / Bluesky / Ko-fi !

OFMD Craft Fair auction item 1335: Crochet Dumbo Octopus, donated by DimplyOwl. A photo shows many cute little chrocheted dumbo octopuses.

Source: Dimplyowl

= Deanbird = 

Another of our magnificent crewmates @deanbird, donated several different items to the OFMD Craft Fair! Seriously check out how many!Wanna check out more of her fabulous work? Visit: Bluesky / Instagram / Ko-fi  

OFMD Craft Fair auction item 1477: A Special Invitation, donated by Deanbird. A mock-up image shows a business-card-sized invite with gold foil accents. It reads, “Jeff's Inn by the Sea - You are cordially invited to High Tea with your hosts, Misters Bonnet-Teach, at three o'clock in the afternoon.” It also features 2 doodles: Ed and Stede holding hands with little love hearts above their heads, and a steaming cup of tea with a jug of milk and 7 sugar cubes.

Auction item 1437: Half a Pyramid, donated by Deanbird. A mock-up shows a business card with a gold border, an illustration of a pyramid, and the text “This certificate entitles the holder to one 1/2 pyramid. OFMD Craft Fair 2025

Auction item 1246: Digital Art Commission, donated by Deanbird. Text at the bottom reads, “Gentlebeard commission - 1 digital art piece of Ed and/or Stede” and there are 3 examples of Deanbird's work: One shows Ed with a full beard and wide eyes, a besotted look on his face. One shows Stede and Ed sitting at a bar together. In the third, they look like they have just survived a sword fight, both sporting some minor injuries; Ed is holding Stede's face in his hands and they are looking into each other's eyes.

Auction item 1015: Stede Knitted Mittens in Merino Wool, donated by Deanbird. A photo shows a pair of blue mittens with a yellow pattern and a white unicorn head design.

Auction item 1202: Mothman Bundle, donated by Deanbird. 3 photos show a 12 inch by 16 inch digital art print of Mothman, a pair of purple knitted Mothman mittens, and a bunch of cute Mothman stickers with pride flags, including one of Ed and Stede as Mothmen.


So many people have already received their Invitations to High Tea and 1/2 of a Pyramid! Even David's impressed!

Bluesky post from @ EdwardStede.bsky.social‬: “not to brag but i officially own half a pyramid.” The post includes a photo of Deanbird's “Half a Pyramid” ownership certificate. David (david-jenkins.bsky.social‬) has quoted this post and added: “You’re rich girl!”

Source: David's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there crew. It's been a while. I'm sorry this edition is so small after such a huge amount of time. Trying to keep them to 2-4 days, but we'll see how that goes with how behind I am.

It's been a lot lately. Home, work, the world, the fandom, just a lot's been happening all at once. I've been trying to focus on a few things that I've had to work on outside the fandom as well as taking some mental health breaks and that's been keeping me busy.

So tonight, for the love notes, I just wanted to take a second to say thank you. So many of you have been so kind to me and so many others over this past year + that I've been here. Even if I just get to see your name pop up on my notifications for a like or a reblog, or if we chat, or I just get to catch glimpses of your works across the various platforms, it brings me a lot of joy. 

Some of you, I only really know through tags. Others I know from discord, or bsky, or instagram. Some of you I've never spoken to outside of tumblr-- but I can honestly tell you, you have improved my life by being here. 

Others of you, I consider you some of my closest friends. Friends I've never met, miles away around the world, and your influence on me is so incredibly profound -- and even if we never meet each other in person, I will never be the same because of you. 

I'm so very blessed and lucky to have found this place-- to have found you all. I know a lot of you feel the same way about the people you interact with here on the day to day. 

That being said, the world is a complicated place. Sometimes things don't go the way we planned, whether on a personal, fandom, or global level. Sometimes people disappoint us, and spaces we thought fit us shift in shape.

No matter what changes for you in this world, I want you to know that your kindness, and your interactions with me and everyone else have made a positive difference.  Thousands and millions of tiny interactions continue to happen within our fandom every day.

Some of them don't go the way we hope they will-- but the majority of them, are beautiful. Sometimes we have to learn from them, and they help us grow, and sometimes they nourish us in hard times.

We are a community of wonderfully kind people who were brought together by chance. Thank you for being here. Thank you for making my life better, and this world a better place. 

Text in a handwriting-style font on a light blue background: “Thanks for doing another day of this. Things might be beyond hard, but you're so amazing for all you push through. I hope that things get easier for you, you so deserve the best.” At the bottom of the image, there is a drawing of a cute blobby being with a smile on its face, wearing a crown with the words “doing a great job” written on it. Next to it is the artist's name, Beth Evans.

Img Source: Beth Evan's IG




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