04/14/2025 - 04/17/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

04/27/2025 12:34 pm EDT

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Alex Sherman; Anapela Polata'ivao; Connor Barrett and Brian Gattas; The New Uni Con Updates (Pay it Forward and Autographs); Fan Spotlight: Our Flag Means Fanfiction: Love Notes; 

Whelp, even after saying I was posting this yesterday I got called in and worked til midnight 2 nights in a row. So here it is today!

= David Jenkins =

David is settling into the dad life well! He's already out hustling rubes with the little one!

Selfie of David Jenkins standing in front of an intersection with his baby daughter strapped to his chest in a baby carrier. David is looking sideways at the camera with a slight smile. The baby is also smiling as she looks up at him.

The caption of David's Instagram post, and 2 of the comments below. It reads, “Right before we hustled a bunch of rubes at pool (3 dollar signs, Eyeballs emoji, 8-Ball emoji).” Samba Schutte commented 4 heart-eyes emojis. Madeleine Sami commented, “OMG (with 4 g's), a red heart emoji and a heart-eyes emoji).

He also recently procured some teeny boys from the wonderful RebelSophie that arrived today!

Another Instagram post from David, with a photo of two tiny hand-painted figurines of Stede and Blackbeard from OFMD held in the palm of his hands. Tiny Stede is wearing a light blue suit and tiny Blackbeard is wearing his black leathers. The caption reads, “Just a couple lil guys in love (Purple Heart emoji).”

Source: David's IG

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys has been super busy with his The Legend Returns tour! Recently in AoNZ and Australia!

Rhys Darby and fellow comedian Rove McManus sit on a small sofa in a green room. They are both sitting with legs crossed and smiling broadly at the camera. In a mirror hanging on the wall next to them, comedian Claire Hopper can be seen taking the picture.

Source: The Claire Hooper IG

Rhys on stage, seen from about the waist up. He is looking at the camera with a grin as he holds one hand up to his ear, probably miming talking on the phone.

Instagram Story from RhysieDarby, shared by squirrel_comedy: a selfie of Rhys smiling as he stands in front of a “No Such Thing as a Fish – Thundernerds” poster. Rhys has added the caption “Well, I guess this audience will hear it here third ...” and tagged Dan Schreiber (@ SchreiberLand), who co-presents both the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast and Rhys's own podcast, The Cryptid Factor. The venue Norwood Concert Hall is also tagged. Above Rhys's story, Squirrel Comedy has added 5 large fire emoji.

Source: Squirrel Comedy

Selfie of Rhys sitting on a plane. He is wearing a Cryptid Factor cap with a pair of on-ear headphones placed over it, and he is looking at the camera with a smile. The caption at the top of the photo reads, “Hello Adelaide show tomorrow” and at the bottom, Rhys has added the hashtag TheLegendReturns2025.

Source: Rhys' IG Stories

= Taika Waititi =

  • Taika has been super busy! He got to hang out with Andy Hearnden and meet his life long idol, Cyndi Lauper!

Photo from Taika Waititi's Instagram Stories: a selfie of Taika, making a funny face while famous New Zealand chef Andy Hearnden stands at a kitchen island behind him. Andy is looking over at the camera and making a V sign with one hand, in which he is also holding a large spoon, while slightly lifting a pot off a chopping board in front of him with the other hand.Another picture from Taika's Insta Stories: Taika poses with Cyndi Lauper, leaning against the wall behind them and pointing at Cyndi with a dopey smile on his face. Cyndi points back at him while smiling slightly. Taika has drawn colourful patterns on the photo, all around himself and Cyndi, with arrows in many different colours pointing at the pair. The words “Me and @ CyndiLauper” are written over and over in different sizes, placed randomly all over the photo.

In addition, the very cool interactive piece he participated in is up for a Webby! You can vote for it here! 

Source: Taika's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

If you haven't checked it out already-- there's going to be another Momentus event with Samba coming up on May 10! Individual Bandanas have sold out--but you can still order the bandana by buying a ticket to his May 10th Class here!
"Each purchase benefits @everymomcounts, working to achieve quality, respectful and fair maternity care for mothers all over the world🙏🏾"

Samba Schutte stands holding a square bandana in front of him. Its design is inspired by Our Flag Means Death: on a black background, 2 large orange skulls face each other at the center, with 2 crossed bones below and a red heart above them. A light blue paisley-style pattern surrounds them, with some OFMD references thrown in, such as mermaid tails, orange slices, the unicorn figurehead, and Roach's cleaver and tattoos (which are old Amazigh symbols chosen for Roach by Samba). The bottom right corner features an orange hibiscus flower and the words “Tender as Hell” written in curly capital letters above. Surrounding all this is a border of small orange triangles pointing inwards. Samba is holding the bandana in such a way that only his bare shoulders and legs are visible, making it look like he is naked, and he is looking directly ahead with a pout, his eyes wide and eyebrows drawn up. The background of the photo is an image of a cave entrance.

Samba poses in front of the same cave entrance background, dressed in a blue t-shirt and jeans with the bandana tied around his hips to show the bottom right corner with the words “Tender as Hell” and the hibiscus flower, as well as part of the skulls design. Samba is seen from the side, his head turned to look at the camera with a wide smile.

Another photo of Samba from the same shoot. He is seen from the waist up with the bandana tied around his neck. It is folded in a triangle shape to show the “Tender as Hell” & hibiscus flower design. Samba is looking the camera with a sweet, closed-mouth smile, his head tilted slightly to one side and his arms crossed.

Samba's also been back voice acting!

An Instagram post from GreenStreetStudiosVO, shared to Samba Schutte's Instagram Stories. It features a photo of Samba at a recording studio, standing in front of a tilted screen and a bunch of voice recording equipment. He is grinning at the camera and making a “shaka” sign with both hands (thumb & little finger extended, the other fingers curled in). The caption reads “Got to work with this amazing gentleman @ SambaSchutte today for the first time.” Above the shared image, Samba has added 3 heart hands emojis.

Source: Samba's IG stories

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico's sending us some thirst traps again!

Source: Vico's IG

= Alex Sherman = 

Our beloved Alex Sherman just received his doppelganger in the mail! Made by the incredibly brilliant @amuseoffyre!!

Image description by Fyre: A muppet of Alex Sherman's British soldier character from the final episode of OFMD S2 in a British uniform and a wee wig with curls.Photo of the same muppet with its mouth closed.

A photograph of the back of a muppet of Alex Sherman's British soldier character from the final episode of OFMD S2 with the shirt flipped up to show his bum crack.

Source: A Muse of Fyre's Ig

As you can tell he adores him, and he even got to spend a bit of time catching up with Samba!

Instagram Story from AlexJ_Sherman: photo of a muppet of Alex Sherman's character from the OFMD season 2 finale. It has a blond goatee and mustache, and it is wearing a curly blond wig, a lace jabot and a blue coat with white lapels and cuffs and gold trims. Alex's caption at the bottom of the photo reads, “I just got the coolest thing in the mail!!”An Instagram post from AMuseOfFyre, shared to Alex Sherman's Insta Stories. It features a photo of the muppet Fyre sent him, below which Alex has written, “Thank you @ AMuseOfFyre!! He is the coolest!”

Another one of Alex's Instagram Stories: a selfie of him holding the muppet. Alex is wearing a tricorn hat and laughing at the camera. Text above the photo reads, “I haves a new best friend!”

Instagram story with a selfie of Alex Sherman and Samba Schutte standing outside a building. They are both grinning with their mouths wide open. Text above the photo reads, “Reunion with Mr Ass Tonight himself (3 emojis: red heart, pirate flag, sparkles).” AlexJ_Sherman has been tagged at the bottom.

Source: Alex Shermans' IG Stories

= Anapela Polata'ivao =

Our dear Auntie's new movie Tinā has won the Audience Award at the 2025 Perth Festival!!

A picture of Anapela Polata'ivao as Mareta in the film Tinā. She is sitting at a desk with her hands folded atop it, and looking to the side with a serious expression. Text at the center of the image reads, “Perth Festival Audience Award” with a stylized laurel branch on either side, and at the bottom: “Tinā (Mother), in cinemas May 1”.

Source: Tinā the Film IG

= Connor Barrett and Brian Gattas =

Our fabulous Hornberry, and Siegfried got some new headshots and psstt April 18th is Brian's birthday!

Headshot of Connor Barrett. He has short black hair, brown eyes and a short salt & pepper beard. His lips are pressed together in a slight smile, his thick black eyebrows raised. He is wearing a dark grey suit jacket paired with a light blue shirt and a tie with a brown, white & green pattern.Headshot of Brian Gattas. He is looking at the camera with a lopsided smile. Brian has brown eyes and short curly hair, which is blond at the tips and black at the roots. He is wearing glasses with a black frame, and a blue, purple and white plaid shirt paired with a dark blue tie.


Another headshot of Brian Gattas. This one shows him with a short, blond & grey beard and mustache. He is wearing a blue flannel shirt and is leaning forward a little towards the viewer, his mouth slightly open in a smile.

Another one of Connor Barrett's headshots. He is dressed more casually than in the first one, wearing an unbuttoned dark blue shirt with rainbow stripes over a teal t-shirt. His head is tilted to one side and he is smiling with one eyebrow raised.

Source: Rob Mainord Photography


= The New Uni-Con =

Some news for The New Uni-Con! Amy was kind enough to set up a Pay-It-Forward option for the convention coming up in the UK!

Pay it Forward

By request, the Pay it Forward option is live!

How it works?

If you would like to attend TNUC either as Weekend (1 Auto), Day or Virtual Ticket but are being restricted by the price, you can sign up for a Pay It Forward Ticket. Funded by kind, and generous, members of the fandom, you'll receive gift vouchers for up to 50% of the value of your chosen ticket. Gift Vouchers will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Once your ticket has been funded and you have been notified, you'll have 7 days to confirm you still want the ticket, or we will release your funding to the next person on the list.
If you want to donate - you can purchase Gift Vouchers from the Siren Events Ticket Tailor Store (I've made available in £10, £20 and £50 denominations - if you want others, let me know). Enter the Gift Voucher Redemption Codes into the Pay It Forward Donations sign up form. If for any reason your Gift Voucher(s) are not used, we'll be in contact so you can either redeem them for extras / event merch, or roll them over to the next event.

Autograph Send-In-Service

In addition! There's some news on Autographs for the convention!The con will be offering the chance to order one of the photos from the event photo studio (which is the only place they'll be available--
Or, people can send in something (as long as it fits in a poster tube or a4 envelope) to have signed and then returned to them (for those who have specific art or prints they want signed)!

https://www.siren-events.co.uk/send-in-service

Source: Amy / Siren Events Discord

= Fan Spotlight =

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

New Episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction! This time around is our favorite badass one handed boss, Jackie! Check it out on Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

Title card for the Spanish Jackie Episode of the Our Flag Means Fanfiction podcast. It features a black & white photo of Leslie Jones as Jackie, on a background image of a large orange slice with pink lines radiating from its center like rays of light. The podcast & episode title are written at the bottom, next to an orange circle with the text “What she teaches us about healthy relationships”'.

Source: OFMFF's Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! I've missed you! I'll be working on doing a lot of catch up over the next week or so now that taxes are finally done!

Tonight I just want to remind every single one of you how well you're doing. Shit is hard right now. So hard. We are experiencing things we never thought we would, and yet here you are, still here, and I'm so very proud of you for that.  

You are still here and that means so much to me and everyone else. That being said, please oh please take some time for you. Whatever you need to recharge some of your battery. Read a book, listen to your favorite song or album on loop, dance around your living room in your underwear, eat something tasty you enjoy, cuddle with your fur-family, hug your favorite person, visit your favorite place!

I know that that's not always possible for everyone, so If you're not able to for any reason, please take some time tomorrow to close your eyes and imagine some of those things you love. Sit with the in your mind and enjoy them there for even just a few minutes. Our imaginations can change our brain chemistry-- and it can actually help with our anxiety.

Anything you can do for you-- do it! We need things to remind us of how good the world can be. Of the love and silliness that's here, and that as bad as shit is, we can still poke our heads into happiness once in a while. Anyway, I'm rambling sorry... I hope you are hanging in there, and getting any ounce of rest you can Crew. Stay safe out there <3

Instagram post from TheLatestKate. Image description by the artist: A drawing of a unicorn resting among wildflowers. The caption reads,

Source: The Latest Kate Instagram


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