05/13/2025 - 05/16/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

06/08/2025 5:31 am EDT

05/13-05/16/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Nathan Foad; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Kristian & Samson; Madeleine Sami; David Fane; Minnie Driver; In Person Events: Two Acts of Drag, Please; Fan Spotlight: Mermay 2025; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins = 

Guess who's coming to The New Uni-Con! You can still get your tickets at siren-events.co.uk!

Bluesky post from @ david-jenkins.bsky.social‬, quoting a post from ‪@ siren-events.bsky.social‬, which includes a graphic with a hot pink background and a photo of David as one of the English officers in the pilot episode of Our Flag Means Death. Above the photo, “The New Uni-Con” is written in white on a black flag. Next to the flag, it says, “An Our Flag Means Death Convention - Hilton London Gatwick, 20th to 22nd June 2025. siren-events.co.uk”. Written below the photo in large capital letters: “David Jenkins - creator & pirate daddy”. The post from Siren Events reads, “Hey, @ david-jenkins.bsky.social, on a scale of 1 - Let's Go Sluts (3 unicorn emojis), how excited are you?” David's response: “This is a ‘Cheerio Sluts’ on the Richter scale” (Cheerio Sluts is written in all caps).

Source: David Jenkins Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

New Paid Substack is up with more behind the scenes from his Australian Tour!

Selfie/still from a vlog posted by Rhys Darby. He is seen from the chest up, wearing an olive green shirt with the top few buttons undone and a matching safari hat. He looks at the camera with a small smile and his eyebrows slightly drawn together while speaking.

Source: Rhys' Paid Substack

Also, while they are paparazzi shots, the fact Rhys is getting paparazzi shots is pretty awesome!

Source: GettyImages

The new season of Love, Death + Robots is available now! Rhys' episode is on the title card on Netflix, and I've watched it a few times now, it's pretty great! Read more in Forbes here!

Rhys Darby in “Love, Death + Robots”. He is seen from the shoulders up, standing on a beach and squinting up at something above the camera with a puzzled or shocked look on his face. He wears a black shirt with a clerical collar, and a tan jacket.

Source: Rhys' Facebook

= Taika Waititi =

Some super cool news-- Taika is signing some swag to benefit The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi to help fun future NZ projects! They're auctioning off this cool bundle here!

Source: IG / TheArtsNZ

= Nathan Foad =

Nathan Foad's full short, Triplets Baby is up on Youtube!

Source: Nathan's IG

= Samba Schutte = 

Samba is sending out some birthday love to his friend and coworker! 

Instagram Story with a photo of Samba Schutte and an older white man with short white hair and beard. They smile as they stand side by side, each with one arm around the other. Text above the photo reads, “Happy birthday @ tommeetoon! He gave me my very first videogame credit and we got to collaborate on many more. He's releasing a new book soon about directing videogames! Check it out! I selfishly hope he never retires (3 emojis: red heart, partying face, sparkles).”

Source: Samba's IG Stories

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico's still got tickets for their solo show in NYC from May 22-25! Get them here!

Bluesky post from @ vico-ortiz.bsky.social‬: “Get the your tix for my solo show! Rise of a King (sparkles emoji). LA I’m mostly looking at you cuz NYC is almost sold out!) there’s still tickets avail for Saturday May 23rd at 3pm in NYC.” A collage attached to the post shows a photo of Vico as a toddler, sitting on a sofa with shaving cream on their face, and a photo of adult Vico in a similar pose, also with shaving cream around their mouth. A yellow crown has been edited onto Vico's head in both photos. Below, Vico has replied to their own post: “LA, you got June 12, 16, 18 and it’s selling out quick over there too! Also, every night will be Drag night (Nail Polish emoji, Sparkles emoji). let’s kiki and tenderly hold our inner kids while we play dress up!”

Source: Vico's Bsky

New 20 second OFMD BTS from s2 on Vico's Paid Substack!

Still from an OFMD season 2 behind-the-scenes video, showing Vico Ortiz in costume as Jim. They are wearing a billowy white shirt, a simple white cravat, black suspenders and a tricorn hat. They are kneeling or squatting on the ground and laughing as they look up at the person holding the camera.

Source: Vico's Paid Substack

= Kristian and Samson = 

Kristian is finally wearing the crocs Samson got him from S1!

A black Crocs shoe on a white background, with the text “So, @ SamsonKayo, after ALL this time I've been wearing the Season 1 crocs you bought me, and I LOVE them (sobbing emoji).”

Source: Kristian's IG Stories

= Madeleine Sami = 

Madeleine Sami was in New York for her birthday! Here's some shots she posted!

Madeleine Sami and another person seen on a security camera screen at CVS pharmacy in New York. They both smile up at the camera. The details of the image are difficult to make out, due to glare and the graininess of the picture on the screen.Selfie of Madeleine Sami and a friend smiling as they stand in front of a red door with the words “Butt in” written on it in big yellow letters.

Madeleine Sami sits next to another woman on a boat, which seems to be moving at some speed. They sit at the very back of the boat, with its wake visible behind them. The weather looks warm and sunny with wispy white clouds in the sky, and they are both wearing sunglasses. Madeleine laughs as the wind tousles her hair, while the woman next to her smiles and gives a thumbs up.

Selfie of Madeleine and their friend from the second picture, inside the Chicago Theatre. Madeleine grins at the camera with their head tilted back, chin raised. Next to them, their friend smiles while holding a drink in a plastic cup, which has in turn been placed inside a small glass. The theater's ornate neo-baroque ceiling, balcony and mezzanine can be seen in the background.

Photo of Madeleine Sami, seen through a circular cutout in a big rectangular standee. Madeleine stands with her back to the camera, grinning as she looks back over her shoulder. Printed below the cutout are the words “is at ‘Oh, Mary!’”

Madeleine and another person stand at an intersection with 4 zebra crossings. They pose with their arms crossed and their lips pursed. Pedestrians and a city bus can be seen in the background.

Selfie of Madeleine holding a can of Busch Light up to the camera. We can only see one half of Madeleine's face, the other half is out of frame. She looks directly at the camera with her lips pursed and her eyebrow raised.

Source: Madeleine Sami's IG

= David Fane =

The Last Temptations of the Naked Samoans, live in Auckland! With Fang (aka David Fane) Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, Shimpal Lelisi, Robbie Magasiva and Iaheto Ah Hi! Get tickets here.

Source: David's IG

= Minnie Driver =

Minnie has joined "Emily In Paris" season 5! She was out in Rome the last few weeks!

Screenshot from a Variety article with a photo of Minnie Driver and the text “Minnie Driver has joined ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 5, Variety has learned exclusively.”

Two photos of Minnie Driver side by side. The one on the left is a selfie of Minnie looking at the camera with her face turned to the side, her mouth open and eyes wide as if in surprise. Her hair looks damp, with some strands falling into her face while the back of her hair is tied up. Her shoulders are bare and she has a towel or sheet wrapped around her. In the photo on the right, Minnie smiles broadly with her head thrown back while leaning on the hood of a black Ferrari car and holding up a bunch of wild garlic like a bouquet. She wears dark cat-eye sunglasses, a yellow Prada sweater and white Adidas sweatpants.

Source: Minnie's IG

= In Person Events =

Two Acts of Drag, Please! is a Siren Events sponsored event on 08/02/2025 @ The Pirate Castle In London, UK! In the area? Get tickets here!

Event promo graphic with the text “Sponsored by Siren Events: Two Acts of Drag, Please. 02/08/25 at The Pirate Castle. His Name Is Ed, The Kraken, Stedey Gonzalez, Bhuna Baby & many more!”

Source: Siren Events UK Instagram

= Fan Spotlight =

= Mermay 2025 = 

I wanted to take a moment to spotlight @googoogojob's exquisite works and prompt list! It's been amazing to see all their work as it's been coming out! Their artwork is always so ethereal and awe-inspiring-- please take a moment to check them out if you haven't before!
You can follow them on all the platforms below!
Tumblr / Bsky / Instagram

Prompt list by googoogojob. The prompts are written in white on a dark teal background with sketches of fish, tentacles, bubbles, a tailfin, a bundled up fishing net, a book and a violin. At the top, it says 'Our Flag Means MerMay 2025', and there is a white version of the OFMD season 2 mermaid skeleton flag with the skeletons in dark teal. The prompts are: 1 smoke, 2 golden, 3 curls, 4 library, 5 fuckery, 6 cake, 7 through, 8 passage, 9 geometry, 10 foliage, 11 beard, 12 song, 13 positivity, 14 letter, 15 happening, 16 kohl, 17 nose, 18 therianthropy, 19 light, 20 teeth, 21 auxiliary, 22 yardies, 23 indigo, 24 permanent, 25 massive, 26 hands, 27 secret, 28 fisherman, 29 aye, 30 brace, 31 crossover.

Digital painting of MerStede sitting on a rock, which he shares with 3 fluffy little seagull chicks. Stede's eyes are closed as he blows bubbles out of a conch shell. The bubbles float towards a sailing ship in the background. Stede's orange tail sparkles in the sun, and it is bent at the “knee”to place his pink & white tailfin behind him on the rock. White foam splashes up where the waves hit the rock, but the sea looks calm – light blue and teal, sparkling just like Stede's tail. The sky is a bright blue with fluffy white clouds.

Digital painting of kraken Ed sitting on the sea floor as MerStede emerges from behind some seagrass. Ed's purple tentacles clutch 2 glass bottles containing lovely letters, and he holds 1 more in his hands. With a besotted look on his face, he looks up at Stede, who smiles back at Ed and holds out a bouquet of seagrass flowers. Two of Ed's tentacles reach out for Stede's waist and tail.

Digital painting of Edward and MerStede lying on a grassy hill by the shore, embracing as they kiss under a starry sky. Ed lies in the grass with his arms wrapped tightly around Stede, who lies on top of him and gently cradles Ed's head in his hand. Ed's bare legs bracket Stede's body, and Stede's tail fin is spread out behind them. Below the hill, the ocean waves are lit up by the beam of a lighthouse in the distance.























Digital painting done in rough brushstrokes. Blackbeard carries an unconscious MerStede across the deck of a ship, his face hidden behind grey smoke and his long beard, and his eyes glowing the same vivid red as the flames behind him. We cannot see MerStede's injuries, but he lies limp in Edward's arms, his tail drooping, one arm hanging limply down and his head lolling to the side. Stede's face is painted in finer strokes, and we can see that he is frowning. The bright red and orange flames are reflected in Stede's tail, Ed's leathers and both men's hair. Beyond the ship's rail, the deep black of the night provides a stark contrast to these vivid colours.

Description via aloc.bsky.social: a messy drawing of completely disproportionate Edward Teach (funny tiny tyrannosaurus arms and all that) with Stede Bonnet as MerStede making love in the sea with singing crew around a bonfire on the background.

Digital painting of Edward and MerStede. We see Ed from the chest up, lying on a branch of a peach tree that hangs low over the surface of a moonlit sea. Ed reaches down to hand a peach to Stede, who smiles up at Ed from where he floats in the water. Stede is submerged from the shoulders down, apart from his hand taking the peach from Ed, and we can see his tail fin peeking out behind him. Ed is naked or topless, and his hair falls loosely over his shoulders. His face is turned away from the viewer to look at Stede, so we cannot see his expression.

Image description via aloc.bsky.social: a messy drawing, picturing a dubious aesthetic of a shabby dark cabaret with smiling Fang and Izzy Hands (u can hardly tell it's him, but it supposed to be him) drinking his fourth drink in the foreground. A blurry dark spot in the center of this mess supposed to symbolize Edward Teach who is looking to the far back where u can see a heavy set woman with a weird face, lit and sparkling, wearing a mermaid tail (but this supposed to be Stede Bonnet in a golden mermaid dress) who is lifted up and supported in the air horizontally by some blurry unrecognizable blobs that supposed to be artists of the said cabaret.

Description via aloc.bsky.social: Night, bioluminescent sea, some weird blobs in the water symbolizing probably MerStede and Edward Teach painting each other's bodies with fluorescent colors. The stern of the Revenge on the background.

Source: GooGooGoJob's IG 

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. Been a lot of crazy things happening out there. I truly hope you are staying safe, and you are getting some rest in all this.
Please remember, you are worthy the way you are. You are beautiful and worthy of life and happiness, no matter what anyone says okay?
We are gonna get through this. Take care of yourselves. 

From our friend The Latest Kate:

Description via The Latest Kate: A drawing of a snail standing among sparkly mushrooms. The caption reads, “You don't need to prove your worth all of the time.”

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Source: TheLatestKate's Tumblr

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