TLDR; Happy Birthday Joel Fry!; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; David Fane; Ruibo Qian; Brian Gattas; Hayley Egan; Articles; Fan Spotlight: OFMD Mermay 2025: Ronanwhitehouse, SimpleAnarchy, SailorsRuin; OFMD Zine Week; OFMD Beach Week; Love Notes;
= Happy Belated Birthday Joel Fry! =
Joel's Birthday was on May 20! Our friends over at @adoptourcrew were kind enough to ask bsky for their favorite Frenchie one-liners from OFMD for Joel's birthday!
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky
= Rhys Darby =
I couldn't remember if this show had already been announced but Rhys will be at the Black Box Theatre in Galway this summer on July 3rd! You can get tickets at roisindubh.net!
Source: Instagram
= Taika Waititi =
Check out Taika in this Conan O'Brien clip from when they both participated in the biggest Haka ever!
Source: EdenParkNZ IG
= Nathan Foad =
Nathan continues to be confused by what pictures people have taken of him.
Source: Nathan's IG Stories
= Samba Schutte =
Loving how much artwork of himself that Samba keeps sharing. This time it's by our crewmate SpencerDoesArt!
Source: Samba's IG Stories
= David Fane =
The Last Temptation of The Naked Samoans was live for several days! David has been dropping video after video!
I tried to collect as many videos as I could here on the repo, but please enjoy some of the pictures from before and during the show below!
Source: The Naked Samoan's IG
= Ruibo Qian =
Our pirate queen has shared some absolutely beautiful ink work of her done by nat.niamh.tattoos! Shared by caitlintxff on Instagram!
More artwork of our beloved Ruibo by one of her friends, below!
Source: Ruibo's IG
= Brian Gattas =
Our friend Siegfried is out partying again! Definitely a different look from The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well.
Source: Brian's IG stories
= Hayley Egan =
Hayley, our beloved MerStede tail designer put together a lovely video highlighting the wonderful gift @amuseoffyre sent her! It really is a love letter to Merstede and Fyre so please give it a watch!
Source: Hayley Egan Designs IG
= Articles =
In WB Related news, WBD Stock has been downgraded to Junk by the S & P!
= Fan Spotlight =
I have a lot more MerMay's I'd love to highlight but the next few recaps are capping out at max 30 images so I'll probably still be posting the spotlights through June!
= OFMD MerMay 2025 =
= RonanWhiteHouse =
First up on tonight's Mermay spotlight is from the very talented @ronanwhitehouse! They've done lots of other artwork for mermay as well and you can check out their super cute art style on Instagram or Tumblr!
Source: ronanwhitehousedoodles IG
= SimpleAnarchy =
Something we don't get to see everyday is Mer-Buttons and I have to say that I adore him so much! The brilliant artist @burnt-scone aka SimpleAnarchy has blessed us with Buttons in one of the few forms he can truly give the sea the love she deserves this Mermay!
Wanna check out more of SimpleAnarchy's gorgeously detailed work? Visit their Linktr.ee!
Source: BurntScone's Tumblr
= Sailor's Ruin =
Tati continues to astound us with more Mermay work!
As always, please visit their tumblr: @sailorsruin92 or their linktr.ee to see more of their gorgeous artwork!
Source: SailorsRuin's Tumblr
= OFMD Zine Week =
I'm a little bit late for Zine Week (May 25-31)-- but I think you can still submit your zines! Here's a how-to from GhostalService on Bsky! More info in general on the week and how to participate!
Source: GhostalService Bsky
= OFMD Beach Week =
Heyyy! It's OFMD Beach Week June 1-7! Can't wait to see what everyone has in store!
Source: @jellybeanium124's Tumblr
== Love Notes ==
Well hello there lovelies. I know this is for a May post but Happy Pride, everyone! I know I'm behind again, what's new? I hope everyone is staying safe, and being so very kind to themselves right now because as we all know the world is flooded with so much hate right now and so we've sometimes gotta be the ones to give ourselves the kindness we deserve.
To anyone struggling right now, with life, the state of the world, personal issues, whatever, please remember how very strong you are. I know it sucks to continuously be strong, and certainly doesn't feel like you are. But you are. You've made it through every hard day so far, and you are still here, and we are so grateful for that. You can absolutely keep making it through-- don't just do it for us, do it for you ok? We love you crew.
Source: TheLatestKate's IG / Linktr.ee
