TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte;  Anapela Polataivao; David Fane; Guz Khan; Kristian Nairn & Nathan Foad;  Vico Ortiz; Minnie Driver;  Boris McGiver;  Fan Spotlight: Never Left Podcast; Gay Pirate News Hour; Love Notes;

Hey Crew, I mentioned it on twitter, but forgot to here.. I came down with something and am dealing with some grumpy migraines on top of normal life, so everything is behind again. I'll be getting a couple days out at a time over the next few days. I promise to catch up!

Rhys and the fam out at Medieval Times!

Taika out in Wellington!

Samba is out sharing so much love for Anapela and Kristian! Also-- Advanced Chemistry is out on digital now! Check it out on VUDU, or Amazon, Apple TV, whatever you prefer!

Oh yeah, and Samba did an awesome stand up show recently!

Moana 2 is coming out November 27 to theatres! Are you ready to hear David Fane and Rachel House?

So many more videos have been posted interviewing our beloved Auntie and the team at the Tina premiere at the HIFF! Check them out!

Nathan promising some shenanigans at Kristian's Book Panel at MCM Comic Con London on Oct 27!

A new episode of Spektrum is out! Check it out on SoundCloud!

https://soundcloud.com/kristiannairn/spektrum-072?utm_source=www.tumblr.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fkristiannairn%252Fspektrum-072

Vico's been so busy! They finally got Kristian's book though!

Jasmine Is Haunted-- a book Vico did the audio version of, they found out in the wild! Still on my list to listen to! 

Lots of pictures of Vico out at LatinX New Play Festival 2024!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-minnie-driver/id1708924395?i=1000672170433

Minnie also out promoting her friends shirt company!

In case you were looking for another spooky show for your October viewing pleasure, the Horror/Thriller King, Stephen King has endorsed our Father Bonnet's new show Teacup! Check it out on Peacock Oct 10th!

The Never Left Podcast folks are talking with some of the creators of Samba's new movie Advanced Chemistry! Check it out!Never Left Podcast Linktr.ee

New episode of Gay Pirate News Hour! Hosted by Our Flag Means Fanfiction! Check it out below!

Source: OFMFF youtube

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies!  I know the Hurricane hit FL yesterday and I'm really hoping all of you are okay. Please be sure to reach out to your crew if you need something ,ya?

As a heads up, I'm gonna get into some real talk tonight, so please bear with me.  

I have heard some stuff lately about how not everyone is redeemable, and not everyone deserves a second chance, and I thought this would be a good time to mention some things that have been on my mind about said subject.

Every single one of us is human. 

Good people make mistakes, good people do things out of good intentions that go badly,  seemingly bad people do good things occasionally, and people who generally seem neutral can fuck up.

This world is not black and white, and I know our trauma has taught us over and over and over that it is. The world is a big grey goopy lump of clay and every single situation, no matter how similar, is different from the one before.

Don't get me wrong-- I'm not saying, don't have boundaries. I'm absolutely not saying "forgive" someone who has done some horrible shit to you or has hurt you over and over. 

What I'm saying is-- every single person has a unique experience that causes them to make decisions based off of knowledge limited by their experience, or the experiences of the people they know. 

Now why is that important? That means people can change with new information, or when treated differently. 

I'm gonna use our show as an example-- did the Queen Anne and Revenge crew think pirating was their only option? Yes. (Was that true? Yes, for them because of class, race issues, etc but that's a talk for another time). They believed there was only one way to do things, and no other options were out there because there were never other options presented to them. 

Stede offered a different perspective.

Now there's A MILLION caveats and complex situations, and things, but my point is-- "irredeemable people" out there sometimes don't know any different, and if one group continues to try to explain one thing to them, and it doesn't get through-- that doesn't necessarily mean they are choosing not to change their mind. It might mean that the perspective isn't clicking for them. Another person, maybe with similar trauma, maybe with different life experiences so drastically different can explain something in a way that opens the eyes of someone that others haven't been able to. 

The point I'm trying to make here is--- YOU are not irredeemable. YOU are worthy of forgiveness for mistakes you've made. YOU are not the same person you were 10 years ago, or a month ago, or yesterday. 

Your neighbors, your friends, your family, your moots, your acquaintances on the internet,  no one is the same as they were yesterday. 

Some people may never be in a place where they can forgive you for something-- but THAT DOESNT MEAN YOU are irredeemable or unforgivable. People clash, and we don't have to be loved and forgiven by everyone to be valid. 

We can choose to do better, and even if that doing better never reaches the person/event who triggered the change, that doesn't make YOU any less of a better person. That doesn't mean YOU didn't improve. It means they can't forgive you for their own reasons-- and your happiness and worth shouldn't be based on that. 

You are so much more than your past actions lovelies. Please remember that. Please remember that tomorrow is not written in stone. You are wonderful, and you are trying your best and that's all anyone can ask of you.  Please remember that we love you crew. We care about you-- and we all do things we don't mean to. It doesn't make us unloveable, it makes us human. 

Be kind to yourself if you can, and get some rest <3. Sending so much love your way.