TLDR: Happy Belated Birthday Kristian!; Taika Waititi; Rachel House & David Fane; Joel Fry; Samson Kayo; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Anapela Polata'ivao; Guz Khan; Nat Torres; Damien Gerard; Fan Spotlight; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Never Left Podcast; OFMD Spin the Bottle; Love Notes;
Also delayed due to Tumblr Blip, sorry all! I have some other great news though! The absolute sweetheart @lowrahh has volunteered to join my team to help get Alt Text added to the recaps! She's on the opposite side of the world so we may have some time syncing differences, but she's been helping me the last few days and it's been amazing! Thank you so much @lowrahh! Alrighty, on to the recap!
== Happy (Belated) Birthday Kristian! ==
Happy belated birthday to our dear Wee John-- Kristian Nairn! (11/25/2024) And guess what, he's on Bluesky now!
Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram
Also, coming soon, is a new track by Kristian and MikeT! - Echo!
Source: Elliptical Sun Instagram
= Taika Waititi =
More interviews with Taika about Interior Chinatown! Silly things like "if you had an entrance song, what would it be?"
Source: Interior Chinatown Hulu
= Rachel House & David Fane =
Rachel House, our Mary Reed, and our beloved Fang, David Fane were out at the Moana 2 Premiere in Australia! Moana 2 comes out in the US the 27th! Check it out if you can!
Source: ABC Pacific
Just some quick pics of our cast <3
Source: For Your Ref Pod
And David just being adorable.
Source: Awhimai Frasier Instagram
Source: Pere Yonce Instagram
And some silly interview questions at the premiere!
Source: Flavaradio
Source: Kzonemag
= Joel Fry =
Our dear Frenchie is joining Ncuti Gatwa in the Doctor Who Christmas Special this year!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky
= Samson Kayo =
Samson is going to be in the new Voltron cast along with several other amazing stars!
https://deadline.com/2024/11/voltron-alba-baptista-samson-kayo-tharanya-tharan-1236187934/
Source: Amazon MGM Studios and AdoptOurCrew Bsky. and Samson's instagram
= Vico Ortiz =
Our ever busy Jim Jimenez, Vico Ortiz is joining "Reckless Spirits", a short comedy film! There's a crowdfunding effort for getting it going!
Any gifts made today through EOD on Thursday, November 28 will be DOUBLED by a match (up to $7,500).
Wanna learn more or support it? Check out:https://bit.ly/reckless-giving
Source: Hello My Name is Vee's IG
Some love from a fan of one of Vico's voice acting works!
Source: Vico's Bsky
I believe this has been share before but Vico is out sharing things they've been tagged in so let's post it again! The audio version of Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson, Tatiana Hill, and featuring voicework by Vico! Check it out here!
Source: Vico's Bsky
= Samba Schutte =
One of the short films Samba starred in - Best Life - has been nominated for the LA Independent Film Channel Festival for 2024!
Source: Valerie and Chaney IG
= Anapela Polataivao =
In case you haven't cried today, here's Rachel House, sending love to Auntie! (Anapela Polata'ivao)
In other Tinā news, it'll be heading to the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival in the World Cinema Now section at select locations between Jan 4-10! To get tickets, visit the Palm Springs Site!
Source: Tinā the Film Instagram
= Guz Khan =
Guz is sending out some love to these bakers!
Source: Guz Khans IG stories
And here's Guz showing off in his sweet ride.
Source: Guz Khan's Threads
= Nat Torres =
Nat Torres, writer extraordinaire, always bringing a smile to our faces <3
Source: Nat's Instagram
= Damien Gerard =
As always, our Father Teach, aka Damien Gerard, one of the coolest cat dads on the web, loves to keep us busy with cat content!
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
New mini-episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is up! This time covering The "HighSchool Jukebox" Fics by @oatmilktruther! Read by BabyKraken! Check it out here!
= Never Left Podcast =
A new episode of Never Left is out on your favorite Podcast Platforms! This part 2 of the Flags set-- you can check it out on their linktr.ee!
Source: Never Left Podcast Instagram
= Seven_Sugars Spin the Bottle =
For those of you on Bluesky and Twitter, you may have seen this very fun post by Ashley (aka Seven_Sugars). It's a gif of our cast and a spinning bottle! You just screenshot the gif and it tells you who you get! (I got Lucius which is 100% awesome by me, call me Pete because I love that man). Wanna try it out? Visit Ashley's Bsky!
Source: Seven Sugars Bsky
== Love Notes ==
Hey lovelies! There's definitely been some reminders lately that this time of year isn't the best time for everyone. Remember to be kind to yourself and don't beat yourself up too much ok?Sometimes you do everything right. Sometimes you do your best, you bust your ass, and then shit goes horribly wrong the last second. Whether it's a draft on something fan related, or getting to work on time, or preparing a candid talk with someone or being careful driving on ice, and someone else hitting you from behind. Whatever it is-- life sometimes just does not cooperate with your expectations.
To top it off, that can be very hard if you've already been dealing with so much. It really can. It can seem like.. NOTHING goes right, and like everything is frustrating, and when your cup is already full of nonsense it just starts overflowing.
You know what the good news is? Your cup will slowly drain over time the kinder you are to yourself. Rest helps it drain, love helps it drain, comfort helps it drain so you can have more room for the next thing that happens. Right now it feels like too much because your body and your mind need a break, and you deserve a break. Winter time is normally meant for human beings and animals to hibernate! To recover with the seasons! But now we work all the time, and it can burn us out real fast. Take care of yourselves, take breaks, and if shit goes wrong, keep taking breaks, if you can, until it doesn't feel so hard anymore <3
I hope you all rest this week and have some self-care time off if you have it-- and if you don't, please be safe out there. Thinking of you.
Source: KatieAbey's Instagram
